Jess and Dr Dre

Jessica Mauboy out to make a deal with Dr Dre Article from:Josh Robertson
December 27, 2009 11:00pm

IT'S an unlikely hook-up: wholesome Australian Idol graduate Jessica Mauboy and the biggest, baddest gangsta rap producer there is, Dr Dre.

But the Darwin chart-topper holds out hope of doing her thing over a Dre beat after a Tinseltown encounter with the towering NWA legend just weeks ago.

"It was crazy. I just saw him in the corner of my eye and was just like, 'Oh my god, I'm in love with this guy and I love his music, grew up with his music and I really want to meet him'," Mauboy said.

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"My friend introduced us and I think they've kind of kept in touch and we really want to work towards that."

The thought of hitting the studio with the man who introduced Snoop Dogg and Eminem to the world has Mauboy gushing with excitement.

But it seems even a short time with Dre, aka Andre Romelle Young, indicates the way he rolls.

"He was very quiet, very genuine and you could just almost see he's a businessman and you know, he really knows the dirt underneath it all. He didn't really have to say much. You just kind of knew," she said.

Mauboy will return to LA in the new year for a four-month stint writing and recording her third album.

She's been learning to play an electric guitar her dad bought her and said she wouldn't mind going in an "edgy" direction with it.

But a beat from Dre, an elder statesman of hip-hop, would be a hell of a coup.

"That would be nice but I guess in the real world it's all about the money side of it," she said. "So hopefully we can kind of get that together and the record label can really help me towards that.

"You never know. He might just fall in love with what I do and want to make a track."

Meanwhile, Mauboy will support Estelle at Palazzo Versace Hotel's New Year's Eve glam-fest. It'll be a rare celebration away from home for Mauboy, who'll have two-year boyfriend Themeli Magripilis in tow.

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