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There are many business decisions Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine made in order to turn Beats by Dre into a multibillion-dollar company. One decision we certainly won't discount is their relentless push of product placement in music videos.
The concept of product placement in music videos is pretty commonplace these days, especially when there's always a buck to squeeze out somewhere. We've lost count of how many times Rick Ross has tried to shove Belaire Rosé down our throats, or what Lil Wayne looked like before he started dressing like a skater in every one of his music videos because of Trukfit. Other rappers like 50 Cent and Ludacris have even gone the headphones route. But they don't do it as successfully as Dr. Dre. Or as excessively. Here are 40 Music Videos With Blatant Beats by Dre Product Placement. Stay woke, my friends.
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Soulja Boy "Bird Walk" (2008)
Kardinal Offishall f/ Akon "Dangerous" (2008)
New Kids On The Block & Ne-Yo "Single" (2008)
Lady Gaga f/ Coldy O'Donis "Just Dance" (2008)
Snoop Dogg "Those Gurlz" (2008)
Solange "I Decided" (2008)
Keri Hilson f/ Timbaland "Return the Favor" (2008)
Greg Street f/ Nappy Roots "Good Day" (2008)
Busta Rhymes f/ Linkin Park "We Made It" (2008)
Kardinal Offishall f/ Clipse "Set It Off" (2008)
Nelly f/ Fergie "Party People" (2008)
Lady Gaga "Poker Face" (2008)
Teyana Taylor "Google Me" (2008)
Snoop Dogg f/ Too Short & Mistah F.A.B. "Life of Da Party" (2008)
Keyshia Cole f/ 2Pac "Playa Cardz Right" (2008)
Keri Hilson "Energy" (2008)
Colby O'Donis f/ Akon "What You Got" (2008)
Game f/ Travis Barker "Dope Boys" (2008)
Kardinal Offishall f/ Keri Hilson "Numba 1 (Tide Is High)" 2008
Keri Hilson f/ Kanye West & Ne-Yo "Knock You Down" (2009)
The Pussycat Dolls "When I Grow Up" (2008)
Ludacris f/ Floyd Mayweather "Undisputed" (2008)
Charles Hamilton "Brooklyn Girls" (2009)
Soulja Boy "Turn My Swag On" (2009)
Keri Hilson f/ Lil Wayne "Turnin Me On" (2009)
LMFAO "I'm in Miami B***h" (2009)
The Pussycat Dolls f/ Snoop Dogg "Bottle Pop" (2009)
Lady Gaga f/ Beyoncé "Telephone" (2009)
will.i.am. f/ Cheryl Cole "Heartbreaker" (2009)
Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg & Akon "Kush" (2010)
Game f/ Lil Wayne "Red Nation" (2011)
Britney Spears "Work B***h" (2013)
Jessie J "It's My Party" (2013)
Mike WiLL Made It f/ Miley Cyrus, Wiz Khalifa, and Juicy J "23" (2013)
Azealia Banks "Yung Rapunxel" (2013)
Miley Cyrus "We Can't Stop" (2013)
Lily Allen "Hard Out Here" (2014)
Nicki Minaj "Pills N Potions" (2014)
Ty Dolla $ign f/ The Weeknd, Wiz Khalifa & DJ Mustard "Or Nah (Remix)" (2014)
