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Dr. Dre's Rapid 'Gunfire' Flow Affirms And Defies His Age

The new song comes in conjunction with the revealing HBO documentary The Defiant Ones, which intertwines the lives and legacies of Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine.
Dr. Dre, "Gunfire."

When an artist of Dr. Dre's stature releases a new song, it's always an event – especially since he averages about a record a decade.

In the new four-part HBO documentary , Dre reveals more of himself than he — Dre simultaneously sounds like an old and new versions of himself.

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