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HELL TO THE NAW NAW NAW!!! Already knew this was a NOPE even before I saw the Snoop reference on so many tracks.
It's the misogyny. Hard pass.
The beats and productions are just top notch every single song. The actual album is fine, but not really my thing, though I do think Snoop Dogg is just a noticeably better rapper than Dr. Dre, and every time he came on it was great. Nuthin' But a "G" Thang, Lyrical Gangbang, and Bitches Ain't Shit were probably my favorite of the bunch. I think I may just be too white, though, because listening to Bitches Ain't Shit while doing picross is pretty jarring.
I didn't love this album but I recognize how iconic it is and I can appreciate that it's part of rap and Death Row Records history.
Rap stuff
Notable Textzeile: Sitting in my living room, calm and collected Feeling that gotta-get-mine perspective 'Cause what I just heard broke me in half And half the niggas I know, plus the niggas on the Row is bailing Laugh now, but cry much later Es gibt so Figuren die schon immer da waren und von denen mir gar nicht mehr so richtig im Bewusstsein ist dass sie am Anfang einfach nur Musiker waren. Dr. Dre gehört da absolut dazu. Ich finde es auch lustig, das bei dem der später dieser Master-Produzenten so viel von den Loops und Keys so daneben und schief klingen. Auch klar ist ja, dass er nicht der beste Rapper auf seiner eigenen Platte ist, mit abstand. Thematisch sehr viel Gangsterkram, wenn nicht ausschließlich? Als Person ist er ja anscheinend auch an vielen Stellen kein besonders angenehmer Mensch. Insgesamt historisch interessant, aber gar nix für mich.
I enjoyed the beats much more than the raps. Record Scratch. Oh wait. Maybe this is a proof of concept for a new label and producer who's now free of NWA to do funky shit as well? Smart. Still not good, though
This should be played at high volume preferably in a residential area. Und damit ist dazu eigentlich alles gesagt. Ist Musik die in 1992 LA/Compton garantiert ein krasser Banger war. Nach NWA auch viel Wut, Alltagsgewalt, Gangsterstories musikalisch durch die Mangel gedreht hat und damit ganz viele Leute repräsentiert/verstört hat. Aber für mich sehr stark ein Produkt seiner Zeit, dass ich in seiner Attitüde und dem ganzen Auftreten gar nicht im Jetzt ernsthaft hören kann. Abgesehen davon dass ich mich weit weg von Zielgruppe fühle. Ganz gut, dass Dre als Produzent mit späteren Alben doch eher besser wurde. Hoffe auf das 2001 in dieser Liste und verbleibe bis dahin eher mittelmäßig irritiert von dieser bunten Tüte.
All Time Classic!
not my favorite dr. dre but still a good listen
Album 47/1001. Listened 7/13/2026. Can't argue with a classic! Catchy, angry, eye-opening. I won't spin it often, but I enjoyed listening to it.
couldn't get through it. maybe if i liked the genre more...
Utter bilge. And he's not even a real doctor.
Shit.
5/5 for the music. The skits were too much
i hate men. beats good👍
Oooh, you're hard. Impossible to listen to in this day and age for anyone with the slightest respect for others or civility in general. I get the beef between the two record companies and puff daddy or whatever he's calling himself, but gun violence, misogyny and drugs aren't my vibe. Sports cars are, but there's not enough for the car lover here. The backing tracks are repetitive, and with more inventive rap would be class, which is where Eminem come in. Chronic.
Didn’t drag on like most rap albums from the early 90s. Really just two standout tracks but one is an absolutely all time classic.
I just listened to Parliament yesterday, and now they're being sampled in the third track of this album...I live for these connections. ANYWAY - West Coast rap reigns supreme (yes, I am very biased) and this album is a perfect example of that fact. The fact that this album was Dre's explosion onto the scene as a solo artist is nothing short of legendary. A great performance from Snoop across the album as well. Favorite tracks: Let Me Ride, Nuthin' But A "G" Thang
An album that should def be on this list and where all of the praise and criticism (save for the blatantly racist stuff) is valid. The beats are incredible.
Hmm yes quite. These "bitches" do seem to be creating issues in Andre M.D's life and tend to provide little to no solution to said issues outside of violence. Tragedy of the modern man
Whisper it. The beats aren't 'that' good.
6/10 I appreciate how much swagger this album has - every track is full of machismo and braggadocio, with a deep commitment to the west coast rap movement of the time (the number of call outs to South Central and Long Beach is astronomical). The production and music/beats are quite good for the time, impressively sounding almost timeless. I also find it fascinating to hear phrases like "deez nuts" and "rizz" slung around a good 35 years before they became part of meme culture in the 2020s. That being said, I honestly have no interest in the content of this album. It's not my cup of tea. I also think it's too long - if it were about 20 minutes shorter the album would be far tighter and therefore stronger. Regardless, it's a well-constructed album that is still discussed for a reason, so I can't complain too much, I guess.
First up, I doubt his medical or PhD credentials but he has a way with beats and backing. I was quite happy to lose myself in the groove of a lot of this but some of the lyrical content and interludes got boring very quickly. Hip-hop’s never really going to be my sort of thing, but despite being too long to hold my interest all the way through, this had some good moments.
This has at least, like, five perfect gangsta rap opuses, at least three of which I can rap along to word for word (except the n-word ofc). The way this music makes me feel makes me want to forgive the misogyny, I'm ashamed to say, but I'm proud to say nothing could make me forgive the skits. Songs-only version please.
One of the absolute best rap albums of all times. Proving Dre as one of the strongest rap producers and performers of his generation and successfully splitting from NWA. Snoop is amazing on this, one of his best outings; amazing backings and tracks. Ain’t nothing is still so good. Bombastic and braggadocio all throughout.
Another otherwise great album undermined by seriously gross lyrics.
West Coast hip-hop, gangsta rap, G-funk.
Ice Cube yesterday, Dr. Dre today! Is this a wild coincidence or is this like how everyone gets that Phil Spector Christmas album on December 25? Maybe I’ll get Eazy-duz-it tomorrow. This isn't just an amazing album to me. This changed the game. And it originally got 4.5 mics. (Interestingly, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted got 5 mics and The Chronic got 4.5 before they re-rated it years later.)
Classic g funk west coast hip hop from Dre and Snoop.
The music is good though many of the song sounded repetitive. Lyrics did nothing for me but I lack the experience to get them. If I could hear the album sans lyrics, I'd give it another go.
So good, so angry, epic all time songs…undeniable pillar of pop culture.
Interesting beats but, nope
Had a great time listening to this, I've really only heard one or two songs off of it. Some dated bits and has the classic 90s "joke song you will skip every time on relisten" but that's basically par for the course. Great beats by dr dre. My only complaint sound wise is the songs that have that high pitched squealing sound. My hearing man, I'm trying to make it to 40 with my ears in tact man, stop doing that
bopping ^^ ^^ giving thriller horror with the background music smoothhh lol deez nuts i liked the opening meh ^^ nice rhythm da hell was that TT ehhh ^^ yo what was that straight up porno noises 😭 yo the beats on this one 1:50 part is nice ehhh last song bopping album but not stuff i'd listen to again probs
Haha najs 3/5
You can hear what is still being referenced today in it, as fresh and new.
I am not the audience for this. I have never been into gangsta rap (I was a senior in high school when this came out, so I am generally familiar). But it never spoke to me. If I wasn't listening to it for this challenge, I would not finish it. What I have learned: 1. Dre is a badass and owns guns 2. Dre hates women but thinks they should shut shut up and fuck him 3. Dre hates his former NWA bandmates and thinks they should be sucking his dick 4. Dre is (at least at the time) friends with Snoop Dogg (who's music I am somewhat more familiar with) Nothin' But a "G" Thang is the only song I recognize (It's like this and like that)
OH HELL YEAH. LOVE the production on this album. The lyrics are absolutely cartoonish swagger. Tight. Let Me Ride is a banger for all time. Turned the volume up on that one.. the shuffle percussion does somethin to me. The album kinda sags in the middle. I'm not sold on the skits. These songs seem aimless and not fun. It lands the outro, though. Fun sample spotting. I feel like listening to some of the Funkadelic source material. A 4 just because its not consistent. VERY high highs, no lows, about half mids.
