Reviews (page 8 of 13)
ngl I'm on my first day back at work after a vacay, and shits crazy, so my listen wasn't as dedicated as I like to usually give....which pains me because I have woodface so much of me. anyways, i'm not sure what I can say to add to the discussion of The Chronic. It's a bonafide classic that defined the west coast sound. it's hard as fuck and I want it on vinyl 5.
The lyrics are empty and weird, but damn does this album just sound good. And that's really what i care about primarily anyways.
Pre-cursor or capitalized on g-funk? Smooth. like most rap albums, all over the place, too much glut. But good vibes.
excellent, back when snoop was not a shill
Not a big West Coast hip hop fan. This had some great beats on it though, but not into the lyrics. Also so glad rap moved past the skits where the rapper is just making fake sex noises for a minute.
A few decent tracks but nothing new or exciting here
every song sounds the same
Didn't listen beyond a few minutes.
Great gangsta rap album
Masterpiece. Insane production
Some cool songs, but the next album has all the bangers, 3/5. Honorable mention for deez nuts
old school vibes, viel stöhnen irgendwie
There’s a reason why this album has been and always will be a classic.
Oh boy. It is no surprise seeing this absolute classic on this project list. I don't even need to listen to this one to give it the highest rating it deserves. This is one of those records that revolutionized not only just hip hop, but music in general. The production, the skits, the lyrics - all of it is timeless. I will listen to this one again though because it's been long enough since my last listen. After listening again, it's still just as good as I remember. The first half of the record is front-loaded with all the best hits while the latter half is solid, but not as much star power, still holds the record together though. The west coast production was at its best, showcased in this record. Dre and Snoop were on another level and really complement each other. Bow-wow-wow yipee-yo-yipee-yay, Death Row's in the mothafuckinnnnn' hoouuuuusssse.
Probally one of the best rap albums ever made, a bit repetitive but engaging enough
Ehhh. If HipHop can’t be traced back to those dudes dancing in their high-waisted pants in the video for “Apache” then it’s not for me. I didn’t enjoy this (I know it’s not meant to be enjoyed, but…) and gotta say I just can’t find it in me to listen to this gangster rap stuff
One of the all time great hip hop albums. Dr Dre and snoop have always left me a little conflicted. Sonically this album is lush and fat and bass heavy and perfect for driving around to as a teenager or as a guy in his 40s. Lyrically, some of it is a tough sell. But what a great document of early 90s LA anger and disillusionment and bombast. Some of the clips of people speaking are taken directly from video taken during the riots. And I love that a tip was inspired to use more bass after hearing NWA and then dr Dre was inspired to use more bass after hearing tribe’s Low End Theory. Nothing but a G thang may be the most perfect hip hop song of all time.
I just don’t get this genre still. Not a fan.
I can be tolerable of cursing when it’s occasional but due to the amount of cursing everything lost its meaning. Using same words over and over again didn’t make the album better
so much violence, demeaning/derogatory language towards women. no more of this please
West Coast hip-hop classic. Dre branched out on his own after the split of NWA, but even in his 'solo' debut managed to pretty much launch the career of Snoop Dogg. As always with Dre his rapping and lyrics are good but not the star of the show - the beats are just amazing and mark out what a great producer is. I can't think of many other albums that so perfectly define a sound like The Chronic does for West Coast hip-hop.
culturally significant but listening today it’s not necessarily the strongest by todays standards. Dre’s production is stellar, but Snoop has never really been an all time lyricist.
Sick
not my vibe so much
Fair
Über den textlichen Inhalt reden wir mal nicht, aber war schon gut. Die Interludes am Ende nervten ziemlich.
Nach dem dritten Song habe ich abgebrochen, ist so überhaupt nicht meine Musik.
I hate it. It’s music for idiots
Good. Not my jams
Clásico de hip hop de la vieja escuela. Me gustaron varios de los grooves en los tracks, tal vez no tanto el estilo de rap y la voz. Dentro de este estilo prefiero a KRS-One.
Very cool production on these. Fun to listen to.
Classic
Sound is hard not to groove to. Lyrics are funny sometimes, but the constant "I'm slinging and shooting" is exhausting. Never really listened when it came out, but the lasting cultural elements are there (deez nutz). Gotta give it credit for what it is, but will never listen all the way through again. some tracks are keepers though!
Didn't realize how much Snoop was all over this album. The radio hits are pure high school nostalgia. Not a huge fan of the skits on rap and hip-hop albums, and this album is no different as they feel like unneeded filler because the producers realized how long they could make a record now that they weren't limited to run time with CDs. However, overall it was quite enjoyable with some innovative samples.
Maybe a 3 for this. Very single-minded lyrically - bitches, hos, guns, dick size, etc... without Snoop chiming in all over the place this would be a very different album
It’s nice to listed to some 90’s rap
Classic. Love it. The production, the lyrics, the features. It's perfect.
Great early 90s hip-hop, this album sets the tone for hip-hop throughout the 90s and early 00s. Amazing.
Lots of penis references. Dre is a mostly incompetent lyricist, and an even worse rapper. He relies on the presence and flow of Snoop far too much for me to recommend this aside from its importance as a cornerstone of the mainstream emergence of G-funk, for which I have a particular soft spot. Someone else could use these beats far better.
niger's real shit
I try to listen to this record every couple years to see how it's aged. I'll admit, I didn't love it at first, but I've come to appreciate the G-funk production style Dre pioneered. The production only elevates. There is not a weak musical moment on this record Likewise, the rapping is tight. It's gangsta rap, so it's mostly crass posturing, weed, and talking about how much/how often they murder, but everyone on this record is at height of their rhyming powers. Like most hip-hop albums, the unnecessary shout outs, threats, and braggadocio take away from the tracks. Unlike most hip-hop albums, the skits on this were actually kind of clever/funny ("$20 Sack Pyramid", "Doctor's Office", "The Roach (The Chronic Outro)"). Of all the times I've heard this album, something about this particular morning made it "click" for me in a way it never has before. Absolutely essential.
Great stuff
I was expecting an easy 5, but honestly this has aged badly. Still the era of sketches every other track, and while the production is great, lyrics are not amazing.
