The Chronic

not my vibe so much

yawn

sorry Dre.

Contrary to its classic status, The Chronic is not a good album. The production, while influential, is fairly shotty, the rapping performances are mediocre for the most part, and the lyricism is just not there. 2001 STOMPS

I like rap music but I feel like this album aged poorly. This is an important milestone for gangsta rap and Compton. But I would not listen to this again except for two songs. Sad. Profanities fall out of time.

After few good classic hip hop albums on this list we have approached Dr. Dre and his attempt from early 90s. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this album, I found it quite boring and honestly slightly repulsive. The beats weren't bad, but the lyrics and the flow just completely missed the mark, in my uneducated opinion. One of weaker rap records on this list.

Pretty sure the heart of this album is in the lyrics…which I did not listen to

Feels like this didn't age great

Mourning tunes

For most of the album I really couldn’t find the beat but a few songs stuck out to me. And yes the production is good but how much screeching can I hear? Lil Ghetto Boy was good tho

Lyrics mostly about guns and wieners. Production is good and yeah it makes sense to be on this list, but there's not much here I enjoy. Too long, the skits are trash, and won't revisit this again. If I'm listening to hip hop from this era I'm going for something else. Probs not west coast at all cause it all got infected by Dre at some point in the 90s. Give me something like Public Enemy or Paul's Boutique instead any day. Ice Cube is better too. Weak 2/5

I wanted to enjoy it. I know it’s a classic, a legendary hip hop album of the 90s. The beats are so solid. But the lyrics are corny as all hell! A whole ass song about your nuts, Dre? Flexin badass bc you smoke weed? Sayin “I’m big bad and powerful bc I have a gun” brother that’s corny as hell!

Maso

Not a good album, it was just a worse version of doggystyle. This can be forgotten by history

The first half was a lot better than the second. The first half wasn't very good.

Ich mag diesen Rap Stil nicht so sehr.

Gads this doesn't hold up well at all, much fun as it was to hear the Lady of Rage again. I forgot she was part of the Death Row posse. Anyway, lots of words about shooting people, "hey I'm totally not gay but you'll be sucking my dick," drugs, and such. Oh yeah -- the samples are cool. But there's no cachet here anymore.

Ok

beats are incredible but damn these verses are pretty awful the flows aren't great and the lyrics get monotonous after a bit

It was ok. Not really my style though.

Nicht mein Fall

Not a standout for me … probably wouldn’t listen again.

This album ain't shit but hoes and tricks 😔 Snoop is really carrying this album, his verses are far and away the best on here, which isn't saying much. In the end it's a lot of posturing and somehow every single track is about Dre's dick. The backing music and beats are great though. They've aged well and I think elevate the overall album. Without the beats it would be wholly unremarkable.

Not my thing, but a good album

Took me like three years to finish this album. Ab unfortunate slog.

Not anywhere near as good as 2001

Upon first listen, I don’t love some of the subject matter (it's a lot of "hoes and bitches") but I recognize the high production value, especially for this time period. I get it but it won’t be a regular listen.

One of Brad’s faves

Fragile masculinity: the album. I would likely have preferred this album if I didn't speak English, as I could then have just listened to the funky beats instead of having to hear these lyrics with utterly on the nose rhymes and desperately boastful lyrics about crime, large dicks and hating Eazy-E. Most (white) people I know unfortunately write off all of hip hop as violent non-music; I fully blame this album for that reputation.

Just not a genre I can get into, even when I was a kid I really wasn’t a fan. It has more variety and is more compelling than other rap albums of the time, but still have no desire to listen to it.

I liked to hear a classic from the hip hop genre, but is not the type of music I can listen while I work, it gets me distracted

Źle się zestarzało. Warstwa tekstowa mierna, a i rytm czasem kuleje. Snoop zawsze na propsie, ale reszta? Czym do jasnej ciasnej jest $20 sack pyramid? Niektóre kawałki są ok, ale reszta ściąga je na dno przeciętności, jeśli nie niżej. 4.5/10

Jfc.

This man is obsessed with his own dick.

This abkum supprised me in that I didn't hate it, but I don't think the album has aged very well. Best part was the bass lines

In my opinion one of the most meaningless albums I've heard, aside from one song there is nothing memorable about the record. Gangster rap in no way can revel other forms of hiphop and this is a good example of why. THe only thing I could enjoy was the production which was actually very good. Favorite track: Little Ghetto Boy. Overall score: 3.0/10

Meh. Influential, but didn't age well. 1 extra star just for some of the relaxed west coast beats. Would've been better as an instrumental album.

At least the production is interesting.

It may be fun to have Snoop Dogg along, but not enough to make up for the stale air of dissing Eazy-E and gangsta bragging for a whole record.

I hear old funk vibes. I hear really high production quality and sound that must was copied a lot. I also hear utmost boring gangsta rap. Who's dig is longest and who has Desert Eagle. Rather difficult to imagine more boring lyrics. Two stars goes to how old funk is respected and modified carrying that flame forward.

Surprised by how many songs on this I didn’t care for. Anything that wasn’t trying to be catchy felt samey and boring to me. A few hits for sure but didn’t like it much

- yeah, this record killed almost everything that was good about hip hop - some decent tracks but, as others have said, doesn't age well. The book this website is based on is bullshit - there are toooooo many records included that NO ONE needs to hear. ..... one good thing about this project is I'll never need to read the book .... a weak 2.5 for the good tracks -

Did not really enjoy this except for the classic "Nuthin but a G Thang". I don't think it aged well.

I didn't enjoy this album a whole lot, they said the N word way too much and the album just felt long overall. I was also not a fan of the skits, especially The Doctor's Office. Standout track: Nuthin' But A "G" Thang

I just couldn't get beyond the lyrics.

Ja. Kann man sich anhören.

Han er ikke fan af eaze E ihvertfald. Snoop er sej. Med 30 år på bagen er det lidt dateret.

Klassisk hip-hop album. Selvfedt og kedeligt.

Not really for me this, just a load of mysoginists bitching about each other and talking about their dicks!

Not for me I'm afraid... I think everyone in my uni hall of residence was listening to this except me!

Like the previous Gangsta Rap albums that have appeared on this list, the music is enjoyable (but for me, not transcendant) as long as you can ignore the lyrics. The misogyny is gross and for this album in particular, the final song leaves a bad taste that I just can't get past once all is said and done

Ma dick in yo mouth: The album experience

Not for me.