Gangster Rap is not for me. It does make me wonder about the culture and lifestyles that spawned it.
It’s an interesting and significant album that I don’t really give a shit about.
I bought this on cassette at Town Center Mall in Kennesaw, Georgia in 1992 around Christmas time. I listened to it on repeat until Doggystyle came out the following year. I have not listened to the entire album in a long time prior to today's listen. This exceeded my already high opinion of Dre and made me wish that Snoop had continued to improve as a rapper. The production and sequencing are excellent, as are the skits. There are no skips on this album and I can say some 33+ years later that this is a masterpiece.
This is offensive music done right. Every track is a total party banger. Go clutch your pearls somewhere else. Grab some gin and juice, crank this up in a residential area and have some juvenile fun for an hour.
It's the chronic. It's a titan of gangster rap. Might as well be a Snoop Dogg Album with Dre Production but both gentlemen have made good careers for themselves. I don't love it all the way through but it is a landmark album for the time. Is this the origin of deez nuts?
I've been listening to this for a long time so my objectiveness here is suspect. I can recognize that societal norms have moved on but this still goes hard as hell. Sure, there could be a lot less references to dicks and it'd be more "comfortable" to listen to, but it wouldnt' be the same. The lyrics aren't societal or have too much of a message (though not nothing), but they're delivered in Dre's unique style. Snoop is also more of a co-artist than a feature really; the biggest songs all have him on a feature and the hook. This album put a whole generation of kids on to gangster rap, whether that's a good thing or not is debatable but it is absolutely a bridge album between the really old school stuff and everything that came after it, while introducing a whole new sub genre. The beats are insanely crisp and I think are the real nail in the coffin for popular rap music to using exclusively samples. Again, there's an argument to be made as to whether that's good or not, but Dre is the original "modern" producer, and he kept going forever after this. I do think the best song on here is "Let Me Ride" but I realize that the singles are also great in their own right. I like all of it, even the ridiculous skits and intros like the beginning of "Deez Nuts" which has maybe the worst delivery of the deez nuts joke in history. Still great.
Solid sampling and Snoop Dogg's flow is just so smooth Dre isn't bad himself on Nuthin' but a G Thang, which is by far the standout
5/10 - not Dre's best, criminal that this is in the list but 2001 isn't
solid
Misogynistic lyrics from a woman beater, shocking.
listened to about half of it, not mu stule
круто, классика
When to listen: at a weed shop. I respect this album's contribution to the genre and its historic impact. But the sexism and homophobia were icky. The beats, samples, and lyrics didn't outweigh the icky. Did not enjoy, sorry.
Heard Before? I was too churchy when it came out, but I've heard it a few times since. Notes: - intros and skits should be banned. they are never good to start with, have no replay value, and age terribly. - some of my favorite ever beats. the magic formula of booming drums, impossibly funky bass, perfect samples and shrill synths triumphs on every song. still stands out from the legion of imitators. - but of course this is a rap album, so there's some rapping involved, and Dre just ain't great, at all. - Snoop might still have the most captivating flow in rap, Kurupt and RDX are decent-to-good and Lady of Rage kills it. - it's easy to see why this is so popular with white suburban teens. I'm old and boring and even i feel cool just listening to this. - other people are better positioned to discuss the lyrical content. for better or worse that's just not why i listen to rap. I'll only say that i had to work harder than usual to ignore what they were saying. the final track should not exist. Verdict: Too much critical ink gets spilled about "timeless" music. Production wise The Chronic boldly encapsulates a very specific moment in the best way. Lyrically it does the exact same but in the worst way. Listen Again? Nope. But these beats....
I had heard about this release for years and was pretty excited to listen. Unfortunately it mostly sounds like a Death Row Records promo which interpellates older classic samples 1:1. Some good songs and some bad moments (I never like it when I need to listen to the artist having fake sex, it's just weird). But all together a fine listen. 3/5
Great early rap album here. Iconic too. Snoop + Dre on most tracks before they were the legends that they are today. 6/10
Very good
I mean . . . what's not to love? The misogyny, I suppose. Otherwise this album rips.
Lets call a spade a spade — this is the most Black album. Dr. Dre is a very good producer, having launched the careers of Eminem, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and many other artists. He's a good rapper, too, but the thing is, while 50 Cent's debut album was a hit with every white kid on the planet, Dre's debut album would only be relatable to a white kid living in the US. The album starts off pretty well, feeling like you're leisurely driving through Vice City in a lowrider, listening to G-funk, but the genre's traditional insults to enemies in the scene (in this case, former N.W.A. bandmates and the label) quickly become tiresome. And then there are the lyrics: "A digga rode through a digga, a digga sees a digga in a digga." (you know which exact word I'm talking about) Overall, I didn't like it, but I'll give an extra star for the young Snoop, who really helps on this record.
Noise pollution
Would have been a 5/5 if weren't for these awful skits
My whole household enjoyed listening to this. I don’t find the content offensive, I see it as a snapshot of a life completely foreign to me, like anthropology. Beats are great. Obviously hugely impactful.
Just banger after banger.
A seminal hiphop/rap album, truly changed popular music as we knew it
Definitely a must-listen album, but not because it's a stunning replay-worthy piece of work, more because of how it sets up future Dr. Dre projects. I must have listened to this some 15 or 20 years ago, and the lack of obvious singles put me off. Listening today, it adds context to future Dr. Dre projects like Snoop's Doggystyle or 01. It was fun hearing context for The Next Episode which comes out some 7 years later. I'm glad I gave it another listen today. I don't think I'll be listening too frequently, there's better Dre albums, but I love how this sets up his œuvre. 4/5
Fem sekunders lyssning. Omöjligt.
Didn’t listen too intensely but what I heard I liked
Been awhile… Um… this took me on one hell of a ride. And no one was passing spliffs. But… maybe I did get a little contact high? Anyway… that opening is weak. Really don’t want to hear beefing for 15 minutes with little else. Actually, there is a surprisingly small amount of actual material on here for its bloated over hour run time. And the skits don’t help. What it DOES have is sampling and beats par excellence. Honestly, it even lifts Parliament’s P.Funk, which it does lock stock and barrel, well. That was the era of stealing from the masters, or “introducing the youth to the sounds of the earlier generations.” But honestly, there has always been theft in music and when it’s done well, it can be a boon for all. But the thing for me, is that this album doesn’t seem to really have its own ideas, aside from the beef with Eazy. That’s clear enough. But it just doesn’t carry a whole album. 3 Boolean:Ture?
Production is great, love the flute. The skits are okay but could probably do without them. Really fun album overall.
Un peu de mal avec les sons de synthé parfois mais sinon c'est cool. Morceau pref : Bitches ain't shit
Énorme classique, quelques musiques ont un peu vieillies et le poids de la nostalgie n'est pas présent chez moi. Cependant, on comprends de très loin l'impact qu'il a pu avoir sur le hip-hop
It's classic 90s rap, but if I'm being honest it's not his best work. It's a pillar of the genre but aside from Nuthin But a G Thang there's not a lot that's very memorable. The production is good, the flow and overall lyricism is good. But I don't like it as much as I do other albums of the time, or Dre's earlier or later work.
The absolute best era of rap. Anyone who disagrees is simply wrong. You only have to be mildly familiar with this era to know that this album is one of the cornerstones for the genre. I need to listen to it a few more times to really feel it, but even still, exactly what you want out of a 90s hip hop record. This launched snoop, theres a couple classic bangers, and there’s some of that 90s rap beef wrapped up in there too. More of an east coast guy myself, but you can’t deny the vibe of the west coast. On only one listen, I’d say it’s somewhere between a 3-4, but closer to 4 than 3 — anything lower would be a massive discredit. Like I said, you don’t have to know much to know how influential this project was.
