WIDEAwake's Plans For The Chronic

[EFFeX]

http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.9131/title.death-row-to-re-release-the-chronic-with-help-from-fans

Artists such as Snoop Dogg [click to read], DJ Quik [click to read] and Bishop Lamont [click to read] have all commented on the vast amount of unreleased material Dr. Dre keeps in the Aftermath vaults. And it would seem that “The Doctor” began this habit back in his Death Row days, as his former label is making previously unreleased material from The Chronic available. In a recent conversation with HipHopDX, Death Row/WIDEawake Entertainment Senior Vice President John Payne explained how the label plans to reintroduce a classic album to a new generation.

“We’re re-releasing ‘The Chronic,’ and it’s going to be called, ‘The Chronic Relit’,” Payne said. “It will be remastered with a couple more songs that were done at that same time as well as a lot of footage and artwork. We’re remastering it so that it works with today’s technology, but we’re not changing the mixes or doing anything like that.”

Payne said the label has every intention of keeping the vast amount of Death Row recordings both “original and fresh” at the same time. And, in a bit of surprising news, he added that fans will have an opportunity to be more involved in this release than any previous one.

“There are a couple Dre tracks that had no third verse, and we’re going to be seeking people to complete them,” Payne added. “We won’t go to the entertainment realm. We just want average, everyday people.”

As the finishing touches are being put on the project, Payne explained that release dates and more information on how artists can submit verses will be announced. HipHopDX will provide more details and information as they are available.

Are you kidding me? Ruin songs we've been waiting on for years with regular fans just spitting on it!?

EDIT:

This line was later added for clarification...

"Tracks with added verses from fans will not be included on the reissue of The Chronic."

Sorry about the confusion!

[Mista Rosa]

haha for sure this is a weird cheap idea!

[woof]

cant wait to hear wiggers about gangstas and bitches on the new chronic 

[Hatesrats™]

Shit idea!
Even Amaru is looking at them like "Say Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!"

Glad I already own like 5x diff version of the chronic..
(Or however many they put out)

Defo download material.

[~Lucien~]

wtf. just release the 2 verse tracks...

[Hatesrats™]

Someone should ask Dre about WIDEAwake's idea to RAPE "The Chronic" dry w/No Vasaline.

[Dre-Day]

i thought today isn't the first of april?

[Lord Funk]

This idea is so horrible I don't know what to say.

Other than 'What. The. Fuck.'

[Digital Pimpin']

This sounds a little similar to what Suge was planning to do with the Chronic 2000 compilation...

[OG Hack Wilson]

wtf. just release the 2 verse tracks...

LOL  i know i'll be waiting for someone to edit the jerk out ASAP LOL



but hey, maybe they can get someone to do better than Lil Moo and Trick Daddy (like Amaru Records)

[Hatesrats™]

  I don't even know why this is pissing me off..lol
But it's defo getting me Bugged, & I already own all the versions of Dre's "Chron's" they have made to date.

(I feel like a jealous husband scorned by a cheating biiiiatch!)

[OG Hack Wilson]

I don't even know why this is pissing me off..lol
But it's defo getting me Bugged, & I already own all the versions of Dre's "Chron's" they have made to date.

(I feel like a jealous husband scorned by a cheating biiiiatch!)

im going to buy it ASSUMING IT COMES WITH A DVD LIKE THEY SAID


if it doesn't come with a DVD i will not buy it bc i already have a copy

[Hatesrats™]

I don't even know why this is pissing me off..lol
But it's defo getting me Bugged, & I already own all the versions of Dre's "Chron's" they have made to date.

(I feel like a jealous husband scorned by a cheating biiiiatch!)

im going to buy it ASSUMING IT COMES WITH A DVD LIKE THEY SAID


if it doesn't come with a DVD i will not buy it bc i already have a copy

I agree..

[kuruptlon]

Tracks with added verses from fans will not be included on the reissue of The Chronic. As the finishing touches are being put on the projects, Payne explained that release dates and more information on how artists can submit verses will be announced. HipHopDX will provide more details and information as they are available.

Did you deliberately leave that line out to be a douche bag? everyone needs to chill

[EFFeX]

Tracks with added verses from fans will not be included on the reissue of The Chronic. As the finishing touches are being put on the projects, Payne explained that release dates and more information on how artists can submit verses will be announced. HipHopDX will provide more details and information as they are available.

Did you deliberately leave that line out to be a douche bag? everyone needs to chill

That line was NOT in the article I copy and pasted. That was clearly added later on.