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Remembering A West Coast Classic: "The Chronic"

Posted on October 18, 2006 2:26 AM

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“This is Dedicated to the niggas that’s been down since day one... Welcome to Death Row.”

How many albums can you name where even the intro was dope? With the opening line segueing into Snoop talking shit (“Oh yeah, P.S.- fuck Mr Rourke & Tatoo, aka Jerry & Eazy. Sincerely yours, these muthafuckin’ nuuuuuuuts!”) over an uptempo, synth-laden beat, Dre let us know from the giddy-yup just what kind of album this was going to be. And within the first 60 seconds of the following track, “Fuck Wit Dre Day,” a classic was born, and gangsta rap was reinvented.

Gangsta rap was around before Dre’s first solo joint, as he, being an NWA alumni, would know better than anyone. But the sound that the album brought to the rest of the nation was different than what America had heard before; where before the lyrics were loud and forceful, Dre and company took it in a new direction by keeping it more laid back with the delivery of the lyrics, using menacing content and a relaxed flow instead of yelling.

But it wasn’t just the lyrics; the beats were groundbreaking as well. Although Dre had already staked his claim as a dope producer, it was his production on The Chronic that solidified his place among the top producers of all time, if not solidifying his rep in many people’s eyes as THE best producer of all time. This was, after all, the world's introduction to G-Funk.

The Chronic was monumental in many other ways- not only did it introduce us to Death Row, but it formally introduced us to its stable: Nate Dogg, Lady Of Rage, as well as Dat Nigga Daz and his counterpart, a certain west coast lyrical powerhouse who went by the name of Kurupt Young Gotti. I know some of you may have forgotten about ya boy Kurupt, but you need to check what he’s been up to -- he’s still got it. And if you need any proof of what he was -- and still is -- capable of, dig up some of his freestyles on the internet and bear witness.

And while he had already written many of the lyrics (including all of Dre’s) on Straight Outta Compton and released an album of his own (1989’s No One Can Do It Better), for many, this was their first time hearing The D.O.C., although it was only with a short cameo on “The $20 Sack Pyramid” skit, as D.O.C. had severed his vocal chords in a car accident and wasn’t up to rapping anymore. But even though you didn’t hear him rap on the album, D.O.C.’s lyrics are all over the album; he ghostwrote a good portion (some rumors say all) of Dre’s rhymes on The Chronic.

But the most obvious -- and most important -- introduction that was made was that of a skinny, hard spitting young Long Beach Rollin’ 20's Crip by the name of Snoop Doggy Dogg. We all know where he endeed up, because he’s still doing his thing, and he’s probably the biggest name in West Coast Hip Hop. Out of 16 tracks (including skits), Snoop popped up on 11 of them; this was as much his album as it was Dre's.

I don’t know about y’all, but I could show you the exact parking space (or at least within a couple of spots) in the exact parking lot where I first heard “G Thang” in Winter of ‘92. And there are a handful of hit songs from numerous artists that are timeless, that you could listen to repeatedly and never get tired of... But Chronic is made up ENTIRELY of such songs.

There are a small number of albums that you can listen to and not skip through a track- those are classics. And from start to finish, The Chronic is undeniably airtight, and therefore, a certified West Coast Classic. While there’s no arguing that it was a huge record for the West Coast, some would take it even further and say that it’s the best album that ever came from the West Coast- although just as many people would argue that the album that put us on the map was Straight Outta Compton.

I’ll leave you with a fun fact... A portion of The Chronic was ghostwritten by NY emcee GM Grimm (aka MF Grimm). In 1994, Grimm got shot 11 times and was left paralyzed from the neck down. I met and hung out with Grimm and someone from his label (Day By Day) at a party for “Brasilintime” in NY about a year ago where I was given an update: although he was still wheelchair-bound, he was on the verge of releasing hip hop’s first triple album, American Hunger (which has since been released) and seemed to be in good spirits.

Posted by SOHH Leftist

Comments

  • bama time says...
  • first bitches. Fuck the south

  • October 18, 2006 6:07 AM
  • Leon says...
  • 1st Bitches

  • October 18, 2006 6:12 AM
  • Leon says...
  • okay 2nd Bitches

  • October 18, 2006 6:12 AM
  • konyay says...
  • you'z a penguin lookin muthafucka...and yes, i can tell you also where i first heard this entire album....one of the very few that you can listen to front to back and not press skip...and by the way, look out for Detox.....we gon' make Dre do it....

