1:54 - Intro/The Watcher 6:34 - Fu*k You 10:08 - Still Dre 14:37 - Big Ego's 18:12 - Xxplosive 22:50 - Whats The Difference 28:14 - Bar One/Light Speed 31:32 - Forgot About Dre 36:28 - The Next Episode 40:00 - Lets Get High 42:25 - Bi*ch Ni**as 47:14 - The Car Bomb/ Murder Ink 51:21 - Ed-ucation 52:41 - Some L.A Ni**as 56:40 - Pause 4 Porno(LMAO) 56:46 - Housewife 1:01:03 - Ackrite 1:05:13 - Bang Bang 1:09:12 - The Message Have a great day🐸
I was 16 when this came out, bumping this in my car getting stupid high off 90s brick weed. You have no idea how hard this was hitting my soul. Truly enjoyed seeing some of these tracks get you feeling good instantly.
I genuinely can’t explain how seismic this album was when it was released. You’re so right about Hittman; he absolutely nailed every second on this masterpiece.
Yo Ahmad review mili vanil girl you know its true since you don't care about the authenticity of your music they lost everything because they were lapsing millionaire's
Great reaction! Another classic album. If you want to review another Westcoast Death Row era classic, review “Dogg Pound - Dogg Food”. Dropped in 1995, Produced by Daz, Dr Dre and DJ Pooh. Kurupt was in his prime and absolutely SNAPPED! Peace..
This album still holds up, always cool to see someone hear it for the first time. Actually a few great articles came out years later about the making of this album. Dre was talking about MC Ren in What's the Difference, Royce da 5'9 wrote the Message, and also wrote to what became Xxxplosive called "The way i be Pimpin" Hittman was supposed to be the next aftermath artist after this but never came out, supposedly because he didn't have any commercial appeal and also 50 came along and all the aftermath resources went to that. You can hear what was going to be Hittmans first single at the end of the "Forgot about Dre" video, it's called "last dayz" Hittman did end up putting a lot of that music out years later on a project called "Hittmanic Verses" it's dope Ho's a Housewife was actually on 3 albums, this, Kurupt's 2nd album Streetz iz a Mutha (definitely deserves a review) and Kurupts disappointing first album Kuruption Knoc'turnal wrote a lot of Dre's verses on this album, along w/ Em and Jay and Royce, check out Knoc's landing and Str8 Westcoast and Bad Intentions Definitely need to also review Restless by Xzibit
@@ChiefSiebs so many ways, the east coast disc had terrible features aside from Buckshot and Nore, and this is where you started to see Kurupt get real lazy with his raps. After Dogg Food and NY, NY he was considered one of the sharpest lyricists in the game. This album is a big drop off from where he was at with Dogg Food. The west coast cd is better but still left a lot to be desired. Thank God for Streetz is a Mutha after made everyone forget about kuruption
@@abdelmessihtI'm only 24 but love this album but knowing what's the difference is about ren is wild and I thought it was always about benzino ect and that time period. Would of never guessed Ren. But fuck that adds depth to it.
It's definitely dated 25 years later, yet somehow the beats still sound so crisp and unique. That's just how good dre is on the boards. One of the most important albums in hip hop history.
My audio engineering instructor, Mr Peter Novak, mixed the songs F*ck You and Xplosive for this album. He told me Dre had the most amazing work ethic and vision about exactly what impact he wanted this album to have. He said working on this was like being on a movie set. He taught me a lot that Dre taught him and i still keep this album in mind when mixing and my ish sounds too big for some rappers. 😂 Oh idk if it was mentioned but the rumor at the time was that Kurupt's verse was about Master P who was messing with Foxy Brown when she was engaged to Kurupt. 😅🤷🏾♂️
🇿🇦🤷🏾♂️Well... I've been telling them you put it best 💔🤣🤣🤣🤣😭 Dr. Dre is the main producer but the critics miss the inside credits and complain about accreditation 🤔
Em wrote Forgot About Dre for Snoop and Dre but Dre loved Ems version so they used it. Young Em is a monster and if you think otherwize talk to ya momma.
This album defined my childhood lol, i used to hide this cd from my moms and grandma (along with eminem, xzibit, and snoops doggystle), lots of time spent in with this cd in my discman haha
Dr. Dre version came first, Erykah Badu used it afterwards. The album was so hot I heard a lot of of the instrumentals everywhere after it came out. Even Jay Z redid the watcher.
Jay z aint redo the watcher. Dr Dre redid it for Jay's album and featured Rakim, who was on Aftermath at the time. It's not like the Blu Cantrell record where her producer Ivan Orthodox basically lifted the instructions to What's the difference.
He was supposed to be the next big thing that Dr Dre was going to push, but it never happened and he left the label without releasing an album. It's an odd one, but there has to be more to it. Only they know.
