according to genius, “Em talks about Dre being stuck creatively, unable to make music the way he used to due to his grief and depression. Em, who went through this himself after his best friend died in 2006, is making a passionate attempt to get through to him so Dre will start believing in his own abilities again. Dre is a “perfectionist”, but the legend is currently stuck in the mud and Eminem is afraid for him. Eminem references his own struggles to make it and Dre’s assistance, and also cites the super-producer’s personal troubles including the death of his son, Andre Young Jr.”

They performed this live in the Grammys and commanded respect all across the building. It’s like watching the godfathers rap.

This came out a few years after Dr Dre's son died. Dre's son died around 2009 i think this came out in 2011. Obviously that isn't the main thing the song is about, but I'm sure that was the main thing Dre would have still been dealing /struggling with. There's an old interview of Skylar Grey talking about this song, and she says Eminem wrote his verses in a couple of hours

They are more than friends, they are brothers. They came into each other’s lives when each were at some of the lowest, most desperate times of their lives. Dre saved Eminem. But Em saved him too; Eminem literally saved Dre’s then fledgling label Aftermath as Interscope was ready to fire him at that point. He also helped Dre revive his rap career and helped him write the successful album Chronic 2001, which was the return of Dre. Up until that point Dre’s career was in free fall coming off the critically and commercially disastrous album The Firm. It’s like People have amnesia now, cause everyone seems to only remember what Dre did for Eminem. But they forget what Em actually did for Dre. Then Eminem took a chance on 50, when Dre didn’t want to sign him. But Em believed in 50, the way Dre had believed in him. So he went along with Em and they signed him jointly. Then when 50 blew up and took over the world and Eminem at that point had released three legendary, phenomenal, record breaking platinum and award winning albums, no one could touch Aftermath/Shady. Those three were THEE dominant force in hip hop for over a decade. And no words can probably express what the three of them mean to each other. They all saved each other, in different ways, and at critical times in their personal & professional lives. Just don’t see that anymore, not like that. Dre and Eminem have been friends since the day the met. They became brothers and have always been there for each other. Sometimes when no one else was. 👍

One of the greatest tribute songs for any artist dead or alive

I’m surprised nobody here knows this. It was talked about when the video was being released. He had that accident, reflecting on things as he almost died and Eminem was his rock through the whole thing. And thinking about his past during this time in his life made him realize things and motivated him even more to come back and come back bigger physically and badder then ever. These guys are brothers and their proving that with this song

"Went through friends, some of them I put on, but they just left
They said they was ridin' to the death
But where the fuck are they now, now that I need them?
I don't see none of them, all I see is Slim
Fuck all you fair-weather friends! All I need is him"

This shows exactly Dre's opinion of Em, and same with 50, he's all in for Em

If I'm not mistaken, Dre lost his son at that time, he was unable to make music, he had depression and he was about to quit the rap game, but Em will always support Dre, I love how this video is a huge tribute to Dre's history.

Between depression from losing his son, being a perfectionist, while trying to complete and release detox that the world was waiting on

"Edit her out" like this not a old ass video lol..

Hahaha loved it when you trashed out Dre’s ex wife for what she did!

This is the ultimate bromance track

You know it's serious when Stevie is impressed when another guy is looking swole.

Imagine this song  (I hate thinking about this) but when one of them passes... this song is really gonna hit!

I’ve listen to this 100 times but this was all before I started paying attention to BARS, so I’m excited to see what I missed

How different things would be if Dre never signed Eminem..... I can’t imagine

I get the chills every time Em says “you gon’ either wanna fight when I get off this fuckin mic or you gon’ hug me”

Dre didn’t fall off. He just has been too self critical of his material after 2001 and not putting out a proper album since.

Release Detox Dre!!!

No bars, but the storytelling and what Eminem is making you visualize is amazing~ Emotional songs like this with not a lot of bars are underrated, especially from Eminem.

This shit hit hard when dre was unwell suffering from aneurysm ... earlier this year