Vraiment pas très bon.

Is it a coincidence that rap albums have always a doctor themed songs with woman's moaning lmao.

okay, i have to ask - what is up with the skits in old school rap? was this a thing that i just wasn't familiar with? i hate them lol. i really don't like when albums have talky bits regardless, so i promise this isn't just a critique of rap. i just want to listen to music without some sort of embarrassing bit happening every 7 minutes 😩 also, is it crazy if i thought there just wasn't a lot going on here? i knew nuthing but a g thang but i wasn't impressed by the flow or the rhymes of many of the other songs. i feel like a lot of songs were padded out with "hell yeahs" in a way that made them feel unfinished/like placeholders. snoop dogg was working overtime popping up in what felt like every single song here which made me laugh too, lol. every time i turned my head snoop was there again. also, not to sound like a pearl-clutching prude, but why so many songs about balls?? they should be seen and not heard. enough about the balls. stop talking about balls!!

yeah i dunno about this one dre. this album is as old as i am but you don't hear me going around harassing women and gay people. i hate sounding like a member of the PMRC but i don't really understand what this braggadocious "I'm the hardest" lyrical style that relies heavily on rampant misogyny, homophobia, and sexual violence adds to the rap and hip-hop genre as a whole. two stars but only because snoop improves a lot of these tracks and the funky backing tracks are solid. favorites: let me ride, nuthin' but a "g" thang

Not a hard rap fan

Kind of juvenile to be honest. Just showing how cool they are?? I can recognize that this was big/groundbreaking for the time, but I couldn't get into it.

Almost a 1 for the lyrics but couldn't put it on the same level as Butthole Surfers

This album is vile. I find it far more misogynistic than your average hip hop album of this era, and the fact that Dr. Dre was actually physically abusive to multiple women really sours a lot of the lyrical impact this album could have had. I also find the beats annoying half the time, with the other half being very inventive with sampling and honoring funk music. I only listened to this album once, and had no interest in listening to it again. It's not irredeemably bad, and it certainly has its historic place, but I don't think this album will be viewed positively in retrospect as time goes on.

Meh

Rap album drinking game - Every time the rappers says his own name - DRINK! Every time the rapper says where he’s from - DRINK! Every time he says how big his dick is - DRINK!

Good old school west coast rap, a lil profane for my current life

Seems like we've moved past this type of rap lot of big dick pop a cap type lyrics. Hard album to get through

Mixed feelings on this. On one hand - it's excellent rap. Funky, fresh, great beats and production, Snoop Dogg is smooth, it's an unblemished representation of Dre's reality. On the other - it's violent, misogynistic, and I don't especially like hearing the n-word every other word. This was a difficult listen for me and I would not ever revisit this. Look Dre is iconic I get it but it's MEH here... also emimem listened to this huh

Mixed feelings on this. On one hand - it's excellent rap. Funky, fresh, great beats and production, Snoop Dogg is smooth, it's an unblemished representation of Dre's reality. On the other - it's violent, misogynistic, and I don't especially like hearing the n-word every other word (call me sensitive or whatever, fine). This was a difficult listen for me and I would not ever revisit this.

Not as good as expected.2,4

The high pitched sounds can be a bit annoying. The rapping was above average for the most part. I don't like the sketches. The best song was Lil' Ghetto Boy.

West Coast rap has always irritated me. This kind of record kinda proves my point. The best thing about Dr. Dre is Snoop Dogg. The music is okay. But lyrically it’s a snooze fest. Same old shit. Look at my guns, look at my bitches, I’m so tough, motherfucker deathrowisinthehouse ooohyeahzzzzz… And repeat. Miserable poser fan fiction bullshit. This is why Dionne Warwick took them to task and changed the course of their careers. Bitches be for real moguls now, not just wannabes tossing Monopoly money at video hos. Was really hoping for more. But, as with a lot of these hyped up rappers, I wish I could turn down the vocals, so I can enjoy the music. All hail Funkadelic. 2/5

Some classics beats but not as hard hitting as Dr. Dre’s other solo album - 2001. Still the quintessential example of the G-Funk sound and I really appreciate the instrumentals. Not a massive fan of this one lyrically, though, and that does bring down the experience. The gang culture around rap was real, and a reflection of racial inequalities at the time, so I have never had an issue with gangsta rap: it’s just the blatant misogyny that is a little tough to look past for me and brings this one down a lot. It’s also a bit too bloated.

Just not a genre I can get into. I didn’t enjoy the album…could see why people might, so it gets two stars.

i wanted more this

We once again arrive to something that just isn’t my thing. Most hip hop doesn’t do anything for me. Especially when there’s this much discussion around somebody’s dick. 2/5

that was a lot of the n-word

Ik weet dat dit een 'klassieker' is, maar 't is niet echt m'n ding. Geeft me enkel wat nostalgische vibes naar GTA San Andreas. 2.4*

While I can appreciate the art and science Dre brings to the genre, I still can't get into this album.

How much does this guy talk about his dick? I've heard more variety from white noise. Medium 2.

Kind of just felt like uniform/normal hip hop, nothing memorable.

The beats were good, the lyrics a lot less. Hiphop has come a long way since the chronic and I don't think I will ever listen to this album again.

Lots of swearing, tough talk and N words. Not for me.

- Dr. Dre liebt einfach diesen beschissenen Piep-Ton alter. - Album hat mich ehrlicherweise etwas enttäuscht. War mir einfach viel zu viel vom gleichen. - Ein paar Tracks haben mich zwischendurch wieder ein bisschen abgeholt, war die vom Stil etwas anders und Rougher waren. - Auf den Text habe ich jetzt nicht wirklich geachtet, habe aber eine Ahnung, worum es grundsätzlich gehen könnte. - Ich bleibe bei meiner bisherigen Meinung, dass sich der HipHop für meinen Geschmack einfach verbessert hat, seitedem er existiert 2,5/3

Not for me

Фу

I like the sound and beats but too much n bombs and f bombs

The language they used for this album is absolutely disgusting and it should deserve a 1 no doubt. It also aged really badly over the past 30+ years. But musically there were some good tunes which rounds it up to a 2 overall.

Hmmm. Snoop is fun right. And some of the rhymes and beats are catchy. But also a lot of misogynistic penis chat

Pretty innovative. Don’t care for most of the lyrics, but the sounds are cool.

