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The Defiant Ones
Documentary · 2017
A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - -- and their improbable partnership and surprising leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture.
The sides of The Defiant Ones
- Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre telling their stories
- From Brooklyn and Compton to the studio
- Selling Beats to Apple
The Defiant Ones is good for you if…
- you like hearing how records you know were made.
- you like two real lives from rough starts to the top of the business.
- you like an unlikely partnership between a producer and a rapper.
The Defiant Ones is bad for you if…
- you roll your eyes at success stories told by the people who lived them.
- you can't give four long episodes to a music documentary.
About: ambition · partnership · success
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