The Chronic

solid

listened to about half of it, not mu stule

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

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?

Un peu de mal avec les sons de synthé parfois mais sinon c'est cool. Morceau pref : Bitches ain't shit

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.

A west coast classic that just doesn't hit the same to my east coast ears.

yeah sure!

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

The misogyny is dated but the beat is very happiness

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

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.

Some classic tracks from Dr. Dre, but not a no-skip album for me.

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

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

Good transitions, chill and iconic

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.

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.

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.

So much cussing. I don't usually mind cussing but it just seems overwhelming in this. I did like the music itself.

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.

Too many skits and songs about dick and balls for my liking. The melodies are great, lyrics are lacking

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.

Not bad - better than a lot of the stuff I’ve heard in this genre

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.

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.

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.

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.

I was hoping this aged better. It did not.

peut être plus

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

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.

Knew it before this list, the big hits are okay

A couple of really solid hits, also a couple of moments that haven't aged very well lol.

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.

Ok

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I get it, but it's not my style. Scoring based on same genre not across all albums (I think)

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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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.

There's a thirty minute album In here but it was 1992. It didn't wear as well as you'd think.

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.

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.

dre and snoop! nuthin’ but a g thang!

dice tanto la N word que me sentí hasta atacado

Classic hip hop album with some sick beats.

Goed album met wat classics

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.

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

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.

classic

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.

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.

The fact that this album was recommended on 4/20 makes me happy. Big fan of Deez Nuts

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.

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.

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.

3.5

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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

Not really my style, but it's ok. The beats carry it for me Standouts Nuthin' But A "G" Thang 3/5

The hits off this album were great, the rest was meh.

still not my type.

Ritmos buenos. No es mi género musical favorito. Particularmente este álbum creo que tiene letras muy carentes de calidad.

One oh your albums where guy can hear the skill and understand the importance but it’s not for you. As a middle aged white woman I’m not the intended audience and that’s okay, I did like The Chronic Outro, The Day the Niggaz Took Over, and Lyrical Gangbang.

I mean it's a classic but the misogyny had to stomach.

A few good tunes, but not that into it overall.

Um, is this album...overrated? I mean, the singles are great - I know every word of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" and frequently use that knowledge to embarrass my children - as are a smattering of other tracks ("Stranded on Death Row" and "Bitches Ain't Shit" are a strong one-two closer). But the skits are inessential at best, and there are some pretty draggy stretches on the back half of the album especially. More fundamentally, listening to a full hour of Dre gets wearisome, simply because, as good as he often is as a producer, he seemingly has little to say. If Snoop is the eternal adolescent as back-of-the-school-bus grinning stoner then Dre is the eternal adolescent as insecure, over-the-top belligerent - Andrew Tate's spiritual Compton forerunner. He threatens violence, brags about violence, swears in his wrath that violence will ensue, and yet rarely manages to sound anything more than banal. The times when Snoop shows up in earnest only throw that contrast into sharper relief. The weaker posse cuts don't help either - "Lyrical Gangbang" is a decent beat wasted on B-team rhymes from the Death Row bench players. You can take the singles and leave the rest of this.

5/10

I love weed, murder, and casual misogyny as much as the next guy. Although if the next guy is Dr. Dre, then that is huge gulf. Actually all of the above are things I do not like, so maybe I need to rethink this review. Brings up memories of these twins in High School that loved Dre's sound and Gangsta Rap in general. It never was for me.

Está bueno pero es medio repetitivo y tiene un tema entero que es de gemidos de él cogiendo

Straight ahead stuff that mixes an all star line up

not bad, not my vibe but honestly not bad at all

Thanks for bringing us some iconic songs and artists

Not quite as consistent as I remember front to back but the bears are on point as expected. Favorite track: Let Me Ride

Unwillingly comical, it's "tell me you got low self esteem without telling it" music. reminds me of a southpark episode where cartman tricks butters to put cartmans d..k in his mouth, takes a picture of it and shows it the other kids "look, butters is gay". Pretty weak to use gay as an insult to begin with, but also stating that yourself is taking part in gay behaviour is just extra dumb. No sign of self relfection to see here. Songs are either about making party or dissing other people (or both) Some nice beats though.