Nope
A little long but made me feel like a badass listening to it
Overall pretty good production on this album, I found some of the songs sounded pretty similar. But overall there was good rapping, beats and lyrics.
Production is so damn clean on this. Tons of groovy beats with deep, funky basslines that still sound fresh to this day. It's only held back a bit thanks to the skits which are riddled all over Hip-Hop from this era. Lyrically, it's Gangsta Rap through and through. That is to say, not particularly interesting, but who really cares about any of that when the delivery and vocals flow like silk. Lyrical "depth" has always been overrated anyway.
처음 들어보는 노래 였는데 힙합은 옳다는 것을 느끼게 해줬다. 알아들을 수 있는 단어가 욕 밖에 없었는데 신나고 기분 좋았다 ㅎㅎ It was a song I’d never heard before, but it made me realize that hip-hop is the right choice. The only words I understood were swear words, but it was exciting and made me feel good haha.
i listened to a bunch of stuff he produced or was a part of but never to a solo album (if you can call it that) of his. very glad this website corrected this oversight; i was stressed this morning because of work stuff, and snoop's smooth flow helped me relax, then dre's angry lyrics gave me some power back. fun skits here and there, a+ beats on the entire album. damn the 90s were great for hip-hop. can't wait to see what else i've been missing
A strong album. 3.5 for the lyrics and 5's for the production and beats. Wish I could rate this a 4.5
At the time this album was a game changer. Now it feels dated and out of place. It was fun at the time, but now it just feels juvenile and serves to show that rap has come a loooong way. The music is still good, it still means a lot to me, but the lyrics are pretty fucked up.
Leaving the lyrics aside, it has 2 or 3 songs that are ok. Overall, the album is still insufferable. 2/10
Figo, ma non è il mio genere.
ik vond dokter Dré in Thuis beter...
I am not the target audience.
I have a hard time listening to lyrics for an entire album, so I usually rate more based off of sound, u unless lyrics stick out to me. Nice beats… but idk
The beats are smooth, funky, and honestly quite sexy. The tempo is calm. Groovy basslines and that classic synth squealing sound that I don’t know how to describe but is instantly recognizable. Overall, the feel laid-back and at ease. There’s clarity and space in the beats. It’s the consecration of G-Funk and is beautifully produced. I think it’s hard to argue against the sound and feel of this album. The words are where I can understand people taking issue. The rapping is profane, stones, and confident. It’s not the most technical or genius rapping, but it’s perfectly fit for the music. It’s still got the laid back feel but lyrically it focuses on crime and violence, misogyny and sex, weed, and the typical trappings of gangsta rap. It can also be silly and light-hearted. I tend to look at these lyrics as cultural reflections of reality presented in a cinematic and dramatized way. If you take them as endorsement and promotion, there’s probably not much for you to enjoy. Some of these long rap albums can be inconsistent at best and exhausting at worst, but this one manages to hold my attention for the full 62 minutes, even if not every track is as killer as the biggest hitters. The originality of the sound, mix of sampling and instrumentation; and the variety of guest features of lesser known rappers (including the now Martha Stewart bff, Snoop Dogg, who really shines) keep things interesting, organized thoughtfully to prevent the album from becoming an expansive mess. It’s an encompassing, dangerous, fun, problematic, ride along with Dre and his homies through their hood. It’s critical, classic, iconic, and damn good. It’s The Chronic.
I feel like you either hate or love this one. Its dated but not the point where I tought it was hurting the album. Its part of its charm I guess. Ive heard better hip hop but I liked it. Deez nuts/5
Non merci.
Was für ein Sch... Jedes zweite Wort Motherfucker, Nigga oder Fuck. Gibt es noch eine andere Botschaft?
A veces si a veces no 2.5
no es lo mío 2.5
A west coast classic that just doesn't hit the same to my east coast ears.
Just not for me. This would have been a one star but was saved to be a two due to the singles. I guess I'm just not a fan of the genre
great listen, but has a few too many skits/long "bits" that apparently are all the rage in rap/hip-hop albums of this time that I think detracts from the album as a whole
I was caught in a “I want to listen to rap” mood when listening to this album. However, it does warrant this rating regardless. Let it be known that the doctor knows how to cook. Dr. Dre may be the only West Cost guy I like. (Snoop and his hosting/acting cameos aside).
yeah sure!
Another West Coast winner.
i love g funk
Iconic 4.5/5
We've been blessed by the West Coast gods lately. Dr. Dre's production has always been some of my favorite -- the raps might sound a little dated, but the production always feel timeless. "Let Me Ride" just sounds like the sun shining.
I fucks with the G Funk sound. One of you nerds knows what that synth sound is, so please tell me thanks. Docking for length, as usual.
The Super Bowl halftime show and family friendly TV personality version of Snoop have diluted this album for me a little bit, but this hard to be the rawest shit on the planet when it came out
A fun album, but it didn’t age well
Felt kinda samey theoughout and liked Snoop’s parts more than Dre’s. It did refine the west coast sound though
Yeah, I was one of those white kids that discovered this album at 14, right when I was experimenting with green herbs, and yeah, I thought it was the greatest thing ever. The amount of pearl clutchers that think this is still an affront to their ears with GASP dick jokes GASP can do one. One of the best hip-hop albums created, bar none. Those beats are still so tasty. Nobody did it like Dre. Not so much anymore.
Straight up freakin mid track it was wild. Certainly memorable. Akin to that time you get up on stage in front of the school ready to drop some beats in the talent show before your friend pants you cause he was payed 3 bucks and a lollipop to do it. Drink: water sweetened with Cotten candy and your dad’s cough syrup. Rating: 2.35/10
Meh, I know this is an important album for hip hop history, but really doesn’t do much for me. Beats are sick, lyrics are repetitive and boring.
West coast classic
Classic hip-hop heavy hitter. As always, I could do without the skits but the rest is a nostalgic journey.
Why would you choose this album from Dr. Dre instead of 2001? Shitty move tbh. I will give this a 2 because it's Dr. Dre, but it is so dated compared to other rap stuff from the same time, especially with the mysoginy and homophobia. Also, I feel like he relies too much on Snoop.
i've never understood the love for gangster hiphop. noting that i didn't finish listening to the entire album, i guess it was a lil catchier than the other hiphop albums i've heard so far? not my style though. bye byeee women beater!!!
great staple rap album
The misogyny is dated but the beat is very happiness
Nope, Nope to both rap and hip hop. No interest whatsoever in that music culture.
Wtf?!
Dre's production on The Chronic is absolutely flawless, elevating every track to the best it possibly can be. Beyond that it put Snoop on the map, hip hop firmly into the zeitgeist (and the Billboard charts), and is well known for its stone cold Eazy-E dis tracks. The skits are the only real weak point. Some hit, some don't. It's still a top 10 rap album ever.
Lol at the diss in the opening song Would enjoy this more with less cursing Good beats. I think this has been sampled quite a bit Snaps for the protest songs I'm used to such higher speed rap now, the slower cadence is weird for me I appreciate the wit and humor behind this. The amount of cursing definitely impacted my enjoyment of the album
Lots of foul language.
The top tracks were huge back in the day: Nuthin But A "G" Thang and Fuck With The Dre. I give him credit for kind of inventing the gangsta rap style and for launching several careers. That said, gangsta rap is not my thing.
Holds up a lot better than Doggystyle did. My new working theory is that Snoop works better as a wing man than a solo artist. Regardless, definite classics to be found here.
Nostalgia is almost certainly coloring this take but, man, I don't know that anyone nailed west coast hip hop and with SUCH catchiness. Dre remains pretty unparalleled for marrying great samples with flowing rhymes that are almost impossible not to sing along to - especially if you had the CD on repeat back in high school.