Get past the lyrics (explicit) and the rap (not my thing) and there is some good music under there.

Beats are really good but ya, I don't know, the lyrics seem kind of lame at this point. Was really hoping for something better since I've never sat down with this one front to back before. Oh well.

Take away "nigga," "muthafucka," and "muthafuckin" from this album and what's left? About 2/3 of an album glorifying drugs, violence, and putting "izz" in the middle of words. Funny how mainstream these guys are even after all the horribleness here. The beats are good though.

I remembered it being a lot better

Nothin' But a "G" Thang is the only song on this album worth your time, and it is worth your time. But grown men writing 4th grade level poetry about being killers, while making gun noises is cringe. Knowing George Clinton probably got hella paid off of this makes me feel better about the whole thing.

Muutama kova raita, lyriikat turhan väkivaltaiset.

Sweary. Violent. Not something I'd normally listen to. Am sure there's something deeper but I'm not sure what it is... 🤷🏻‍♂️

Not really a fan of the vulgarity of a lot of Rap in general.

Not bad, just not for me

Intense and menacing but often entertaining in its way. Excellent beats and really creative use of sampling. I remember when this came out, and it really did change music and the culture in a significant way. But I find lot of the lyrics extremely difficult to hear and I tend to agree with the reviewer who says this album sucked the intellect out of much of hip hop. Not all change is necessarily for the better. Fave Songs: Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang, Lil' Ghetto Boy, Let Me Ride, Lyrical Gangbang

Well executed but I'm not at all into the words.

Let Me Ride and Nuthing' But a 'G' Thang are classic, but the the rest is just a bit much for me.

I didn’t get it

Con "The Chronic", primera grabación en solitario de Dr. Dre, el sonido del rap californiano cambió por completo. La elegancia de un sonido producido cuidadosamente dio lugar al llamado G-funk y llevó al rap a las listas de éxitos pop, en gran medida impulsado por la característica voz de Snoop Doggy Dogg. Música festiva heredera del funk y el soul de los 70. Estamos ante uno de los mejores y más influyentes álbumes de hip-hop.

Wikipedia says that this album brought hip hop to a wider audience. Previously the genre was dominated by themes of either partying or political empowerment. Dr Dre helped popularize the gangsta rap subgenre, with the main attention given to excessive violence, drugs and blatant misogyny. That may have sounded shocking in 1992 but it's fairly embarrassing now. Many rap albums of this era are similarly outdated, even if they did honestly reflect a part of the culture. By leaning into the 'tough guy' image so much, there's little left after the smoke clears (pun intended). The drug use isn't offensive but it's a bit childish. The constant need to sound threatening and boast their sexually accomplishments, points to a level of deep insecurity. The production is certainly a significant step forward, bringing the dense rhythms of Parliament/Funkadelic into the genre. But for me, it doesn't hold up well against other, better hip hop albums. Regardless, that production, along with the album's popularity make it an obvious choice for this list. But it really hasn't aged well.

I remember mostly liking this in the 90’s as a teen. Now it just sounds corny. 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽 🌽

Stam kaze

Not great bit samey decent bits

Rollo.

Sorry to report that I didn’t really enjoy it. I thought I could but it was just fine. Only enjoyed small moments- which I think were mainly when other people were rapping. Also she’s faking it at “The Doctor’s Office”

No my thing.

I'm a little loathe to admit it but Robert Christgau's assessment mirrors what I think exactly: "The Chronic (which I still can't stand but respect for its influence and iconicity)" "Dr. Dre: The Chronic [Interscope, 1992] The crucial innovation of this benchmark album isn't its conscienceless naturalization of casual violence. It's Dre's escape from sampling. Other rappers, as they are called, have promised to create their own musical environments, usually without revealing how much art and how much publishing fuels their creative resolve. But Dre is the first to make the fantasy pay out big-time. The world he hears in his head isn't the up-to-date P-Funk fools say they hear--that would be too hard. Instead he lays bassline readymades under simulations of Bernie Worrell's high keyb sustain, a basically irritating sound that in context always signified fantasy, not reality--stoned self-loss or, at a best Dre never approaches, grandiose jive. This is bell-bottoms-and-Afros music, its spiritual source the blaxploitation soundtrack, and what it promises above all is boom times for third-rate flautists--sociopathic easy-listening. Even if it's "just pop music," as some rationalize, it's bad pop music. C+" DNF

oh god, no

From a really fucked up time in a fucked up city. Makes for some really special music which does not resonate vet well with me as of lately.

I think Dr Dre is a damaged, nasty bastard and this is a grim piece of work. And though some of the production and sound engineering here is jaw dropping, I've never been on board with the adoration this record gets, or the genius status afforded to Dre. It's an adolescent violent revenge fantasy of a record. The trademark G-funk sound is incredible but the bars are horrible (except for some of Snoop's features) and the feeling I get is that it's been bullied into existence. I don't really know who's responsible for the odd brilliant moment, I just know that Dre is taking all the credit. I'd go as far as to say this put me off the whole West coast scene for a good while. One of those paradoxes: I really do recognise it deserves a place in the 1001 canon because of what it represents... but I'm scoring it low as I just don't like it and I'll not reach for it. Possibly dodgy lukewarm take: this record propagates institutionally racist and sexist hegemony: brim full of negative stereotypes and painting whole city districts as no go zones. No thanks.

Very strong start to the album, but the second half is pretty weak. Dre got much better and later albums were more polished, but this album is a bit puerile and silly. Nothing wrong with having a little bit of childish fun, but there's not much of substance on the whole album. It's hard to come up with a fair rating for this album. The first 8 tracks are probably a four overall. Interesting, tuneful, enjoyable, and well produced. The second 8 are probably a one. I've gone for two overall, because overall, I think I'd turn this off before getting to the end.

Too much gangsta shit for my taste.

Not really my thing

Helt okej för att vara hip hop.

This isn't my kind of music, and the language is a bit much for me. (now I feel like an old fuddy-duddy)

When you listen to Dre, you know what you’re going to get. Bitch.

Not bad but I think I prefer East Coast hip hop more during this era

Not into this.

Just how I thought it would sound. Have been hearing these sings my whole life; references are eclectic and many. Though from the west coast, feels like a Cubs game in 1995.