Estuvo bueno para cambiar de género pero tampoco me parecio tan llamativo sus sonidos. 6/10

3.5/5

It was very cool! Today´s bird: Zebra Finch

Debutalbumet til Dre, med flere innslag av en ung og lovende Snoop Dogg. Schtilig G-funk/gangsta rap. Kan høre at dette har vært en inspirasjon for moderne gangstere. Dessuten er det her begrepet “deez nuts” kommer fra, så pluss i boka for det. Top 3: Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang, The Day The Niggaz Took Over, Deeez Nuuuts

Too hip hop ish, few good songs

This borders 3 and 4 stars for me. On the one hand, there are some really strong tracks on here and the pretty much whole thing is fun to listen to. On the other, most of seems too focused on production, and the lyrics become problematic fairly often. I liked the music enough, probably because I'm a fan of the Parliament/Funkadelic style he incorporated. There's a lot of Snoop on there, though I liked his own album from the next year (Doggystyle) a bit better than his work here on the Chronic. Going to settle on a high 3 since the length of the album (almost 63 minutes) also was a negative for me (although at least some of it came from the added skits). Overall: 3.5/5

Classic

I know so many of these songs but I don't think I've ever listened to the whole album. Stoked. Definitely of its time, but man what a banger.

Wow, what a start to an album. Makes me look around to see who else can see this old-ass white man listening to music that is clearly not for him. Maybe I should somehow seek permission to listen to this? Pass a test? Who knows. I enjoyed Snoop on this more than I thought I would, but the misogyny is too much for said old white man to really enjoy it all.

6/10

Some nasty beats but kinda long and samey

A few great songs but heaps of filler and skits.

Listening to this list really does make hiphop hit differently hearing all of the samples and homages. This is all over Funkadelic and man, so much sampling uses Zeppelin. Iconic album but it doesn't really hold up. The parts that made this can do better. Also it's a solo but there's more time on other artists here than Dre. Makes sense on the list.

Did not age well

Dre did what NWA couldn’t and brought gangsta rap to the mainstream. I’m not sure if that was good enough. I have not listened to the entire album in a while. I’m struck by how much they felt needed to talk about their dix and drugs. Not to mention the misogyny. A bit much by today’s standards. Still a classic of its time.

2001 > the chronic.

Musically? 10/10 Lyrically? Probably a 1 or 2/10 This is the best the West Coast has ever sounded, as someone who prefers the East Coast sound, and it's unfortunate that some lyrics get in the way of what could absolutely be a perfect classic. Still some absolute jams on here. 6/10 seems fair.

Im not a fan of rap

First time actually listening to this and it honestly sounds a bit dated. The beats are great, but Dre and Snoop come off as below average lyricists here. Every song is seemingly about the same thing. You could swap the lyrics from one song and put them into another and no one would notice. Like most rap albums of the era, it's bloated and overindulgent. Unnecessarily long intros and outros. You could easily cut 20 minutes from this thing and have a better product.

Creative, non-monotonous, fun, but also a tad tiring.

Sounds like all hiphop from the 90s Stand-outs - Nuthin' But A "G" Thang - Lil' Ghetto Boy

I’ve heard this before and I owned it, but it was “borrowed” by a roommate in college and I never got around to replacing it. I’m not sure if I’ve listened to it since college, so this will be another fun one. It’s funny listening to this after just doing Parliament a few days ago and hearing some of the same beats. This was always a fun party album despite the misogyny, but it’s making it a lot harder to enjoy today. For the most part I don’t pay attention to lyrics and can put them aside unless it’s real blatantly awful and this is one of those cases. The songs are good but I’ll knocking down my rating for the whole “bitches ain’t shit” thing. It’s international women’s day after all.

I'm really excited to finally get a rap album! I want to listen to hip hop, but I have no idea how to get into. Whenever getting into a new genre is always super intimidating, but maybe this is a good way to introduce myself to parts of the hip hip genre. Anyways... getting into the album. There's obviously some outdated lyrics like 'Frisco dyke. The second song is just dr dre and snoop dog talking about how they want to stick their dicks in some guy, which is certainly interesting. The chorus of "let me ride" or the third song has really nice layering. I really like fourth song, I think the beat is really cool. I saw some of the reviews saying that he's not really contributing any meaning to the significance of the LA riots and just saying it's for looting. I can see that point of view when listening to this song. I don't think that it's completely devoid of meaning. The reporter or interview interludes are sick. Nuthin' but a g thang is really fun. "its like that and like this and like that and a-" YUMMMMMMMM. The skit at the beginning of deeez nuuuts is funny. I didn't know what to expect of a song with its name, but i love the intro. Calling your thang a "ding-a-ling" is shameful. It doesn't even rhyme with anything. I really like this song, they're some nice vocal things going on and I like the producing. It's interesting looking through the reviews because it's either "omg best album, this changed my life and the music scene of the 90s" or its "guys.... they said the n-word a lot :(((( guys.... they said motherfucker a lot too.... i hate rap music guys (with no reason, i'm just ill-informed)" I think that the second kind of person has a stick up their ass and need to get over themselves. Anyways! I get people not enjoying outdated lyrics with misogyny and homophobia, but if you can't handle hearing motherfucker you are cooked! I feel like I need to listen to this album one more time and on another day to know if I really like a song or not because right now I'm like "wow! nice beat and flow!" and maybe I'm just feeling it right now. Who knows, we shall see. I'm liking this flute. I'm always a big fan of the flute. Holy shitttttttttt the intro of "n**** with a gun"... GAHHH. The return of the flute. In "Rat-tat-tat-tat" I think it might be snoop dogg I'm hearing, but he sounds like daveed diggs in Hamilton when he's Jefferson.