  • October 18, 2006 6:17 AM
  • JP says...
  • yea had to b da best, wheres detox at , dis nigga only put 2 cds out and no can fuk with him
    if you do u got like have of da game all over you. dats respect right ther

  • October 18, 2006 6:19 AM
  • tizzle fizz says...
  • the chronic huh...yeah its a good album. but i find it hard to give an artitst his proper respects if he cant write his own lyrics. dre gets props for the beats...but slapped in the chapps for haven a ghost writer. but as we all know...its the music B.U.S.I.N.E.S.S

  • October 18, 2006 6:23 AM
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  • October 18, 2006 7:45 AM
  • Kyser Soze says...
  • One of the dopest Gangsta Rap albums EVER!! A COMPLETE claasic! The funny part is I live in NY and I was only focused on the west coast scene.

    I remember driving around in stolen cars, all blunted up, listening to The Chronic.

  • October 18, 2006 7:51 AM
  • Leck says...
  • Definitely one of the top 10 albums of all time on my list. BY FAR, the best album to EVER come from the West Coast.

    I remember being in High School still smoking joints and drinking 8 ball. I remember hearing it for the first time in my man Nate's car.

    THAT - is a classic album.

  • October 18, 2006 8:26 AM
  • Versatile says...
  • @ SOHH Eighty:
    It's been manifested that "The Chronic" is a classic.

    But I hope that you write a blog about NWA's "Niggaz4Life" album or DPG's "Dogg Food" album. Both are classics, and involve Dr. Dre. The difference is that they shed light on alot more artists than just him or Snoop.

    What about writing something on the least successful artist (but arguably the best rapper)to come out of NWA... MC REN? Or critiquing his "Shock of the Hour" album? Because the song "Same Ol' Shit" was the track that made the masses pay attention to him.

    Now THAT, would be something to write about!

  • October 18, 2006 9:02 AM
  • Westside says...
  • Every since NWA - Straight Outta Compton came out people have been trying to make Dre type or like beats all over the world - GUNIT - is another Dre - Sound type of Creation -

    That's why People - His Style and Creativity - makes people the DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE - B/C NO ONE CAN TOUCH HOMEY - NOT STORCH, NOT E-A-SKI, NOT DURPI, NOT PUFF, NOT BLAZE, NOT FOCUS, - non of these produces except for Primo has classics out. READY TO DIE - IS LIKE AN EASTCOAST VERSION OF THE CHRONIC AND DOGGYSTYLE.

  • October 18, 2006 9:14 AM
  • JB says...
  • We all know The Chronic is a bonafied classic, how about a review of Music to Driveby or We Come Strapped by CMW/Mc Eiht in the near future. I still don't think he gets the credit he deserves.

  • October 18, 2006 9:58 AM
  • Brother P says...
  • I'm from NY but I can say honestly that the Chronic is such a classic. I was like 13 when that came out and still till this day throw it in my CD player from time to time

  • October 18, 2006 10:00 AM
  • KINGOFNC says...
  • THE CHRONIC IS 1 OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUMS. U R RIGHT IT'S A CLASSIC BECUZ U CAN LISTEN 2 IT FRONT TO BACK W/OUT SKIPPIN A TRACK. DOPE BEATS, HARD LYRICS TRUE WEST COAST GANGSTA SHIT. I REMEMBER THE 1ST TIME I HEARD IT. I WAS N DA 6TH GRADE & I WENT 2 MY BOY'S CJ CRIB BECUZ WE WALKED 2 SCHOOL 2GETHER. I GET IN & HIS OLDER BROTHER QUO IS BANGING THAT SHIT IN THE TAPEDECK SMOKING A J. U KNOW NONE OF US MADE IT 2 SCHOOL THAT DAY. WE JUST BUMPED THAT SHIT, SMOKED OUT, & RANSACKED DA FRIDGE. I WANTED THAT SHIT SO BAD I MADE THAT NIGGA DUB ME A COPY. BUT U KNOW THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY BLANK TAPES SO LIKE TRUE NIGGAS DO WE TOOK A TAPE, PUT TISSUE PAPER N DA 2 HOLES ON THE TOP(I KNOW U YOUNGINS DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT). & I GOT MY TAPE. TIL I BOUGHT MY OWN. "BITCHES AIN'T SHIT BUT HOES & TRICKS", "FRIES, PEPPER SODA AND SHIT". THAT SHIT STILL KNOCKS TIL THIS DAY.