Hittman was gonna blow up but I feel like Dre wanted to focus on Eminem. Dre wanted to get away from the gangsta rap vibe for a while. Eminem was a change of pace for Dre. The gangsta vibe of course came when 50 dropped. 50 brought a different vibe. Dre didn't want the same old shit he already did before.
Just those Dre beats are something else man. Never been anyone like him. Regardless how insane the rhymes and flows are, it's the instrumentals that make it a timeless classic more than anything else.
I remember hearing this album when I was like 10/11 years old 😂 this was pretty much my introduction into hip-hop/rap. This album still sounds as amazing as it did back then as does the OG chronic album which is why Dre is the GOAT imo.
I love the fact that Eminem wrote the first track, The Watcher, on Dr Dre's masterpiece. He was such a large part of his life at the time and he entrusted that track to Eminem to kick things off. You can tell it's written by Em, in terms of style and cadence, yet Dre spits it well as he always does when others write for him (very often). Always loved that intro to the album. Takes me back to when I picked the album up on release! Classic.
met hittman after a show, everybody chasing snoop and other stars. hit just walking casual away from the crowd. I recognized him and told him his flow is Top shelf. he was super cool.
So, what happened with Hitman and Aftermath back in the day? I know we were waiting for his album to come out.. Did eminem happen and hitman was like f this?
@Kaido_928 I remember watching an interview, him explaining. but I forget his explanation. I think Em exploding had something to do with Hit getting shelfed
Great Reaction to this Classic bro !!! This the only Dre Album Scott Storch played instruments on after 13 years of Dre producing on his own since 86. 💯
For years after this dropped you'd hear it everywhere you went. Every car had this bumping out and every house you went to either had this playing or the up in smoke tour on the TV. Straight Classic!
Damn… this album is on a league on its own for me. I was 15 when this came out and was familiar with higher class rap albums like wu-tang forever, infamous, doggystyle etc. But the production on this album felt so tight and clean, it just hits different. love your reviews! Love from Amsterdam
it's crazy how Dre made such a great album that sounds completely diff from the Chronic...don't nobody care about Dre not writing lol he's a producer that can rap..he gets a pass lol..still mad Snoop wasn't on the Xxplosive song lol...if you did it and I missed my bad but time to get back to some DMX and do that 2nd album Flesh of my flesh...
On "What's the Difference" Dr Dre was talking about MC Ren from NWA. They made up soon after the songs reported so that makes it kind of ironic because MC Ren is on the album
You missed it he's talking to The DOC that's why he mentions the window of the car and later on Eminem says you better show some respect whenever the DOC is brought
Please put the "all we got iz us" album by onyx on your list. Everyone please like this comment if you agree about how much if a masterpiece that album is... 2ndly, if you wanna hear godly bars that shaped big pun and em, listen to 1 of these 2 Kool G Rap albums... "Roots of Evil" or "Live and Let die." You will NOT be disappointed and you will see why he is better than Em, Jay and Pun. The lyrics, wordplay and pockets of flows are unmatchable. You will start swearing by him as I do as number 1 on the top 5 list.
I still rock this album till this day. Like you said, the way he lets his artist breathe on his album is awesome. Track 16 was amazing! I was living in LA when this album came out. It was a crazy summer!
After this, it's only right you check out The Compton album that came out 2015 around the same time the NWA movie was released. That album is criminally underrated. Dre's musical progression on that Compton album, the mixing, the features - Kendrick, Anderson Paak(the star of the album). Yeah man, please check out Compton.
My lil circle of friends rocked this shit back in 2001, white kids from England rolling to this album, we used to talk about it at school it sold big over here, xzibit is underrated af, good times think I was like 11 back when the world made sence and wasn't full of pussies 😂
Aa far as Bag Lady, they pretry much came out around the same time. I always assumed Dre sold to her for her use. There was never any suggestion that anything shady was going on as far as I knew.
Second classic album from Dre! This album is one of the best to drop in the late 90s hands down! The production was crazy and the guest verses were incredible.
The cleanest production to this day! The Chronic back in 92 was the classic then the return 2001 just took it to the next level. The master of masterpieces of an album, if pac had lived he would of loved flowing over a DRE beat
Nobody ever cared about dre using writers because he always credited his writers. He never acted like he was writing anything he didn't write or like he was on some emcee sht.
Bro this album was so cold i memorized the whole shit back then and still know it til this day. Classic album. Theres a reason dre dont drop albums much coz when he does they certified platinum.
There Was 3 Major Radio Hits 1. Still D.R.E That Was Certified Quintuple Platinum In 2000 And Won A Grammy In 2000. 2. Forget About Dre That Was Certified Triple Platinum In 2000. 3. The Next Episode That Was Certified Platinum In 2000.
Badu and and this kinda came out af the same time. The album version of Bag Lady had the guitar melody, but nothing really else. Mama's Gun is an incredible album, worth a listen.