My opinion of this is the same as every other time I've been generated a gangster rap album. I think the beats are okay (I will say I've heard better from other albums on here) and I don't like the vulgarity and skits. Also, for a Dr. Dre album, there's significantly less Dr. Dre than there are other guests, especially Snoop Dogg.
Classic! One of the albums that solidified my love for rap/hip-hop!
Some classic tracks from Dr. Dre, but not a no-skip album for me.
I rlly like dr Dre idk why particularly i don’t really listen to rap/hip hop on a daily basis. However i do prefer 90’s rappers over more modern ones so i really appreciate the guy. Would revisit this album it was good (with the exception of that one intro).
A top five hip hop album. Sounds just as good today as it did back then. The beats, the storytelling, the causual violence, misogyny and homophobia... It's almost like we're still in 1992.
First Listen: NA, didn't take notes. OVERALL: It's kinda hard not to like this album. There's quite a few lyrics that have not aged well, Dre's own rapping isn't always a feature, and there's a sex skit that goes on way too long, but besides those sticking points the album is a lot of fun front to back. I love that you can hear the Parliament influence on a bunch of tracks - even moreso than 2001 - and the production is something you can't get anywhere else from anyone else. 8/10 T3: The Roach, FWDD, TDTNTO
Familiar with Dre. Tough not to be. First Listen, was a fun and at some points hilarious. I get a sense of passion colliding with personality; a lot of personality in this whole album. This is the kind of album that could've only been created at that moment in time with the people around Dre—fucking duh, you can say that about anything—resulting in a special piece of history for both music and its creators. Highlight of the album, Nuthin' But A "G" Thing is a classic and iconic. Snoop Dog does so much along side Dre in this album to a point where his absence would lose so much of of the album's soulful-nature in it's vocals. I'm not too familiar with rap and it's history but I can definitely hear and feel why this album would be so important to West Coast hip-hop history. Also, Deeez Nuuuts is funny. Overall, fun listen with some iconic songs that won't be forgotten. The G-Funk is amazingly done and continues to bring you into, almost, every track on the album. Though, my taste isn't aligned with rap as much as I would like; I still can't help but loving the funk and rap combination. T3: NBAGT, Let Me Ride, Lil' Ghetto Boy
Yeah it's hip-hop and it's the kind I really cannot stand.
Bon, je ne vais pas tourner autour du pot pendant des plombes : cet album est un putain de chef-d'œuvre, un monument incontournable de l'histoire de la musique et une plaque tournante majeure des trente dernières années. C'est le parrain absolu et définitif du son West Coast, point barre. Moi qui suis né en 1970 et qui ai passé les années 90 à écumer les radios et les disquaires indés au milieu du post-punk et du neofolk, je dois bien l'avouer : cet album m'a collé une baffe monumentale. Pourtant, Dieu sait que le hip-hop n'est pas ma chapelle d'origine, mais face à un tel rouleau compresseur sonore, on s'incline et on ferme sa gueule. Remettons les choses dans leur contexte d'origine pour bien piger la teneur du bordel. En 1992, le bon docteur Dre vient de claquer la porte de N.W.A. parce qu'il en avait plein le cul des embrouilles de thunes et de contrats avec Eazy-E. C'était la guerre ouverte, ultra violente, vicieuse et sans pitié entre les deux anciens acolytes. C'est là que le terrifiant et colossal Suge Knight entre en scène pour épauler Dre, et ensemble, ils fondent l'empire de la Death Row dans le sang, la sueur et le business. Leur toute première ogive nucléaire envoyée à la face du monde s'appelle The Chronic, et ce disque est un immense, un magnifique règlement de comptes public, une exécution en règle en direct sur les plateaux du Billboard où Dre passe son temps à défoncer son ancien pote. Du premier sample d'intro jusqu'au dernier morceau de la galette, les piques fusent dans une dentelle fine brodée à la hache de guerre et au fusil à pompe. C'est agressif, extrêmement ciblé, vindicatif, parfois d'une vulgarité sans borne, mais bordel de merde, qu'est-ce que c'est bien foutu. Pourquoi c'est génial ? Parce que Dre invente tout simplement un genre à lui tout seul : le G-Funk. Terminé la saturation bruitiste, industrielle et étouffante à la Public Enemy, ou les agressions stridentes du rap hardcore de la East Coast. Dre décide de ralentir radicalement le tempo de la rue, prend le soleil de la Californie et le fout directement dans les potards de la console en allant piller sans aucune vergogne le catalogue de la funk des années 70, ressuscitant Parliament et Funkadelic à sa propre sauce. Il injecte de la soul rétro à très haute dose, remplaçant la brutalité par de la rondeur, et pose des lignes de basse ultra lourdes, épaisses, grasses et merveilleusement huileuses. Par-dessus tout ça, il balance ces sifflements de synthétiseur stridents devenus cultes, ce fameux Moog aigu qui va devenir la marque de fabrique indélébile d'une époque. Le son devient incroyablement laidback, lourd, planant et profondément hypnotique, taillé sur mesure pour rouler au ralenti dans les rues de Los Angeles, le coude à la portière et un énorme joint de weed coincé entre les lèvres. Et puis, il y a la botte secrète absolue du docteur pour emballer l'affaire, son arme de destruction massive qui va braquer les charts de la planète entière : un gamin longiligne, ultra charismatique et magnétique nommé Snoop Doggy Dogg. Ce mec est un pur extraterrestre du micro à ce moment précis de l'histoire, sa voix glissant sur les beats comme une caresse venimeuse et addictive. Il possède un flow d'une fluidité absolument insolente, presque magique, restant d'un calme royal en toutes circonstances, nonchalant, presque léthargique, mais ses rimes font mouche à chaque putain de seconde. Les empreintes de Snoop sont partout, imprimées sur toute cette galette magique, au point que c'est autant son album que celui de Dre, soyons parfaitement honnêtes deux minutes. C'est sans doute la plus belle rampe de lancement de l'histoire moderne du rap. Dès l'intro, on comprend qu'on va assister à un véritable hold-up auditif. "Fuck Wit Dre Day" démarre les hostilités sans prendre la peine de sonner une sommation ; c'est vicieux, c'est lourd, c'est terriblement et affreusement addictif, te chopant par les tympans pour te forcer à bouger la tête comme un damné du groove, même si tu passes tes nuits solitaires à écouter du post-rock ou du folk dépressif. Derrière, ça déroule le tapis rouge impérial avec l'imparable "Let Me Ride" où Dre sample Parliament avec un culot monstrueux pour en faire un hymne intemporel pour toutes les lowriders qui collent au pavé. Et que dire de l'immense, de l'indétrônable "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" ? C'est le sommet absolu, orgasmique et indiscutable de tout le disque, le morceau qui a tourné en boucle sur toutes les radios mondiales en 1993, affichant la symbiose parfaite entre la prod chirurgicale et la nonchalance traînante de Snoop. Un classique parmi les classiques, indéboulonnable, éternel, d'une pureté folle où l'enchaînement des titres se fait comme dans un rêve éveillé sous THC, entrecoupé d'interludes comiques comme "The $20 Sack Pyramid" qui posent un décor de film de quartier ultra vivant. Mais ne croyez pas que Dre se limite à copier sagement ses glorieux aînés, le mec est un véritable alchimiste des consoles de mixage modernes. Prenez le superbe morceau "Lil' Ghetto Boy", où il va chercher un sample magnifique du grand Donny Hathaway pour y injecter une mélancolie poignante, presque désespérée, dressant une chronique clinique, glaciale et terriblement sombre de la rude vie de rue, faite sans aucune fausse pudeur ou larmes de crocodile. Et sur "Lyrical Gangbang", le mec ose carrément taper dans le catalogue de Led Zeppelin pour un assaut sonore absolument et totalement dévastateur où une meute de jeunes MCs affamés comme The Lady of Rage, Kurupt ou RBX crachent du feu pur sur la prod. C'est une démonstration de force brute qui te colle