    THE KING HAS SPOKEN.

  • October 18, 2006 10:40 AM
  • Enlightened says...
  • I'll put it like this:
    I feel like just like we divide time up into B.C. and A.D. -
    you can divide hip-hop history up into B.C. (Before Chronic) and A.C. (After Chronic).
    Regardless of if you think any of the BC or AC releases are better than The Chronic, it still changed the way that hip-hop albums sounded completely.
    Another point: I love the GOLDEN ERA MCS, but you can make the argument that this officially turned the water off on New York's time to shine
    Name one hit single that KRS, Big Daddy Kane, Rakim etc. had after The Chronic. And like I said before niggas start trippin - I love them niggas. But it's fact, they careers was over after this and all the people wanted for a while was G-funk.

  • October 18, 2006 12:07 PM
  • style says...
  • i got 2 give it 2 u homie u knw ur music and the people b hind it 2. cuzz the chronic was the movement of the west coast, i mean dj quik was going hard wit 2nd II NONE and ant banks. 40 was doin his thang wit sicc wit it, 2 short was workin oakland over, but when Dre dropped the chronic the whole west coast came alive and stuff that had been bangin for 3 or 4 years was starting 2 make its way farther east. that album was so so so so so so gangsta but laid bacc. u could smoke for hours 2 that album, fucc a chicc 2 that album, and have some of the hardest freestyles over those gangsta ass beats. THE CHRONIC IS TRUELY A HIP HOP (NOT JUST WEST COAST) A HIP HOP CLASSIC!!!! CHUUUUCH

  • October 18, 2006 12:12 PM
  • iforgotmyname says...
  • Chronic was a classic, no doubt. the only problem with it is that dre don't write rhymes. I think what makes it a classic is his production, intoduction to g-funk, beats, and his introducing us to snoop. I think dre gets a bit too much respect for his production and people never like to look at his failures. also, he's released three albums...lets not forget that garbage ass shit he tried to do when he was dancing the tango after leavin death row. i forget the name of the song and album since i can't find it anywhere, it seems like he tried to erase that shit from the history books and record stores but i remember damn it...

  • October 18, 2006 12:49 PM
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  • October 18, 2006 1:19 PM
  • DOCTORS ADVOCATE NOV 14 says...
  • CHRONIC 2001 IS A MUCH BETTER ALBUM,CANT FUCKING WAIT FOR DETOX !!!

  • October 18, 2006 1:31 PM
  • STFUBF says...
  • Why the fuck does everyone feel the need to say n****? Yall cats on here are true ignorant fucks. We are the only race of people who takes pride in degrading ourselves!! STFU!!! You don't hear Mexicans going "What up s***" or Whites saying "What up h***** or k******"!!! Black folks are the most hypocritical race!! Now let someone of a different ethnicity come up to you and say "What up n****" and yall be the 1st ones to bitch up and knuckle up!!!!!! STOP USING THE DAMN WORD!!!!!!!!

  • October 18, 2006 1:51 PM
  • ja kapone says...
  • @ doctors advocate

    You must be young or your just real ignorant to say some shit like that.

  • October 18, 2006 2:09 PM
  • M.FREEMZ.ILLA says...
  • GOT DAMNIT EIGHTY!
    U TOLD THE WHOLE TRUTH AN NUTHIN BUT THE TRUTH.. THE INTRO TO THAT ALBUM WAS SOOO RAW, THE BEAT WAS SOOO HARD - I USED TO JUS PLAY THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.. I AINT NEVER HEARD AN ALBUM OPEN UP LIKE THIS EVER SINCE THE CHRONIC.. I REMEMBER RIDIN MY BIKE TO GO COP THIS JOINT! THIS ALBUM WAS COMPLETE- I USED TO SKIP OVER LIL GHETTO BOY - BUT OTHER THAN THAT I LET IT RIDE.. I CAN GO ON ALLDAY ABOUT THIS ALBUM.. BUT TO SUM IT UP THIS ALBUM WAS A DEFINATELY A CLASSIK.. DEATH ROW RECORDS WAS IN FULL EFFECT. BANGIN ON RUTHLESS! REMEMBER WHEN ABOVE THE LAW CAME OUT WITH "BLACK MAFIA LIFE" AND THEY CLAIM DRE STOLE "LET ME RIDE" FROM THEM!! DAMN MUZIK WAS GOOD BACK THEN!! GOOD LOOKIN OUT HOMIE.