Half of this album is people introducing themselves

Definitely listening to again - enjoyed far more than I thought I would

Sorry mom

Ice cube did a better version of this. The skits got a little tedious as well

Beats do some heavy lifting. Another example of skits making 0 impact in anything but 7th grade lunch table humor.

I fear I did not listen to the album all the way through

Hice toda una disertación pero quedó atrapada en el pc y me niego a prenderlo. Entonces, entiendo el fuss aunque particularmente las letras me parezcan repetitivas aunque el beat esté loco. Se que snoop dog era parte del proyecto y bueno a veces me fastidiaba sin embargo no lo voy a destrozar. Es un mid album para mí, aunque mucho más disfrutable eso sí que el de Stevie (por volumen) y el de jazz de Miles. Hubo un interlude que quedé🫩 porque era puro gemido. Pero en Beats sí una locura y la historia que quieren contar también.

tiene roneo y tiene funk. También homofobia

first song... amazing

Hey, it's me, your friendly neighborhood not-a-hip-hop-guy. I have to give this album some credit because it's absolutely archetypal. If someone were to ask me to conjure up the idea of hip-hop in my brain, this is what it would sound like. This is Elvis, this is Hank Williams, this is Sgt. Pepper's. But when you boil it down, it's still not something I would reach for when I want to listen to music.

The production and beats put this album in the all time great category. For his debut solo album he went a created a whole new style, G-funk, that was revolutionary for future hip hop. I think the misogyny and violence of the gangsta rap genre is a bit dated, more of a fan of the laid back party tracks. The album is a bit too long, could have paired it down to 10 songs and cut the skits.

I assume this is an important Rap/hip hop album. I'll put my hand up that I'm an Australian, middle class, white boy, so this probably isn't supposed to resonate with me. Production is great. I read most of this is not samples. It's funky. Hence the G-funk tag. It's long, probably too long really. There's some bangers, but I reckon there is a fair amount of filler that wouldn't be missed. And the skits, slightly humorous once, why add them. It would be annoying hearing them time and time again if you played it a lot. 3 times and I was over them. Lyrical content, yeah, that hasn't dated real well, and that's a shame, as some of it is really good. I wouldn't play this to my kids though purely due to the lyrical content.

Non é il mio genere, il rap Gangsta é fuori dal mio contesto e non ho onestamente capito la maggior parte delle canzoni.

Går inte att överdriva Dres inflytande och det finns härliga beats och kul gästspel från t.ex. Snoop här, men texterna är allt som oftast tröttsamma och det känns svårt att påstå att det här verkligen är en toppen lyssning 2026.

Not my style. But quality on him!

Cool to see the beginnings of the Bad Boy/Death Row beef with the Eazy E diss Sick song about the Rodney King Riots For being a producer album, it sure does use the same stuff a lot. BUT-what's worth noting is this is the beginning of the glorification of weed, money, and sex. Of course NWA existed before, but this was the popularization of it. From TPAB to Not Like Us if you will. Hip Hop is still carrying this stereotype, and it's not for it's benefit these themes began.

The beats and beat switches are immaculate

Me, listening to this album: Hell yeah, hell yeah, love this one too, oh shit my kids are in the car. This came out when I was 12, they’re 11 and 14, I only trust one to listen to this responsibly. Update: I made it through three songs and then felt terrible that my sons were hearing lyrics about women like these. I still like this album but I’m not playing it for the kids.

Takes me back to high school.

Okay, look. I understand that this album hasn't exactly aged gracefully, something anyone can gather after three seconds of listening (misogyny, homophobia, fuck Eazy-E, etc). But two things remain true: 1) This album PIONEERED hip hop and is one of the most influential albums of all time. I've heard many of these bars and beats throughout my life and it really does still have that classic boom bap sound (even if the lyrics are dated as hell). That saves this album to be 3.5 for me, rounding to 3. 2) This album pisses off Gen Xers and boomers beyond belief and it is the funniest fucking thing imaginable. Take 5 minutes and look at the negative reviews of this album. Just some of the saltiest, most racist shit present on this website. Multiple slurs (and stuff that could be interpreted as slurs). Equal parts funny and horrifying. It's not 1992 anymore, get a grip.