direct au mur du fond. Ce n'est pas juste un disque de rap de plus, c'est une véritable révolution industrielle où le son Death Row est né dans la sueur et la fumée épaisses du studio, un son que tous les producteurs des décennies suivantes ont désespérément essayé de copier sans jamais réussir à en reproduire la clarté parfaite et la lourdeur viscérale. Alors oui, sur le plan strictement musical, c'est un chef-d'œuvre total, un putain de 5 sur 5 net, précis, millimétré et sans aucune bavure, une claque intersidérale qui a redéfini le paysage sonore de toute une époque en regardant Nevermind de Nirvana droit dans ses grands yeux noirs pour partager le trône de la décennie 90 sans jamais trembler d'un poil. MAIS — parce qu'il y a un putain de "mais" gros comme une baraque fortifiée de Compton — nous sommes aujourd'hui installés en 2026. Le monde a heureusement avancé, les mentalités ont bougé, le mouvement MeToo est passé par là pour faire un grand ménage ô combien nécessaire, et quand on réécoute The Chronic avec nos grilles de lecture actuelles, putain de bordel de merde, ça pique quand même très sévèrement les oreilles. La misogynie crasseuse qui suinte de chaque piste de ce disque est tout simplement insupportable, totalement gratuite, parfois d'une bêtise absolue, réduisant systématiquement les femmes au rang d'objets sexuels jetables ou de traîtresses de bas étage sans cervelle. Le point culminant de ce malaise de fin de siècle, c'est le morceau de clôture officiel "Bitches Ain't Shit", un véritable naufrage idéologique complet et un concentré de sexisme pur, dur et bas de plafond, emballé pourtant dans un groove de dingue. C'est tout le paradoxe tragique, fascinant et perturbant de cet album de génie : tu as profondément envie de vomir tes tripes en écoutant ces paroles de merde, mais la ligne de basse est tellement phénoménale que ton pied continue de battre le tempo, provoquant une sensation d'écoute ultra inconfortable et une dissonance cognitive totale qui te tord le bide à chaque putain d'écoute. À cause de cette misogynie crasseuse qu'il traîne comme un boulet infâme, l'album perd une étoile, car on ne peut plus fermer les yeux comme on le faisait si bêtement ou par paresse en 1992 en faisant semblant de ne pas capter ces horreurs verbales quotidiennes qui gâchent une bonne partie du kiff. Cependant, soyons parfaitement honnêtes et d'équerre entre nous deux secondes : si on isole totalement la musique, la pure technique de production de ce génie et l'impact historique monstrueux, ça reste au fond de mes tripes un putain de 5 sur 5 incontestable et absolu. C'est une galette totalement indispensable pour quiconque prétend aimer le son lourd, un jalon intouchable à écouter avant de crever pour piger comment le rap a fini par dévorer toute la pop culture actuelle. Dre a posé les fondations de l'industrie musicale moderne avec ce brûlot légendaire, rendant le genre accessible aux masses sans jamais perdre son ADN de pur gangster, signant le triomphe insolent, magnifique et durable du G-Funk originel. Rangez votre bien-pensance au placard pendant une petite heure, montez le potard des basses, laissez-vous envahir et hypnotiser par la nonchalance magnétique du jeune Snoop Dogg, savourez la science absolue du sample millimétré du grand maître Dre et essayez d'oublier les textes de gros beaufs misogynes le temps d'un ride virtuel à Compton. C'est du pur jus de la West Coast américaine, authentique, crue et sans aucun filtre, un jalon intouchable quoi qu'on en dise ou en pense aujourd'hui. Sur ce, je referme délicatement la page de cette chronique mouvementée pour retourner très volontiers à mes univers post-punk sombres et mes ambiances de neofolk habituelles, mais je sais pertinemment que j'aurai ce sifflement de Moog gravé dans le crâne pour le reste de la journée.
Welcome to DEATH ROW A mix of great samples (Let me Ride, the Day the ** Took Over), other great artists featured (Snoop Dogg, Lady of Rage in Lyrical Gangbang), and Dre’s cool voice spitting sick lyrics. With a bit of fun silliness too (see Deez Nuts). One to come back to
i genuinely can’t listen to this my ears are being attacked with so much absurd profanity and lewdity (?)… i love snoop’s voice and dre’s smooth too but for these reasons, im out.
Actually kinda loved it
you ever hate a former friend of yours so much you make what is considered one of the best rap albums ever made? 9/10 FAVOURITE SONGS: FUCK WIT DRE DAY (AND EVERYBODY'S CELEBRATIN',) LET ME RIDE, THE ROACH (CHRONIC OUTRO) LEAST FAVOURITE SONGS: THE CHRONIC (INTRO)
A piece of music history, I love this album!
Some classics but for some reason I remember it being a full album but ran into songs I felt I could skip. Loved the skit.
Good transitions, chill and iconic
"G Thang" is one of the most iconic rap songs ever, and I am impartial to the echoey hook on "Lil Ghetto Boy" but the rest of the album is GARBAGE. Especially the extremely unfunny and unimaginative skits. Overrated!
This album has some amazing, funky beats that became THE sound of the west coast rap scene. It also pretty much introduced Snoop Dogg to the world. He’s so smooth on this record, he just flows naturally. With the good, comes some bad - terrible lyrics and corny skits. Ugh.
This was the first gangsta rap album that displayed a serious beef between artists that I can remember. When it launched in ‘92 it was like nothing anyone had ever heard before. I remember playing this in every car with the bass cranked and trunks rattling. The beats are tantalizing and the lyrics are something that suburbia was never ready for. I’ve easily listened to this album hundreds of times and it is one of the best rap albums I’ve ever played.
Classic 90s rap that defined the era but it just goes on and on. Yes, lyrically everything is offensive, but this Dr. Dre’s first album after N.W.A.! Let me repeat that, N.W.A! What did you expect him to rap about? This album changed music and culture and that deserves some respect. “Respect is collected, so check it.” “Ok… Yes sir, Mr. … err… Dr. Dre, sir. Just please don’t hurt me or do anything you would to Tim Dog.”
90s rap has, by far, aged worse than any other genre. But the beats Dr Dre lays down are smooth with a perfect punch of bass, can't argue that. The themes. The skits. The lyrics. Just terrible. This is taking the success of NWA, an important and honest album, and making it marketable to the masses. Normally I'm fine with that, but the themes here should be used sparingly, making them mainstream is just ugly, and that's what this is. All that said, I come back to the beats. Amazing stuff, and the hits on this album still have me bopping my head. Only thing missing was a 40oz of crazy horse. 30 years ago this is a high 4. Today it's a very low 3.
Discazo, que beatazos los del dr por favor. Queda guardado
This just made me want to listen to Parliament/Funkadelic.
I am SURE that this is a phenomenal album, but this *CLEARLY* exceeds my ratings limit - F-word, M-F'er, etc.. in EVERY song, plentifully. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #37 Best Songs Nuthin' But A "G" Thang
Bowowow yippy yo yippy yay 🐶 Track 4 was scary Did Leathermouth reference track 7? Murder was the case that they gave me 😳 I like the skits 😀 Hip hop classic, no doubt 🙂↕️
Não gosto de rap, mas algumas músicas são boas para a acadêmia
Not my favorite hip hop album but I like his voice and the tracks with Snoop Dogg
Beats GFUNK trop cool, trop de sons iconiques c'est un banger mais ça reste un petit 3. Pour moi l'album dans l'ensemble est équivalent à 2001 mais les highlights sont plus bas.
Huge important album, credit where it's due, and for me it was pretty good. Sure the hits are very nice but there are a few really good and interesting tunes on here that aren't really celebrated. Gotta appreciate Dre's creativity with bringing in so many sound bites and samples.
So much cussing. I don't usually mind cussing but it just seems overwhelming in this. I did like the music itself.
prob high 4 but rounding up ....this was really great
yuppppp
Immediately feels historic, even without knowing. Historic or not, it’s not my vibe for hip hop. But I grinned several times hearing iconic lyrics I finally know the origin of.