  • October 18, 2006 2:11 PM
  • JB says...
  • ^^^^^^^iforgotmyname^^^^^^ The Album was Dr. Dre Presnts...Aftermath and the song you're talking about (Tango Dance)was Been There/Done That. You're right we all do forget about this CD, I remember Group Therapy (KRS, Nas, B-Real, RBX) Eastcoast Killa/Westcoast Killa song too! Those 2 songs was bangin' but I couldn't tell you nothing about the CD cause I didn't buy it. But I also remember that's the same beat he recycled for Ras Kass "Ghetto Fabulous."

  • October 18, 2006 2:12 PM
  • beast says...
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  • October 18, 2006 2:32 PM
  • M.FREEMZ.ILLA says...
  • dre gets a bit too much respect for his production and people never like to look at his failures. also, he's released three albums...lets not forget that garbage ass shit he tried to do when he was dancing the tango after leavin death row. i forget the name of the song and album since i can't find it anywhere, it seems like he tried to erase that shit from the history books and record stores but i remember damn it...

    Posted by: iforgotmyname at October 18, 2006 12:49 PM
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    YEAH.. .. U MUSTA FORGOT MAYNE!!! DRE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A RAPPER- HE WAS ALWAYS A PRODUCER WHO JUST HAPPEND TO TOUCH THE MIC WITH GHOSTWRITTEN LYRICS!! THATS NOT A FAULT!

  • October 18, 2006 2:37 PM
  • iforgotmyname says...
  • in my opinion it is a fault! if that's the case he might as well put out a dj clue type album and leave himself out. just produce a bunch of hot shit with a bunch of bomb ass rappers and leave it at that. there is no need for him to rap in the songs...u might as well let the dude that wrote the shit get on and get some shine. I'm not downin him for his production cuz he the best but as a rapper he shouldn't do it.

  • October 18, 2006 2:52 PM
  • CHASE BEATZ says...
  • the chronic would've been a good achievement for Dre if he actually did the beatz and Mailman didn't. Funny over 10 years later people still think DRE did that album....If u read and do your history--you'll see dre admitted to this. It was a classic, but for Mailman, not Dre

  • October 18, 2006 3:09 PM
  • Dat Ni**a Z says...
  • "With My Nuts on ya Tonsuls, While You on Stage Rappin at Ya Whack Ass Concert"

    "I Never Understood how a Nigga Can Switch So Quick from wearin Lipstick , To Smokin Chronic at Pic-nics"

    Great Album...Great Diss to Eazy-E and also a great comback from Eazy...Still Rememebr the Video and also When those songs all came out...Amazing years the early 90's...Shits on the 2000 era...Rap is at a new level and it's completely changed...It's Oversaturated with GARBAGE music...G-Unit is Real, The Game WAS good (until he became bi-polar and started the G-Un**T Movement), Talib, MethodMan, Redman, AZ, Nas, Jay-Z, Little Brother, Common, Kanye, Lupe Fiasco, Joe Budden, and Many more TRUE RAPPERS...Chamillionaire, Krazy Bone, Bone Thugs for that matter, T.I. (even though i used to hate him), My favorite nigga Ludacris, Snoop, Ice Cube, Lil Scrappy, Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, Mobb Deep (although i used to hate them), MOP will drive u insane, 36 MAFIA (known em since Mystic Styles), Project Pat (sick ass flow), and so many more that are actually good, not garbage singing the same way in each and every song (I.E. Young Joc AKA Young Bitch), D4L (WTF ARE THEY), Dem Franchise Sluts, Jeezy is sick, Rick Ross Sings about the same shit all day, Trick Daddy is Cold, Foxy Brown is Ill, Lil Kim is raw, and many more talented people who don't sell because of those stupid rappers who only have a good beat and a catchy hook...no lyrical talents what-so-ever...MAKES ME FUCKING MAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!!!! WHERE HAVE ALL THE GREAT RAPPERS GONE AND WHY DO THESE STUPID FUCKS MAKE MONEY AND SELL ALBUMS INSTEAD OF THEM!!!! QUALITY OF MUSIC IS DECLINING AND WE NEED SOMEONE AND SOMETHING TO BRING IT BACK...Closest thing rite now is Banks...His album is str8 up old skool NEW YORK to the fullest...a true New York CD...Haters Can Eat shit Banks is Ill and his new album is SICK...True Hip Hop and Rap Fans Will agree...Don't Dwell on the Past...Look for The Future...Aquire New Tastes...I'm one of the biggest Tupac and Biggie Fans and I loved em from DAY 1 not because it was the "Cool" thing to do...True Fans Know What's Good...FUCK THE CRITICS THEY DONT KNOW SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!!!