As I've grown older and out of the hip-hop phase of my life I've felt more and more intimidated by monumental rap albums such as this. I, as a white european thousands and thousands of kilometers separated from the culture which birthed this musical movement of 1990's gansta rap, feel sort of unqualified to judge it. I have enjoyed plenty of west coast rap previously though I've never really connected with the lyrics and themes, and have generally just judged my enjoyment on surface level vibes, instrumentals and performances. I feel for my own sake these will be the main parameters I'm basing my review on as that's where I feel comfortable. Now even before listening I know this is a no-brainer inclusion for this list, and I think it 100% deserves to be here. Today's music would not have many of it's biggest stars without it. The Chronic (Intro) An introduction to both Dr. Dre as a solo artist, Snoop Dogg as a frequent collaborator and the album itself. Also functions as an introduction to the then recently established Death Row records, and the sort of production quality which you can expect from there. Overall sets the mood for the experience that's about to unfold. Gets the hype going. 4/5 Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') Production wise feels really classic. A pioneer in a sound which would be synonymous with the genre. Fantastic synths. Dre sounds really confident and hard, already with a trademark sound. Snoop brings his classic swagger and playfulness and has great synergy with Dre. The sample work is also solid, and Jewell adds a great melodic core to the track. The very overt disses towards Eazy-E and his associates come across as a statement of intent. A bold way to kick off the album. Good. 4/5 Let Me Ride The synths are excellent. Works great as a contrast to Dre's voice. Fantastic bassline, really funky and smooth. His flow is pretty structured which fits well over a beat that has as many elements as this one does. Contrasts with the melodic features, which includes Snoop's adlibs. Great. 4.5/5 The Day The N****z Took Over Really chaotic sounding. The instrumental is kinda wild. Love the samples from the LA riots. Has sort of a jazzy vibe when the hook goes off. Don't really care much for the Daz feature, don't really feel his delivery fits on the beat. Good. 4/5 Nuthin' But A "G" Thang Classic west coast hip hop track which remains essential to this day. Really an example of the times. The intro is one of the most recognizable intros to a rap song that's ever been written. That synth libe will never not be iconic. Snoop delivers one of his best verses ever. Amazingly fun ans stylish track which really highlights the synergy between Dre and Snoop marking them as one of the great duos of their time. The bassline is also fantastic. Iconic. 5/5 Deeez Nuuuts The greatest song title of all time. Another solid G-Funk track. Great instrumental. The performances here are top notch, and I think every feature just works. Each of the collaborators bring their own style which shows a lot of diversity. Great job from a production point of view to manage to create a beat which is universal enough to incorporate the differening styles while still sounding unique. Good. 4/5 Lil' Ghetto Boy Fantastic beat. The sample work on this is absolutely infectious. Love the little flute in the background, as well as the vocal sample in the hook. Dre is really charismatic on this track, he shows a bit of a different character and seems to have changed up his flow a bit. Snoop is as fun as he's shown to be previously, and really shines on this beat. Fantastic. 5/5 A N***a Witta Gun The samples are pretty good, though I don't really like the drums much. The verses are fine, and the delivery has a decent amount of power to it. Shows off his talent to just go hard on a beat. Lacks that little something extra many of the previous tracks have. Decent. 3.5/5 Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat Really like the intro. The dark and ominous beat really fits with the premise of the track. The bassline contributes a lot to the atmosphere. Lacks a bit of depth, the verses are pretty similar to each other. Decent. 3.5/5 The $20 Sack Pyramid A pretty annoying skit. Feels like a pointless and unfunny inclusion which only derails the listening experience. Never a fan of mid album skits in general and this one was especially dumb. NA/5 Lyrical Gangbang The beat is a bit weak in my opinion. Feels repetitive and shallow. The first verse is pretty refresing, she has a pretty unique voice for this album. Moving onto the second verse there's a lot to unpack there, his delivery is really erratic and strange. The third verse has a very classic feel, that might feel dated now, but has a lot of energy and charactwer to it. Has some melodic inflections that are pretty fun. Good. 4/5 High Powered Drags a bit. Feels like a strange inclusion at this point in the album. Has some fun production moments, like the explosion effect. A bit disjointed. Fine. 3/5 The Doctor's Office Kinda what you'd expect. Another skit. NA/5 Stranded On Death Row Great intro. Plays decently with the concept. There's some fun wordplay and some decent rhymes here. Snoop's verse is the highlight. His melodic G-funk passage is really fun. Decent. 3.5/5 The Roach (The Chronic Outro) The presentation at the start is really charismatic. Lovely little hook. Triumphant and funky instrumental, really is a welcome sight after a long series of rougher, harder tracks. The heavy handed weed themes are a bit obnoxious as the track goes on. Doesn't really say anything of value. Decent. 3.5/5 Bitches Ain't Shit Dumb hook, but has it's charms if you don't take it too seriously. Continues to be pretty dumb throughout, is a bit suspect in all honesty. The beat is pretty smooth. Jewell's outro is pretty fun. Decent track if you just turn your brain off and don't consider any of the conotations that come with a track like this. Decent. 3.5/5 Well that was the Chronic, a landmark album when it comes to hip-hop production and a great launch pad to start a solo career from. Rightly deserving of its status as one of the greatest of all time. It has a plethora of interesting tricks up its sleeve, with solid features from everyone listed, great sampling and beautifully constructed beats that at times feel ahead of their time. For me the greatest moments show their head whenever Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg feature together on a track. The dynamic duo has so much chemistry and really play well off each other, with Dre as the hard man and Snoop as the fun uncle who shows up to deliver catchy melodic passages while still spitting some decent bars here and there. I do have some minor critisms, as I feel the album has a slight drop off in quality towards the second half, where the features get marginally weaker, the beats less fun and the samples less interesting causing it to drag a bit. There's also the matter of the skits, which I feel are pretty poor attempts at humour, adding very little to the experience. Finally I do think there are some tracks where I'm missing Dr. Dre, and while he's producing the tracks in the background, I still think it's a shame we don't get more of his at times pretty awesome delivery on some of the beats as I think he'd do an amazing job over them. There's also the matter of some suspect, outdated, problematic views in the lyrics, as well as plenty of dumb, juvenile and generally baffling passages that really come off poorly. Generally I view most of it as fairly standard machismo bravado prevalent in the genre. It is used to posture this gangster image, which while it does add to the "tough hard guy" fantasy, could've been delivered more tastefully. I can still find enjoyment in it if I take it for what it is and turn my brain off, but I can definitely see how the misogyny and homophobia could ruin the experience for some. Overall I feel it was a solid album for the despite my gripes and a great inclusion, even if we've moved away from this era of rap. A must listen, if not only for the historical importance. 4/5 Fave track. Lil' Ghetto Boy Least fave track. High Powered
yawn
Classic album with a couple staple songs from the nineties. Even a white kid in the whitest City around was pretty familiar with this album.
not gonna go wrong with this. could i write poetry to this? y
Important and influential, but not the style of Rap that I enjoy most. Directly responsible for the rising fame of Snoop Dogg and, by association, the continued cultural relevance of Martha Stewart.
I had so many friends who listened to this constantly, it became part of the soundtrack to my teenage years. This and Eazy E. Was never really my thing, but Dre is a damn good musician.
This album was so monumental at the time as it was part gangster rap and part shock rap. Listening now it kind of encapsulates every bad stereotype. From a musicality perspective it’s still solid as the day it heard to back then. However, in the post-BLM/#Metoo America it feels …different. The tag team of Dre and Snoop is magic and I always wondered why they didn’t continue full time together. Dre proved his production master here. To say I have a favorite song is challenge because the content is more geared for the 16yo me, and even then wasn’t exactly applicable even then despite my attempts. That said, Bitches Aint’ Shit is still funny, Lyrical Gangbang is still hard hitting, Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat still is an eye opening look at their world, and Nuthin’ But A G-Thang is hard not to sing along with. This score is partially critique, partial genre influence and partially personal reflection. If it was produced today I probably wouldn’t score it this high.
Random thoughts: * This is a west-coast rap classic. While they borrowed heavily from P-Funk (even with a spoof of the song P-Funk), they did take rap to another level with this album. * I distinctly remember listening to this on a school bus in high school for the first time. I was hooked immediately from that intro. Wow! * Nuthin' But a G- Thang is a total anthem and one of the best rap tracks of all time. I remember this video being played on continually rotation on that video request TV channel. I still like to rap this one at karaoke. * There are fewer skits than I recalled but I could do without them. This complaint isn't specific to Dre but to all rap records. * Gotta dock this album one-star for the misogyny. It's a little too much and the only thing keeping this from an absolute classic.
sorry Dre.
A classic of the genre, a ground breaking album and one that stands the test of time. Dres production is unmatched. A bit too much cussin' for me to play in the house with the kids around but a stellar record.
A classic
Contrary to its classic status, The Chronic is not a good album. The production, while influential, is fairly shotty, the rapping performances are mediocre for the most part, and the lyricism is just not there. 2001 STOMPS
I like rap music but I feel like this album aged poorly. This is an important milestone for gangsta rap and Compton. But I would not listen to this again except for two songs. Sad. Profanities fall out of time.
