1992’s The Chronic is at 5.9 million sold and. The N.W.A member’s 2001 LP from 1999 has sold 7.9 million copies to date. In 2003, the album was ranked number 138 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Billboard reports Dre surpassed that mark in the week ending July 28. The Chronic has been widely regarded as one of the most important and influential albums of the 1990s and regarded by many fans and peers to be one of the most well-produced hip hop albums of all time. Dre's production has been noted for founding and popularizing the G-funk subgenre within gangsta rap. Dre becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. The album peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and had been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America with sales of over three million copies in the United States, which led to Dr. Upon it's release, The Chronic received generally positive reviews from music critics and earned considerable commercial success. Dre’s iconic rap album The Chronic digitally, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Although a solo album, it features many appearances by Snoop Dogg, who used the album as a launch pad for his own solo career. The era-defining record landed on all streaming platforms April 20, nearly 28 years after first hitting shelves. The new incarnation of Death Row Records does not have the rights to sell Dr. On The Chronic, he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and it's owner, former N.W.A-member Eazy-E. Dre's first solo album after he had departed from hip hop group N.W.A and it's label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. The album is named after a slang term for high-grade marijuana, and it's cover is a homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers.
Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Priority Records.
The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr.