Young Cube was fourteen years old when he met Dre, nineteen. Dre had soon entered the recording industry involved with the World Class Wreckin’ Cru recording records with Grandmaster Alonzo Williams at his studio at the back of his Compton nightspot Eve’s After Dark. Dre saw Cube’s potential as a writer and had him helping Dre in writing Wreckin Cru’s big LA hit track, "Cabbage Patch" as well as joining Cube on a side partnership the duo called Stereo Crew by which they produced a twelve-inch record, "She’s a Skag" which was released in ’86. Dre soon offered a spot to Cube’s CIA group to perform and eventually record several tracks in the back four-track studio under Lonzo’s Kru-Cut Records under CBS. Dre produced three notable recordings for CIA, "My Posse" and "Ill-legal" which were Beastie Boys blueprints replaced with lyrics detailing cruising in cars along the Crenshaw Boulevard strip and "Just 4 The Cash."
Pioneers
Young Cube was fourteen years old when he met Dre, nineteen. Dre had soon entered the recording industry involved with the World Class Wreckin’ Cru recording records with Grandmaster Alonzo Williams at his studio at the back of his Compton nightspot Eve’s After Dark. Dre saw Cube’s potential as a writer and had him helping Dre in writing Wreckin Cru’s big LA hit track, "Cabbage Patch" as well as joining Cube on a side partnership the duo called Stereo Crew by which they produced a twelve-inch record, "She’s a Skag" which was released in ’86. Dre soon offered a spot to Cube’s CIA group to perform and eventually record several tracks in the back four-track studio under Lonzo’s Kru-Cut Records under CBS. Dre produced three notable recordings for CIA, "My Posse" and "Ill-legal" which were Beastie Boys blueprints replaced with lyrics detailing cruising in cars along the Crenshaw Boulevard strip and "Just 4 The Cash."