Overall: 6/10 I honestly expected to like this more but it was just okay. The beats are fire for the most part but they start to seem similar after a while. A lot of the lyrics feel kind of primitive to me, with Dre's raps especially feeling outdated. Having Snoop on here was pretty genius as he has a unique voice and a lot of charisma. I don't feel this is on par with a lot of other 90's rap but it's still a good time. Fav Song: Lil' Ghetto Boy Least Fav Song: Let Me Ride
Good stuff
And back to the hip hop with obnoxious sound effects. The one on the first track is actually uncomfortable to my ears.
After few good classic hip hop albums on this list we have approached Dr. Dre and his attempt from early 90s. Unfortunately, I didn't enjoy this album, I found it quite boring and honestly slightly repulsive. The beats weren't bad, but the lyrics and the flow just completely missed the mark, in my uneducated opinion. One of weaker rap records on this list.
It was okay
Did not like. Swearwords in music don't bother me, but this seems to be purely gratuitous use of bad language, with basically no musicality behind it.
Hell yeah
This was pretty good. I know it's a cornerstone of gangster rap, but I'm just a little tiny boy from the orient, so I didn't grow up on it or anything.
classic. tops. not my favorite
Jeez 2 gangsta rap album in a row. This one's better cos the vibes and funk at the back is good. The MFunking lyrics are shite and neither Dre or Snoop are great rapsters.
solid
It is a 3.5. I really like most the tracks but need to skip the skits to enjoy listening from start to finish. Will put it on from time to time.
Pretty sure the heart of this album is in the lyrics…which I did not listen to
Great, fun rapping here. It makes sense why this is considered a classic. BUT, the stupid skits ruin what could have been a great album. Most of this is rightly considered incredible, but there's definitely some willful ignorance of the idiocy here, too. Cutting them out would make this an easy 10/10 without losing anything important.
One of the best 90’s albums.
Solid opening, Snoop and RBX going hard, “Nothin’ But A “G” Thang” just an A+ song. Not suitable for all audiences, but that is absolutely the point.
This is the 77th album I’m rating. I haven’t really listened to anything by Dr. Dre but I hear this is pretty good. Adding to my Playlist - Let Me Ride, The Day the Niggaz Took Over, Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang, Deeez Nuuuts, Lil’ Ghetto Boy, A Nigga Witta Gun, Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat, and Bitches Ain’t Shit. Not Adding to my Playlist - The Chronic (Intro), Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’), The $20 Sack Pyramid (Skit), Lyrical Gangbang, High Powered, The Doctor’s Office (Skit), Stranded on Death Row, and The Roach (The Chronic Outro). All in all I liked 8/16 songs. This wasn’t that bad but it was a pretty big disappointment for one of the most acclaimed artists of all time.
Feels like this didn't age great
Sounds great. Some of the words are a bit silly but overall an enjoyable listen. Nate Dogg is great.
i don’t love 90s rap but this was pretty solid
Yay I won the 20 dollar sack :)
For most of this listen I was thinking The Chronic isn’t close to 2001 but by the end I wasn’t as sure. This is a seminal album, but the debut of an icon, Death Row Records, literally all the Doggs are on it. I love the angrier songs, the street songs. Stranded on Death Row the highlight for me 8.1/10
Iconic
Mourning tunes
As discussed, couldn’t separate art from the artist on this one :( would give a 1.5 lyrically but 3-4 for production and I’m feeling generous this morning so I’ll go with 3 overall
For most of the album I really couldn’t find the beat but a few songs stuck out to me. And yes the production is good but how much screeching can I hear? Lil Ghetto Boy was good tho
Hilarious to think that this album started the butterfly effect that led to Snoop chiefing with Martha Stewart. Despite that it’s not my favorite album from Dre or Snoop or this era, but it was fun to listen through and the beats go extremely hard. 2001 is way better and I hope it shows up on this list. Since there is better content for this artist and era I gotta stick with a strong 3
White man review here, white man reviewing! My dad put this album on our family shared iPod when I was like 6 and that was the earliest I heard it and I listen to it maybe every couple years. I have been told by Mr Lamar that this is an excellent cultural representation of the west coast at that time, but I am not here to speak on that. I am here to say musically this album is incredible. The beats, sampling, and playing on it are mind-blowing honestly. Dr Dre as a producer, true chef's kiss moment. What I love most about Dre solo albums is he lets other people really shine. Snoop is the obvious star of this album. The fact that this album is cited as so culturally important, musically impressive, and doesn't take itself seriously at all are all very impressive. I do have to comment on how misogynistic this album is and how hard it is to get into when he's just spouting hate/violence towards women and gay people. Snoop makes an interesting argument for this that they're just rapping about what they know and that's what they knew growing up but that's the easy way out of not addressing the issues with the lyrics. I don't think anyone needs to apologize for rapping about their life experiences or what they're about within reason, but I don't need to agree with it. That aspect of this album has really aged horribly. Lyrics aside, I'm really enjoying this whole project. Also huge shout out to the dude who reviewed this album a 1 and said this album decimated the neighborhood of Salisbury, Midlothian, Va when it came out. I grew up in the neighborhood truly right next to it, just a life changing review please go seek it out.
Beats are dummy fat and the synths are iconic. I made sure that my glock was loaded before listening to this album. I will say that the album felt too long, and there were more speaking/theatrical parts of the album that I didn't feel added to the album too much. The Intro sets the tone really well for the album. Two songs that jumped out at me were High Powered and Stranded on Death Row. I think I'm giving this a weak 4.
Lyrics mostly about guns and wieners. Production is good and yeah it makes sense to be on this list, but there's not much here I enjoy. Too long, the skits are trash, and won't revisit this again. If I'm listening to hip hop from this era I'm going for something else. Probs not west coast at all cause it all got infected by Dre at some point in the 90s. Give me something like Public Enemy or Paul's Boutique instead any day. Ice Cube is better too. Weak 2/5
I can see all the bits and pieces here that make it an 80s, west coast classic, but I'm not listening to it for 75 minutes without getting honestly kind of bored. Also, the idea of the skit in rap albums was a terrible idea, and they're never any good.
I wanted to enjoy it. I know it’s a classic, a legendary hip hop album of the 90s. The beats are so solid. But the lyrics are corny as all hell! A whole ass song about your nuts, Dre? Flexin badass bc you smoke weed? Sayin “I’m big bad and powerful bc I have a gun” brother that’s corny as hell!
It’s catchy, but the lyrics are dumb at best, and I really don’t like gangsta hip hop and rap. Snoop is just awesome though!
Maso
Not as clever as NWA or Ice Cube, but this still aged surprisingly well. It helps that Snoop Dogg is such a charismatic personality. It was a nice bit of dumb fun and I needed some cheering up today.
I'm a little torn on this one - a lot of the lyrics are gross and silly, but overall I really enjoy the sound. And Snoop is great. I think the parts I liked outnumber the parts I didn't, so I'll go with a 3 here.
Tough to rate, there are some great songs with really great, funky beats. Then there’s a lot that I would have left off the record (skits, sex recording again). I also don’t like Bitches Ain’t Shit
It’s a landmark album for a reason. Dr. Dre is an undeniable production beast. I have a hard time not thinking that snoop is a bit corny though.
Absolute classic
Like so much 90s gangsta rap allot doesn't hold up to the times but this has so many undeniable bangers.
Dope
Not a good album, it was just a worse version of doggystyle. This can be forgotten by history
Old school west coast rap. Not Straight Outta Compton good, but still very good.
Not for me
I don't like rap.
Engaging beat for most of album. Lyrics don't do anything for me. Curious how many songs I heard prior and assumed were snoop solely because he was the singer.
The sound is groovy but the lyrics have not aged well! I cringed.
The first half was a lot better than the second. The first half wasn't very good.
head bopping
Really good rap album. Never listened to any of these songs on their own, only through videos or newer sampling of them. Good stuff.
