Dr. Dre says he loves seeing Ron Ron in purple and gold. No surprises there. I’d like to know if this all-around L.A. lovefest carries on through the All-Star break.

It looks like a reunion of sorts: Dre, Snoop, Game, hanging out in the studio. Snoop tweeted this picture along with the following message: “What can be more gangsta than dis? We n the studio right now!!! get ready for the west coast takeover. this is how the west was one!!!”

Is that a bottle of Viagra in Snoop’s hand? I keed! I keed!!

[Props to: PrettyPink]

Detox, Dr. Dre’s long-gestating comeback album, has been pushed back so much that it’s now more of a musical enigma than an album. We here at The Rap Up wanted to give our readers a Nostradamus-type list of the 12 events we believe will occur before The Good Dr. deems Detox fit enough for consumption. Through extensive research, watching hours upon hours of Quantum Leap to determine if in parallel universes Dr. Dre does indeed release the album, and a massive effort on behalf of all the professional psychics we contracted to search the cosmos for signs (over 10,000 crystal-ball-hours logged) we were able to determine the signs of the Detoxalypse.
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It’s no longer news that Dr. Dre and the Legion of Procrastinators at Interscope have unintentionally turned Detox into a cultural myth. But if you’re starving for some D-R-E- chronic you’ll be pleased to know that TRU’s own J to the AAP has compiled his own make-believe Detox EP as a holdover until whenever hip-hop overlord Dre deems Detox fit enough for human consumption. The 9-track compilation consists mostly of reference tracks and leaks.

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Eminem (Featuring Dr. Dre) – Old Time Sake

Whoa hey! Some more generic Eminem music here for you stans. This one spots so many Mary Jane references, I think caught a contact buzz just listening to it.

So, who’s the melodic ghostwriter behind Dre’s rhymes?

Hey look, Interscope released a pic from some mysterious Eminem video allegedly dubbed “We Made You.” As you can see, those arrogant pricks Eminem and Dr. Dre are clearly violating the dress code.

People, stop holding your breath for Eminem’s first single. When has Em ever dropped a good first single? Em makes great albums, not great first singles. There’s a difference. Oh, and “Lose Yourself” doesn’t count.

[Raise a glass of Cpt. Morgan's to Eskay]

T.I. Dr. Dre = Shit Popped Off

Dr. Dre is too busy selling headphones to write his own rhymes these days, so he’s relegated songwriting duties to Crooked I, Eminem, and now T.I. I’m not completely sold on Tip’s take here, but I suspect that it will grow on me once Doc finds time to lay his vocals on it.

Now that “Crack A Bottle” has cracked its way up to No.1 on Billboard Hot 100, I figured I’d keep the buzz buzzing by posting this free swag bag. This swag bag includes hi-def (and I’m talking 320kbps) versions of “Crack A Bottle,” the mid-tempo comeback anthem by hip-hop’s 3 Musketeers — Eminem, Dr. Dre, and Boo Boo. Clean, instrumental, short, explicit, and super clean versions of the song in one convenient folder.

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