Lots of cussing, violent.

not my taste, kinda boring idk. i like bits of each song + fan of snoop collabs LIKE: Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everbody's Celebratin') RECOGNISE: -

With fresh ears it is interesting how much heavy lifting Parliament does for this album.

Wow - does not age well. Lots of dick sucking talk and N-words. Which I get is part and parcel of the Gangsta Rap genre, but this just feels so over the top that it takes away from Dre’s strengths which are the beats.

Good production, but the album felt pretty boring overall. The lyrics didn’t help.

Beats, samples, and production are epic. Lyrical content sounds like it was written by a 13 year old trying to act hard. Even as a person that swears way too much, this was hard to listen to.

Not familiar to rap music, but i definitely know that i don't like it, I guess that it might be good for the colabs with know rap artist, but idk, it's really not my type at all.

Meh...

I’m glad that I listened to Doggystyle before this and looked up more about the G-Funk era this fell under, as most people consider this to be as much a Snoop album as it is Dre’s. Half the time it feels like Snoop is doing the talking. Same feeling with Doggystyle; there’s obviously something here but it obviously isn’t for me.

It's hard to listen to The Chronic even when I know it's not for me. I'll give it credit for announcing itself and its intentions from the jump and basically delivering on that promise repeatedly. I "enjoy" maybe three tracks on the record but not enough that I'd find myself putting them on a mix or sharing with friends. And, there are tracks that obviously even the fans don't think have held up as well as others.

One of those albums where I fully understand the inclusion in this list, but just isn't for me.

Love the beats he contributes but hate the words. Didn’t love this album nearly as much as I did when it came out and was an angsty teenager

Not my thing

This is musically solid—great beats. Lyrically, this is not for me. WTF

This record turned me off of hip hop for the until my 20s. The issues I had then still exists. I am just lucky I was able find more palatable rap. 2 stars because I recognize it's value.

Ratings are a reflection of my personal tastes. I don't care for this genre.

The only thing that stands the test of time is the beat (which is to be expected from a dr dre produced song)

Dig the beats, don't dig the foul language or a lot of the subject matter. Understand it's part of the art but it's tough to listen to at times and somewhat distracting IMHO. Glad I finally got to hear such an album as revered as "The Chronic" outside of the radio hits. I especially liked "Lil' Ghetto Boy" and the twist done on the theme song to "$10,000 Pyramid" with "The $20 Sack Pyramid." For those that don't mind the language or subjects, it's easy to see why this album was so lit at the time of its release. But I doubt that I'll personally listen to "The Chronic" again.

Everybody Hates Chris vibes

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Stabiler ursprünglicher Rapp.

An awful lot of "n" word and misogyny. Not really catchy enough for me.

2.5

I mean it’s a classic, but uhh the misogynistic lyrics make me do a little head turn. The humor is there though.

The beats go hard but the rapping is dog meat. Snoop is also highly overrated as a rapper.

Obviously influential, but I didn't enjoy it.

Well, that was surprisingly shit.

01) The Chronic (Intro) - 5,5 02) Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') - 6,5 03) Let Me Ride - 6,5 04) The Day the Niggaz Took Over - 5,5 05) Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang - 6,5 06) Deeez Nuuuts - 5,5 07) Lil' Ghetto Boy - 6,5 08) A Nigga Witta Gun - 5,5 09) Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat - 5,5 10) The $20 Sack Pyramid - 2,0 11) Lyrical Gangbang - 5,5 12) High Powered - 5,0 13) The Doctor's Office 1,0 14) Stranded on Death Row 5,5 15) The Roach - 6,0 16) Bitches Ain't Shit - 4,0 TOTAL: 5,16 (52/100) The production and the beats are great but the lyrics are plain s**t. I understand why it's on this list, but it's just not my cup of tea.

It was ok. I dug a few of the first songs with Snoop DOGG. The rest was to gangster rap bs for me.

Zbog ovog albuma postoji pink guy verzija bitches aint shit i zato ima zvezdicu preko

I can't support Dr Dre, even if this is a good album.

Too many n words

Influential? No doubt. Good? Ehhhhh... and I say this as a Dre fan. Listening to it critically in 2023, this isn't really a good album. There's very little Dre, all the tracks are about the same thing (that's kinda just gangster rap though) and like big dicks or whatever. The production does all the heavy lifting on this album. It still sounds great and reminds me of the golden era of hip hop.

unsurprisingly racist surprisingly homosexual deez nutz

Nah irgendwie nicht so

Good tracks, just needs to get rid of like 20 minutes. A lot of the same style that I got tired of after an hour. Will I listen to again: 20%

спасибо за продакшн, но бля я не вывез в плохость читки и текст, соре

Ikke lige for mig. Det bliver lidt for meget “se hvor seje vi er, og fuck jer nu vi er i gang” Lyttede til ca halvdelen

I acknowledge the influence this album had on culture. I acknowledge its excellent production values. I can't get past the bravado swagger to get to the social commentary.

old school, west coast rap. feels very dated though. I can appreciate what this album means to the genre but also not love it myself.

I am not the target demographic for this. Beats were solid, if a bit outdated. Lyrics...let's not talk about them. A few neat tracks here and there, which I've saved to my library.

Nokkur góð lög en mörg sökkuð. Gott sound, beatsin eru feit og klassikerinn Nothing but a G thang er ennþá viðeigandi í dag. Orðbragðið meh. Hversu oft þarftu að tala um typpi í munn? Ertu smábarn? Eitruð karlmennska, kvenfyrirlitning, homophobic og almennt hatursfull orðræða. Ekki til eftirbreytni og eldist bara hrikalega illa. Platan er allt of löng og var hreinlega þreyttur á henni í lokin.

Didn't age well in my opinion

C'est vraiment terrible ce genre de rap de faux gangster qui se la pète au 5 secondes, ça me fait régurgiter de la bile

3 for nostalgia and the beats...1 for the lyrics that aged like milk....meet you at 2

Rap is not my style.

I understand the significance of this album, or at least to a degree, but it's not really my jam.

I liked the production, and I did like a couple of tracks( lil ghetto boy, nigga with a gun) but overall really not my thing…

gta sa xd

Dre and Easy E should have just fucked and got it over with when they had the chance.

Rollo

Not really my style of music. I can appreciate it's well produced and clever at times, but generally I'm not a fan.

Good enough but I got sick of it by the end so maybe too long. I found the songs to be a bit samey but I'm not really fan of this era of rap so that's kind of to be expected to the untrained ear.

I'm a fan of rap, I really am. I just can't get over how pointless the lyrics are.

En kiistä musiikin tarttuvuutta saati iskevyyttä, mutta kuinka monella eri tavalla jaksan kuunnella, miten hän ampuu jonkun nuoren kaverin kuoliaaksi ja tunkee kyrpänsä tämän tyttöystävän suuhun?

Album 176 of 1001 Dr. Dre - The Chronic Rating : 2 / 5 We like what we like. This is a piece of shit. I'm not that much into shit unless you're saying 'this is some pretty good shit'. Ironically, "Chronic" is another word to describe the same thing...so in a way, the title of this album describes itself quite efficiently. Maybe "schwag" or "dirt weed" would be a more appropriate title.

I can see this being 100% a hit in the early 90s when it was released, but it just isn’t for me. Not a fan of the content of the songs and Snoop Dogg definitely outshines Dr. Dre on this record. Reading the back story behind this album was interesting, however.

Damn nigga or is that damn mutha fuckin Nigga? Dreadfull self indulgent lyrics which shows the double standards in our society. Musically reasonably good for a rap or hip hop (don't know the difference and don't really give a mutha fucking shite). Due to having something about it and it's influence on the rest of the effluence that followed it, I'll give it a low 2.

As a middle aged white suburban dad, I felt a little uncomfortable listening to this. I tend to lean towards heavier punk music. Having said that, powerful lyrics and great rhythm. I found myself nodding my head and tapping my feet to it as I sat on the train and walked to work.

I know it’s massively influential and all that but, honestly, I found this a bit of a slog. I prefer other artists from this stable E.g. Eminen, Snoop, Mary J Blige. And it really hasn’t aged well - I find the language jarring with all the ‘Bitches’, ‘Niggaz’ and ‘MFs’. Single handedly responsible for middle class suburban Scottish guys wandering about thing they are boys in the hood. Oh dear

Dr. Dre is undoubtedly influential in the history of gangsta rap, as is this album, but nowadays it feels dated. Full of homophobia and misogyny, and only about three things: smoking weed, killing people, and fucking.

Even back then I wasn’t a fan of Dre, although I can see his work as being important and an influence on later artists

många låtar inte min smak men typ bra ihopsatt Bästa låt deeeez nuuuts

Inte riktigt min musiksmak, men tyckte ändå det va bra. Det blev bättre ju längre man lyssnade. Bästa låt: Lil’ ghetto boy

Ah yes, the rap I am familiar with. I can see where Eminem's early rap albums got their flavor from, they were produced by Dr. Dre. It's quite nice to hear Snoop Dogg in his heyday. The lyrics, however, have aged like milk. Also found the source of DEEZ NUUTS comments on Reddit lol

Was je mond eens jongeman!!!

Another artist for whom i'm more familiar with their later work. I expected to enjoy this but it felt samey, and the lyrics are pretty uninspiring: how good they are, how big their dicks are etc.

Favorite track: Fuck Wit Dre Day

This project has helped me better appreciate hip hop. Nonetheless, I knew right from the intro that this one is beyond my ability to enjoy. I'm sure my offense and distaste is what he actually wants. If people like me (total whitebread middle aged female) don't hate the album then what is he even doing? I made it through the whole thing and found no redeeming value.

Better than the majority of rap I've heard. Almost gave this 3 stars, but rounding down for the super annoying skits and for the lyrics.

Usual thing - I don’t like aggressive sweary gangsta rap. Music is quite good, well sampled and produced.

Good to just listen to in the background but the lyrics have not aged well and there’s way too much of the n word.

mid tbh, not for me at all, only good song was the 2nd to last one. and even that one was barely decent. album truly doesnt deserve the hype, not my sound i guess. idrk. bitches aint shit or smtn, snoop features were kinda mid too, mentioned the label too many times, like over 40+ times. the end.

This album gets 2 stars just for "Nuthin' but a G Thang" as it is nostalgia plus.

The music is cool. But the lyrics are rubbish. And the music belongs to someone else anyway.

The beats and production are great but it’s too hard to look past the lyrics. 2

All the gun related violence and misogyny is really hard for me to hear. The beats are cool but I don’t understand why this is a Dr Dre record and not at least Dr Dre AND snoop. Nothing about it was catchy.

Meh

Boy I sure am tired of hearing about AKs. Some of the beats are catchy.

I'm not a big fan of the G-Funk sound.

Loads of memories of listening to this as a teenage boy in the early 90s. It is part responsible for my love of Parliament / Funkadelic, but doesn't really stand up. The homophobia, misogyny and shock for shock sake reveal much more turgid lyrics than I remember...snoop brings it up and you left questioning Dre's lyrical ability. The tracks though and use of funk samples remains pretty great.

overrated.

Not horrible, but pretty close to un-listenable at times. Too many muther fuckin', bitches, Niggas, etc... Standouts: Nothin' But a "G" Thang 2.5

eh, only okay in my opinions

Not a huge fan of this.

I dunno, didn't like this as much as I was expecting. The beats are really good but Dre's rhymes are meh. Skits are boring and the whole album drags a bit. As a time document on where hip hop was heading it's good but it kinda feels like an N.W.A album without the other members. Extra points for Snoop. Looking forward to 2001. 2.5 starts maybe?

It’s dated at this point

Didn't age as well as I was expecting

I can't remember where I heard it from but they said one of the least interesting things for musicians to write about is the music industry. This album has a bunch of that and it's completely uninteresting. Also hasn't aged that well. 2.5/5

This served it's role as background noise very well. No shade, just not my genre. 'Deeez Nuuuts' carried, and it's not even good.

Yeah I can't get into any of this stuff.This genre does nothing for my soul except make me want to commit violence in the streets. Heck I might go out and buy a glock for funzies after getting this, Straight Outta Compton, and The Marshall Mathers LP back to back to back.

2001 is an all time favorite of mine and was literally the only music I listened to in 7th grade. When I first listened to this one years ago, I was so excited because it was 2001’s predecessor but it really let me down. Therefore, I didn’t expect to like this very much, and it’s bordering on 1 territory. The crazy thing is that I wouldn’t hesitate to give its sequel a 5 and it only came out 7 years later.