So far, I've listened to every single album on this journey as background music to playing board games. Today was different. I listened to this while browsing properties on a small island belonging to Portugal...because I'm freaking tired of living in a country where I wake up every morning wondering what new shit show the day will provide. I was hoping this album was going to be more along the sentiment of "It Takes A Nation of Millions..." oh well. You'd probably have liver failure if you tried a drinking game where the trigger was any reference to "Death Row." The beats were definitely the highlight for me.
Good album, but nowhere near 2001, neither the beats nor the rapping. The Next Episode is a classic!
Das war nichts
OG rap album. I'm not even a fan of rap and think this album is great.
gangsta-rap .. nicht so meins. aber wirklich gut produziert und arrangiert - daher auch heute noch empfehlenswert und massstab.
Ich mag diesen Rap Stil nicht so sehr.
4.6/5: Definitely a classic. You can hear the influence all throughout the album and there’s a lot of iconic moments. On top of the pop culture relevance it’s just a really really good album. Not sure exactly what you would call it but the synth sounding thing in the intro and other songs is so good. Just a very good album that I should’ve listened to a long time ago.
Gads this doesn't hold up well at all, much fun as it was to hear the Lady of Rage again. I forgot she was part of the Death Row posse. Anyway, lots of words about shooting people, "hey I'm totally not gay but you'll be sucking my dick," drugs, and such. Oh yeah -- the samples are cool. But there's no cachet here anymore.
A classic from the 90’s. I definitely wore this one out but it still holds up after all these years. Dre’s meticulous attention to detail in his production is on full display here. Each beat could loop for hours at a party (in the 90’s) and it would never get old. This made for the perfect foundation for really anyone to come in and sound incredible on the mic. Obviously, Snoop benefitted the most from this opportunity. In the truest sense of the title, Music Producer, Dre knew how to pull the best out of rappers who weren’t always top tier. Easy 5 for me.
Classic banger here. This got several plays and much video time from me. Let Me Ride is one of my all time favorites. Dre is one of the best producers ever. I love the incorporation of the P Funk music throughout the album. It showcases Dre's influences, and set him on his own path away from NWA. This is a 5.
I think it's obvious to say hip hop would not be the same without this landmark album. These tracks haven't aged at all, and the production holds up and remains impressive. Everything feels fully realized. And it's cool to see Snoop starting out--he was so young but seems born to do this.
Tuff Negroes talking about dicks. I thought this was supposed to be a classic?
This is so frustrating and disappointing because the production is absolutely spot on. You can really hear Dre's influence in a lot of later hip hop and rap. HOWEVER. Every damn song is about violence and nuts.
In the 90s, this was definitely a five star album. If I were hearing this for the first time today, probably four stars due to the filler tracks.
Very explicit and testosterone filled, but then again it's the early 90's rap scene. I liked the song "Nuthin' but a G Thang"
Ok
1992?! This album is more than 30 years old? Not possible. There are amazing grooves throughout, but the gangsta-ness gets tired quickly. The first half is great with Let Me Ride and Nuthin' But a "G" Thang standing out. The second half kind of drags except for Stranded on Death Row, Bushwick Bill! I'm pretty sure this is the OG of gangsta-funk. If it wasn't the first, than it's one often imitated. I prefer p-funk (like Digital Underground) to g-funk, but this is worth a listen.
gta san andreas vibes. bring back great memories, but a bit sexist.
Cool beats but not my stuff
4.5
“This should be played at high volume. Preferably in a residential area.” A true classic. This was Dre at the height of his producing prowess and Snoop Dogg's coming out party. Together they put out this West Coast rap sound that would define early 90s rap. My favorite beats from this album (no order in particular): Fuck Wit Dre Day, The Day The Niggaz Took Over, Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang, Deeez Nuuts, A Nigga Wit A Gun, Lyrical Gangbang, Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat. Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang might be arguably the most timeless Hip-Hop/Rap song of all time. It holds up so well, especially when compared to some other stuff from the 80s. If you've never blasted Lyrical Gangbang in your car on a nice day in Surburbia, you haven't lived. Admittedly, it does lose some steam after the Doctor's Office skit. Enough for it to move it down from a 5? Nope. Even after multiple listens across my life, there are still so many songs I come back to.
What unique perspective could I possibly lend to a record as foundational as The Chronic is within hip-hop. This is Dre at his height flexing in the post N.W.A new world order. Practically a joint venture with Snoop Dogg, Dre brings along a few other familiar voices for this ride around his classic, quintessential West Side G-Funk instrumentation. End result is a certified classic that sounds great at all volumes. Snoop and Dre work so well together -- the slickness of the former providing a perfect balance to Dre's muscular deliveries. So many classic tracks, lines, and instrumentals born from this album. Love the swelling strings on Lil' Ghetto Boy; almost gives me chills. Nuthin' But A "G" Thang is among the best verse for verse duets ever recorded. The Day The Niggaz Took Over sounds like Dre's take on Wu Tang's Clan In Da Front (granted, this song came first and is way brighter in tone). A Nigga Witta Gun is straight gangsterism -- amazing beat production. $20 Sack Pyramid is pure cinema. High 4 that I never tire of.
Solid Dr Dre album I still hate the rap filler bullshit tracks. The rest is good ole dre. 4 stars
Although I still am not the hugest rap fan in the world I understand why this is one of the greats. Really enjoyable listen with plenty of energy. Gonna give this one a 4 for now and I'll likely relisten at some point in my life.
Have always heard of the Chronic but have never listened. Holy hell I have been missing out. Dr Dre's flow is so impressive on here, and he pairs perfectly with Snoop Dogg who arguably may be the best part of the album. Could be biased though with my Snoop love. This was definitely the best 90s rap album that has come up so far. Just banger after banger. Major plus for the $20 Sack Pyramid skit being absolutely hilarious
The Chronic is so influential for its production and especially bringing Snoop to the forefront of the hip-hop scene. Many of the songs he had on his debut were teased on this which is pretty cool. That being said it doesn't strike me as a 5 but it's up there as a solid 4. Totally enjoyable.
What can I say, it’s Dr. Dre.
Yup. One of those albums that I was sure just had to be on this list. So much music of the 90s had this sound all over it. Misogynistic and crass, the sheer force of this album cannot be undersold.
super fun. another one that feels way ahead of its time
Ok I’m gradually getting used to it
Production, samples, rapping - all top notch. The scope of social topics is also impressive for “gangsta rap”. There are few low points. It’s rightfully considered a rap classic.
beats are incredible but damn these verses are pretty awful the flows aren't great and the lyrics get monotonous after a bit
It was ok. Not really my style though.
