Dr. Dre - The Chronic

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1 The Chronic (Intro) (1:58)
2 Fuck Wit Dre (And Everybody's Celebratin') (4:51)
3 Let Me Ride (4:21)
4 The Day The Niggaz Took Over (4:32)
5 Nuthin' But A "G" Thang (3:58)
6 Deez Nuuuts (5:06)
7 Lil' Ghetto Boy (5:27)
8 Nigga Witta Gun (3:52)
9 Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat (3:48)
10 The $20 Pyramid (2:53)
11 Lyrical Gangbang (4:04)
12 High Powered (2:44)
13 The Doctor's Office (1:03)
14 Stranded On Death Row (4:46)
15 The Roach (The Chronic Outro) (4:36)
16 Bitches Ain't Shit (4:47)

Feat. Snoop Dogg, RBX, Dat Nigga Daz and Kurupt.
Produced by Dr. Dre.

[HarlemDiplomat]

5 mics

[CharlesJones]

Classic. I got the reissued version of this album and there's a videos dvd that comes with it that has the videos that were from this album. Nothing But A G Thing video is a classic. It's a shame that Dr Dre hasn't released more solo albums. It's also a shame how Death Row records fell off because the record label was very successful in the early 90's. If Suge Knight hadn't been ignorant, i believe Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Daz and Kurupt, Rage, Nate Dogg would've stayed. Suge should've released Dr Dre and Ice Cube's Helter Skelter album.

[bad boy T]

West coast classic

[TAURO]

I love this album, a classic in my book.

[Maxxx Millisecondz]

5 mics. i miss classic Dre.

[buckshotstheone]

easily one of the greatest records of all time, not just one of the greatest hip hop records but one of the truly incredible albums in music in general. look at the source's definition of 5 mics and you'll find a picture of the album cover

[BRONZBODY]

anyone that says this is not a classic is a FUKKIN IDIOT!!

[claaa7]

of course it's a fucking classic 5/5... in my opinion "2001" was even better though.

[Razorsharp]

classic... represents west coast to the fullest...

damn i remember when it first came out i was like 5... i still remember watching "nothin but a g thang" and "fuckin wit dre"

damn.... hahaha

classic... 5/5

[Sosa]

never gets old, a true classic of hip hop, i hope 'detox' sees the light of day soon though

[DrUnK-N-MuNkY]

" damn things done changed on this side
remember when they use to thump but now they blast right"

just recognized Biggie sampled that line

[Kenny Powers]

i acknowledge it as a classic album in hip hop history, but its not really my style. Im not into that funky sound

[baritone]

arguably, the greatest produced album of all time

5 mics off production alone

[claaa7]

am i the only one feeling that "2001" was even better produced.. as far as lyrics "the chronic" was the better album though. both are easily 5 mics..

[beardman]

am i the only one feeling that "2001" was even better produced.. as far as lyrics "the chronic" was the better album though. both are easily 5 mics..

I feel the same way.
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[Ghost_Deini_]

if you REALLY listen to this i think the production is way better than 2001.

[whitey]

2001 has some corny sounding shit to me on it.

CHRONIC says it all in the name!!!

[-The A to the Z-]

I listened to The Chronic on Monday.


































For the first time.

[MAYOR QUIMBY]

easily one of the greatest records of all time, not just one of the greatest hip hop records but one of the truly incredible albums in music in general.
Uh, ok, thats pushing it.

[Greek Gheynician Anal Tradition]

am i the only one feeling that "2001" was even better produced.. as far as lyrics "the chronic" was the better album though. both are easily 5 mics..

co-sign

[2Bladez]

I give it 4/5, because as a whole it sounds to me so monotone, that's why i prefer 2001

[BGS]

classic album! 5 mics

[11th Chamber]

of course it's a fucking classic 5/5... in my opinion "2001" was even better though.

exactly how I feel

The Chronic is classic, but 2001 is on some other level type shit

[ElusiveFugitive]

if you REALLY listen to this i think the production is way better than 2001.


^^ truth right there^^

Dre's direction in 2001 was to appeal to a younger, more mainstream audience and it came off a little cheesy IMO.

I was in highschool when The Chronic came out...Straight FIRE...It was effortlessly some of the best of West Coast Hop in the early 90's.

Anybody got Deathrow Greatest Hits or Concrete Roots?

[buckshotstheone]

^^ truth right there^^

Dre's direction in 2001 was to appeal to a younger, more mainstream audience and it came off a little cheesy IMO.

I was in highschool when The Chronic came out...Straight FIRE...It was effortlessly some of the best of West Coast Hop in the early 90's.