  • October 18, 2006 3:16 PM
  • ? says...
  • Hands down classic. Ya'll can say all ya'll want dre didn't write his own rhymes or produce all the tracks on the Chronic and Chronic 2001 but none of those dudes who supposedly did his work can duplicate his success. Snoop, Pac, Jay-z, 50, Em, Game, Nas, Cube, Busta, Eazy and the list goes on, bow before this dude. The real king of rap. Look out for DETOX haters!!!!!

  • October 18, 2006 3:21 PM
  • Killa says...
  • Gayme actin like Jay's scared of not doing as good .
    The truth is that Gayme scared that jay is gonna slow down his sales. DA not gonna do good. No Dre, No Fif, Snoop and Jay, 2 of the biggest legends in rap history droppin a week later. All I'm sayin is good luck Game!

  • October 18, 2006 3:22 PM
  • Where's JA ??????????????????????????? says...
  • ja rule's rule 3:36 was better

  • October 18, 2006 3:24 PM
  • XZIBIT "FULL CIRCLE" IS DOPE, FUCKIN HATERS says...
  • "EAST COAST BITCHES AINT SHIT BUT HOES AND TRICKS/ LICK ON THESE NUTS AND SUCK THE DICK."

  • October 18, 2006 3:56 PM
  • J-Rock says...
  • Mississippi in dis bitch. Yea The Chronic was the first rap album I ever heard and I was hooked, just like the first time I smoked Chronic, now that's ironic/Dre Iconic/had niggas on Gin and tonic/sound so sonic/never eva try and run from it. Fuck it I'm high.

    "Lil ghetto boy/playin in the ghetto streets/ What you gonna do when you grow up/ and have to face responsibility."

  • October 18, 2006 4:07 PM
  • K.ola says...
  • the chronic would've been a good achievement for Dre if he actually did the beatz and Mailman didn't. Funny over 10 years later people still think DRE did that album....If u read and do your history--you'll see dre admitted to this. It was a classic, but for Mailman, not Dre

    WTF nigga u must be talkin about 2001 nigga mail man was a mail boy when the chronic came out...


    Stop hatin it always got to tramps going against the grain...

  • October 18, 2006 4:24 PM
  • d says...
  • HA....a NY dude help ghostwrite Chronic.....I know the West sucked ballz......I know these Wast coast faggots and having a fucken heartattack over that one.......

  • October 18, 2006 4:26 PM
  • beast says...
  • when i was 5 i was a man
    20 im a g i run these streets
    they call me a murderer
    cause im killing these beats

  • October 18, 2006 4:39 PM
  • beast says...
  • bitch niggas hate me
    they just wanna be me
    hoes say they love me
    but i just wanna fuck

  • October 18, 2006 4:40 PM
  • Anonymous says...
  • Why the fuck does everyone feel the need to say n****?
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Because it's an expression we choose to use and it didn't become a problem until hip-hop said it. It wasn't a problem when slaves in the movie "Roots" said it. It wasn't a problem when George Jefferson said it on network TV. Now it's a problem.
    Why are we intelligent enough to understand that words have different contexts when it comes to other words?
    ASS is in the bible. It means donkey.
    BITCH is in every dictionary as a female dog. When you say you like ass and titties, we don't think you mean you like donkey and titties. We're intelligent enough to know the context of words based on the conversation.
    If somebody of a different race, as you put it, says - I can't stand niggers. That's not the same context, or usage of the word as we use it.
    The word has always been here. Black people (in America) ALWAYS used it - since the plantation. So become an independent thinker and go get your own understanding of things.
    Now, when we address the REAL ILLS of our society as a community and as a people - then trivial, petty shit like "why we use the word nigga" will take care of itsel.