Не любитель репу, проте цей альбом сподобався. Все ж таки маю слабкість до репу від темношкірих
Що ж, це певно найбільш впливовий #hiphop альбом 90-х, особливо якщо говорити про West Coast. Перед тим як створити Chronic (жаргонна назва канабісу), Dre разом із D.O.C покинули N.W.A, та разом із Suge Knight створили, вже легендарний лейбл, Death Row Records. На ньому, вони зібрали молодих талановитих реперів, які і прийняли участь у записі цього альбому. Найбільш потужним серед яких був, вже тепер відомий всім, Snoop Dog (тоді ще Snoop Doggy Dog). І саме завдяки ліриці та флоу молодого та "голодного" до слави Снупа, перша половина альбому відчувається куди більш потужнішою ніж друга, де він, здебільшого, відсутній. Але класикою, альбом прийнято вважати завдяки неймовірному продакшену Dr. Dre, що звертався за натхненням до музики минулого, та замість, звичних для #gangstarap, "жорстких" бітів - використовував семпли із соулу та фанку 70-х років. Так він досяг більш "м'якого", "тендітного" звучання, що несло в собі доволі "релаксовий" та "люксовий" вайб. Це ноу-хау звучання стали називати #gfunk, який, фактично, став новим піджанром та визначив звучання West Coast Hip Hop сцени на майбутні роки. Проте G-Funk, як і Снупа, ми чуємо лише на першій половині альбому, в той час як друга - звучить, здебільшого, як звичайний Gangsta Rap і через це, все ж, відчувається трохи слабшою. Що стосується тематики - то левова доля лірики присвячена біфам із відомими реперами тих часів, зокрема, колишньому напарнику Dre по N.W.A - Eazy-E і це, як на мене, є головним мінусом альбому, бо "прив'язує його до часу", та робить більшу частину текстів просто неактуальною. Проте, самого духу "брутального" та безкомпромісного gansta rap-у, яким просякнутий цей альбом, достатньо для створення унікального та іммерсивного досвіду. Слухаючи цей альбом, ти дійсно відчуваєш його "напругу", що із головою занурює тебе у старі та небезпечні часи, коли "усе було серйозно" та біфи легко могли закінчитися стріляниною. Та що казати, якщо під час роботи над Chronic, у Dre були прострелені ноги, а його будинок згорів. Тож саме за його щирість та "потужність" я і люблю Chronic, та сприймаю його як квінтесенцію репу 90-х. Це була справжня контркультура, яка не намагалась бути надмірно претензійною чи "псевдо-інтелектуальною". Ця музика дійсно вміє "вибивати лайно", та несе в собі "неприкритий та сирий дух вулиць", який демонструє без всіляких прикрас.
Nicht mein Fall
Musically, I enjoyed this quite a bit. The lyrics are pretty one note but, despite some of the reviews on here, they never plumb the depths of offensiveness that Born to Die by Notorious BIG did. Bitches Ain't Shit is tastelessly misogynistic, but not enough so for me to dock a star - like with Smack My Bitch Up on Fat of the Land. I enjoyed the cameo from the Lady of Rage, it added some needed variety to the vocals and I'd only known Afro Puffs before listening to this album.
Not a standout for me … probably wouldn’t listen again.
It is not hard to see why this album is a classic l, i enjoyed every second of it. Dre’s production sounds as good as it ever did in this era and he rounds up a great selections of features throughout the album (Snoop Dogg, and The Lady Of Rage being my highlights). Favorite Tracks: The Day The *****s Took Over, Lil Ghetto Boy, Deeez Nuuuts, A ***** Witta Gun, and Ain’t Nuthin But A “G” Thang.
Some important things happened here
Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang was the first rap song I heard and loved (via Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas). I completely appreciate why people would knock points off this for the misogyny and the juvenile humour. Alas, “Bitches Ain’t Shit” just hit different when you were 14 and hadn’t yet spoken to a girl. Dre and Snoop had the same effect as the Tate brothers - they let young men mask their anxiety behind machismo and aggression. Much less harmful than the Tate brothers though, as the defence was always that music isn’t to be taken literally. It was cathartic nonetheless. We all know that this doesn’t hold up today. But what does hold up is the seamless production, the social commentary and the g-funk. Dr. Dre single-handedly created the west coast sound which still comes through in rap music coming out the west coast today, more than 30 years later. Credit is due to George Clinton of Parliament Funkadelic. In an era where intellectual property lawsuits were clamping down on the art of sampling and crippling hip-hop, George Clinton seen the future. Being an artist who owned his masters (very rare in the 90s), he let Dre use his material however he liked (for low-to-no cost, if I recall correctly). Dre turned the P-Funk to the G-Funk and the rest is history.
Even tho i will never listen to this again, it was pretty cool!
Definitely a must listen for fans of west coast rap, 90's rap and just the genre. The most frequent complaints I've seen are it has not aged well and, after listening, I'd have to agree. I'm sure this went hard in the day but it's not the most clever/artful lyricism or freshest sounding beats. I do understand it's importance to the genre and "nuthin' but a g ' thang" slaps.
The original West Coast machine that is still relevant to this day.
This album ain't shit but hoes and tricks 😔 Snoop is really carrying this album, his verses are far and away the best on here, which isn't saying much. In the end it's a lot of posturing and somehow every single track is about Dre's dick. The backing music and beats are great though. They've aged well and I think elevate the overall album. Without the beats it would be wholly unremarkable.
Banger after banger tbh. A classic for a reason
Not my thing, but a good album
Did not enjoy.
Not for me.
The peak of that west coast g funk sound, it don't get better than this
I don’t like Dre and wasn’t vibing to the album. Had a beer and smoked a bowl while doing homework and put this on starting with deez nuts and was vibing to it a lot more
The album artwork has not been executed well. The spacing is annoying me but aside from that.. there are some classics on this album, and it's clear that it influenced music that followed. Feel like I'm driving around listening to the radio on GTA San Andreas
боялся всегда подойти к этой легенде - не хочется хуесосить/разочаровываться. и вот время пришло. что имеем по итогу: сочный звучок (а главное - фирменный), 50% альбома - молодой снуп догг, полный чилл из минусов: доктор дре - далеко не эмси, и если дальше под патронажем серьезных читак он импрувнется (см. альбом 2001), то вот в этой точке - ну просто уныние. так уныло читать ганста движуху - это большой минус. ну и лирика оставляет желать лучшего - особенно скит с коитусом доктора дре.
Cool beats!
Really disappointing. Not as hooky as doggystyle and not as fun. Oh well
Took me like three years to finish this album. Ab unfortunate slog.
This is not my favorite Dre album, but it's pretty good.
A good album that did not age very well.
Liked it more than I thought I would, still don’t really think it’s for me.
4.25
Not anywhere near as good as 2001
Terrible aggressive lyrics and completely un-listenable.
Not a fan, listened to this, unfortunately I can’t get that wasted time back.
Not my usual cup of tea but it wasn’t bad
No songs resonated with me. Not for me
4/5
Go hip hop men för långt och töntiga skits
This is a desert island album for me... You know, you're stranded on a desert island and you can only take 10 albums with you? Well, I'd only get 4 because how do you choose between the first 6 Black Sabbath albums? So of the remaining 4, this would be one. You know who agrees with me on this? Duck, Mother fuck'n, Mouth and Booteny Lee Farnsworth, that's who.
A classic album. It elevated rap to a new level. There are a few artists\albums\tracks that have done that down the years and this belongs amongst those.
Upon first listen, I don’t love some of the subject matter (it's a lot of "hoes and bitches") but I recognize the high production value, especially for this time period. I get it but it won’t be a regular listen.
The inventiveness of almost every beat is insane--only someone with a chip on their shoulder could so completely drop the competition. Completely iconic from beginning to end, and introducing Snoop, the album does not let up. The stretch from the opening to G Thang is relentless and when those high pitched notes hit it's like jumping in some cool water on a hot day. If not for the misogyny, this would be a 5. Gotta dock it to 4 though ... it's tough to hear such offensive stuff on the regular.
85% Best: Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’; Let Me Ride; Nuthin’ But A “G” Thang; The Roach (The Chronic Outro); Bitches Ain’t Shit Must-Hear? Sure, though parts of it have aged slightly poorly.
lowkey hits i rlly like the beats on it and the way it was produced and how many collaborations are involved.
1 stern
Only heard some Dr. Dre hits before. What I'm finding out from my listening journey is that g-funk is not my thing. Like, totally not my thing. Not a single song on this album that I even vaguely enjoyed. 1/5
One of Brad’s faves
One of the best!
Gross. Maybe I'd like it better if I didn't know English.
