

The length of time that Detox has taken to record, as well as the limited amount of material that has been officially released or leaked from the recording sessions, has given it considerable notoriety within the music industry. Two genuine singles – "Kush", a collaboration with Snoop Dogg and fellow rapper Akon, and "I Need a Doctor" with Eminem and singer Skylar Grey – were released in the United States during November 2010 and February 2011 respectively: the latter achieved international chart success, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and later being certified double platinum by the RIAA and the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Dre later announced in an interview that the song, along with any other previously leaked tracks from Detox's recording process, would not appear on the final version of the album. The song leaked prior to its intended release in an unmixed, unmastered form without a chorus on June 16, 2010: however, critical reaction to the song was lukewarm, and Dr. Dre during an interview at Fenway Park as the album's first single. On April 20, 2010, "Under Pressure", featuring Jay-Z and co-produced with Scott Storch, was confirmed by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre had around a dozen songs finished for Detox. 50 Cent and Eminem asserted in an interview on BET's 106 & Park that Dr. In a Dr Pepper commercial that debuted on May 28, 2009, he premiered the first official snippet of Detox. Dre handled the bulk of production duties. After another delay based on producing other artists' work, Detox was then scheduled for a 2010 release, coming after 50 Cent's Before I Self Destruct and Eminem's Relapse, an album for which Dr.

Rotem,RZA, Jay-Z, Warren G, and Boi-1da.Snoop Dogg claimed that Detox was finished, according to a June 2008 report by Rolling Stone magazine. Producers confirmed to work on the album include DJ Khalil, Nottz, Bernard "Focus" Edwards Jr.,Hi-Tek,J.R. Later in that year, he decided to stop working on the album to focus on producing for other artists, but then changed his mind the album had initially been set for a fall 2005 release. Work for the upcoming album dates back to 2001, where its first version was called "the most advanced rap album ever," by producer Scott Storch.
