The LA legends released ‘Outta Da Blue’ in November before the album dropped on December 13. Now it’s been found that the two hip hop stars sourced a sample from the song ‘Watermelon Fantasy’, released by the charity Daylight Studio in 2018.

The sampled track was performed by three artists with learning disabilities and produced by the founder of Daylight Studio and one of its trustees. Daylight is a day centre for adults with learning disabilities, run by Islington Council.

‘Watermelon Fantasy’ is an abstract piece, featuring industrial synths, booming 808’s, jolty percussion rhythms and echoey vocals. Dre and Snoop’s reworking loops part of the song with some added funky drums beneath it.

Tina Bruins, one of the featured artists on the original, told the Guardian: “I was shocked. I remember being like: ‘Whaaaaaat?’ I didn’t know it was going to be released by Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg. I thought no, I thought it was a fantasy.”

She added that “It was a good shock because it sort of proves I make good music. I’m proud of [‘Watermelon Fantasy’] because Snoop Dogg took it over.”

Jack Daley, a recording engineer, and Oliver Price, a music producer and songwriter, created the track with Tina Bruins, Mandy Priddice and Cedrick Letshou Olembo while hosting music sessions at the day centre. The proceeds from the collaboration are to be split equally by the three artists, with production shares being donated back to the Daylight charity.

Daley was happy to be sampled by Dre, telling The Guardian “This is the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me, and I’m pretty certain I can say that this year has been the best year of my life because of it.”

Price said “I still can’t believe it’s a real thing. It sort of feels divinely ordained because the song is called ‘Outta Da Blue’ and it came out of the blue and it’s like we’re living in a watermelon fantasy. It’s all quite funny really.”

Since its November release, ‘Outta Da Blue’ has been featured in the trailer for Netflix’s upcoming film Back In Action featuring Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, American football game Madden NFL 25, and in an Amazon Music Live series where Snoop performs hits from his extensive discography.

‘Missionary’, the new collab album from the California duo has featured a wide array of samples, plucking material from jazz artists like Ahmad Jamal, soul from The Stylistics, and even a few rock samples from Sting, Pink Floyd and Tom Petty.

All creators of ‘Watermelon Fantasy‘ would like to do more collabs with local and international artists using Daylight Studio’s music. Price hopes “maybe this won’t be the last sample. It would be awesome if Kendrick Lamar or Drake or someone would use it. You just don’t know.”

Dre and Snoops new album has received generally favourable reviews – while Slant Magazine branded its maximalist production as “sonic overindulgence” that sounds “ultimately uninspired”, The Independent complimented it as “relentlessly interesting” and praised Snoop’s inspired performance. You can listen to the full album here.

After a brief musical detour with 2013’s The Marshall Mathers LP 2, Revival will see the MC complete a musical trilogy of albums, which also includes 2009’s Relapse, and 2010’s Recovery.

Em first announced his return with the track ‘Walk on Water’, a collaboration with Beyonce, which was also performed by the pair, to open the recent MTV European Music Awards.

The build-up to Revival has been masterful, stirring fans up into something approaching a frenzy, with a series of cryptic posts, involving fake pharmaceutical adverts, which were financed by Eminem’s label Interscope. A hotline, a TV ad, and a website were all found, advertising medication for a fictional ailment called ‘Atroxus Rithimus’, with all three featuring direct lyrical references to Eminem’s Oscar-winning track ‘Lose Yourself.’

More evidence of new @Eminem album. Online ad for Revival in the @freep was placed by Interscope Records. pic.twitter.com/fmI8Xvc9ai

— Maxwell White (@MaxWhiteWXYZ) October 26, 2017

Here’s what happens when you call 1-833-243-8738, the number for Eminem’s new album, “REVIVAL” pic.twitter.com/yWbf2Zk9Hr

— Ryan Christensen (@rnchristensen) October 26, 2017

Things have been taken further still by Eminem’s mentor, and fellow hip-hop icon Dr. Dre, who posted a Revival advert on his Instagram page, with the caption ‘Use as prescribed by your doctor’, crucially revealing that the album would be released on December 15. As yet we know no further details of the album’s length, tracklisting, or features list, but given the wait for the album is less than three weeks, expect these to drop shortly.

Use as prescribed by your doctor. @eminem

A post shared by Dr. Dre (@drdre) on Nov 28, 2017 at 12:05pm PST

Dre is one of several famous sons of the city that have been nominated or selected by campaign committee LA 2024, to work on it’s board of directors.

Joining the former NWA rapper and producer will be joined on the board by former NBA great Magic Johnson and Jason Collins, as well as Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, and Clippers owner Steven Balmer. The full and detailed list was released yesterday, and can be read here.

A statement made by the LA 2024 board said:”The diverse group of 117 leaders and innovators are drawn from the sports, entertainment, media, technology, higher education, business, philanthropic and public sectors in California and around the world, helping LA 2024 develop a Games plan that will serve the Olympic Movement in 2024 and beyond.”

Dr. Dre and the rest of the team will pitch their case to host the 2024 Games to the International Olympics Committee, who will cast a vote to decide the 2024 host, on September 13 in Lima, Peru.

Meanwhile, it is heavily rumoured that both Dre and long-time collaborator Snoop Dogg will be honouring former Death Row labelmate Tupac at the late, great rapper’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame later this year.