Fragile masculinity: the album. I would likely have preferred this album if I didn't speak English, as I could then have just listened to the funky beats instead of having to hear these lyrics with utterly on the nose rhymes and desperately boastful lyrics about crime, large dicks and hating Eazy-E. Most (white) people I know unfortunately write off all of hip hop as violent non-music; I fully blame this album for that reputation.
Objectively good album especially given cultural impact. love early snoop flow but g-funk rarely sparks joy. Some neat little production moments but more of an intellectual enjoyment than emotional
Fun album but gets a bit samey
I think the universe was smiling down on me when I added Nuthin’ But A G Thang to my 1001 albums favorites playlist and it was the 420th song I’ve added.
Generally liked this, always love Dre’s production. I wish there were songs here that were as memorable as Dre’s production work on Let Me Blow Your Mind, Gin and Juice, My Name is, Family Affair, etc. Still, a solid 4.
Something that’s always bothered me: if he’s unfadeable, couldn’t I *try* to fade this? It would presumably be fruitless, because he’s unfadeable, but asking me (politely) not to try fading this right after you’ve told me you’re unfadeable feels suspicious. Are you as unfadeable as you say you are? The album as a whole: unfadeable. Don’t waste your time trying to fade this.
Took me a second to register that I was listening to a flute solo on The Chronic, but there it was. The instrumentation and beats on this album are amazing. The overall quality falls off a bit toward the end.
Just not a genre I can get into, even when I was a kid I really wasn’t a fan. It has more variety and is more compelling than other rap albums of the time, but still have no desire to listen to it.
A little overrated imo. Still good, it feels like Snoop carries a lot. While listening, I couldn't help but think about how Eazy-E had the better diss tracks.
How can you not
The genesis of G-Funk in mainstream rap, as funky and fresh in 2025 as ever. These old rap albums really need to chill with some of the skits though. Favorites: Fuck Wit Dre Day, Nuthin' But a "G" Thang, Lil Ghetto Boy Least Favorite: Bitches Ain't Shit
I have to get used to the inbetween tracks but in general this is the shit I like
I liked to hear a classic from the hip hop genre, but is not the type of music I can listen while I work, it gets me distracted
An important part of history as the beginning of an amazing era of hip hop, but over time, this has fallen in the ranks for me.
Źle się zestarzało. Warstwa tekstowa mierna, a i rytm czasem kuleje. Snoop zawsze na propsie, ale reszta? Czym do jasnej ciasnej jest $20 sack pyramid? Niektóre kawałki są ok, ale reszta ściąga je na dno przeciętności, jeśli nie niżej. 4.5/10
Today I learned that "like we always do it this time" from Kanye's Good Life is a nod to The Chronic (intro) 🤯🤯🤯
West coasts finest
Has aged very poorly. The kind of album some suburban Gen X mom would play at top volume on wine night with her girlfriends.
Ni**a, Mutha F##ker, Dick these guys have a serious vocabulary deficiency! I suffered through this lp even though it’s very difficult for me to hear the N word in any context. The music was better than most other rap albums I’ve been exposed to but spoiled by the foul language and misogyny of the lyrics. I hope these guys have all reformed themselves and don’t get caught up in the P-Diddy horrifics!
It’s the year of our Lord 2025, and Snoop Dogg is now in every commercial, best friends with Martha Stewart, and announcing the Olympics.
It is a measure of just how influential this album is that listening to it now makes it sound like a parody or pisstake rip-off. The rhythms, the attitude, the production, the themes...oh god, the constant gangster lyrics.... it's seems almost comedy. (I kept thinking of Chris Morris playing as "Far-Q" on The Day Today.) And how many F'ing MFer does one album need? An important album, but I didn't enjoy it this time.
Rollin' in my six-four. DOO DOO DOO
It's a shame 90s hip hop was so obsessed with skits. This album defines the genre of g-funk and is filled with masterly produced bangers, but then you have to listen to three minutes of a cringey talkshow parody. Still a great album, but that keeps it from a 5.
Not into hiphop in general, although this album has some fun elements to it. I do feel a bit uncomfortable listing to this as an introverted white woman, so I'd rather not listen to it again.
Can't fault the production or the vocals themselves, but the lyrics and skits are a bit cringy in places. It's a shame (for me personally) because I'm less likely to listen to this knowing there's more violence and sex in the lyrics than I usually want to hear but the beats are fantastic and Dre has done a great job of getting guest vocalists in to mix it up throughout. Snoop Dogg is a stand-out but overall just hearing changes of tone and pace keep this interesting throughout.
Not my kind of music
Great synthy beats, 90s hip hop always hypes me up.
Would love it if I was into rap.
This was groundbreaking when it came out, and at least production wise, remains a brilliant landmark. The lyrics and subject matter of Death Row haven't aged too well but if you can look past that, this album, Doggy Style, and a bunch of other stuff from around this era shows how Dre basically invented a massively influential subgenre. I still love this album.
Вау вау вау епие епией это не скали милано а отсюдова
Always a classy, the skits are a bit much now and very dick-based!
An album that changes music. How did that make this list? Oh right, 90s hip hop! I think more garbage and pretension has been written about this album by suburban white critics than the same breed writing about Jimi Hendrix. In fact it is a great album. Dr. Dre knows the form (much better than I do) and grows, expands and changes it. Snoop shows why he becomes a star. And the anger and bitterness is nicely done. Taking off half a point for the skits and because (like most rap from this time) some language and themes don’t age well. 4.5⭐️
A classic, just not by thing. Found it interesting that he ended with “bitches ain’t shit,” which I’ve decided to interpret as a sign of female power and his insecurities X rather than how it was probably intended.
I absolutely love the sound of Dr. Dre's prime era g-funk production and this album is chocka block with fat fat beats that changed the sound of hip hop. Snoop Dogg is recently disgraced for performing for motherfucking Donald Trump, but this album came out before his classic debut, "Doggystyle", was released and he has excellent features on almost every track. This album is great and iconic, but for my listenability, I think this one suffers compared to Doggystyle in that the performances, the skits and songs, don't have the same consistent playful delivery that energizes the songs and overcomes some of the aggressive and outdated lyrical content.
• 3/5 • Love the G-Funk sound; appreciate the flow and delivery of the lyrics (especially by Snoop); don’t like the lyrics at all
Arguably on the Hip Hop Mt Rushmore. Some of the intermissions are dated, but the music holds up. Snoop enters the world of music in a way few have, and Lady of Rage makes me wonder why she never made it.
Jfc.
Not a huge fan of skit era rap but this is a damn good album
This man is obsessed with his own dick.
An important record no doubt but struggled to connect much any of it.
Was never really into it, but hard to deny its influence
Aww yeah, it's the muthafuckin' D.R.E. (Dr. Dre, motherfucker!) I wanted to get that out of my system. Anyway... By this point, Dr. Dre had already established himself as a credible rapper and producer for N.W.A., a seminal group in the gangsta rap genre. After disputes with brother Eazy-E, Dre left the group to pursue a solo career and make a name for himself. After a successful first single for the Deep Cover film soundtrack with an up-and-coming Snoop Dogg he met, Dre put out The Chronic. Just like that, the landscape of rap changed again. The Chronic is often considered the breakout album for the subgenre known as G-funk or "gangsta funk". It's like gangsta rap but done primarily over samples of 70s funk tunes, particularly from Parliament-Funkadelic. More often than not, Dre had live instruments come in and emulate the artists he wanted to sample, to give a more raw and energetic sound with few alterations. The result was massive where tracks popped off so well, such as the incorporation of the chorus of The Kay Gees' "Who's the Man (With the Master Plan)" with a live drum recreation of Whodini's "Friends" on "A N---- Witta Gun", or a live combination of the guitars from The Nite-Liters' "Damn" with the drums from Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" on "Lyrical Gangbang". In addition to the excellent production chops on display, Dre cultivated a group of up-and-coming rappers and artists to hop on and make posse cuts akin to what N.W.A. did prior. I've already mentioned Snoop Dogg and he showed up multiple times on this album, especially for the singles people still bump like "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" or "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')". But I also have to give props to RBX and The D.O.C. for their songwriting and lyrical contributions, such as RBX's verses on "Lyrical Gangbang" and "Stranded on Death Row", as well as "The $20 Sack Pyramid" which was admittedly a hilarious skit. That all said, for as much as this album puts the "fun" in fundamental for G-funk music, the wordplay hasn't aged well in places. Between cuts like "The Doctor's Office" and "Bitches Ain't Shit", there's a certain attitude towards women for sex that left a sour taste. Also not helping matters are the named intro and outro tracks to this album that don't offer much to tie it all together or make a statement. Then there's the lackadaisical nature over the high-pitch synthesized whistle of "High Powered" which wasn't as engaging of an ode to weed as other tracks were on this album. There's no denying that The Chronic made this list as an album that helped change the rap landscape for the rest of the '90s onward, further establishing Dr. Dre as an acclaimed producer. Even if it hasn't all aged well, this album still gets a solid recommendation.