West Coast alright. Dr. Dre's debuutalbum dat het gangster leven van 90's LA op een behoorlijk geweldadige manier neerzet. Album was beter te luisteren geweest zonder het overdreven seksisme en verheerlijking van praktisch alles wat God verboden heeft. Leukste nummer: Lil' Ghetto Boy "The $20 Sack Pyramid" is een goede skit. Over "The Doctor's Office" hebben we het niet.

Eh, not really for me. The skits on these albums always put me way off too.

Some of the melodies gave light relief to the uninspired lyrics. Not for me 2*

The odd good song but mostly the usual misogynistic stuff...

Feels dated now, and Snoop does all the heavy lifting.

This is nowhere near as good as his second album 2001. I don't think it ages particularly well. I can understand the cultural significance of this album but apart from starting Snoop Dogg's career there wasn't much I liked on this album.

As I said in the Kendrick review, I don't like gangsta rap and this is pretty much what I was referring to. I know this is considered hugely influential and is highly thought of but doesn't do much for me....We probably have this to thank in part for the popularity of gangsta rap in the 90s, and artists like the game and 50 cent, which I'm really not a fan of. I can't deny that the beats on some of this are good.... but it's misogyny, gang violence, and ensuring we know how hard he is..... it doesn't do anything for me. There are more interesting things to rap about. Ain't nothing but a g thang is a good track tbf. Snoop is probably the highlight throughout the album and the reason it isn't getting a 1

The beats are so good but I just have a really hard time listening to the n word so many times. I have the utmost respect for Dr. Dre for his contributions to music and his collaborations, they can’t be ignored.

Ok

I like old school hip hop but I’m not really in to gangster rap. I think I’d probably have given this 3 stars but will knock 1 off for not allowing it on Spotify.

Rollo

2/15, 13%

The songs just kept going on and on and on. He lost me during "The $20 Sack Pyramid" where we were literally just listening to a game show??

I can't help feeling that a lot about this album didn't age well? SO MANY lines I'd call corny today if they came from any rapper popular today, and the misogyny/homophobia that was probably unremarkable at the time is just eye-rolling to listen to today. Plus, I just kept waiting for it to go somewhere or say something interesting, but I feel like I couldn't pick most of these songs out in a lineup. Also, I feel like Dr. Dre lowkey got overshadowed by Snoop Dogg on this??? I know Dre's more of a producer (and wow the beats and samples on The Chronic are FANTASTIC, by far the best part of the album) but I shouldn't walk away trying to remember some of Dre's lines on here. standout tracks: Let Me Ride, A N*gga Witta Gun, Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat I'd give it a 2.5, tbh. The Chronic was probably groundbreaking at the time but as someone who grew up on the music that built upon Dre's work here, I'm just underwhelmed.

2.5/5 - a few iconic songs, not great as a complete album

*Did not fully listen so come back to this* Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah it’s alright, very nice transition from track to track and just ever classic lyrics and sounds Favourite song: Track 3 - Let me ride

The usual. The subject matter is just not something I enjoy, but the beats and music are not bad.

Decent, I didn't like all of it but there are definitely some enjoyable bits

meh. snoop dogg is cool tho

Too aggressive, too much violence. I'm sure the message is important it's just not presented in a way that I can connect with.

There’s a whole generation of kids who don’t know Snoop Dogg was on trial for murder.

It's just a bunch of dudes posturing. Except for the one woman. I'm gonna say 2.5 though, cause if I didn't understand English I would have almost enjoyed it.

Despite my southern upbringing, I would like to think I’m not much of a prude. That being said, I find this LP hampered by a lack of maturity and especially a fixation on using bitch whenever possible (to the point where it interrupts some great flows for no reason). Other hip-hop greats like B.I.G. have shown how to do sex-obsessed tracks masterfully, so the juvenile showmanship here just seems lacking in taste.

uno dei migliori album rap che abbia mai ascoltato, molto bello ma un po troppo gangsta

I've tried to listen to this one objectively over the years but I just can't really get into it. I recognise it as a landmark in hip hop history and see its influence in the music that followed. It obviously has fantastic production and instrumentals. But I can't see past the homophobic, misogynistic, and often just plain immature lyrics all over this thing. Maybe if I had been around at the time or gotten into this when I was younger I would feel differently. Its hard to de-couple Dre and Snoop from the legions of terrible bling era wannabes who followed in their footsteps. If I want to listen to some hip hop from the early 90s, I always turn to something like TCQ, De La Soul, or Queen Latifah over something like this.

Veel Nigga & dicks, matig 2/5

Funky and cool but not 100% my thing

It's not bad, but it's not for me. The production is good

I did not entirely enjoy the album. The beats were probably the best part but even they had some flaws sometimes. The raps themselves weren't very clever lyrically from what I heard.

so many swears

Nothing hit home on this one

Rap isn't really my cup of tea, and definitely was a little weird listening to at work. Lyrics are dated and would not fly today

I've been confused between the rap and hip hop albums because I'm no expert or historically a fan that I am just ignorant and therefore can't really have a solid opinion. But as the albums have gone on I've really enjoyed certain ones, like NWA Ice Cube and Gang Starr so perhaps I am building up an opinion. Therefore I think I can say with confidence I didn't like this, I can't articulate why but I just didn't. It felt like a bit much..

-This album was sold as an NFT. L. -Was able to find a live version of "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang" and it was fine -If you don't exist on Spotify, you don't exist, also NFT L

Not my thing

hate this type of lyrics.

Not for me.

Pretty disappointed by this. Turns out I'm not a big fan of 'G-funk' - or at least not a whole hour of it (the singles can stay). Shame, as I really like Dre's later production work for himself and Eminem etc. I also think his aggressive vocal style is more suited to that later sound than these more chilled out stoner vibes. It's lucky Snoop is around (a lot more than I realised), as his voice fits the music well and is a bit more more interesting to listen to. I've seen Straight Outta Compton now though so at least I understand all the Jerry Heller and Eazy E disses... Clearly an influential album, but it's a 2.5 rating from me.

Most of this isn't on Spotify anymore, but I listened to what I could. After getting Ice Cube the previous day, the contrast for me is stark. As much as I loved that, this just leaves me cold. Never been a Snoop fan, or a Dre fan particularly. I get what he does and that it is good, it's just not for me. A few decent tracks here but I find I'm appreciating them rather than enjoying them, it's just literally not for me.

Já, skárra en margt úr þessum geira á þessum tíma. Ekki minn tebolli samt.