This is a Dr Dre album, but it is just as much a Snoop album. Let's be honest with that. Dre's pretty iconic as a rapper, but this is more a highlight for his production. If you were listening to music in the 90s, this was basically the basis for all the hip hop you were hearing. This was the template. Sometimes that's obvious, like “let me ride” finding itself quoted in Regulate a few years later (and every future rap about cruising down the street in my 64)... and then ‘living in the city it's do or die” cropping up in Coolio (and watchu wanna do? WhatCHU wanna do? quoted in Shoop). This is a more important founding document than you probably remember. But for every iconic riff and track, there's equal amounts of the misogyny that gave racists a kernel of truth to hide behind. There are stupid skits, because what would a 90s rap alhum be without bloat? There's so much homophobic whining and, perhaps ironically related, a stupid amount of threats to suck dick. The only thing this album wants more than its dick in a dude's mouth is P-funk samples. Kinda hard not to get a solid set of beats if that's where you're pulling them from. And yet Bitches Aint Shit is still iconic. And while this is clearly an album with something to prove (and bones to pick), it's also a leg up. Snoop isn't the only dude who got a boost here. Dre brought a whole bunch of folks on board here, not the least being Warren G and the Lady of Rage (her turns on Lyrical Gangbang and Stranded on Death Row are probably the best stuff in the late half of this album). So yeah, this hasn't aged particularly well, not the least reason being Snoop's “izzles” and general “beeotch"es. Very little sounds as cringey in 2026 as “beeotch” does. But at the same time, it has aged amazingly… the sound still feels exciting, right down to those high pitched synth melody lines. “Nuthin but a G Thang” still contains some of the most vital hooks of the genre. So, eh, I don't think it can quite reach a 4, not for me at least, but the sheer impact and influence keep it a strong 3* despite it all.
I liked this a lot more than I was expecting to. As is often the case, the misogyny and skits drag it down, but the beats are really good and when Snoop is guesting, he sounds great.
Less than Zero
It is impossible to overstate the cultural impact of this album. Music, movies, fashion, politics, language - it was felt everywhere. More so than other epoch defining albums (Sgt Peppers, London Calling etc) this album, through the use of skits and non-traditional, conversation centred verse structure, gave the listener an incredibly granular insight into the culture that stemmed it, including the lexicon, hierarchies and values. Yes, this includes an awful lot of toxic masculinity. But it also includes some astute political observations and a lot of pride. Musically it swings and bangs and teeters on the edge of overstaying it's welcome without ever doing so.
Je n’ai pas aimé le son
Too many skits and songs about dick and balls for my liking. The melodies are great, lyrics are lacking
3/10 Pfft. We done?
Nej
Incredible production as is the standard for a dre album. I found the lyrics even for the time to be very uninspired and kind of annoying on some certain tracks that aspect sadly did not age all too well. Everything else about this holds up however.
nope
Classic 90's rap record.
Not bad - better than a lot of the stuff I’ve heard in this genre
No, too monotone and too boring, lyrics are also way to cliche and to gangsta... Not for me.
I really like Dr Dre's beats better than almost any other in 90s hip hop. I just hate how misogynistic the lyrics are. I get that the genre is like that, but it seemed relentless and that really took away from the enjoyment for me.
Ok
5/5 west coast classic
Damn!! I don’t know what to say. This is where deez nuts came from? Dont love it but I appreciate it.
Some good songs, but also some of that I really dislike. Kinda mixed.
This is not for me.
Give me 100 more hours of this album Best Song: Lil' Ghetto Boy Rating: 10/10 Stars: 5
Álbum de negro, deush.
Enjoyed listening to this while commuting to my white collar office job
era chimba de álbum la real
I’ve never listened to this album, but I knew 4 or 5 of these tracks from the zeitgeist.
I listened to this album throughout the beginning of my shift as I worked on a few different tasks on my first ever daily checklist. This album was a bit of a mixed bag for me. The Chronic has long held a reputation for being one of the classic hip-hop albums, and the funk production here is certainly captivating and energetic enough to warrant that praise, but the lyricism really puts up a roadblock for me. With most rap albums from this time period, there is a certain amount of misogyny which I'm prepared to reckon with, but The Chronic tips that balance way past even that somewhat generous threshold. The misogyny feels like one of the most central themes present on the album, alongside homophobic insults against other rappers, all handled and delivered in a with an immature sense of humor which kneecaps even some of the better moments. Additionally, maybe it's just a result of coming to this album so late, but the flows on many of these songs just don't do anything for me. Of course, there are still many highlights here worthy of praise: Snoop Dogg is way more prominent across this album than I was expecting, and even if his performance is not always my favorite, I can understand why this album propelled his career forward in a major way. The production is also a reliable high point, as well as many of the features: the best songs for me tended to be the ones with multiple other guests and voices other than Dre or Snoop. I can understand why this album was so significant in its time, but it just doesn't sit right to my modern sensibilities in the same way that even other rap albums from the time still do. Highlights: Let Me Ride, Nuthin' But A "G" Thang, Deeez Nuuuts, Lil' Ghetto Boy, Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat, Lyrical Gangbang, Stranded On Death Row, The Roach (Chronic Outro)
это дерьмо шлепает инструментал шикарный снуп шикарный по смыслу скучновато конечно, да и не сказал бы что этот альбом событие в хип-хопе сам дре - да, но не этот альбик точно 3.5, точно переслушаю, есть хиты
I'm really not much of a fan of rap in general, and I'm really not a fan of gangsta rap. So, this one was a challenge for me to listen to. I think it's extremely well produced and I totally get the influence the album and Dr. Dre had on a whole generation of rap/hip hop artists. But if you aren't into that genre of music, this album is over an hour long and just song after song of it. I was actually surprised that Snoop Dogg was featured on so many of the tracks. It almost felt that the album was as much his and Dr. Dre's. The only song I was familiar with was "Nuthin' But a 'G' Thing", which I think most people know. The rest of it is just not personally for me.
Sure maybe this album was important at the time, maybe it was played an important role in modern hip-hop and rap but man, it is bad. The lyrics aren’t great and have aged so poorly, the beats are okay and Snoops features are good but there are definitely better Dr Dre albums.
Some beats still are top notch, but all I hear is Snoop Dogg, swearing and wannabe alpha-male behaviour. Didn't age too well.
It was just ok, sorry Jim!
As a comedy album, it works. As a hip hop album, it works. But as a black woman, I can't in good conscience give this anything higher than a 3.
Smooth as butter, cool as all hell. I can see why 90s heads still live and swear by this.
OG Columbia Records original!
Not my favorite of the classic hip hop albums (illmatic ftw) but Dr Dre's production was groundbreaking and still holds up exceptionally well. Mixing the synthesizer into drums led to the creation of that unique california/west coast style hip hop sound. My main critique is the lack of lyrical creativity and superficial ideations for the time, that would change in just a few years time. Dre was always a better producer than rapper and Snoop really shines on this project.
Classic, but musically just a low 4.
Very nice album. Fuck Wit Dre Day, The Day The ****** Took Over, and Stranded On Death Row were my favorites. Very energetic and vivid and vibrant. Did not know Eazy and Dre had beef like that tho lol. 7.4/10
It is a groundbreaking album with orchestral backup to Ghetto lyrics and a celebration of life in the hood. The constant use of foul language and racial slurs just does not sit well.
I was hoping this aged better. It did not.
