Dre’s creative touch had reached Midas levels, to the point where Michael Jackson and Madonna were reaching out for his production. His time under Suge Knight’s Death Row umbrella, creating alongside Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, and Nate Dogg, led to one of the great albums of our time: The Chronic.
His work alongside Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren, and DJ Yella helped usher Gangster Rap into the mainstream, solidifying it as a dominant commercial genre. Dre approached the late-nineties, the Los Angeles producer was no stranger to greatness.
Especially in the aftermath of hard-fought success. Reinvention is among the artist's most difficult challenges. Dre's "2001," be sure to revisit this piece on the project's 21st birthday. How appropriate then that he would skip over the much overhyped year 2000 and go straight to the TRUE new millenium with “The Chronic 2001”.While originally written last year for the 20th anniversary of Dr. Undoubtedly he will since he has made not only one of the best albums of 1999 but the best for a few years to come. These songs could have been written just from a ” fuck you too” perspective, but Dre proves that the best revenge is still being around to enjoy the fruits of your labor. Rap critics come and go, and rap magazines come and go, but artists will keep on making music regardless. Appropriately enough for that idea, Dre starts out the album with “The Watcher” wherein he discusses how the rap scene has changed, and closes with “The Message” – a dedication to his fallen brother Tyree. This is one of those albums that you truly can listen to from start to finish. You’ll hear a big chunky horn section on “What’s the Difference”, simmering piano keys on “Big Ego’s”, and what I can only assume are some HIGH caliber keyboards on “Bang Bang” since they unload with the power of the song title. Right next to a humungous truck in a two car garage “ĭre’s theme for the music to accompany such raps is simple: Keep It FUNKY, Stupid. Dre’s first “triple cadence” rap, the high-octane “Forgot About Dre”. I have to laugh Dre, I bet he take bubble baths”īut if you really want comedy, you need to check for Eminem on Dr. I know chihuahuas that’s mo’ rah-rah, HA HA Powder Puff yo’, bark ain’t loud enough, huh Pistol-whipped, cover it up – use yo’ bitch’s blush
#DR DRE CHRONIC 2001 SONGS PLUS#
“Man, you shit on Hitt, get yo’ shit bust plus Check out these hilarious lyrics from Mr. Dre and Snoop – a gangster twist on the old classic “Bitches Ain’t Shit”. The best of these is probably “Bitch Niggaz” with Dr. Of these, the one who appears the most often and makes the most impact is Hittman, who shows up on nine songs. The cast is a rotating group of hot new artists, old familiar friends, and up and comers we’ve never seen before. Dre’s protege Mel-Man splits production duties with Dre on this track but the student obviously learned well from the master – you won’t hear any “lesser” or “inferior” songs on here – every song is a quality cut. He relishes the role, and this album is living proof.ĭr. Dre – he’s always hungry and he LOVES being the spoiler.
Needless to say some people will have written Dre off but then again, people said the same thing after N.W.A broke up, right? That’s what’s great about Dr. So we haven’t seen an album (or should I say a compilation) under his name in almost a decade – in fact the closest we got was the rather lukewarm “Dr.