Scott Storch has entered the chat. The super producer is pulling back the curtain on his fallout with The Roots and the early moments that reshaped his career. In a revealing conversation on Patrick Bet David’s podcast the hitmaking producer reflected on his time with the Philadelphia collective and did not hold back when discussing how things soured after he started collaborating with Dr. Dre.
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“I started in The Roots and did a lot of the stuff for them very underappreciated. I was the guy who again came up with a lot of the nucleus of what that s*** was” Storch explained. “And I left the group and was told that I was like the Pete Best of The Roots. You know Pete Best is the guy that quit The Beatles.”
He went on to share that even those closest to him doubted his decision to step away from the group. “Even my girlfriend broke up with me and said ‘Oh you fed up’ and this and that. I was like ‘No I didn’t. I see bigger.’ I’m not gonna go on the road with a bunch of guys that don’t appreciate me and be like ‘That’s the white guy who plays keys in The Roots.’ I’m the fing guy coming up with all the s***” he said. “In fact they called me the white devil.”
Storch also opened up about his past struggles with addiction and reflected on a complicated chapter with DMX. According to Storch he tried to help the rap icon get clean while fighting his own battle. “It was like the blind leading the blind. I’m a coke addict and he’s a crack addict and I’m trying to help him. I’m like ‘[Snorts coke] you really need to get clean man.’ What the f***? I’m like ‘You need to go to rehab.’”
He shared that he persuaded DMX to seek treatment instead of facing jail time. “So I convinced him to avoid a jail sentence for a charge he had or whatever. He went to rehab and was getting his s*** together at a place where I had gone but it didn’t really work for me. I had him there I really did care about him I wanted him off that s***. That was a faster suicide than I was even on.”
Sounds like Storch has a lot to get off his chest. Let’s hear more. We’re here for it.