Dre's Magic

[Lil Jay]

ive been pumpin Dre2001 alot these days and everytime i hear it I recognize what a classic album this is. Honestly, i think I like 2001 better than The Chronic, dont get me wrong, chronic is a 5 star album, but to get to my point, Dr Dre has this special thing in his productions. I dont know what it is, but I can listen to dre2001 over and over and over again without skippin tracks. And each track, I mean each, is a classic. really.. there aint no tracks which Im gettin sicc of and this album is almost 2 years old. there are even songs on the chronic which i have 2 skip after hearing them for a long time. Im bumpin 2001 as im typing this and I remember when I bought it there were like 3 or 4 tracks that I didnt like; Ackrite, Light Speed Murder Ink and the message but even those tracks became classics after a short time.
IMO theres no better album than 2001. lately some of Dre's production started 2 sound the same but on 2001 theres a variety of completely different tracks.
i think this is Dre's magic [IMO no other producer has] that his tracks arent played out and that u dont start 2 hate them after u listen 2 them a few times and I think this is the difference between him and all the other producers in hop hop and why he's sucha great producer and my favorite.

I wonder if i like his songs just because its him or not. i mean, if I'd hear ja rule or busta rhyme over a beat like XXXplosive and still like it. Probably not, its just the whole concept and his style that I like.

just had to let that out, gotta get bac 2 work

[Maestro Minded]

to be honest ...

i borowed my friend my 2001-cd 4 month ago ..... i havent told him to give it back ....yet

i think it's a good example of how much i luv that album

[ExZit]

I can listen to dre2001 over and over and over again without skippin tracks

well, i often skip track no. 18...

but othervise i feel the sameway...
i think Dre's magic is this "blumpin" effects, they make u lissen to a track over and over, and still like it..

i think 2001 is atleast as good as the chronic

[Maestro Minded]

shiiiet ... y'all trippin

2001 aint even 50% of chronic

[Lil Jay]

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shiiiet ... y'all trippin
2001 aint even 50% of chronic


I don't know.....thats just my opinion, an opinion is like an asshole, everybody has one.

[DPGC2001]

2001 is a solid album but it's not close to being classic...The Chronic is one of the best rap albums of all time...Too many average tracks on 2001...

[Don Seer]

I don't know.....thats just my opinion, an opinion is like an asshole, everybody has one.

hahahah

well.. i gotta say this.. my opinion is they are both wikkid albums.. the chronic changed the game.. and is the reference everyone points to when someone asks for examples of good uses of layered samples (the other is the beastie boys - pauls boutique).

2001 stepped things up in a different way.. its not as revolutionary in social terms. its hard to shock people nowadays.. but the production has taken a different turn with all the live instrumention. its super clean.. shits 2 years old and only now.. in the year its named after are we seeing productions of a similar calibre from other artists. i do agree when people say that the topics reflected on the album werent anything new.. but i dont care about that.. but the fact is. the album has that timeless quality about it.. more so in some ways than the chronic.

[=[Euthanasia]=]

True Overseer, it does have that timeless quality to it, but it's very much contemporary, I mean it's only 2 yrs old. I think "2001" has classic potential, I would defo label it a classic now but I guess only time can tell.

[Lil Jay]

its not as revolutionary in social terms. its hard to shock people nowadays

yeah exactly, and and thats the thing I ment about 2001, it has the 'timeless quality' which is very rare on albums

[elneckio]

Honestly, i think I like 2001 better than The Chronic, dont get me wrong,

I agree, I actually think Doggystyle might beat the Chronic too, well at least I listen to it more.  Fav track on 2001 is Lets Get High - a track I hardly ever hear anyone talk about but it has a wicked bass-line

[Don Seer]

doggystyle is a more polished/forumalated/perfected thing.. but the impact the chronic had paved the way for it.. doggystyle is a continuation of what started with the chronic.

takin shit back another level.. i think efil4zaggin is my fave dre produced album.. definitely the one i listen to the most

[Maestro Minded]

2001 isnt bad .... i just cant get how y'all can put it on the same level as doggystyle, cbhonic and all eyez on me

[Don Seer]

heh.. well this is where we differ.. coz i hardly rate all eyez on me... i dunno why.. just not my thing (apart from u cant c me.. , cali love 'another dr.dre production'  ) and 2 of americaz) - i prefer 7 day theory over it esp. stuff like hail mary.
i aint a big 2pac fan.. never have been.

[k-dogg]

Great post Lil Jay.  I agree with you 100 percent.  2001 is not as hard as The Chronic which is fine with me.  The way I see it, although I realize sampling is a major part of hip hop production, anytime a producer creates his shit from scratch, that makes him a REAL producer.  One of the things I love about Dre's music is that I can listen to certain songs twenty times and still hear something I did'nt hear before.  The man is simply a musical genius. Both albums are classic's, but for different reasons.

[elneckio]

I can listen to certain songs twenty times and still hear something I did'nt hear before.

I noticed one of those the other day : eve - let me blow ya mind, if you listen to the instrumental the piano sounds off tune at one part - but with the lyrics over it sounds spot on.