Gut, aber einfach nichts, was mich besonders abholt

Ich bin kein hip hopper. Schon cool aber vllt. Auch zu demonstrativ cool um cool zu sein

Didn't really enjoy this. It was listenable but not enjoyable. Snoop Dogg definitely carried the album in my opinion.

3/10. Put off listening to this for over 2 months because it wasn't on Spotify. Can't say I regret putting it off, though there were bits that sounded kinda cool

2/5 not my cup of tea

Well I'm glad that's over. This will be the fifth time that I've mentioned Natual Born Killers, maybe that soundtrack should have been on this list, but either way The Day The Niggaz Took Over has long been a favourite of mine but the rest of this album is not for me. Snoop Dogg is certainly a star on this album.

I enjoyed this more when I was 16. Misogynistic, and bull shit male bravado prevails. No thanks.

I like the Funkadelic synth lines but could do without the F-bombs.

As much a Snoop Dogg album as a Dre album. Decent enough but falls short of Ice Cube's debut. The relentless misogyny and "look-at-my-big-dick" lyrics are regrettable and mar an otherwise decent effort.

Eh, this was 70% clown rap and I was wearing insufficiently floppy shoes. 🤡 Managed to get through the whole album, but it felt like a struggle. I definitely prefer East coast gansta rap, it seems - find that more tolerable on the whole. Fave track - "The Day The Niggaz Took Over" - sounded very Cypress Hill...

Nigger rap, don't really like it

Dont like rap

I love the G-funk genre but not this album. It has moments but is lyrically appalling. Main issue for me is that there isn't a single song on this that I'd want to add to a playlist.

While I can respect the occasional reference to racial history, The Chronic seems a little too gangster in personality when met with over-cleansed ears.

Weirdly easy to work to. Possibly because of the rhythm behind it - it's easy to have it as background music. Possibly not what Dr Dre intended.

Weird. This felt more dated to me than several of the other hip hop records we've listened to that are technically older than this. Not sure why that is - maybe that high pitch synth thing? The lyrics? Both? And why is it that there's such a need in hip hop to make these records so damn long? Get off my lawn, please. Anyway, what I really want to write about is how this album completely transformed my suburban southern high school upon release. I mean, it was insane. Between this and Snoop's first record there was this, seemingly overnight, shift where about 80% of the whitest of white dudes at my school somehow convinced themselves they were gangstas. The clothes. Cars. Posture. Interest in marijuana. All of it completely changed. And then I remember going to Myrtle Beach and seeing some white kid who couldn't have been older than 12 rocking a Philly's blunt tee. Shit was out of hand. Funny, too, how so often grunge and alternative music gets thrown out there as the defining cultural moment of the 90s, when really - that bit only lasted like three years. By '94, everybody who was popular had moved on to West Coast rap and the alternative radio stations were playing Seven Mary Three and Sponge. And, look, I'd rather listen to the Chronic than Seven Mary Three, so it's hard to even blame folks.

Had higher hopes for this but the Chronic fell flat. One dimensional lyrics that push an image but lack much creativity or cohesive message. Solid beats and occasional samples but little depth in the raps or skits.

Bettered by far better US east-coast hip-hop

Ain’t nothin’ like a me thing.

meh

Really really disapointed in this one. Enjoyes NWS and Ice Cube first albums, but this did not hit it with me.

Un album hip-hop sans intérêt de plus à ajouter à la liste déjà très très longue du genre. Robert va encore une fois essayer de nous justifier la chiantise du projet par le biais de co-auteurs sans goût mais personne n'en sera dupe.

Chronically turd. Snoop doggy dog eats more lamb chops than SHACK.

De muziek vind ik echt tof. Maar die teksten.... ik kon geen exacte statistieken vinden op internet, maar doe een wilde gok hoe vaak de volgende onderwerpen benoemd worden: motherfucking dit-of-dat: 373; pief-paf-poef met m'n gun: 89; ni**er van de straten van Compton: 67. Niet heel diepgaande en diverse materie dus. Saai en vervelend zelfs.

Best aardige deuntjes maar van die teksten word ik echt simpel.

Como ya he dicho en otras reseñas me gusta el rap/hip-hop de los 90, sin embargo este disco no me ha entusiasmado. A destacar un par de canciones con sonido "creepy" y que me han recordado a Cypress Hill: "The day the niggaz took over" y "A nigga witta gun".

Very mixed on this one- I spent the listening time wrestling between getting very little enjoyment out of it and trying to contextualise it within hip-hop, and what it must have meant for the genre in 1992. I'm not going to try and fault Dre's production or sampling- it is, of course, expertly done. The beats are straightforward and swaggering, the mix sounds glorious on headphones, and the choice of samples gives the record a very congruous feel. Parliament-Funkadelic are all over this record, having a strong bearing on the beginning of G-funk's commercial peak. This is perfectly encapsulated in "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang", which showcases a catchy hook throughout and some really nice sampled backing vocals in the outro. It's where the sound of the record first clicked into place for me, and an obvious choice for lead single. "N**** With A Gun" and "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" are my other highlights musically- both strong hooks and really crisp, simple bass parts. “The Roach” (almost) ended the album on a high, melodic note with a “P-Funk” sample vamp. So what didn't work for me? Most obviously the lyrics: bar a couple of solid social commentaries, it's track after track of either violent, sexist outbursts or standard diss-tracks against the other members of NWA. The wordplay or rhymes didn't hit me as much of some of the other hip-hop albums I've already heard on this list, and the humour felt weak and outdated. “The Doctor’s Office" skit, complete with simulated sex scene at the end, really made me cringe, and "bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks" hardly felt like a closing statement for the ages. I've found the length to be a bit of a challenge with several hip-hop albums, and this was no exception. Several tracks towards the end (“High Powered”, ”Stranded on Death Row") just felt a bit forgettable- I can't recall them now after a few listens. “The Chronic” and the gangsta-celebrating world it inhabits isn’t for me, however much I appreciate its impact. Still, at the moment I'm more partial to the bombastic sounds of hip-hop’s golden-age or its moodier, jazzier inflections.

Some ok beats and basslines. Lyrics are ok though music didn't really speak to me at all

2/5 Too many F's and N's...

Hindsight is 20/20 liked it back in the day, not so much now.

