Dr. Dre ft. Royce Da 5'9" - The Way I Be Pimpin (Xxplosive Original) - 2001 outtake

Interesting Facts About This Song:

This beat was originally produced by Chris 'The Glove' Taylor, a former co-producer for Dr. Dre, he produced it for King Tee's shelved Aftermath album The Kingdom Come, the song was called 'The Future'. http://drdre-detox.blogspot.co.nz/201...

After Glove left Aftermath, Dr. Dre took the beat and re-used it for this song "The Way I Be Pimpin", the original version of Xxplosive written by Royce Da 5'9". It was taken off 2001 after a dispute between Dr. Dre and Royce's manager who leaked info that Royce was ghostwriting for Dr. Dre. It was released on Pretox and called the way i be pimpin (xxplosive 2). The song was later redone as Xxplosive which doesn't have Dr. Dre rapping on the song at all. The Glove wasn't credited for the production.

Royce interview about the song and ghostwriting for Dre:

http://www.complex.com/music/2011/06/...

Other known songs written for Dre by Royce:

The Throne Is Mine
Stay In Your Place
The Message

Six-Two's Lyrics on the 2001 version were originally for another song with Erotic D.