It shows how much good-production can add to the overall experience of the album
I can't say that I'm a fan. The violent fantasies presented in these tracks are exhausting to listen to, and not even Snoop Dogg's incredible charisma can sustain my interest through an hour of this album. Dr. Dre's performance here is drowned out by the other artists he features. I'm also so far removed from the culture that this album existed in that the diss tracks don't impress me, since I have no idea who they are talking about. Favorite track: "Stranded on Death Row"
First time listening since I was probably way too young to listen to this. Little me stuck to the hits, but the rest of the album is pretty damn great too. Yeah, some of the lyrics haven’t aged well. But the combo of Dre’s production and Snoop’s rapping is just incredible throughout. Classic.
great album! a ture classic with an ugly coverart
God-tier street rap. That's about all you can really say. It features everyone who was anyone on the West Coast, led by the producer of producers, Dr. Dre. He mined every single bit of classic funk he could find—along with a few Zeppelin samples—and created that legendary G-funk sound. As his stepbrother Warren G (not his cousin!) put it, the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble. Of course, the most monumental takeaway from this album was the introduction of Snoop Doggy Dogg. It's our first time hearing him, and he sounds so raw and hungry. He gets right up in your face to show off everything he can do, and you simply cannot turn away; even when he's done, you're left wanting more. The album came out in December 1992, just months after the LA riots, and you can hear that tension all over the record—'The Day the Niggaz Took Over' is explicitly about the unrest. This is a rap record that is equal parts braggadocio and vitriol; they are mad at a lot of people, and rightfully so. What else can I say? Great record. There would be hip-hop albums that come close to being this good later on, but nothing would ever get better.
Unimpressive
*Begin of Snoop Dre day Let me ride Nuthin but a g thing
today we've got the debut of rapper and producer dr. dre. this solo venture not only kicked off HIS career but helped some others along the way, mainly snoop dogg. this is arguably one of the most significant rap albums ever produced. there's just something about g-funk hip hop as a genre, something about the sliding leads and big wide beats thumping again and again; it makes me feel like i'm in the front seat of a chevy, the car bouncing with every single kick. the mixing rocks. each track feels like a scene from a movie and you're hopping through each shot as you go. each track's instrumentals can be similar, consistent... consistently good. it's, put bluntly, the definition of 1990s rap. give it a listen.
peut être plus
This was my lawnmowing album when I was a teen. Holds up pretty well. I kind of forget how little of the album is actually Dre himself rapping. So much Snoop. It's almost a warm up for Doggystyle.
Defining piece of Wesf Coast hip-hop and a must-listen. The art also evolved past this, so 3 stars.
it has some standouts but i think dre has albums that allow him to show his full potential
i feel set up
Great beats, some dated lyrics but a definite classic. A little torn on this but not quite perfect album
This was a fun one. I hadn't listened to it in full before but I should've before now.
Classic album. Honestly the only problem with it is that I much prefer the Chronic 2001. 4.5 stars
Enjoyable but ultimately a bit disappointing early 90s rap. I was surprised that I liked Snoop's solo album so much more than this. I considered myself a Dr. Dre guy, but Snoop was better during this project.
bad.
Knew it before this list, the big hits are okay
The chronic (intro) - 3 Fuck wit dre day (and everybody's celebratin') - 5 Let me ride - 5 The day the niggaz took over - 4 Nuthin' but a "g" thang - 5 Deeez Nuuuts - 4 Lil' ghetto boy - 3 A nigga witta gun - 4 Rat-tat-tat-tat - 4 The $20 sack pyramid (skit) - na Lyrical gangbang - 3 High powered - 3 The doctor's office (skit) - na Stranded on death row - 3 The roach (the chronic outro) - 3 Bitches ain't shit - 4
You can tell he wants this music to make you horny and I like that
A couple of really solid hits, also a couple of moments that haven't aged very well lol.
Fan of the beats, not so much the lyrics
It’s good but I think it’s widely overrated. I can even think of two or three hiphop albums from 1992 that I prefer. It’s secured its place in history, but whereas the follow up can still sound fresh today, I think The Chronic hasn’t dated nearly as well.
cannot listen to it. no good lyrics, no good music, neither is there a good concept. basically, it is just lots of trash. I am sorry
Let me Ride Nuthin’ But a “G” Thang Deeez Nuuutz Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat Stranded on Death Row
Let Me Ride Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang Stranded On Death Row
Ok
Jájá, alveg fínt og eflaust tímamótaverk, en ég er ekki betur hlustandi en svo að halda þessu í þristi eftir nokkrar tilraunir. Það sem ég greini af textanum er líka þess legt að ég fer nú varla að syngja með.
classic dre album, amazing production. the hits are hits but there are some parts I wouldn't want to hear all the time. super strong 8/10. First time listen tracklist ranking: 1. Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang 2. Fuck Wit Dre Day 3. Lil’ Ghetto Boy 4. Let Me Ride 5. Deeez Nuuuts 6. Stranded on Death Row 7. The Day The N****z Took Over 8. Bitches Ain’t Shit 9. Lyrical Gangbang 10. The Roach 11. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat 12. A N***a Witta Gun 13. The Chronic 14. High Powered 15. The $20 Sack Pyramid 16. The Doctor’s Office
Dr Dre es como escuchar a un apóstol predicar la palabra. 4.2
Una estrellita es solo por la 6 y 16
I get it, but it's not my style. Scoring based on same genre not across all albums (I think)
랩 꺼져
давайте честно. Дре безусловно легенда, но он очень плох в музыке... здесь хорошие инструменталы иии... на этом всё. моя оценка: 2/5
Repetition
Några riktigt stora bangers och den tyvärr mycket generic skit
Such a huge album at the time. At the time. Dre rapped about what he knew and what he knew worked. We all ate it up. A 5 star in 1992, a lot of the shine has worn off.
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i feel like theyre making me part in something that has nothing to do with me, cant we guys just be fwiendz great production on this, the whistle synth and the funky grooves give the character of this sound; angry and busyt, the consistent features make the whole thing really cohesive, most of the best snoop verses are here and the other collaborators also bring the heat they manage to vividly paint scenes not only about the social context of the time but also about their personal situations and problems with people in their environment that, well, dont seem particularly safe
Nee, niet mijn ding. De productie is erg goed, een snoop is wel aardig op dit album. Ik kan mij alleen niet zo goed over de tekstuele armoede heen stappen. Het gaat over wiet, pikken, geweld en vrouwen slaan. Ik kan best een dingen vanuit een culturele achtergrond bekijken en heb best wel wat tolerantie maar het is wel een beetje plat. Misschien maken ze een karikatuur van zichzelf en moet je het niet te serieus nemen maar normaliseren van misogynie is wel kwalijk. De raps klinken ook wel af en toe wat verouderd maar productie blijft erg goed.
Leuke dingen gehoord, ik vind de analoge bas geluidjes erg fijn. Dr. Dre is hier erg goed in in combinatie met een vette lead hook. De creativiteit in de beats vind ik erg aanwezig. Textueel vind ik het wat minder en klinkt het een beetje als cliché rap. De skits tussendoor vond ik ook niet zo funny. En het album voelt een beetje lang aan. Snoep-hond vond ik dan wel geinig.
I am hyper specific about the rap I like. This was the opposite of what rap I end up liking.
When I was younger I preferred 2001 but I think I’ve flipped on that now. Some all-timer hard beats on here (some examples: “Fuck Wit Dre Day,” “Lil’ Ghetto Boy,” “Lyrical Gangbang,” “Stranded on Death Row”); G-funk doesn’t get much better than this.
Really good but not perfect
A classic album. I haven’t listened since I was a kid. I was reminded as to why Dr Dre was considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. This introduced the world to Snoop Dogg. The hits on the album are crazy good. This album was so importo the West Coast because it made the East Coast pay attention to what was going on there. It was a true game changer. Sure the later songs aren’t great but you could put this on and ride around and just groove to the P-Funk samples and chill. Such a great album.
'The $20 Sack Pyramid' skit might have knocked this down a point - I hated it. Especially when you have an album like High and Rising that does quiz skits in a way I could listen to a whole album of.
Rap, 1992 -> 1
Ja wat anders dan 5
There's a thirty minute album In here but it was 1992. It didn't wear as well as you'd think.
