Dr. Dre recently made an appearance on The Life of Mine with James Corden which premiered on SiriusXM, and on the show he crowned his longtime collaborator and friend Eminem as the best rapper ever.
“I think he’s the best emcee ever. Point blank, period,” said Dr. Dre. “Of course, there are going to be arguments about that because he’s a white guy. I don’t think anyone that’s rapping can touch Eminem on that microphone.”
He then recalled meeting Eminem for the first time at Jimmy Iovine’s Office and recording ‘My Name Is’ during their first time together in the studio. “I met Eminem at Jimmy Iovine’s office,” he reveals. “We slapped hands, went to the studio and started recording and I’m not sure if anybody knows this, but I think the first four albums was just me and him and his writing and his delivery and his imagination is off the charts and I don’t think anyone would disagree with that.”
“I was playing with the MPC and I hit play on it and he just went, ‘Hi, my name is.’ It happened that fast. No bullsh-t, and then we went from there and that was the beginning of this relationship.”
Following the interview, Benzino continued his longtime feud with the Detroit rapper as he called Dre’s statement an insult to other emcees. “You know I think Dr. Dre is one of the greatest producers of all time, and notice I didn’t say Hip-Hop producers, but this is an insult to Cube, REN, Snoop, DOC and every other rapper who who wrote all those hits. I mean this is his opinion and I respect it but c’mon Dre.”
