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Record LabelDeath Row

EAN0728706309318

eBay Product ID (ePID)8052267931

Product Key Features

Era1990s

Release Year2018

FormatRecord

FeaturesStudio Recording

GenreRap & Hip-Hop

TypeAlbum

StyleRelaxation, West Coast Rap, Gangsta Rap

ArtistDr. Dre

Release TitleChronic

Additional Product Features

DistributionPlastic Head

Number of Tracks2

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Reviews"...No one in the pop universe makes more visceral--or more visual--music than he does....THE CHRONIC storms with rage, strolls with confidence, and reverberates with a social realism that's often ugly and horrifying..." - Rating: A+, Ranked #137 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "Dr. Dre funked up the rhymes with a smooth bass-heavy production style and the laid-back delivery of then-unknown rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg.", Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's.", "...Chock-Full of Impossibly Thrilling Basslines....Hugely Influential...", Ranked #8 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", "One of the best albums of the ’90s; one of the best hip-hop albums of all time; one of the best debut albums ever made; when giving The Chronic its due, there’s no shortage of superlatives to choose from.", "He collapsed the distance between the lawless Los Angeles of the persona he created for himself and the real one right outside Solar studios, giving his songs texture wherever possible...", Included in Q's List of `The 50 Best Albums of 1993.', Ranked #6 in Vibe's "Top 10 rap albums" - "...Dre's decade-defining opus introduced the world to the laid-back luxury of Californian 'G-funk'....The game would never be the same.", Ranked #6 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums of the 1990s.", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...A hip-hop masterwork full of big beats and little surprises....THE CHRONIC drops raw realism and pays tribute to hip-hop virtuosity...", Ranked #2 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., 4.5 Stars - Excellent Plus - "...Following the hype behind one of his hardest tracks ever, `Deep Cover,' Dre has unloaded all over this album with the same furified intensity....An innovative and progressive hip-hop package that must not be missed...", Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...a mature, progressive, marvelous new record...", "An album that transformed hip-hop, popularized a brewing subgenre, and introduced the world to Snoop Dogg.", Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century

Number of Discs2

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