Although I'm not into hip-hop I somehow enjoyed this one. Weak three stars for his chronic. 2,5

Good

I mean it's alright. I remember this album hitting harder when I was a kid. Maybe my tastes have changed, or maybe the album is just dated. The beats still bang, but the lyrics and lyrical performance feels lacking somehow.

So clearly this album has not aged well with its lyrical choices especially. There were big chunks where I kinda forgot it was a Dre album as there was so much Snoop on it. But having said that it was very significant to Hip Hop when it came out and you can see how much it influenced the music scene which was so important. I don’t think I would choose to listen to the full album again so I can’t score it highly but it was an interesting listen

This is a very interesting album. The beats are good, the rapping is good too, but it’s really long, and after a while all songs blend into each other. Sometimes more, not always good.

3/5

For as hyped as the Chronic is, I wish it were better.

Ganz ehrlich, nicht für gealtert.3. 1

Dad is probably not going to like this one haha. Classic hip hop, was fun to walk/jog to

Dre's production was great, and there's a lot of good features on this, but I was expecting the whole thing to be more than just "alright".

= the Beatles The beats are great but a lot of the content has aged like milk

Some more of the best classic hip hop. Nobody produces beats like Dre. This also might be one of my all time favorite hip hop album covers.

Everybody sucks a big fat dick! I can somewhat appreciate this for what it is, but it's definitely not something I'd ordinarily listen to (a bit too much "n" and "f" for my taste). I can see the cultural/societal influence of the times around the lyrics and appreciate it for that even if it didn't age well. Good beats + Snoop Dogg help the rating. (3)

There are a couple of songs that I liked here, but as it’s common for old hip-hop, this album feels too repetitive and lacking variety both in production and vocals. It’s not bad, but starts feeling like background noise after some time because most songs just don’t do anything exciting.

En del kule beats, men like mye pinlige tekster. Har aldri hatt noe sansen for rappestilen til Dr. Dre.

Sikkert bra for de som kan høre på rap

Dre: If I saw Eazy-E in a crowd of people I would ram my car into him, fuck the collateral damage. I would spray an automatic weapon at the nursing home where he visits his grandma. I would strap a suicide vest to his firstborn child. Snoop: Knick-knack, paddy whack, the Doggy Dogg’s on it, Bury my bone in your bitch’s eye socket.

Maybe 3.5

I like Dre's voice, solid feats too, although this album lyrically is not really my forte. Fav: Nuthin' but a "G" thang.

Really overhyped

bit over-rated for me? I've tried this a few times and I just don't click with a lot of it in the way I often do with West Coast hip hop of the era. There is no denying how talented Dre is as a producer though

Certain musical movements exist best in a vacuum. As a product of their time, the music is incredible, innovative, iconic. But, this music is a product of it's time. 70s yacht rock, 80s hair metal, and it turns out 90s rap. A select few like Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, heck maybe even early Jay-Z, go beyond this era to become something more significant, perhaps timeless. But the vast majority of 80s-90s rap I've been assigned on this app (N.W.A., Public Enemy, Queen Latifa) are so locked in time they can only be appreciated within the context of that era. Sorry Dr. Dre (and Snoop), your debut unfortunately falls into that trap. Sure the beats are probably still as good today, but the lyrics, skits, flow, and just overall vibes? Totally 90s west coast basic gangster rap. In the vacuum? Well, it's one of the most influential albums of all time and it pretty much opened the gates wide open for west coast rap to take over. So, it's hard to give this album anything less than a 4 but it's really just OK...outside of Nuthin but a "G" Thang, that one will be forever etched into the hip hop hall of fame. Now Chronic 2001, an album that defined the end of my high school experience? Surely nostalgia won't cloud my judgment on that one and I'll be able to consider it outside of that particular vacuum, right?

Okay so after watching the Diddy documentary, I kinda have to support the West Coast, even though Biggie is the best artist that came out of this war shit. Honestly, very significant album yes yes I see that. But then I ask myself the question: do I want to listen to a man rapping about his dick, his bitches etc? welllllll no not really. Beats are absolutely awesome tho, out of principal u get 3 stars sorry not sorry

I feel like you could play any random five second clip of this album -including the unfunny skits- and what you hear would almost certainly have immediately justified the Parental Advisory sticker on the front.

I really liked this album but the foul language made me so uncomfortable. The music and voices are wonderful. If it did not have so much of the n word and female objectification, it would get a 4, maybe a 5, but because of that, i would not buy and give it 3 stars

The start of the G-Gunk Era. The hits really show off Dre's style and where he was taking rap. I'm only really familiar with the singles, although it felt like everyone owned this album at the time. The interim skits take me out of the flow. Fuck Wit Dre Day Let Me Ride Nuthin' But A "G" Thang Bitches Ain't Shit

Handful of good songs but cut the stupid Skits and 15 minutes and it would be great. 3.

