Skylar Grey herself appears as one of the doctors in the video, but never actually appears singing her part. Eminem raps next to him as he is floating in an isolation tank, during which the figure of the Pythia (played by Canadian actress Estella Warren) is singing as a hologram behind and over Dre, mouthing the words to Skylar Grey's vocal part in the song. HP Touchstone / Touch-to-Share technology is featured as the way medical data is transferred from the doctor's phone to the medical tablet. The Marin County Civic Center stands in for the medical facility. They fast-forward to present day ten years later, where he has been hospitalized and is on life support. The date at the beginning of the video is Febru(his 36th birthday). Dre driving down Pacific Coast Highway in a Ferrari 360, with flashbacks of his life, crashing his car and the last thing heard was his daughter say "Good night Daddy." Then he is transported to a medical facility. It includes many rappers such as Eazy-E, 2Pac, The D.O.C, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit and all the rest of the members from N.W.A. There are also snippets from past music videos. Dre and his family, such as him hugging his daughter and son and getting married. Dre's music career, such as when he and fellow N.W.A member DJ Yella were in the 1980s funk group World Class Wreckin' Cru. The video begins with an introduction of Dr. The video premiered on February 24, 2011. The video for "I Need a Doctor" was shot with Allen Hughes, the director of Menace II Society, From Hell and The Book of Eli. The song's theme is about Dre's life, how it affected him, and that Eminem would be there for him since he was always there for Eminem. In the song Eminem raps two verses about his mentor, thanking Dre for believing in him in his early days and returning the favor, before Dre delivers the song's final verse. Grey also said that she was in tears when she heard Eminem's verses for the first time and that da Kid initially proposed featuring Lady Gaga on the hook, but Eminem insisted on having Grey's vocals, and said that they were not taking her voice off the track. Eminem had then gone into the back room, and came out two hours later, and said that he was done writing his verses. Skylar Grey said that she and da Kid came to the studio with the hook and "the track" prepared loved it. The official version premiered through Dr. As of October 2011, it had sold over 2,206,000 digital copies in the United States alone, thus making it a double platinum record as certified by the RIAA. It also peaked in the upper regions of many other national charts. Dre's second highest peaking song on the chart ever. Dre and Eminem's close friendship, and how they have often needed and inspired each other in the past.Įven though the song was leaked onto the Internet several months in advance of its release, it became a significant commercial success on its official release, particularly in the United States, where it peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Dr. Musically, "I Need a Doctor" is predominantly a rap song, backed by a "spacey", drum-heavy production, with extra piano keys featured in the introduction and the chorus. The song was produced by Alex da Kid and released for digital download through the American iTunes Store on February 1, 2011. Dre featuring fellow American rapper Eminem and American singer Skylar Grey. " I Need a Doctor" is a single by American rapper Dr.
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