The Chronic

Dr. Dre - The Chronic

The Chronic
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Artist: Dr. Dre
Edition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1992-12-15
Music Label: Priority Records
Soundtracks:
  1. The Cronic (Intro)
  2. Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')
  3. Let Me Ride
  4. The Day The Niggaz Took Over
  5. Nothin' But A 'G' Thang
  6. Deeez Nuuuts
  7. Lil' Ghetto Boy
  8. A Nigga Witta Gun
  9. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
  10. The $20 Sack Pyramid
  11. Lyrical Gangbang
  12. High Powered
  13. The Doctor's Office
  14. Stranded Of Death Row
  15. The Roach (The Chronic Outro)
  16. Bonus Track

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Free Music Review: The triumph of style over substance
Hit: 3 Stars

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"...

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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

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