Anybody got Deathrow Greatest Hits or Concrete Roots?

haha, bought Concrete Roots from a Strawberries back when it dropped and brought it back an hour later asking for my money back. They asked why and I said "cause it fucking sucks".....i think i bought Vitalogy with that loot....still better than concrete roots

that Death Row Greatest Hits 2CD comp was bomb though, the second disc was mostly remixes but a few good ones, first disc had some gems that really didn't get shine...like maybe my favorite track on Chronic.....Stranded on Death Row

[wutangclan97chamber]

overrated. 3.5. i guess its not my style.

[OntheHorizon]

Who the fuck rated this one Mic??

All 3 of ya'll, go smack yourselves!!

[derek41]

Chronic 2001 was boring as fuck. Cold 187um made better beats on above the law's legends album. The chronic is a classic to me. Dre was in his prime with the beats, snoop sounded so tight when he first came out and you could tell that the whole death row camp was hungry as fuck. The chronic and uncle sam's curse are two of my favorite hip hop albums ever. Chronic 2001 had some decent beats but the mc's came off wack as fuck to me.

[OntheHorizon]

Chronic 2001 was boring as fuck. Cold 187um made better beats on above the law's legends album. The chronic is a classic to me. Dre was in his prime with the beats, snoop sounded so tight when he first came out and you could tell that the whole death row camp was hungry as fuck. The chronic and uncle sam's curse are two of my favorite hip hop albums ever. Chronic 2001 had some decent beats but the mc's came off wack as fuck to me.


Thank You

I feel the same way about the 2001 album, although I really thought the beats were incredible, but the half assed rapping on the album kills the replay value on it

Eminem & Xzibit were the Only MC's who showed up to work on the album, other then that what did you have???

Hittman??.........Ms. Roq???.............Six-2??............Time Bomb???

Who the fuck are they??.........I dont think its a coincidence that were never heard of them before this record, and we never heard from them again after this record

Not to Mention Kurupt phoned in the absolute worst performance of his career on "Xxxplosive"...........

"Bitch Nigga, Your more of a Bitch then a bitch"

Always thought that album was grossly overrated

[CharlesJones]

LOL@Claaa7 saying Chronic 2001 has better beats than The Chronic hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Stop smoking that weed because it's affecting your brain LOL. The Chronic has way better beats than Chronic 2001. I agree with Derek41 that Chronic 2001 isn't all that great. There's a few joints on there that i like but i like every song on The Chronic. Let's Get High song on Chronic 2001 is the shit. I love that joint. LOL@the guys at the beginning of the song saying all these niggas and all these hoes in here, somebody here gon fuck hahahahahahahahaha. Derek41, i didn't know you were a Above The Law fan. I like them too. Their Legends and Uncle Sam's Curse albums are good. Black Mafia Life album is good too.

[JamesBondInDaOctagon]

I love 2001,but it ain't got crap on The Chronic.
Lyrical Gangbang is my favorite track

[CharlesJones]

Yeah Chronic 2001 isn't nearly as good as The Chronic. The Chronic has a lot of hardcore joints i like such as Fuck Wit Dre Day, Let Me Ride, Nuthin But A G Thing, A Nigga Witta Gun, Rat Tat Tat Tat, Lyrical Gangbang, High Powered, Stranded On Death Row, Bitches Ain't Shit. I also like the b-side joint on Dre Day single called Puffin On Blunts And Drankin Tanqueray. That song is my shit. LOL@the beginning of the song when Dr Dre said you know there's a lot of punk ass niggas out there and a lot of punk ass bitches out there hahahahahahahaha. Eazy E, you a punk ass bitch. Tim Mut, you a punk ass bitch bitch LOL. Oh oh Luke i didn't forget about you bitch LOL.

[derek41]

Ya man above the law were so dope. 187um is the best producer from the west in my opinion. Big hutch's new joint only god can judge me was dope as hell too. Uncle sams curse, black mafia life, time will reveal, funk upon a rhyme, legends are all in my collection. I dog 2001 cuz to me it was not that great. I own the instrumental album and the beats are much better to listen to than the version with all the wack rappers on it. I loved that early 90's west coast sound, 187um, quick, ant banks, khayree, early dre, all had bangers then. People get on my case for liking 90's shit to today's shit but honestly, today's shit can't hold a candle to the old shit.