A west-coast classic: but save for Dr. Dre's slick production, nothing much impress

Its a classic but in my middle age english man way, I couldn't listen everyday.

maybe a lil misogynistic.. favorite song: stranded on death row

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I am surprisingly underwhelmed which is not what I thought going into this. It’s a good album with some classic beats but overall I think the album relies on the beats (nothing wrong with that) and lacks great punchy verses that I was expecting to hear more of. That being said I would return to this purely for the beats.

listened to 3/4 of it wasnt worth my time really repetitive yeah 3/5

While I appreciate how influential this album was, it's disappointing to say the least. Too many songs about Dr. Dre's dick, and really, other than two key Hit Songs, most of it was forgettable. Favorite Track: "The Roach(The Chronic Outro)".

It's a 3.8

the skits man cmon

I honestly think, this album might be a little overrated. There’s far more interesting and versatile hiphop-albums. It’s not bad, but just a little bland. The beats bang, tho👍

Not a fan

Decent. Was not in the mood for hip hop at all but enjoyed most of the tracks. It's impossible for me not to think it's kind of hilarious to hear the word "biatch" used not ironically but as actual slang that's supposed to be cool.

6/10

Anthemic hip hop record, definitely deserves inclusion in this list. 8/10 [KEEP]

Never heard an album whose main subject are dicks, and did not expect it here. Of course, some of the lyrics seem a bit crass, and out of place, but overall that is not the feeling I get while listening to the whole thing. What I get is anger, that I can understand, that is a decent fuel creatively. I think production here is everything, beats are cool, the different featuring are too. The skits run a bit long, but yeah there was something there and it felt fresh at the time.

banger

Not too bad, can’t say I loved the entire thing but it’s iconic. Have to appreciate it for what it is.

Classic.

Classic- paints a picture of a time and place (what hip hop does best imo).

its REALLY great, but i dont like rap AT ALL, just not my vibe

Good to educate myself on lots of little bits id heard before but not known it was from this album?

ci sta, rap americano iconico. avevo già sentito un paio di canzoni e conoscevo dr dre. riconosco la genialità e l'originalità e per questo non metto meno di tre stelle, semplicemente faccio fatica ad ascoltare il rap, tende ad annoiarmi

Love the production that Dre brings, but I don't care for a lot of the lyrics, and it's really surprising how much Snoop features (especially considering it's a debut) - feels more like a Snoop album at times.

cool meh couldnt finish it it felt weaker by the finish

Didn't age that well. Has some bangers, and it's kind of funny, or are we supposed to take this seriously?

I knew this day would eventually come. Everything about this album should be a fail with me - from the skits to the lyrics - and if I were hearing it for the first time today, it probably would have been. However, I've been listening to 'The Chronic' long enough now that being objective would be nearly impossible beyond acknowledging that, yes, this is mostly just immature, profane, misogynistic, homophobic, at times overly violent, hyper-masculine posturing that, honestly, hasn't aged all that well. But I still dig it, 'G'. The sampling, mixing, and flow are top notch. There are several earworms on here that can creep up on me out of nowhere - even if I haven't listened to the tracks in years. I'd say that's pretty powerful stuff. So, in an attempt to be fair, I'll split the difference between the objective (1) and subjective (5) here.

A tricky one. This didn’t agree well at all. It is very influential though. If this were to be released now I would consider this a one, and never consider listening to Dre again. I don’t really see a reason for a repeat listen ever again. I’m still going to acknowledge its importance to the genre.

Pretty iconic but there’s better

2026.01.11.

Not really my jam

Favourite Songs: Fuck Wit Dre Day Lil' Ghetto Boy Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

Fantastic beats, some of the skits and lyrics didn’t age that well, overall classic album. No one needs to hear Dr. Dre having sex on an album

funk

rap really isn’t the same now is it? nuthin’ but a G thang is a song my parents have always loved and sang snippets of in passing, but i’ve never listened to the full album before. sooo fun, ballsy, and offers a great amount of light social commentary. plus i love it when an artist weaves similar elements throughout the whole album.

The excessive cursing gets difficult to listen to.

i fuck wit this

I would never have picked this album but it was super fun to listen and dance to while I cooked dinner for the famaroo! I don’t know why I enjoyed it, but I did!

Kinda samey.

Solid modern rap album. 7/10

Remembered this being better

Good stuff. Not my thang per se.

Great beats. Great era for rap, I like the early 90s stuff. Don't like the misogyny or fake confidence.

I didn't like this as much as I've liked a lot of other rap from this period. The beats are good, but both musically and lyrically it's really dark and suffocating. I'm not a fan of much of Snoops work, because it seems to always have that heaviness, whereas other rappers from that same period bring a little more energy and joy, even when rapping about similar topics.

