Does Dr. Dre Need a Doctor?

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Okay, the latest video from Hip-Hop beat-god, Dr. Dre, leaves quite a sour taste in the mind.  Yes, he has been out of the music game as an artist for the last decade, but it's not like any of us have forgotten him.  Hip-Hop-Heads have been anticipating Detox for what seems like an eternity.  If patience is a virtue, then we must be Buddhist monks.  So when Dre decides to release "I Need a Doctor" after the explosive "Kush" with Snoop Dogg and Akon, one would have thought he would release a banger like "Next Episode" or even "Forgot About Dre," but instead he gives us a featured-versed anthology song that doesn't do much at all for his legacy, nor the quality of his forthcoming album.  Even worse though, is the direction of the video.

His former semi-protege, 50 Cent, might have had an original with his "In The Club" video where he was being repaired in a lab on an operating table and then working out, but the fact that Dr. Dre is using it wreaks of unoriginality.  However, regardless of this concept-jacking is the attempt at paying homage to Dr. Dre's famous feud with his brother and former partner in crime, Eazy-E.  Not that it wasn't touching, it's just the wrong song to do that.  It is actually ten years too late due to the fact that on his ground-breaking, ahead-of-its-time masterpiece, 2001, he already had a song titled "The Message" where he talks about his regrets of feuding with Eazy amongst others.

What they should have done:

If they were heart-set on using this song then the better concept would be cinematic landscape meets performance piece.  Since the song feels more like a lost track off Recovery, it would be fitting to bridge these two Aftermath releases in video form.  Forget the O.R., have this one all outside.

Skylar Grey should be draped in similar garments as she is in the real video, but doing her dance on a beach, walking along the coastline. Eminem should be continuing his "road to recovery" as is depicted on his album cover, reminiscing about meeting Dre and the bond they have forged over the years.  In doing so there would be a large projection screen behind him at times showing old footage of him and the good doctor.  Likewise, Dre himself would be walking alone, gathering his thoughts until he and Em meet up at the end.  Let the video then leave audiences salivate with foreshadows of the upcoming Detox release via the projection screen.