  • October 18, 2006 4:55 PM
  • RBX says...
  • "IIIIIII can't be faded.
    I'm a nigga from the mothafuckin' streeeets."

    "Whatcha gonna do when you grow uuuuuup?
    And have to face responsibilityyyyyyy."

    That shit takes me back to '92 when the Cowboys won the Super Bowl and niggas started rioting at the victory parade.

  • October 18, 2006 4:56 PM
  • Anonymous says...
  • the chronic would've been a good achievement for Dre if he actually did the beatz and Mailman didn't. Funny over 10 years later people still think DRE did that album....
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    HOW OLD ARE YOU NIGGA? 5 YEARS OLD?
    We're talking about THE CHRONIC - not Dr. Dre 2001 (which is actually not officially called Chronic 2001 if y'all know the real history).
    Mel Man was probably in high school somewhere during that time - he was nowhere around this shit. Daz & Warren G helped out on the production of THE CHRONIC.

  • October 18, 2006 4:57 PM
  • 20th side locs says...
  • This album is one, if not the best hip hop album ever made! Not just west coast, but hip hop in general

  • October 18, 2006 5:05 PM
  • DJ Big B says...
  • The Chronic was definitely a certified classic plain and simple. When you put in a CD and you don't have to touch the radio again until the whole joint is finished, that's whats up.

    Other Joints you can do that wit:
    Nas - Illmatic
    Biggie - Ready To Die
    Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
    Snoop - Doggystyle

    After that any other hot album I can think of got at least one joint I got skip past

  • October 18, 2006 5:10 PM
  • iforgotmyname says...
  • point is that he does take a lot of the credit for some work he doesn't do. I remember pac saying that dre only produced about 2 or 3 songs on "all eyes on me" and the rest was daz and others. same shit on dre 2001. mel man wasn't gettin his due credit for work that he did so he bounced until dre paid his ass off to come back.

  • October 18, 2006 5:31 PM
  • goatmouth says...
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    PEACE TO THOSE WHO SUPPORT TO THOSE WHO DON'T TWO WORDS FOR YOU FUCK YOU!!!!!!

  • October 18, 2006 6:17 PM
  • GQATL says...
  • THe Chronic is probably the best rap album ever made. No flaws what-so-ever. Beats is really whats gon catch cha. Just Blaze patents his beats after Dre's production on dis album. Lotta samples, very, very hard snares, and some great keyboard work. But i gotta throw dis in there.

    Dr. Dre is an prodigy. He hasnt done anything but get worse. But thats not dissing him because No producer will ever top the beats from NiGGAZ4Life. he was at his prime there and thats like a MJ fade away. Just My opinion folks.

    P.S. Jay is back.......

  • October 18, 2006 9:24 PM
  • Ashley says...
  • "Give me one more platinum plaque, and fuck rap, you can have it back!"
    - Dr. Dre "Forgot About Dre"

    This is a nigga who in my opinion would rather give back to the game than sit up and keep rapping about the same shit over and over. He said what he had to say, made a comeback, and left the shit alone.

    People keep saying it dont matter how old you are as long as you still got something to say. After so many albums and being rich and out of the streets, what else is there to say? What can you say, that you or someone else hasnt already said?

    Dre needs to be placed on that living legends list.

  • October 19, 2006 3:45 AM
  • DR FUH Q MAN says...
  • chronic=classic

    For some reason, all the white chicks that liked black dudes knew every song on this joint.

  • October 19, 2006 6:24 AM
  • Lil J says...
  • Also classic albums

    Scarface-The Diary
    UGK-Ridin Dirty
    Ice Cube-His first 3 Albums
    OutKast-First 4 albums
    emienum-Marshall Mathers
    Lil Flip-Undergreound Legend(dont hate on him for the music he puttin out now but that was some of the best southern usic ive ever heard.

  • October 24, 2006 8:49 AM
  • Dass says...
  • Chronic = NY influence

  • October 25, 2006 11:52 AM
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