Dr. Dre Music:

The Chronic Track Listing:
1. Chronic (Intro) - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg
2. Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - Dr. Dre, Jewell, RBX, Snoop Dogg
3. Let Me Ride - Dr. Dre, Jewell,
4. Day the Niggaz Took Over - Dr. Dre, RBX, Snoop Dogg, Daz
5. Nuthin' But a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg
6. Deeez Nuuuts - Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Warren G, , Snoop Dogg, ,
7. Lil' Ghetto Boy - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Daz
8. Nigga Witta Gun - Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg
9. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat - BJ "Tha Mocking Bird", Dr. Dre, RBX, Snoop Dogg
10. $20 Sack Pyramid - Big Tittie Nickie, , Dr. Dre, Samara, Snoop Dogg
11. Lyrical Gangbang - Dr. Dre, Kurupt, RBX, Rage
12. High Powered - Dr. Dre, RBX, Rage,
13. Doctor's Office - Dr. Dre, Jewell, Rage
14. Stranded on Death Row - Bushwick Bill, Dr. Dre, Kurupt, RBX, Rage, Snoop Dogg
15. Roach (The Chronic Outro) - Dr. Dre, Emmage, Jewell, RBX, Rage, ,
16. Bitches Ain't Shit - Dr. Dre, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg,

Editorial Review:
Japanese reissue packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Details TBA. Death Row. 2004.

Description of The Chronic:
1989's Straight Outta Compton, by Dre's previous outfit N.W.A., may have shined the public spotlight on the genre, but The Chronic legitimized it. That is not to say that Snoop Doggy Dogg (The Chronic marks his debut) and Dre's raps are for everyone; the subject matter is the sex, drugs, violence, and politics of South Central Los Angeles, and the phrasing is explicit, to say the least. But The Chronic's real genius is the music. By breeding hip-hop, jazz (studio instrumentation includes saxophones and flutes), funk, and soul (sampled artists include Parliament, Donny Hathaway, and Isaac Hayes), Dre creates downright intoxicating grooves. If you can't feel The Chronic pulsating through your veins, maybe your heart's not pumping. --Bill Crandall

The Chronic Reviews:
The triumph of style over substance
2007-10-27 - I have mixed feelings about this album. The production is stellar - tremendous beats, catchy hooks, and classic samples. Snoop's laid back, sometimes comical drawl is a perfect complement to the hard hitting rhythm tracks and Dre's deeper voice. In fact, as an MC, Snoop basically steals the spotlight here. The album's singles - "...Dre Day," "Let Me Ride," and "...G Thang" - are bonafide classics, and several other tracks are almost as memorable. Here are my reservations: I'm certainly not the first to state this, but the lyrics, while often catchy, too often resort to cheap sensationalism (that's probably the gentlest criticsm I could offer about the lyrics). It's almost as if every time they couldn't think of something else to say, they'd fill in the blanks with "N..." or "M...F...". Don't get me wrong, I'm no prude, but the lyrical viewpoint is so limited and hedonistic that the record plays like one long sick joke, and the overall effect is numbing. As a result, this record is better appreciated in small doses. I know it's like comparing apples and oranges, but groups such as Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest showed that hip-hop artists could be hard-hitting AND eloquent, and they could still sell records. Then again, they never sold as many as "The Chronic"...

5 Star Album
2007-09-10 - The only reason this album recieved 4 1/2 Stars is because some Easy E fan decided to give it 1 star about ten times. This is a classic album. Snoop and Dre work great together. A must Buy.

Where'd You Get Your Funk From?
2007-08-14 - For a G-Funk fan like me, you'd expect that this was my first rap cd. To be honest, I was exposed to Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle much earlier than this one. This one came out a few years before I even started listening to rap, and I was quite young. I even heard 2001 before this one! When I heard this one finally, it hit me hard. I couldn't believe that I had slept on this one. Dr. Dre has a way of flipping those P-Funk and soul samples, some of them from love songs, and turning them to West Coast gangsta anthems that still prove relevant today. Many of the beats were ahead of their time, and it is easy to see where so many rappers and producers got their ideas from for their own albums. Every song is delicately crafted and well tailored. The lyrics are dope, but I believe that the chemistry between Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dre that makes this album worthy besides the beautiful beats. Now, there is a debate between the origins of G-Funk. Many schools of thought believe Cold 187um from Above The Law started the sub-genre with their early 90's albums, for the sound is evident on and Black Mafia Life from 1993 (another classic). That album was made and finished in 1992 like The Chronic, but wasn't released until February 1993. That train of thought states that Dre took the sound from 187 and made it his own. The other school says that Dre started it himself, and 187 was influenced by it, and these disagreements between both parties helped further a long lasting beef between Dre (Death Row) and Ruthless Records (Above The Law). Who started it remains to be a question. However, the funk here is awesome and sounds organic and original. "Nuthin' But A "G" Thang" is a staple of G-Funk, and I still hear it in car stereos (including mine) today; the sweet twangy leon Haywood sample is awesome and relaxing. "Little Ghetto Boy" has a smooth, relaxing beat and is lyrically dope. There are harder tracks too. "The Day The N---az Took Over" has a crazy beat, and the lyrics are inspired by the Riots of 1992, and are still politically relevant today. "Lyrical Gangbang" has no Dre (as a few don't too) hits real hard with a bass beat, and Rage, Kurupt, and RBX kill the track with vicious flows. That joint also features the whiny synth Dre is well known for . Whiny keyboard synths already existed before in a few joints, but Dre poplarized them out west, and even sown south and midwest producers incorporated them into thir beats. The intro and "F--- Wit Dre Day" get hard on Eazy-E, Tim Dog, and Ruthless Records. Dre even gets at Ruthless on the bonus "B----es Ain't S---" where the other verses by Daz and Snoop go women bashing and on sexcapades. Overall, this album, along with Above The Law's Black Mafia Life and DJ Quik's Quik Is The Name ushered in a new era, The G-Funk Era. This one happened to bubble the most. Do not sleep on this classic. At least, a great album that got the sales it deserved and a respectable chart position.

the doc is in the house!
2007-02-19 - Dr. Dre and his death row team put together a landmark album arguably changing the face of hip hop forever. If you want to listen to amazing Snoop rap from back in the day, either Doggystyle or the Chronic are the album to listen to as the Doggfather is at his absolute flawlessness on both albums. Dr. Dre puts together an album that doesn't have one weak point, truly amazing!

The Phenomenom called Death Row begins.................
2007-02-06 - Dre's gangsta funk production picks up where Niggaz4life left off with Parliament/George Clinton being added into the equation. Toss in a green Snoop Doggy Dogg and the rest is hiphop history. The Chronic struck at the right time months after the Rodney King verdict, the police aquittal, and subsequent riots and destruction of Los Angeles. The genius of the Chronic is that all of these cats were hungry including Dre, having just severed ties with NWA and Eazy E. The results were incredible with mainstream classics like Nutthin But a G Thing and F*ck with Dre Day. Hood Classics are pretty much the rest of the album. Cuts that still hit are Rat-a-tat-tat, Little Ghetto Boy and Stranded on Death Row.