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" I'm gonna try and change the course of hip hop again. "
Dr. Dre
Course
Hip Hop
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" I sequence during the entire recording process. The sequencing changes as I'm recording and as I'm listening. From when I'm, like, four songs in, I start trying to figure out which song should come after which. Which is important, and it changes as the album goes. "
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