To celebrate its 30th birthday, Billboard revisits and ranks every track from DrDre's 'The Chronic.'
As of Dec. 15, 2022, we’ve had 30 years ofhip-hop legend Dr. Dre’s breakout solo debut album. That’s three decades of house parties, backyard BBQs, collegiate ragers, beach/lakeside hangouts and slow drives in the sunshine soundtracked byIt’s the great unifier. Its funky, silky-smooth live instrumentation with slick guitar and deep bass, inspired by Parliament/Funkadelic and George Clinton, broke down cultural walls; everyone loves.
Then there was Dre’s beef with his N.W.A collaborator Eazy-E, Ruthless Records and its co-founder Jerry Heller. Dre got his start by co-producing N.W.A’s 1988 album,But by the early ‘90s—following public insults from N.W.A member Ice Cube on his brutal diss track “No Vaseline”—Dre wanted out. He wanted to join up with Death Row Records, the notorious label owned by former football player/rap don Suge Knight.
Dre doesn’t have such fond memories of that era: That’s “the toughest record that I’ve recorded in my career,” he told. “I was in survival mode.” And with “all the things that were happening in the studio during the making, it was crazy. During that process, my house burned down, I was shot in the legs, and I was in the studio on crutches for a couple of weeks. So, it was a lot that went into that record.
And for Dre, it kicked his career into overdrive, beginning a string of hits that continued with artists like Eminem, 50 Cent, The Game, Kendrick Lamar and others. This would ultimately lead him into tech , film and sports on his way to become one of richest artists on earth.redefined the West Coast sound, which up to that point, was aggressive, in-your-face, abrasive and less accessible.
The album’s legacy continues to inspire artists far and wide. To celebrate its 30th birthday, let’s revisit and rank
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