I forgot how much of this album is dedicated to dissing Easy E. This has to be the most lopsided beef of all time, Easy was broke and dead from AIDS within 3 years and Dre became a billionaire and the most influential person in music. Dre’s first reinvention post NWA, the beats are nothing like you really hear before or since (just blatant p-funk samples but still). I can picture Ron Burgandy playing the Jazz flute on almost every song. Close to a 5 but kept it at a 4 as some of the EZ/sex/weed/guns stuff can get a little tiresome (and Dre was never a gangster) and Snoop is so far and away the best rapper on the album, the non snoop verses are pretty weak by comparison. 4.3
3.9
This is terrible.
I don't really care for the bragging and mysogyny of Gangsta rap and this is no exception despite Dre's credentials. Interesting to hear a lot of Snoop on this record though, I didn't really know where he appeared from.
Still not my genre, but not unpleasant to listen to -- had some good beats.
I was biased against it when I started but it's good, ok? It's good. But to be honest Snoop Dogg steals the show.
Still Dre...
dre and snoop! nuthin’ but a g thang!
outrageous production, bring back album bits
Normally wouldn't be 5, but against this mediocre albums, clear 5.
dice tanto la N word que me sentí hasta atacado
Tru classis of the genre. not a 5 due some lyrical simplicity but a strong 4 and a must listen for those not familiar with gangsta rap in the early 90s.
Classic hip hop album with some sick beats.
Goed album met wat classics
What can I say… no possible alternatives than 5 stars for the clinically sane amongst us
I confess I can't evaluate this honestly by getting outside of my own music taste. It wouldn't be fair to the album. I hate this so much, the lyrics, the music. Everything. But that's just my taste, not a fact. It's not fair to judge anything solely based on my taste and my limited ability to transcend my personal taste. I am sorry but I just can't. I hope you like it though.
I didn’t like it as much as I thought I would but I can appreciate that it’s iconic
Good to finally hear some of the OGs.
Just a groundbreaking album! My partner imprinted on a bunch of the classic rap albums on this list and half my joy in listening to them with him in the car is that out of the blue he'll quote along to some little phrase he's been saying for our entire relationship. This album was filled with those moment.
This captures a moment. Time to let it go... lots of vivid instances, but they are diminished over time. Wanted to like it more.
The dude can lay down a groove +1 point for starting a new movement -1 point for that movement being “gangsta” rap, the cringiest offshoot of hip hop 6 / 10 Best track/s: Fuck wit Dre day, the Roach
4.5 stars. Again with the skits though. They loved them back in the day! Would be 5 without.
It’s a bit repetitive. Tbh it’s a very particular vibe, I would’t usually feel like playing this type of rap all the time. I do love 2001 by Dr. Dre but this album does not hit as hard. The only song I love from the album is Let Me Ride. I rate it 2.5, but I have to round it.
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Music for misogynistic white kids.
Though it feels dated at times, the songs stil hit regularly
classic
The beats are great but the lyrics grate
Any album with beats this good has to get a 3* plus I don't think the lyrics are as offensive as some go on about. A couple great tracks here but it's definitely limited but Dr Dre not being a particularly strong rapper, it's really all in the beats here.
Good, but a little all over the place with so many collaborations
Way too much rapping about dicks. Aged very poorly and the lyrical contents of this ganger-rap album are just steaming trash. Give me lyrics with real meaning not this misogynistic shit. The beats aren’t even that good and he relies on Snoop a lot.
Pas vraiment pour moi, ça vieillit pas très bien le niggaz, pu$$y, gunz etc. Je comprends qu'il y a un 2e degré et une critique sociale là-dedans mais perso ça m'irrite un peu. J'ai bien aimé la bass un peu free dans high-powered. J'ai détesté le skit the doctor's office.
Classique rap mais je pense être plus en fan du East Coast des anneés 90 que du West Coast. Malgré tout, on parle d'une prodution assez incroyable, mais comme tout bon album de rap de cette époque, ça souffre d'être trop long, 16 chansons 1 heures! Franchement.
The fact that this album was recommended on 4/20 makes me happy. Big fan of Deez Nuts
What an album, no wonder everyone wears T-shirts of this on
Made hip-hop a cross cultural thing, giving white guys the "deez nuts" joke. For many, it's the only thing they have. The groove is still pretty infectious, but I feel lyrically, it hasn't aged well.
A lot of rhymes about dicks, balls, bitches and gang-banging set to a P-Funk — sorry, G-Funk — soundtrack. I never really got it and definitely don’t now.
Gangsta rap is the original Manosphere: media savvy guys playing misogynistic characters, and young white boys from the suburbs eating it up.
First thing—production is ridiculous. Like genuinely top tier. You can hear straight away why this album is such a big deal. Everything sounds smooth, cohesive, nothing feels out of place. Tracks like “Let Me Ride” are just effortless—proper cruising music. But yeah… the lyrics. There were quite a few moments where I was just sat there thinking “this is rough.” A lot of it hasn’t aged well at all—especially the misogyny. It kind of takes you out of it sometimes because the beats are so good, but then the lyrics come in and it’s a bit like… right, okay. I get that it’s of its time, early 90s, post-N.W.A era, all that attitude and shock value was part of the scene. And to be fair, there’s loads of personality on this album—it’s not boring for a second. You can hear how influential it is, and why it blew up the way it did. But yeah, I do kind of agree with that take I’ve seen—musically it’s close to a 10, lyrically it can be a bit of a 1 at times. Overall I’d probably say: incredible production, massive cultural impact, but a pretty mixed listen today depending on how much the lyrics bother you. Definitely respect it more than I actually enjoyed parts of it.
Classic original, actual OG West Coast sound. Funny skits, good features, other worldly production. Great album. I’ll go 3.9/5.0
The is absolutely nothing 1990's Dr.Dre adds to the lexicon of music ... Hos, his balls, and fucking Snoop Dog.
Amazingly goofy in the best way possible. Also space in my heart for such comical production, I just wish it push the experimental boat out even further
Classic rap album.
Ist mir zu viel Kreisgewichse und Selbstbeweihräucherung.
Huh, this is an album I expected ro give a 5, and am now struggling to justify a 4. On the one hand, the production is legendary. G-Funk is obviously of its time, but personally I think it still sounds great. Dre's sound is the epitome of West Coast hip hop. These beats instantly upgrade any MC rapping over them. Dre included, because the other hand is the lyrics were always bad and Dre is a mid MC at best. Also the album is heavily front loaded, skits always suck, and the last track is an embarrassment. But, like, "Let Me Ride" is a fucking all-timer. Okay. 4 justified.
I liked it, and I'm sure it's amazing, but it just made want to listen to all the Parliament and Funkadelic tracks it's sampling.
let me ride, stranded on death row
Don't like the words
I am not normally a fan of "old-school" rap, but man this album was great! I was hooked on my first listen and now understand why Dr.Dre is as renowned as he is. Catchy beats, goofy intermissions, and funky samples; this is true West-Coast rap at one of it's first peaks in the 90's.
3.5
fun album. 7.3/10
nah
yet another album that exposes the weird and puritanical user base on this site. If you use this site long enough, you'll already know that the folks that were here in 2021-2023 were a bizzare group of people with terrible takes, but when it comes to rap, folks here are STILL throwing 1s and 2s at objective classic albums. Wonder why. This album is a cornerstone of the west-coast rap of the early 90s that arguably took over the entire game.
Это весело
I'm not opposed to swearing and coarse language. Hell, I swear daily, but holy crap the language being used within the first 10 minutes was making me sick. This is nothing but absolute garbage. 🤮
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This didn't hit like I was hoping. Clearly some awesome tracks, but on the whole, was kind of let down by something I would have considered so iconic and recognizable.
Pretty boring honestly. Expected more from this some of the songs are great and pretty iconic in the 90s hip hop scene but a lot of it feels without substance also some of the skits just feel overly misognystic. 6/10 Favourite: Let Me Ride Least Favourite: High Powered