Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001 is easily a top ten (maybe 5) most IMPORTANT album ever

[the cac mamba]

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

word. that Xxplosive verse is some of the most venomous shyt that the bytches will still dance to because the track fukkin knocks

But come on that shyt was like 3 levels down for kurupt and was the beinning of the end for him

 

[JustCKing]

You forgot that it birthed Kanye. Kanye admitted to biting the drums from "Xxplosive" for "This Can't Be Life" which led to him working with Jay on The Blueprint which was pretty much a defining moment for Kanye as a producer.

 

[Flav]

word. that Xxplosive verse is some of the most venomous shyt that the bytches will still dance to because the track fukkin knocks

bytches was lookin like new born baby deers all nervous and shyt trying to dance to that track wile Kurupt called them 62 bytches.

then they quick to use the "he aint talkin bout me!" line when they start feelin like its them Kurupt is talking about.

 

[GeeEffKay]

every album dre's been involved in heavily can be argued tbh, his impact in the game

 

[Wacky D]

i know im about to hurt alot of feelings with this post but lets be reality.

dre 2001 was moreso a white people classic, aside from the west coast.

 

[Juanito]

Top 10 favorite albums ever. My mom used to blast this shyt when I was a child hearin all the classics like Xxplosive, the watcher, forgot about dre etc take me back. Easily a classic and without it we wouldn't have gotten so much great shyt like OP posted.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

bytches was lookin like new born baby deers all nervous and shyt trying to dance to that track wile Kurupt called them 62 bytches.

then they quick to use the "he aint talkin bout me!" line when they start feelin like its them Kurupt is talking about.

man Kurupt is talking about ALL of them. and I don't blame him

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

not to say that it wasn't important but uh the first chronic had a far greater and more important impact than chronic 2001

chronic 2001 was a album that dr. dre needed to make because a lot of people thought he wasn't capable of makin' another successful album after; 1. he left death row records, and 2. after he released both the dr. dre presents the aftermath album and those albums didn't pan out the way everyone expected. it was the album where he needed to prove himself as an artist and producer. but it wasn't the first time he had to prove himself because nothin' was promised after he left ruthless records. a lot of executives doubted the first chronic because it didn't sound like a traditional hip hop album bein' that it had live instruments etc

while chronic 2001 was an important album mostly for dr. dre's legacy and most of everyone involved with the album it doesn't compare to the significance of the chronic. the chronic had a vibe, influence and movement unlike any other album in hip hop. after the chronic dropped a lot changed; slang, clothes, sound in hip hop etc. although big hutch of above the law created g funk, everybody and they mama rode off on that chronic influence that dre made popular. you had vets like mc lyte makin' records like ruff neck that sound chronic influenced from kriss kross/da brat to outkast and biggie with big poppa. even ll cool j flipped the script with that how i'm comin' single back in 93'. the chronic took hip hop over in a major way


here's a really great interview dr. dre and kurupt did before eminem released hi my name is. they speak on a lot of the stuff we're talkin' bout

Kurupt reminds me of the dude in 8 Mile that convinces people tp buy saving bonds

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Top 10 favorite albums ever. My mom used to blast this shyt when I was a child hearin all the classics like Xxplosive, the watcher, forgot about dre etc take me back. Easily a classic and without it we wouldn't have gotten so much great shyt like OP posted.

@Cat piss martini, hit it

 

[ManBearPig]

What about the blueprint by Jay-Z

Opened doors for west and just blaze, had the game doing those chipmunk soulful beats, nikkaz were biting the fukk out ta jayz flow ect

 

[DaveyDave]

What about the blueprint by Jay-Z

Opened doors for west and just blaze, had the game doing those chipmunk soulful beats, nikkaz were biting the fukk out ta jayz flow ect

if Dre never made Xxsplosive, Ye never would've had a style to run with

 

[I love Latina women]

Kurupt reminds me of the dude in 8 Mile that convinces people tp buy saving bonds

 

[Regular_P]

2nd half is straight doo ddo

This is why I can't say it's a top ten most important ever. I get where you're coming from, but the second half of the album is ass.

The west coast was running on fumes within a few years again too. Game and Snoop were the only ones with any relevance left by 2004 and Game wasn't on the album.

 

[observe]

I like the second half better,.Akrite, Some LA nikkas,, and Housewife(even tho it was on streetz iz a mutha first) are my top favorite songs on that album..