[CharlesJones]

I feel you and i agree with you. I feel sorry for these black youngsters today because they think these new rappers are good compared to the old rappers hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. The old rappers from the 80's and 90's will always be better than these shitty new rappers. I only listen to 80's and 90's rappers. I be on Youtube all the time every Saturday most of the day listening to 80's and 90's rappers and watching old rap videos. I wanna thank the person who created Youtube because i like watching old rap videos that i haven't seen in a long time. I didn't like Above The Law's Livin Like Hustlers and Time Will Reveal albums. I got Hutch's 2 solo albums Executive Decisions and Live From The Ghetto. Those albums aren't that bad. I heard his last solo album that came out a couple of years ago and i didn't like it. I don't think Only God Can Judge Me is the name of the album.

[derek41]

Only god can judge Me is his new album just released a few months back. I had to search for it but you can find it somewhere online. The album you are thinking of was fresh out the pen and yeah, it was not that good. Only god can judge me is much better. I am looking forward to the new ATL album Victims of global politics and 187um's other solo joint OG since 67, the solo joint is supposed to feature all live production. I hear ya about 80 and 90's shit. Even the down south artists were dope in the early 90's. Geto boys 8 ball and mug ugk. What the fuck happened? He'll Bet's rap city used to be the shit. Now everyone is a sellout.

[CharlesJones]

Hutch has a new album called Only God Can Judge Me? I'm gonna have to check for that. I did hear his Fresh Out The Pen album and it does suck. He releases albums quick. I wonder how come his partner KMG hasn't done any solo albums. Above The Law got a new album coming? I hope it's good because i didn't like their last album Forever Rich Thugs. I love the Geto Boys. I got all their albums and Willie D is my boy. He's so funny hahahahahahahahahaha. He always says some funny lyrics. I'm gonna pm you some of his funny songs and you're gonna laugh. Here's some funny lyrics from his solo song So What on his Unbreakable album.


Anybody don't like this can suck the peeda. Watch out now. Here comes another heater. Everytime i turn the radio on, i get hot. I'm sick of niggas bragging about what they got LOL. I came here to show and tell. Half of these muthafuckas broke as hell LOL. Most of these bitches scared to come to the hood LOL. The rest talking about they platinum and they can't go wood. Let's get the facts straight out the gate. You ain't real nigga, you's a cake LOL. You talk a lot of shit about scrapping and guns but if i slapped the fuck out you right now, you run hahahahahahahaha. So what if you rich. Let me tell you something bitch LOL. A nigga don't feel like hearing that shit LOL. I could give a fuck about how tight your flow is LOL. You garbage if you ain't doing nothing for these kids.


So what you got a new set of wheels. So what they put your house on cribs. So what you filthy rich. So what you filthy bitch LOL. So what you got ice in your chain. So what you got bitches giving you brain. So what you filthy rich. So what you filthy bitch LOL.


Shouting out to the hood every god damn minute but when you gon build a bridge in it? LOL. Got money out the ass and you swinging like Tarzan but all your homeboys starving. It takes me to talk about your selfish ass cause most individuals don't know the half. You roll through the hood and pass out a few bucks but you ain't really trying to see a nigga come up. It ain't safe when you talking shit. Your bodyguard ain't nothing but a big old bitch hahahahahahahahahahahaha. Heard you got jumped on by a broad LOL. Now suddenly you got a record out and your ass is hard LOL. Cocksucka muthafucka, you a brand new fool LOL. Tricking with these chickens and your kids need shoes. Radios and videos playing your shit. Screaming your record company name but they laying you dick LOL.


How you living? How you living mr ball player? Since you signed that new contract, you ain't did jack LOL. You lucky i ain't the team owner cause i'd pull out a 9 and pop your ass while you riding the pine hahahahahaha. Northside niggas don't care if you rich. We play for respect and authority bitch LOL.

[CharlesJones]

Derek41, have you heard a funny skit on Gang Starr's The Ownerz album? DJ Premier speaks the truth about rap being shitty now and he says hey yo, what the fuck is this shit ya'll are listening to on the radio nowadays man? You call that shit hip hop? That's some faggot bitch shit ya'll are listening to hahahahahahahahahahahaha. All you dj's are letting the program directors handcuff you and sit there and tell you how to mix. You fucking robots LOL. Fuck ya'll LOL.


Derek41, do you like MC Ren of NWA? I figured since you like 90's westcoast rappers that you would like NWA. Have you heard MC Ren's solo albums? I got all of them. I like Kiss My Black Azz and Shock Of The Hour albums the most outta the 4 albums he's done. The Villain In Black and Ruthless For Life albums were disappointing but i like The Villain In Black more than Ruthless For Life. He got a hard song on Ruthless For Life with Ice Cube called Comin After You. I was listening to that yesterday on Youtube because i hadn't heard it in a long time. I like the hook when they say you fake ass ballers who we talking to. Lying on records bout what you do LOL. The shit ya'll doing is played out and through. You come with that shit, we coming after you LOL.