This album gave birth to my favorite hip-hop subgenre, G-Funk. I can't get enough of that sound. The featured artists (Snoop and Nate) would go on from here to win my ears over time and time again. "The Chronic" stands alone in a different light. There are great production styles and fantastic hooks riddled throughout, but mixed with trite skits and long dialogues which takes away from the overall effect.

Not necessarily my cuppa

5/10

Good, well put together. Content is a bit much for me. 3.5 rounding down.

Classic hip hop, without a doubt BUT Aged very poorly and Snoop carried Best = Fuck wit Dre day Skip = The doctor's office

Good, solid album.

At times, flashes of creativity. At other times, cliché 90s gangster rap

misogynistic but the beats were fire, loved lyrical gangbang

Decent rap

Loved the production, didn’t pay much attention to the lyrics but there was a lot of mention of willies

Unsurprisingly the production on this album is great. I think it gets a little bit reparative in the end. It stills good one.

Toinen räppilevy putkeen. Tältä levyltä olinkin kuullut pari biisiä entuudestaan ja tietysti Dr. Dre ja Snoop Dogg ovat tuttuja hahmoja. Tältä levyltä löytyy paljon uhoamista mutta myös huumoria. Yhdessä biisissä sämplättiin Zeppeliniä.

Da Classic

I like some of this. Dre makes cool beats. He's not a singer or a great great rapper, but I like it. Obv, Snoop Dogg's debut is important and cool here. But it's just too long and the skits are a complete waste of time. Terrible! Too many N's. Too many MFs. Too much misogyny. But still. some if it is fun. I definitely won't list to this whole thing again. But a few of the singles, fo sho! Super generously giving it a 3.

2025 is the year I actually get Hip Hop. This is a pretty solid album, with nice beats. It's not nearly as good as A Tribe Called Quest (from the same era), but it's still pretty solid. Some songs are very filler-y and really bring down the quality of the album. Some of the lyrics are really a turn off too. Would've been a 4 but the lyrics make it a 3.

It’s proactive and iconic, but not super listenable for me these days. The irreverent skits, the subject matter. Doesn’t do much for me. I also don’t love taking a song like “make my funk the p funk” and just rambling over it. The beats are nice and it’s nostalgic though.

Two listens. West Coast > East Coast. No “Deep Cover” = -1 star.

It was good

Sympa mais toujours un peu pareil

J’ai jamais autant entendu le N-word je crois 😂 Bon sinon… c’est un des plus gros producteurs US. J’aime le côté old school

This album gets a three from me simply because it’s not something I’d ever return to. That said, I’d be remiss not to acknowledge its cultural significance within hip-hop history. The number of recognizable samples alone makes its influence obvious. The provocative lyrics are always a bit jarring to me when it comes to ’90s rap, but I understand they were very much a product of the era. With the war on drugs looming, gangsta rap became an expression of the oppression communities were facing and a reflection of how artists were coping at the time. I wouldn’t say the album has aged particularly well, but it undeniably belongs to a moment when its lyrics gave voice to a historically silenced community. The Dr. Dre x Snoop collab tracks were a highlight for me.

Liked this album, NWA - links me into other artists

Fragile egos, misogyny, the n word and dicks, with some great beats. How good is Snoop on this though?!

Honestly, some historic beats. This was one of my first rap album I listened to, alongside NWA's Straight Outta Compton. Though, after listening to this 15+ years later. The way they treat and talk about women, is cringe.

A classic that kicked off a career for both Dre and Snoop. I don't think the beats or lyrics hold up as well as "2001" IMO, but he hadn't fully honed his craft at this point. This isn't for everyone, the lyrics are raunchy and in your face, but, like it or not, it was the start of a movement in music. This is when hair metal and dance pop started to take a back seat to rap/hip-hop. The listen counts are off the charts, no song has fewer than 3M listens with the bonafide rap classic "Nuthin' But A G Thang" coming in at over a half billion and "Fuck Wit Dre Day" clocking in at nearly 100M. The keyboard backbones get a little overplayed on this album (see "Deeez Nuuuts"), that makes it sound old school and the key reason it doesn't hold up as well today. "Lil' Ghetto Boy" is a more mature track, I forgot about it, but it's good. On the complete other hand, "Bitches Ain't Shit", was an unnecessary song then and now (31M listens!). It encapsulates a period in time, gives Snoop liftoff to what will become a long career (He's got his own Bowl Game this year!) and provided what is easily one of the most recognizable and loved hip-hop songs of all time ("Nuthin' But A G Thang"). But overall it's pretty average if you weren't in high school in 1992 and grew up on it. Influence for sure, popularity definitely, unique (at the time) and impact oh yeah. It deserves a spot on the T1001 for those reasons. 3.5 stars.