😂😂😂@ Your GRANDMAMA heard Still DRE and @56:45 ☠️☠️☠️ Thank you for this review. Took me back to jr high when this came out in 99. Fun fact Dre had to rename it 2001 because death row heard about the album and dropped chronic 2000 a little before. Instant Classic when it came out .... any STYLES P album, any CZARFACE album, or any MADLIB album mind blowing as well. Check out Freddy Gibbs Pinata. It was best album of the year ...
Love this album, u should watch the 'Up In Smoke' tour to see the experience of the fans around this time. I was like 13 when this album dropped, good times.
Eminem wrote The Watcher for Dre. Jay Z wrote Still Dre for Dre and Snoop. Royce Da 5’9” wrote The Message for Dre and it was produced by legendary hip-hop producer from D.I.T.C crew Lord Finesse.
Chronic 2001!! Little trivia. The Original title of the album was supposed to be Chronic 2000: No Seeds but Suge Knight who owned royalties on Dre's music since he left Death Row came out with a compilation album called Chronic 2000: Still Smokin' before Dre could drop his. So Dre had to put a weed leaf symbol 2001 as the title. Thats why on Lightspeed you hear it say "you are now listening to the sounds of Chronic 2000" and then dude comes on going "One!!" because it wasnt originally 2001 it was Chronic 2000. Even Eminem says in Forgot About Dre "from here on out its The Chronic 2" so its supposed to have Chronic in the title. Because of that I always consider the title Chronic 2001 when talking about it.
This came out when I was in 6th grade. My mom's was g and didn't give a fuck and bumped this in her lexus. Everyone knew my mom's was with the shits if you ran your mouth 😂
Glad you did this. Hope you go do more Eminem. The two albums I want you to react to are D12’s Devil’s Night and Eminem’s Relapse. Be warned, they are not for the faint of heart. In fact, I’ll even note a song on Relapse called. Eminem made it as a song that ‘you would feel physically sick to.’ Sometimes, I do feel mentally disturbed when I listen to it.
Love this album. Crazy thing Eminem is even BETTER now. He is more technical and anyone who says other wise doesn't understand how to listen to lyrical rap!!!!!
Shoutout to Houston legend Devin the Dude who does the hook and a part on "Fuck You". He's one of the GOATs in my book, and has been knocking out classics with his super unique and smooth style since the early 90s. Still kicking too. Can't recommend him enough, especially if you (but even if you don't) smoke weed.
Eminem took over where 2pac left off lyrically.. Nobody wants to give pac his flowers.. If pac never did it Eminem would've been just another mediocre rapper.. Edit: if pac never died Eminem would've had to come with his own rapping style because biters weren't allowed then
The PRIMARY DIFFERENCE between Dr. Dre and Drake is this. Dr. Dre never once claimed to be a Rapper nor the Greatest Rapper and doesn't act as if he writes his own music. Because he knows his talents is as a Producer/Beat Maker. Drake on the other hand act as if all of his hits were written by himself.
Cube has said openly he loved the hood, but that's not where he wants to raise his family. Nothing wrong with moving to a better neighborhood, he just called NWA out at the time for not owning it
Dr dre chronic albums were ensemble albums to put his artist on. First chronic was to showcase rage, snoop ,dogg pound ,rbx and nate dogg ...the chronic 2001 was showcasing eminem, hitman ,xzibit
Cube said what he said 10 years earlier than the Chronic 2001 album. Before rap was pop music and Cube was a young fella with that young hungry street energy.
For you to say that Eminem would be banned back in 1999 or 2000 is hilarious because they tried to ban him back then! They blamed him and Marilyn Manson for the school shootings, gay rights groups like GLAAD protested against his music heavily and they STILL couldn't ban him! Even President Clinton tried to name drop him!!! It took for him to perform at the Grammys with Elton John for the world to ease up on them and they couldn't because he was still rapping outrageous lyrics! Trust me... they tried banning him but with Interscope/Jimmy Iovine's success and money, it was real hard to stop him.
listen when the chronic album came out in '92, you could hardly walk the streets without hearing it being played in homes and in cars driving by, this album was good but it's not the first chronic album ✊😉
When I first bought this album in 99 when I like 11-12 or something. I bumped this album to death. This was on constant spin for over a year+. Great memories. Especially 2000 summer.
He wears an Ice Cube shirt and listens to "The Chronic" like an old school head that I am, the heart laughs 💪😎💯 You know The Side World MF wide Greetings from Germany
I’m from Scotland, but in 2000 ish we went on family holiday to New York. 15 year old bought this album and proceeded to blast it from the limo window entire time. Parents not happy
28:15 Nas did one of his best freestyles to this track. Also when Dre said "fucked you up in my last video doing the tango and cash", he is referring Ghetto Fabulous by Ras Kass ft Dr Dre. U need to review some Ras Kass. One of the most underrated rappers in history. Also Ras Kass - Understandable smooth
