OTTAWA — On a quiet crescent in suburban Ottawa, Grace Roswell is seeing red. “It doesn’t want to break,” Grace says, staring down a porcelain angel that stubbornly refuses to perish. [8] "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" became a top ten single on four different charts, including the Hot R&B Singles (number 6) and the Hot 100 (number 8). [3] The album is named after a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is an homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. [33], In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Havelock Nelson wrote that the album "drops raw realism and pays tribute to hip-hop virtuosity. Gold argued that, because Dre recreates rather than samples beats and instrumental work, the finished album's fidelity is not inflected by that of "scratchy R&B records that have been played a million times", unlike productions from East Coast hip hop. [46] His review concluded that the album sounded like "all the pedestrian bits from The Predator", but that it was still better than anything Eazy-E had released. [51] The record was ranked eighth in Spin magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s",[52] and in 2005, it was ranked at number thirty-five in their list of the "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005". [56] The Chronic is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [33] Laura Sinagra, writing in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), said that The Chronic "features system-busting Funkadelic beats designed to rumble your woofer while the matter-of-fact violence of the lyrics blows your smoke-filled mind". AllMusic commented on Dr. Dre's efforts, "Here, Dre established his patented G-funk sound: fat, blunted Parliament-Funkadelic beats, soulful backing vocals, and live instruments in the rolling basslines and whiny synths"[10] and that "For the next four years, it was virtually impossible to hear mainstream hip-hop that wasn't affected in some way by Dre and his patented G-funk. The Chronic est le premier album studio du rappeur-producteur américain Dr. Dre, sorti en 1992. "[43] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau dismissed it as "sociopathic easy-listening" and "bad pop music" whose innovation—Dre's departure from sampling—is not inspired by contemporary P-Funk, but rather blaxploitation soundtracks, which led him to combine trite bass lines with imitations of "Bernie Worrell's high keyb sustain, a basically irritating sound that in context always signified fantasy, not reality—stoned self-loss or, at a best Dre never approaches, grandiose jive. "[25] Snoop Dogg later commented on the "reality" of his lyrics, stating "My raps are incidents where either I saw it happen to one of my close homies or I know about it from just being in the ghetto. [64], The album launched the careers of West Coast hip hop artists, including Snoop Doggy Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and Warren G, Dr. Dre's stepbrother – all of whom pursued successful commercial careers. The album is named after a slang term for high … [37], Greg Kot was less enthusiastic in the Chicago Tribune, deeming The Chronic superficial, unrefined entertainment, while writing that "Dre combines street potency with thuggish stupidity in equal measure. It was noted that the album was a "frightening amalgam of inner-city street gangs that includes misogynist sexual politics and violent revenge scenarios". Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. After several non responses from Riley Rage during last 2 visits, I sent a message saying “what can I get for $400” She finally got back. [22], Snoop Doggy Dogg, who had a significant role on the album, was praised for his lyrics and flow, and it was mentioned that "Coupled with his inventive rhymes, Snoop's distinctive style made him a superstar before he'd even released a recording of his own"[23] and that his involvement was as important to the album's success as its production. The original instrumental was later used in, "One Eight Seven" (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg), a remix of ", "Poor Young Dave" (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg), released in 2009 on, "Die Muthafucka Die," a Dr. Dre solo track, later remixed for, "Smoke On," a Snoop Doggy Dogg solo track, later included in, "OG to BG" (featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg), a remixed version with, Colin Wolfe – bass guitar, bass keyboard, co-writer, This page was last edited on 14 March 2021, at 23:23. 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