The Chronic

The Chronic
Studio album by Dr. Dre
Publication (s)	December 15, 1992
Label (s)	Death Row Records
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	G-funk , hip-hop
Title (number)	16
running time	62:52
production	Dr. Dre Suge Knight ( executive producer )
Studio (s)	Death Row Studios
chronology - The Chronic 2001 (1999)
Single releases November 19, 1992 Nuthin 'but a' G 'Thang May 20, 1993 Fuck wit Dre Day September 13, 1993 Let me ride

The Chronic is the solo debut album by the American rapper Dr. Dre . It was released on December 15, 1992 through his own label Death Row Records . It is now considered classics , and Rolling Stone led The Chronic in 2012 at number 138 of his list of the 500 best albums of all time .

meaning

The album was created shortly after separating from his rap group NWA and established Dr. Dre as one of the most famous rappers and music producers in the USA . Several songs can be seen as "revenge" on his former bandmate Eazy-E .

The Chronic started a music known as G-Funk . Slow beats that were heavily influenced by the typical, bass-heavy groove of P-Funk ran through the album. In addition to P-Funk, many samples from Soul records were used in production, while hard, percussive funk originals have been used up to now . The use of synthesizers like the Moog for bass runs and melodies was also unusual back then. This style of music would soon become the predominant style of West Coast hip-hop for years . With the album began the career of Snoop Dogg , who worked on several songs.

production

The beats for the sound carrier were completely created by Dr. Dre produced in collaboration with Suge Knight as executive producer . Samples from various songs by other artists were used.

Cover design

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews.com

The album cover is based on the logo of the Zig Zag cigarette papers. It shows a picture of Dr. Dres head in a round golden frame. Below the photo is the title The Chronic in blue and above it in gold letters Dr. Dre . The background is kept white.

Guest Posts

There are many other artists on the album, some of whose careers began with the release of The Chronic. Musicians who appear include Snoop Dogg , Dat Nigga Daz , Kurupt , Nate Dogg , Warren G , RBX , The Lady of Rage , The DOC , Jewell, Ruben, Samara, BJ, Emmage and Bushwick Bill. A Nigga Witta Gun is the only solo song on the album, while Dr. Dre is absent from Lyrical Gangbang , Stranded on Death Row and The Roach itself.

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length
1	The Chronic (Intro)	Snoop Dogg	Dr. Dre	1:57
2	Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin ')	Snoop Dogg, RBX and Jewell	Dr. Dre	4:52
3	Let me ride	Snoop Dogg, Ruben and Jewell	Dr. Dre	4:21
4th	The Day the Niggaz Took Over	RBX, Snoop Dogg, and Dat Nigga Daz	Dr. Dre	4:33
5	Nuthin 'but a' G 'Thang	Snoop Dogg	Dr. Dre	3:58
6th	Deeez Nuuuts	Warren G , Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz, and Nate Dogg	Dr. Dre	5:06
7th	Lil 'ghetto boy	Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and Dat Nigga Daz	Dr. Dre	5:27
8th	A nigga Witta Gun		Dr. Dre	3:28
9	Advice, deed, deed	RBX, Snoop Dogg and BJ	Dr. Dre	3:48
10	The $ 20 Sack of Pyramid (Skit)	Snoop Dogg, Samara, Big Tittie Nickie and The DOC	Dr. Dre	2:53
11	Lyrical gangbang	The Lady of Rage , RBX and Dat Nigga Daz	Dr. Dre	4:04
12	High powered	The Lady of Rage, Kurupt and RBX	Dr. Dre	2:44
13	The Doctor's Office (Skit)	Jewell and The Lady of Rage	Dr. Dre	1:04
14th	Stranded on Death Row	Bushwick Bill, Kurupt, RBX, The Lady of Rage, and Snoop Dogg	Dr. Dre	4:47
15th	The Roach (The Chronic Outro)	RBX, Emmage, Ruben, Dat Nigga Daz, The Lady of Rage and Jewell	Dr. Dre	4:36
16	Bitches ain't shit	Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt and Jewell	Dr. Dre	4:48

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Chronic   DE 74 06/21/1993 (9 weeks)   UK 43 09.09.2000 (8 weeks)   US 3 02/13/1993 (95 weeks)

Singles

Nuthin 'but a' G 'Thang   UK 31 01/22/1994 (4 weeks)   US 2 01/30/1993 (27 weeks) Fuck wit Dre Day   UK 59 09/03/1994 (2 weeks)   US 8th 05/15/1993 (20 weeks) Let me ride   UK 31 01/22/1994 (3 weeks)   US 34 09/25/1993 (18 weeks)

The Chronic entered the German charts at number 98 in the 25th calendar week of 1993 and was at position 100 the following week before reaching the highest position 74. Overall, the album was in the top 100 for nine weeks. In the USA, the record rose to number 3 in the charts and stayed in the top 200 for 95 weeks.

As singles were Nuthin G 'Thang' a but ' , Fuck Wit Dre Day and Let Me Ride decoupled. All three songs could not be placed in the German charts. Nuthin 'but a' G 'Thang was awarded a platinum record for over a million singles sold , while Fuck Wit Dre Day was awarded gold for more than 500,000 units sold in the United States .

Sales figures and awards

The Chronic has sold around 7.5 million copies worldwide. Three million of these were sold in the USA alone, which is why it was awarded triple platinum there. In addition, the song won Let Me Ride at the Grammy Awards in 1994 the prize for best solo performance in the category Rap.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rolling Stone: The Chronic # 138
2. ↑ Sample list
3. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
4. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
5. ↑ Review: rapreviews.com
6. ↑ Logo of the Zig Zag rolling papers
7. ↑ Album cover on amazon.de
8. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
9. ↑ Chart tracking The Chronic at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ US album charts
11. ↑ US single charts
12. ↑ Gold / platinum in USA for the singles
13. ↑ Worldwide album sales on statisticbrain.com, 23 August 2015, English. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
14. ↑ USA: 3x platinum