This abkum supprised me in that I didn't hate it, but I don't think the album has aged very well. Best part was the bass lines
Ledwie raz przesluchane, szkoda czasu.
Classic Dre. Classic 90s West Coast Hip Hop. Easy listening and greats sounds with good beats.
Really liked. Bitches Ain’t Shit was fave
love. deez nuts and my lil ghetto boiii 🤌🏼
Always felt that, while the production is fantastic, I had a hard time getting past some of the dated viewpoints and rhyme styles on this album. And the skits are a lot. That said, again, the beats... Fav Tracks: Nothin' But a "G" Thang
point1.
In my opinion one of the most meaningless albums I've heard, aside from one song there is nothing memorable about the record. Gangster rap in no way can revel other forms of hiphop and this is a good example of why. THe only thing I could enjoy was the production which was actually very good. Favorite track: Little Ghetto Boy. Overall score: 3.0/10
Undeniably important in establishing music for the next 15 years. The beats and rhythm are fantastic. Snoop Dogg, RBX, and Dre are fantastic. Definitely dated today with the homophobia and misogyny and everything Dre has done, but from a musical perspective, still solid. Not my style, and some of these songs are rough ("The Day the Niggaz Took Over") but good.
This is peak early 90s hip hop. Smooth beats, heavy G-funk, and a vibe that’s unmistakably West Coast. I’ve always had a soft spot for this era, and The Chronic holds up. It’s raw, laid-back, and confident without trying too hard. One thing I really miss in today’s rap albums is the skits. They gave personality, pacing, and helped shape a story. This one’s full of them, and they still hit. Is it the best album of the era? Not quite, at least not for me. But it’s close enough to earn a solid 4 stars. Favorite song: Stranded on Death Row
One thing which really pisses me off when walking through most cities is the sound of gangster rap being inflicted on me by cool kids cruising through the streets pounding out from expensive speakers fitted in blacked out BMW’s. Reading through the reviews it would seem that this album is responsible for that reprehensible behaviour. So for that alone I condemn this album to the shitter. But if that was not bad enough how on earth have we arrived at a place in musical history when singing? (rapping? whatever) about one’s cock, shooting people and gross sexual deviance is considered normal and to lots of people to be valued? How ever bad your upbringing was or is I don’t want to be bombarded with this music which as far as I can see is telling the world or making excuses why you have turned out as you have. My life hasn’t exactly been easy and for that reason I sought out music to enhance my well being or be soothing. A momentary break from the chores of life. I don’t need this type of music in my life reminding me all the misery out there. I feel sorry for anyone wanting this music in their life. Please be joyful, be like me and listen to say..(off the top of my head) The Beatles (there are lots of others but a good example as I don’t think they ever sang about rape, knifing and the size of their penis) 1/5 10/1/25
Not that bad for early punk
All-timer
Yeah, this is a million, billion trillion percent not for me. It's hard to want to listen to this when that one frequency is constantly piercing through my eardrums and violating the innermost depths of my soul. Rather than bitching and moaning, I think I'll make this review as pasty as possible. It's hard to say with certainty since the game's from Japan, but I'm dead sure that "Imprinting" from The World Ends With You (https://youtu.be/sYHtqyJirgU&t=58) borrows the chorus from A Nigga Witta Gun but alters the lyrics to be less vulgar. Funny that they would choose this album of all things. I wouldn't say that this tidbit of trivia justifies the listen, but it's definitely a silver lining to know more about one of my favourite works of fiction.
Meh. Influential, but didn't age well. 1 extra star just for some of the relaxed west coast beats. Would've been better as an instrumental album.
Classic Album Standout songs: The day the n took over Lil ghetto boy Rat -tat -tat -tat
A classic of its time, defining an era of hip-hop - but all these years on, it is a tiring listen by the time you reach the end, no light and shade, lots of banging beats and bragadoccio
I’ve been on the Chronic for decades. It’s a classic that defined a genre and pioneered the G-Funk sound. One of the best albums of all time.
At least the production is interesting.
It may be fun to have Snoop Dogg along, but not enough to make up for the stale air of dissing Eazy-E and gangsta bragging for a whole record.
Hell yea, mothafuckasssss
Deez nuts 5/5
Good. 3/5
Snoop Dogg highlight albuma.
Good for its time, but I don’t think it really holds up anymore. I liked Chronic 2001 more
Couple classics and the rest was forgettable.
Was never the biggest fan of the Chronic and 33 years on my opinion is much the same Dre can’t rap but the beats slap. Undeniable classic but maybe not aged very wel
Ikonisk, trendsättande och så jävla välproducerad jämfört med allt annat under den här tiden.
There were some strong tracks but not really our thing.
This takes me back to high school. It's relevant for its time, although I agree that some of the content did not age well. Still, this album was highly influential and regarded as one of the best albums of the Westcoast rap scene. I have to say, I appreciate this more as an adult who's just a few years younger than Dre & Snoop.
A disgusting album. No music, just rap with foul language
I hear old funk vibes. I hear really high production quality and sound that must was copied a lot. I also hear utmost boring gangsta rap. Who's dig is longest and who has Desert Eagle. Rather difficult to imagine more boring lyrics. Two stars goes to how old funk is respected and modified carrying that flame forward.
Classics
It's a classic, but doesn't do much for me as a whole, outside beats and sampling. Couple tracks rise way above the rest, Snoop in the house indeed, but most of the gangsta stuff was and is quite tiresome.
It makes sense from a music history perspective that Dr. Dre would have an inclusion here; he was a very successful solo member from N.W.A who would go on to be paramount in helping to set the blueprint for 90s hip-hop and rap. Additionally, he would go on to be critical in discovering and or launching many hip-hop and rap careers for big names. All that said, this album is interesting to listen to. It takes a lot of the early 90s rap sounds and elevates it. While the work of N.W.A did initially have quite a part in creating the blueprint for 90s rap and beyond, Dr. Dre's solo work definitely perfected that blueprint. Anyway, this album sounds surprisingly fresh, something not easily achieved with 30+ year old rap. As far as 90s rap goes, it's also on the less problematic side (though it's still there).
