Finally, on that same May, Dre premiered the first official snippet of Detox in a Dr. Dre had about ten songs finished for the album. That same yer, 50 Cent and Eminem asserted in an interview on BET's 106 & Park that Dr. In December 2008, Dre told MTV that the album would be released after Relapse and 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct, released in May and November 2009, respectively. Dre revealed that he aimed to release the album in November or December 2008, saying, 'I'm just now, over the last couple of months, starting to feel that it's going to be right and it's something I can be proud of, and everybody is going to love it'. Snoop Dogg later confirmed the album's completion and said that Dre was still deciding which tracks would be included. When you put a new album against the last two classics, people will scrutinize it if they become impatient.'Īfter rumors by All Hip-Hop of Detox being complete in May 2008, it and Eminem's sixth studio album, Relapse, were revealed to be released in the fourth quarter of 2008. You create new pressure when you wait that long.

In a 2007 interview with 50 Cent, he stated Detox was continually delayed because of Dre wanting a perfect album, saying, 'He's such a perfectionist. Afterwards, Dre announced that Detox would still be released while he was at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards presenting the Video of the Year award. The album, already famous at the time for being delayed so much, was announced for a September 2007 release date, though it was delayed again once the deadline passed. The planned 2005 release date passed and Dre was still working on the album, being in the second phase of recording with 18 tracks complete at the time. The revival and promised completion was reflected in the lyrics of Eminem's 'Encore/Curtains Down' and The Game's 'Higher'. Upon completion, he resumed work on Detox with a plan to release the album in late 2005.

In 2004, Dre took focus off the album to work on producing for fellow rappers Eminem, The Game, and others. Dre had stated he was tired of rapping about marijuana use and stereotypical gangster lifestyle, he planned to make Detox a hip-hop musical telling the story of a professional hitman and his family, with an intended summer 2003 release date but this version was never released. Dre's final studio album, which has been confirmed at different points throughout the album's production process. Even at the beginning of production, it was announced that it would be Dr. The recording of the album dates back to early 2002, where the very first version of Detox was called 'the most advanced rap album ever,' by producer Scott Storch.

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