Classic Rap album, only knew nothin but a G thang. Pretty good, some songs were a bit too long. I’d give it a 7/10

As a white boy from Hove, this album meant alot to me growing up

Iconic album, iconic album cover. Have never been blown away by this album. 3/5

truly influential. however I'm not all that for the west coast classics :/

kinda nice

021121 11:20 3

The first half of the album had my head bopping, but it didn't have me completely pulled in. Lyrical Gangbang transition into High Powered had me on the floor. The rest of the album was strong. Some really nasty beats in here. Not my usual genre, actually the first hip hop album I've heard in full. I understand the influence for sure but I guess I gravitate towards music with a different subject matter. Just my personal preference. 3/5

its no east coast. 3.5

Rap. Demasiado machacón. Mucha glock mucha bitches. Dre y Snoop dog

This is a classic... but ultimately i dont really care for like half the songs on this

Nice to hear the Dogg back in his prime days.

Rätt nice! Fattar varför det här albumet är så omtalat, och finns några riktigt bra låtar men overall som album är det rätt långt ifrån perfekt :')

I’m getting old but what I must have enjoyed as subversive as a kid I now find cringe and even offensive. Don’t try listing to his follow up again if you feel at all the same. This guy literally hates women. I think he beats them up too?

Pretty iconic and important for the genre, but gangster rap isn’t really my cup of tea.. 3.25/5

i feel like everyone used to use music as a form of political and social commentary and now i can’t remember the last album i heard that was as good as this and said something actually important in the lyrics

I expected more from this. However it has a strong, defining vibe.

I’m surprised I didnt like this more. Production is immense. It lacks the charm of other classic releases from the era. I feel like NWA and Public Enemy go harder. I definitely prefer Dre’s rapping to Snoop (always struggled to get on board with his lazy style). It still has great moments - but it’s a high 3 from me

Dre is getting a high 3 from me, the production is great, and the tunes are catchy. The subject matter loses me a bit hence the 3 rather than the 4 for my tastes. I like the G-Funk sound but not as much as abstract hip hop and golden age boom bap.

I don't know that this holds up very well 30+ years later. The vocals and production (both innovative at the time, I'm sure) both feel pretty dated and a lot of the lyrics are kinda dumb. I'd go higher if I were scoring for historical relevance.

You know, I had snoop ft. His good friend dre the other day and I didn't really enjoy it. This is dre ft. his good friend snoop and to my ears it is the same album. But for some reason, I really enjoyed it today. Maybe I'm just in a different mood.

I enjoy the sounds of Radio Los Santos

Sonically and musically amazing. Lyrically… not so much.

I'm a fan of 90s rap, so I've heard this many times before. I think Dr Dre has the best beats. I love all the music he samples, and he does a good job with them. The problem I have with this album is he is a terrible MC. He's also a phony gangster, and it's cringe listening to him pretend hes not. If you're gonna be a phony, at least be funny like the other Death Row guys. This album was never close to as good as Doggystyle. There are some good songs I still listen to regularly from this album, like Rat A Tat Tat and Stranded on Death Row.

A good album overall. The first half through Little Ghetto Boy is the best. The last half is a little hit or miss. Lyrical Gangbang is underwhelming compared to its title. It seems like Dr Dre and Co set a template for 90s hip hop albums here- a little bloated with silly skits in between. The skits here are pretty entertaining though. I definitely have some nostalgia for this album, as a suburban white kid who used to bump this in my beat up late 90s Toyota Camry. It doesn’t hit the same way as it did when I was 16, but this is still a good album overall and definitely an essential listen.

One of the rare super classic rap albums that I think is kinda overrated. The first half is pretty strong with a lot of bangers: Fuck With Dre Day, Let Me Ride, Nothing But a G Thang. Unfortunately some of it sounds kinda dated and hasn't aged the best. Only about half of it bangs, in tye 2nd half you've got those dated synthesizers and kinda weaker basslines. Another problem is the rappers, they're really not that good, in fact kinda generic. Snoop Dogg is good on this, but the rest I really don't care for that much and they get old pretty fast. This album has an interesting spot in history but it's pretty inconsistent.

This made me feel so old and white. The misogyny, homophobia, and violent stuff did not age well IMO, but it still manages to capture a vibe.

Not my cuppa, but you can hear a few entire genres of music exploding in real time

rugrats

The beats fuck. The lyrics aren’t to my taste but god the beats. The beats. I am very certainly not anywhere near the target audience for this but I can appreciate it. No nostalgia, barely any associations but you feel that this was a monumental moment in time. I appreciate that

Some nice basslines on there but wouldn’t listen again

It’s always Beats by Dr. Dre, but never Lyrics by Dr. Dre. #Noticing

I assumed it would be good and I was right! Production was great.