Not a fan

Yo Dre, got something to say Surprised to see, same age as me Your lyrics are trite, your rhymes are shite Crass misogyny, just ain't for me Guns and gold, soon got old Sure Compton was rough, now I've had enough Gangsta rap, load of old crap

the lyrics are something…

Don’t understand gangster rap. Not music to me. Clearly others disagree, but I remain happy in my ignorance about this genre. 1

Sorry, I am not a Rap fan. I really tried, but could not listen to most of this album.

IUgh....repetitive...foul language...racist slurs....just don't get how this can be called music.....ugh...it felt like it was forever listening to this album just because it was so bad. Most songs were way too long. Give me a break, "The $20 Sack Pyramid" and "The Doctor's Office" what the heck were those selections all about? Terrible album!

no no no no. The lyrics are full of misogyny and homophobia.

Rap's equivalent of cock rock. All machismo and misogyny in service of nothing more than settling scores with other rappers and labels. Unlike the best examples of the era, it's got nothing of substance to say about politics or society. Everything about this is adolescent nonsense, terribly dated and frankly embarrassing.

First listen Saved 0/16

kinda low

Haven't really enjoyed rap as a genre for a while now. The album is unnecessarily profane which also is a bit of a put off

How do I dislike thee? Let me count the ways… 1. It seemed to revolve around the same topics on repeat: - The size of his dick - Gangs and the violence they will perpetrate - Statements about how great he is - Bitches and their qualities His approach to these topics offered no insight or commentary; no use of his platform to further a cause; just vacuous statements. 2. The production itself was uninspiring, with very few memorable beats, samples or hooks. 3. Since there is no melodic aspect to the vocals in this genre of music, you need to either excel in the lyrics or the production. This excels in neither. 4. And almost inevitably Snoop Dogg appears to talk about himself and repeatedly spell his name, like it is something he has just learnt to do, and he is really proud of himself, so he has to do it again and again. 5. This was influential in the very worst possible way, moving away from hip-hop as way of representing an underrepresented voice, towards a vehicle that promoted excess, misogyny and violence.

I get that this a cornerstone in west coast hip hop but I have serious issues with it, particularly the extent to which it perpetuates misogyny like it isn’t an issue. None of the lyrics are particularly clever, and the content is so focussed on smoking weed like it’s a defining lifestyle choice to the detriment of little other social commentary. The samples and beats, whilst iconic in their own way do very little for me (that high pitched synth peppered throughout does my head in). The skits are horrible. As an album, it’s very vibes based and this does not do it for me at all.

I almost didn't make it through this because the whole album uses that fucking keyboard that sounds like the air being released slowly from a balloon.

Dated

The Chronic Dr. Dre 1992 Genres: Hip Hop Styles: Boom Bap, Gangsta, Hardcore Hip Hop, G Funk 1. The Chronic (Intro) (★☆☆☆☆) - Contexto: Introducción sonora donde Dre presenta el ambiente del disco mediante samples, humor y referencias al consumo de marihuana. Funciona como declaración de intenciones. 2. Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') (★★⯨☆☆) - Contexto: Uno de los diss tracks más famosos del rap. Dre y Snoop atacan principalmente a Eazy-E tras la ruptura con N.W.A., mezclando burlas, amenazas y celebración de su nueva etapa. 3. Let Me Ride (★★⯨☆☆) - Contexto: Un recorrido relajado por la vida cotidiana en Los Ángeles, la fama, el respeto en el barrio y la cultura lowrider. Ganó un Grammy. 4. The Day the Niggaz Took Over (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Inspirada por los disturbios de Los Ángeles de 1992. Describe el caos, la violencia y la tensión racial desde la perspectiva de quienes vivían esos acontecimientos. 5. Nuthin' But a "G" Thang (★★★★★) - Contexto: Himno absoluto del G-funk. Habla de disfrutar la vida, conducir por California, fumar marihuana, ligar y representar la cultura de la Costa Oeste sin grandes conflictos. -Fav -Comentario: Esta la escuché tanto que ya "me gusta", sea por el GTA o lo que fuere que la pusiera como soundtrack. 6. Deeez Nuuuts (★★☆☆☆) - Contexto: Comienza como una escena humorística y luego deriva en un tema de bravuconería, sexo, violencia y demostración de superioridad entre raperos. 7. Lil' Ghetto Boy (★★⯨☆☆) - Contexto: La canción más reflexiva del álbum. Narra cómo un niño crece rodeado de pobreza, violencia, delincuencia y falta de oportunidades, mostrando el ciclo social del barrio. 8. A Nigga Witta Gun (★★⯨☆☆) - Contexto: Retrato de alguien armado que vive permanentemente preparado para responder a la violencia. Refleja la paranoia y la supervivencia en la calle. 9. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat (★★★☆☆) - Contexto: Relato de represalias entre pandillas y venganzas callejeras donde la violencia aparece como una consecuencia inevitable del entorno. 10. The $20 Sack Pyramid (Skit) (⯨☆☆☆☆) - Contexto: Sketch humorístico sobre la venta y consumo de marihuana que sirve para mantener el tono relajado y cinematográfico del álbum. 11. Lyrical Gangbang (★★☆☆☆) - Contexto: Exhibición colectiva de habilidades entre varios MCs del entorno de Death Row. Predomina la competencia lírica y la actitud desafiante. 12. High Powered (★★☆☆☆) - Contexto: Canción agresiva centrada en el poder, la intimidación y la reputación dentro del mundo del rap y de la calle. 13. The Doctor's Office (Skit) (⯨☆☆☆☆) - Contexto: Interludio humorístico de contenido sexual que continúa el estilo irreverente del álbum. 14. Stranded on Death Row (★★★☆☆) - Contexto: Reunión de varios raperos narrando historias de crimen, violencia y supervivencia bajo la identidad de Death Row Records. 15. The Roach (The Chronic Outro) (★⯨☆☆☆) - Contexto: Outro relajado que simboliza el final de la experiencia del disco, manteniendo la temática de la marihuana y la camaradería. 16. Bitches Ain't Shit (★★☆☆☆) - Contexto: Cierre extremadamente polémico por su fuerte misoginia. Es una canción provocadora que refleja una parte de la cultura gangsta de la época y sigue siendo uno de los aspectos más criticados del álbum. -TOTAL = ★★⯨☆☆ (2,25) -Debería ser 2 estrellas, pero la verdad no me gustó, no conecté, las instrumentales no eran una genialidad, sin importar si fue innovador y lo que sea... para mí es un 1.