-waow it is Dr. Dre… I don’t think I’ve ever really sat down and listened to a single song by him. that all changed now. I liked it I think… maybe more enjoyable as a full album experience, with some exceptions there weren’t many tracks I picked out that I could play as standalones. some were REALLY good though holy shit -Favorites are The Day The Niggaz Took Over, A Nigga Witta Gun, and Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
Zerst emal bin ich ned sicher öb de Dre au wükli en Dokter isch, und das macht mich schomal biz suspekt. Denn musi (wohl entschuldigend für de Noah) sege, das mich de Dr. Med. Dre und die ganz old school hiphop szene ned zu sehr catched. Ich verstahne d qualitäte und glaube au das s Album vom Professor Dre es Vorbild gsi isch für vieli wiiteri Albe i dem Genre. Ich han mich au verwütscht wieni bi paarne Lieder vom Herr Doktor doch no gern hereglost han, aber wenn ich uf die "Wirdi die Lieder wiedermal lose"-symptom luege, denn isch d Diagnose wohl eher, dass das Album en klare Fall vo Drüpunktitis zeigt. Die neu eröffnet Tierarzt-Praxis zeme mit em Snoop de Hund bsuechi da biz lieber. Ich wünsch am Chefarzt Bre gueti Besserig und alles gueti i sim wiitere Lebensweg.
Döktör Dre min alti bre. Also mir isch e grosses stuck nostalgie ufcho bi dem name. Aber au e wahrschindli berechtigti angst, öb mir de old school rap na öpis gid, i doubt it. Und ja g thing und e andere snoop doggy dog part sind scho mit ere gwüsse spicyness hindefüre cho, aber grundsätzlich druck mich die musik nüm in ledersitz vum ne bouncy westside lowrider-cabrio-charre. Au wenn ich gern de ellboge ufd autotüre wür hebe, gfunk lose wür, d sunnebrülle lässig uf minere nase wett jongliere und biz mini hood abchegge wür. Aber this is not the real neduzen. Tres puntos
ai de g funk isch back mit de klassische tön wies furz piano oder high pitched wistle thingy - alles sehr altbekannti weggfährte bin selber ja en grosse fan vo gsi vo albe wie "last meal", aber da lihr widermals problem so wies usgseht bini da scho ziemlich usegwachse und asoziiere da meh irgendwelchi 14 jährigi kiffer us sirnach demit wo chli zfest dure sind und sich das züg usem handyspeaker am bhf ineziend mit neongrüene trainerhose und am beste no di zensiert version wo gfühlt dhelfti vo de lyrics fehlt wasmer aber sege mues isch das die albe doch immer en gsunde ahteil ah humor hend da nimmi 3 mal en tüüfe zug vom güff und seg "smami chunt!"
hallefuckinglujah packed euchi rolling papers us: es gid eine eis vo dene albe woni uf jedere best of hip hop liste ahtroffe han und wege minere vermeintliche liechte abneigig gegenüber g-funk immer insgeheim hinterfrögt han, öb‘s wüki so guet isch us dem grund hani mer au nie d‘müeh gmacht s‘ganze album z‘lose – en verheerendi fehlihschätzig vo minere siite: äxgüsi herr doktor dre (meineder de siech hed tatsächlich en PhD?) the chronic hed mi wider erwartens vo ahfang bis schluss uf ganzer linie überzügt! so fescht sogar dasi 0,0 fick druf gäh han wie fescht ich im büro head boppe zu risiken und nebenwirkungen lesen sie die packungsbeilage und fragen ihren doktor dre 5 lowriders uf s‘parkett vom dr. med. hertzog
Fun rap album, the definition of 90s west coast rap.
It was alright
No thanks, I already know enough swear words. 1 star or F.
Always been a fave❤️
Superlative results by Dre. With an ear spanning countless samples from all over the musical spectrum, he is able to build all of it into tracks that became more than the original material.
This is my fourth or fifth time listening to this record in my life, and my thoughts on it haven’t changed much from listening to it the first time years ago: the good songs on here are excellent, and even some of the less memorable songs at least have killer production. But the skits and an overwhelming bitterness towards Eazy E drag the album down a bit.
9/10
Classic! Love it !!
DNF'ed. Not my cup of tea in the slightest. Some tracks were okay to listen to but I will not be revisiting this one.
Haven't heard this album before. Not something I'd normally listen to, and the lyrics are a bit rough, but no question the music is really great. It's also great to hear early Snoop Dogg raps.
I really don’t like hip hop but I have been pleasantly surprised by some hip hop albums I’ve listened to through this project. Not this one though, I couldn’t even finish it.
“Classic” rap album. As a young man when it came out it was fresh and new for the time. As an older man, some of it feels like “why am I listening to this” 1001 album worthy: yes - 11/20
a classic rap album. the birth of g-funk and Snoop Dogg’s rap career (Deep Cover is technically his debut but I weight this more since he wrote on a good chunk of this album)
Love this album. Took so much of what was great about NWA and made improved. Laid the foundation for much more in the 90s
In the 90s, this was probably the shit. But time hasn't been kind to The Chronic. The skits aren't the worst that I've ever heard, but they're still not good. There are sprinkles of that classic 90s sound that I just really don't like. Snoop appears so often that this may as well be a Dre and Snoop album. And the content is just... too much sex. And not in a particularly good or interesting way. bleh. It's good. There's plenty of musical skill involved, and if you're good at ignoring lyrics and skipping skits, it's a really fun listen. But music, including Dr. Dre's own, has gotten to a better place since this released. Influential? Sure. Something you need to listen to today? Maybe not. Favorite Song(s): Nothing But A "G" Thang, Lyrical Gangbang
Surprised by how many songs on this I didn’t care for. Anything that wasn’t trying to be catchy felt samey and boring to me. A few hits for sure but didn’t like it much
Has not aged well.
Truly was the golden age of gangsta rap, put the west coast and CPT on the map. My only complaint (and this goes for literally every hip hop album from the 90s) are those unnecessary sex skits. Like man, I don't need to hear MD Dre dicking down some baddie.
I am no hip hop expert and honestly assumed that Kendrick Lamar’s tunes are innovative and new. I was wrong.
- yeah, this record killed almost everything that was good about hip hop - some decent tracks but, as others have said, doesn't age well. The book this website is based on is bullshit - there are toooooo many records included that NO ONE needs to hear. ..... one good thing about this project is I'll never need to read the book .... a weak 2.5 for the good tracks -
++: Let Me Ride, The Day the Niggaz Took Over, Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang, Lil' Ghetto Boy, A Nigga Witta Gun, Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat, The Doctor's Office, The Roach (The Chronic Outro) +: The Chronic (Intro), Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin'), Deeez Nuuuts, The $20 Sack Pyramid, Lyrical Gangbang, High Powered, Stranded on Death Row, Bitches Ain't Shit 7,7/10
Did not really enjoy this except for the classic "Nuthin but a G Thang". I don't think it aged well.
Musically I love this. I also love the attitude it has. Lyrically however it's lacking.
Did not like lyrics! Too many N, F, B words. Painful to listen to!!!!
I didn't enjoy this album a whole lot, they said the N word way too much and the album just felt long overall. I was also not a fan of the skits, especially The Doctor's Office. Standout track: Nuthin' But A "G" Thang
2.5/5 It’s an album with lots of attitude and an engaging atmosphere. The production is slick but there are too many songs don’t go anywhere, resulting in an album that is bloated and repetitive at times.
Read other people's reviews for all the comments your need about great beats and production(four stars) but dated violent and misogynistic lyrics (back down to two). Plus one star for not being an album by 3-5 white guys in 1967. Three stars.
Motherfuckin’ OG Henny Loc strikes again.
Great musicianship but I don't like the misogynistic lyrics
Schrecklich langweiliges Hip Hop Album ohne irgendeinen interessanten Track. Heat & Skip & OneStar.
Fantastic production. Dre is definately a better producer than rapper, but Snoog more than makes up for it on this one!
What a groove! I’m already back playing GTA San Andreas 😂
I just couldn't get beyond the lyrics.
5/10 It isn't the albums fault that it now sounds like a parody of mid nineties gangsta rap, but I can't take it seriously. That's how it goes some times