During an interview San Fransisco (let’s go Niners!) Curtis talks about working with Eminem and Dr. Dre, and how he picks songs for albums.

Wait for it…

“No,” Fif said flatly when asked what his response would be to Dre’s request for a reunion collaboration. “No, I wouldn’t do it. I’d be on a record, on a song, on the [Detox] album, but not on that record [with Game]. That’s not making a song, that’s making an event — things for people to talk about. … So there’s a verse there that you think would be great for both of us, I just say, ‘Erase his verse and put something in better than that.’ “

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I still have no clue who Kida is, but being associated with Focus seems to prove positive as the first track I heard from dude was featuring some heavy hitters. I posted an incomplete radio rip of this a few days ago. Now it’s time for that CD quality! Shouts to Ty Cannon.

DOWNLOAD: Crooked I, Jay Rock, Marsha Ambrosius & Kida – Homage to Dr. Dre (prod. Focus) | Mediafire

In the same vein as Homage to Pete Rock (w/ Sha Stimuli, Big Pooh and Kurupt) Homage to DJ Premier (w/ Phonte, Royce Da 5′9″ and Stat Quo) and Homage to J Dilla (w/ Illa J, Frank Nitti & Slum Village); Focus is back with a tribute to the good doctor. Word is the final version will feature another West Coast emcee. Until then, enjoy this radio rip.

DOWNLOAD: Crooked I & Jay Rock – Homage to Dr. Dre (prod. Focus) [Radio Rip] | Mediafire

Rakim talks to Nick Huff for HardKnockTV interview about his current relationship with Dr. Dre, why things didn’t work out for him and Dre at Aftermath, why the album Oh. My God never came out and speaks on his new album The Seventh Seal. Check out part two of the comprehensive interview next week!

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But if Dre gets his way, a certain renowned Brooklyn rhymesmith will be pulling double-duty on Detox, both writing and delivering a guest verse.

“Well, actually, Jay-Z’s just been in the studio doing some writing,” Dre told MTV News on Friday while promoting his new Beats By Dre/HP notebook collaboration. “Hopefully I’ll get him to perform on the record. Jay, come holler!”

I do appreciate were seeing Dre more and more each day (even if it’s to promote an overpriced laptop) But let’s be series… Detox is coming to a computer near you in 3021 (or later).

In case you wanted to feel even more destitute than you already feel, Dre is now dropping a line of way-too-expensive-for-their-own-good computers as well.

The HP Envy 15 Beats limited-edition laptop is set to arrive October 22 and will feature the same technology applied to Beats by Dre headphones. The black notebook computer — retailing at $2,299 — will come bundled with mixing software and a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre headphones. Fellow producers Timbaland, Polow Da Don, Pharrell Williams and Will.I.Am also helped fine-tune the machine’s sound.

“Sound is the heartbeat of music,” Iovine told MTV News about their latest collabo. “And Dre is the heartbeat of sound. He set the standard for many, many people.”

“If I spend a year in the studio and spend all this time tweaking [my production] and making sure it sounds right, my main concern is for you to hear it the way it should sound,” Dre explained to MTV News. “The way it was meant for you to hear it.”

Also this month, Beats by Dr. Dre is set to release a Lady Gaga-inspired line of headphones called Heartbeats. Diddy told MTV News recently that he might partner with Iovine and Dre for his own line as well.

“I feel like I’m in great company. I’m in the best company of the world,” Diddy said of uniting with the pair. “I feel like how A-Rod felt when he got traded to the Yankees.”

Yo Dre, WHERE THE FLUCK IS DETOX???? Quit dropping expensive ass shit your fan base won’t buy and deliver an album that will be mass bootlegged due to the sheer anger of fans who’ve waited over a decade for your shit.

…man that sounds like some Dre…

Word around these mutha fuckin’ streets internets is that the good Doctor was planning on using this canvas for something else. Any guesses?

DOWNLOAD: G Malone – Mutha Fuckin’ Streets f. Slim the Mobster | Mediafire

While on Big Boy’s Neighborhood, Snoop talks about the reconciliation of Jayceon and the good Doctor. Detox coming soon (kidding).

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Detox, coming Neverary 35, 2099. SHAKE UPDATE: Just Blaaaaaze on the beat.