Ren has a funny skit on Kiss My Black Azz before the song Right Up My Alley comes on. Ren is talking to a friend of his who's a drug dealer and the conversation goes like this. Ren says what up Bob nigga. The guy says chilling loc, trying to make them ends. The guy says i'm about to serve some smokers in the alley. Ren says right right right LOL. The guy says why don't you bare with me loc. Ren says you got it, let's go up here. So they start walking and Ren's friend says ain't that them punk ass niggas i told to get up outta here LOL. Ren says there go some punk ass muthafuckas over there yeah LOL. So Ren's friend starts arguing with the other guys and Ren says chill out dawg, chill out dawg LOL. Ren's friend says check this out nigga and he shoots a gun at somebody. Ren's friend starts kicking the guy he shot and he says when i tell you to get up outta here now, you get up outta here nigga LOL. Ren says let's raise up nigga, let's raise up and they start running LOL.


There's another funny skit on Ren's The Villain In Black album before the song Live From Compton Saturday Night comes on and he's talking to your boy Hutch of Above The Law on the phone. Ren says hello. Hutch says what's up man. I'm just calling to see what's going down man. Ren says i'm about to rest dawg. Hutch says it's Saturday man and you talking about rest. Ren says i was up at the studio all night last night. Hutch said man fuck that studio shit LOL. Let's go get some blunts, some bitches, let's do something hahahahahahahahahaha. Ren says hey hey fuck what you talking about and he hung up on him LOL. Hutch said Ren Ren, aww a nigga gon hang up on a nigga and shit LOL.

[Sosa]

Does anyone actually read Charles Jones' posts?

Are you posting from a mental hospital Charles?

[djskillz]

still can't believe that blunts and tanqueray didnt make the album. the throwaway tracks from this album are better than 99% of these so called emcees' catalogues.

[buckshotstheone]

still can't believe that blunts and tanqueray didnt make the album. the throwaway tracks from this album are better than 99% of these so called emcees' catalogues.

Kurupt's verse on that >>>>>>

[main_man]

hey cumshot, if you really like the wu tang clan why dont you
DELETE YOUR ACCOUNT AND NEVER SAY SHIT ON HERE AGAIN.

you dont get hip hop.
you'll never really understand hip hop.
stick to being a pussy rich white faggot.

bitch ass cracker.

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[Killah_L]

One of if not my favourite album of all time.

When Doggystyle came out I always preffered it over this, but the last few years it has changed around. I still listen to the Chronic to this day, where as I never listen to Doggystyle now.

2001 was a let down in my view. Just too polished, soft and comercial and not many decent rhymes either.

Death Row was what got me into hip hop so I can remeber alot about the anticipation for the follow up to this in '96 The Chronic 2. Especially after buying All eyez on me and seeing it advertised as coming soon on Death Row.

I have been reading abit about this lately in various books. After Doggystyle Snoop and Dre started to seperate abit with Snoop sticking with Daz, Kurupt and Nate, Etc. While Dre wanted to move in a new direction with The Chronic 2: Popas got a brand new funk. Working with new artist like J-Flexx and Sam Sneed. He wanted to come totally fresh again with more new talent.

[KJR]

I like this album but I'm not sure if I feel it as much as others. I think the lyrics are a little weak.

[CharlesJones]

You think the lyrics on The Chronic are weak? Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

[UNCLE RUCKUS]

Its top ten if not 5 of all time

[Rob Swanson]

Looking back... Eminem's verses had no place on this album. Everyone else stuck to the typical west coast theme, and he was talking about mucus, hot water and fucking Charleston chews?

[UNCLE RUCKUS]

Looking back... Eminem's verses had no place on this album. Everyone else stuck to the typical west coast theme, and he was talking about mucus, hot water and fucking Charleston chews?

this about the original I think but I agree with you

[Rob Swanson]

Whoops didnt read thread title

I skimmed through and saw 2001 mentioned

[KJR]

You think the lyrics on The Chronic are weak? Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

You think the lyrics on The Chronic are STRONG?
Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

[Sosa]

the chronic lyrics are classic. whats weak about them?

[TheFunkyDrummer]

Charles you are a idiot if you think The Chronic got the classic status because of the lyrics. The lyrics are average.

[Sosa]

Charles you are a idiot if you think The Chronic got the classic status because of the lyrics. The lyrics are average.

back on the ignore list

[KJR]

Charles you are a idiot if you think The Chronic got the classic status because of the lyrics. The lyrics are average.

Thank you. What makes the Chronic classic is the smooth delivery from Mr. SN-Double O-P and of course, more importantly, Dre's (at the time) completely unique and innovative production.