Knight was tipped off about the name of Dr. Death Row owned the trademark for The Chronic as did Interscope Records who previously distributed Death Row. However, this version of the album was scrapped after Dre's departure from Death Row Records.Īfter the creation of Aftermath Entertainment, the album was initially titled Chronic 2000 until Priority Records, who had become Death Row Records' new distributor decided, in conjunction with Death Row's founder and then-CEO Suge Knight, to call their compilation album Chronic 2000. Dre along with the 2Pac single " California Love", which wasn't included on his album All Eyez on Me for this reason. It was to include various new songs by Dr. In 1995, the original successor to The Chronic was to be titled "The Chronic II: A New World Odor (Poppa's Got A Brand New Funk)". 2001 received generally positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised the music although some found the lyrics objectionable. It produced 3 singles that attained chart success and has been certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA) and as of August 2015 the album has sold 7,800,000 copies in the United States. Billboard 200 chart, selling 516,000 copies in its first week. The album debuted at number 2 on the U.S. rappers such as Hittman, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Xzibit, Eminem, and Nate Dogg.Ģ001 exhibits an expansion on Dre's debut G-funk sound and contains gangsta rap themes such as violence, crime, promiscuity, sex, drug use, and street gangs. Dre and Mel-Man, as well as Lord Finesse, and features several guest contributions from fellow U.S. It was released on November 16, 1999, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records as the follow-up to his 1992 debut album, The Chronic. Dre, Emmage, Jewell, RBXġ.16 Bitches Ain't Shit - Dr.2001 (sometimes called The Chronic 2001) is the second studio album by rapper and hip hop producer Dr. Dre, Kurupt, RBX, Snoop Doggġ.15 Roach (The Chronic Outro) - Dr. Dre, Kurupt, RBXġ.14 Stranded on Death Row - Bushwick Bill, Dr. Dre, Samara, Snoop Doggġ.11 Lyrical Gangbang - Dr. Dre, RBX, Snoop Doggġ.10 $20 Sack Pyramid - Big Tittie Nickie, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggġ.9 Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat - BJ "Tha Mocking Bird", Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Dazġ.8 Nigga Witta Gun - Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Snoop Doggġ.7 Lil' Ghetto Boy - Dr. Dre, RBX, Snoop Dogg, Dazġ.5 Nuthin' But a "G" Thang - Dr. Dre, Jewell, RBX, Snoop Doggġ.4 Day the Niggaz Took Over - Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggġ.2 Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - Dr. In 2003, the album was ranked number 138 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.ġ.1 Chronic (Intro) - Dr. The Chronic has been widely regarded as one of the most important and influential albums of the 1990s and regarded by many fans and peers to be one of the most well-produced hip hop albums of all time. Dre's production has been noted for founding and popularizing the G-funk subgenre within gangsta rap. Dre becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and had been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America with sales of over three million copies in the United States, which led to Dr. Upon it's release, The Chronic received generally positive reviews from music critics and earned considerable commercial success. Although a solo album, it features many appearances by Snoop Dogg, who used the album as a launch pad for his own solo career. On The Chronic, he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and it's owner, former N.W.A-member Eazy-E. Dre's first solo album after he had departed from hip hop group N.W.A and it's label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. The album is named after a slang term for high-grade marijuana, and it's cover is a homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Priority Records. The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr.
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