Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg team up for the first time onscreen in "The Wash," scheduled for November release. According to Dre, though, if the two had had enough time, they would have parlayed the movie's soundtrack album into their first full-length LP together.

"Me and Snoop originally wanted to make the soundtrack album to this movie our reunion CD," Dre explained during a May interview on the Los Angeles set of "The Wash." "But an October release slot came up, so we didn't have enough time to put that in place. We're going to try to do as many songs as possible for the soundtrack album and get other people to submit tracks."

The scheduled mid-October releases of both movie and album have been pushed back, however. "The Wash" gets its chance to clean up at the box office November 14, while the soundtrack album arrives November 6.

As Dre continues to tweak the album's lineup, a spokesperson for the project (a joint release by Dre's Aftermath label and Snoop's Doggstyle Records) confirmed that he and Snoop would be heard together on at least two tracks. Dre, whose Aftermath label will release the disc, also performs with Bilal, Xzibit and newcomer Knoc-Turnal, who sings with Dre on the album's first single, "Bad Intentions."

Busta Rhymes and Bubba Sparxxx have solo cuts on the album, as does singer Truth Hurts. "Her album is just about done," Dre said of his latest protégé. "We recorded 40 songs with her." Beside Dre, Mel Man, Rick Rock and Hi-Tek check in behind the board.

Although Dre hopes to soon begin work on Detox, his next solo album, he might push the start date back if he gets another Hollywood gig (he also has a part in the upcoming Denzel Washington drama, "Training Day").

"It makes it real easy if you know the person you're acting with," Dre said about working with his co-star, Snoop. "I've done some acting before, and I kinda sucked at it. But I think I'm catching the knack. I think I have a talent for this."