In an interview with The New York Times, Dr. Dre eventually decided to release the album as simply 2001. At this point, Priority decided not to honor the original agreement and threatened to sue Dre if the Chronic trademark were to be used in any capacity. Shortly after, Interscope began a big budget promotional campaign for Chronic 2001. Dre's album would now be named Chronic 2001. Īfter the release of Chronic 2000, they announced that Dr. According to his lawyer Howard King, "both sides agreed that we'd allow the other to use the title, and then let the public decide which one they preferred". When Aftermath found out that Priority and Death Row planned to use the same name for their album, Dre sought legal action. Dre's album since notification of the trademark use was required by his label Aftermath Records. Knight was tipped off about the name of Dr. Death Row owned the trademark for The Chronic as did Interscope Records who previously distributed Death Row. However, this version of the album was scrapped after Dre's departure from Death Row Records.Īfter the creation of Aftermath Entertainment, the album was initially titled Chronic 2000 until Priority Records, who had become Death Row Records' new distributor decided, in conjunction with Death Row's founder and then-CEO Suge Knight, to call their compilation album Chronic 2000. Dre along with the Tupac single " California Love", which wasn't included on his album All Eyez on Me for this reason. It was to include various new songs by Dr. In 1995, the original successor to The Chronic was to be titled "The Chronic II: A New World Odor (Poppa's Got A Brand New Funk)". 2001 received generally positive reviews from critics, many of whom praised the music although some found the lyrics objectionable. It produced 3 singles that attained chart success and has been certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA) and as of August 2015 the album has sold 7,800,000 copies in the United States. Billboard 200 chart, selling 516,000 copies in its first week. The album debuted at number 2 on the U.S. rappers such as Hittman, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Xzibit, Eminem, and Nate Dogg.Ģ001 exhibits an expansion on Dre's debut G-funk sound and contains gangsta rap themes such as violence, crime, promiscuity, sex, drug use, and street gangs. Dre and Mel-Man, as well as Lord Finesse, and features several guest contributions from fellow U.S. It was released on November 16, 1999, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records as the follow-up to his 1992 debut album, The Chronic. No matter how controversial, it remains one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop albums of all time.2001 (also referred to as The Chronic 2001 or The Chronic II) is the second studio album by rapper and hip hop producer Dr. That framework makes The Chronic both unreal and all too real, a cartoon and a snapshot. Its comic song intros and skits became prerequisites for rap albums seeking to duplicate its cinematic flow plus, Snoop and Dre's terrific chemistry ensures that even their foulest insults are cleverly turned. Yet The Chronic is first and foremost a party album, rooted not only in '70s funk and soul, but also that era's blue party comedy, particularly Dolemite. The Rodney King riots are unequivocally celebrated, but the war wasn't just on the streets Dre enlists his numerous guests in feuds with rivals and ex-bandmates.
He sounds utterly unaffected by anything, no matter how extreme, which sets the tone for the album's misogyny, homophobia, and violence. There was nothing in rap quite like Snoop's singsong, lazy drawl (as it's invariably described), and since Dre's true forte is the producer's chair, Snoop is the signature voice. Snoop livens up every track he touches, sometimes just by joining in the chorus - and if The Chronic has a flaw, it's that his relative absence from the second half slows the momentum. But none of The Chronic's legions of imitators were as rich in personality, and that's due in large part to Dre's monumental discovery, Snoop Doggy Dogg. What's impressive is that Dre crafts tighter singles than his inspiration, George Clinton - he's just as effortlessly funky, and he has a better feel for a hook, a knack that improbably landed gangsta rap on the pop charts. 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. Dre's 1992 solo debut, The Chronic, transformed the entire sound of West Coast rap.
With its stylish, sonically detailed production, Dr.
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