Pretty decent, there are some songs that are downright menacing and there are excellent beats all throughout.

You’ve been torturing me with those shit almost a whole week

I appreciate g-funk but this is not my jam

Okay.

For supposedly 'alpha males' there's definitely a preoccupation with rapping about penis on this album. It takes the NWA gangsta sub-genre and transports it to the new style, the Parliament influenced G-Funk. A lot more laid back, mellow, with that needly high-pitched sound that is immediately identifiable as Dre. As with many such albums >1 hour in this genre, there's a law of diminishing returns. 'The $20 Sack Pyramid' is your mandatory skit that retains no interest over 30 years later. 'Lyrical Gangbang' and 'High Powered' ('I drop bombs like Hiroshima') and 'Stranded on Death Row' should've been left for the deluxe edition. Sluggish. Whilst I admire this album for creating a very definable sound, and it has some undeniable hip-hop classics, in comparison to the Native Tongues, MC Solaar and so forth, the lyrics have little cerebral value. It's all guns and dicks in mouths. Good, no doubt. Great, no.

I know this album is a classic of its genre. The instrumentals/beats are fire, but for me it's very hard to listen to a whole album with so much profanity and misogyny.

The production on this one is still the biggest standout. But overall this album hasn’t aged well lyrically. Outside of the released known singles, most of the other songs just cruise along without reaching that level. And at times it becomes a tired listen. Without Snoop I don’t think the album would’ve made it as far.

I thought this would hit a little more. It’s good, super cohesive and def iconic in its own ways. Just goes back to the same well a lot

Not a rat fan, but it was enjoyable to listen to

The standout tracks were great. Good production, good rhymes, just didn’t fully hit for me

I enjoyed this. Entertaining enough. Definitely of its time, and seemed to get a little samey towards the end, but was still fun.

Classic stuff...

Some classics on here, feels like an album that helped define West Coast rap. Probably a 4 without the skits all over the album. I’m glad that’s a thing of the past.

It started off really weak in my opinion, but started to flow a little better by the end. Not really my cup of tea.

Pretty good - just feel like a poser listening to dr Dre lol

jaa iwie a vibe aber iwie ah nit lol

Nuthin but a G thang only great song on here. Mostly a precursor to better West Coast stuff later in the 90s. Laughed my ass off at the pyramid one

The samples / music is great, funky. The words and lyrics are not for me. 2.75 stars.

7.6

Garbage

Misogyny

Litt grovt språk.

This album aged horribly, and there are definitely some subjects that are focused on way too much… but I love the sound that this album has.

This was pretty good, but I was honestly expecting to enjoy it more than I actually did. I think I prefer old-skool artists like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul etc. That squealy-ass synth that seems to be dripping over most tracks is kind of irritating too. Favourite tracks: Let Me Ride, Lil' Ghetto Boy, A Nigga Witta Gun.

для любителей репа.

Not especially my cup of tea. I like Dre's stuff with nwa a lot more than I do this.

Gostei. Algumas músicas são muito boas, outras nem tanto.

It's ok, not my sort of thing at all

Thematically and lyrically, the album is detestable and barbaric. I wouldn't trust these guys within a mile of my family, but the music and the beats are infectious and engaging. I have enjoyed some of the hip hop on this list. But it's plain to see that hip-hop culture has had disastrous effects on society. It's a crime that so many young men have looked to people like this for role models.

Historic but kinda dated

Das Album ist am besten wenn Dre nicht rappt. Produktion ist einfach krass. Tja was soll man über die Texte sagen, ziemliche misogyne Scheiße.

Enjoyed this more than I expected to

Oh, The Chronic! Helped define early 90s hip hop. It hasn't necessarily aged well, particularly in it's lyrical content, but it was so influential in developing the West Coast sound. I'm having a hard time rating this one. It's not as good as 2001. 3 stars I think.

Give credit for genre-defining. Nuthin but a G Thang is class and brought Snoop to the masses. Cool music on some tunes when the funky bassline is allowed to breathe. Angry rapping about record labels is amusing. The rest of the gangsta rap bravado gets tired very quickly.

This album is angry, aggressive and abrasive, from the lyrics and themes to even the production and the shrill, piercing instrumentation. As a white male I feel unsafe and unwelcome. So, uh. mission accomplished I guess. The songs where it's some dudes cosplaying as big dick murderers, ain't it pal.

2.5 really. It’s no 2001

Um! It's fine. Nuthin but a G Thang is the stand out track for a reason. And also Snoop Dog. He's the best part be leaps and bounds.