Chronic 2001

[harrison5394]

Hey guys, Im a new poster here but I've been lurking for close to a year now. I just had some questions on 2001. I don't know if tere's some big master thread on album o not, but I'm basically wondering how the album came together, etc. I remember hearing at one point that Dre considered releasing it as a mixtape. Don't know the truthfulness in that, but any info you guys have the album would be great.

[G-Funk]

Yeah he did say he intended it to be a mixtape.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E6DF103AF937A25752C1A96F958260

The album started out with a different approach, Dr. Dre said. It was originally going to be like a mix tape, the quasi-bootleg collections of songs that disc jockeys make, with songs connected by interludes of fancy turntable effects. But during the year and a half that Dr. Dre worked on ''2001,'' other rap albums appeared with the mix-tape format, so he moved in the opposite direction: clean, spartan production with a minimum of turntable scratching. ''I don't make my records for the clubs, the radio or nothing like that,'' he said. ''I make my records basically for people to play in their cars or just play in their houses when they're cleaning up. I believe that's where people listen to the most music: in the car.''

[EFFeX]

''I make my records basically for people to play in their cars or just play in their houses when they're cleaning up.

Dre makes music for house keepers. 

[OG Hack Wilson]

the og was much better

[DTG Entertainment]

''I make my records basically for people to play in their cars or just play in their houses when they're cleaning up.

Dre makes music for house keepers. 

The Watcher is really about stalking celebrities.

[G-Funk]

''I make my records basically for people to play in their cars or just play in their houses when they're cleaning up.

Dre makes music for house keepers. 

lol

I chuckled a bit at this part

On many of the album's songs, Dr. Dre raps like a hard-partying character surrounded by eager, trampy women. His wife, Nicole, whom he married in 1996, doesn't mind. ''For awhile, right when I got married, I was kind of turned off from using the type of language I was using and the type of records that I was doing,'' Dr. Dre said. ''It was, like, O.K., I'm married now, so maybe I need to tone it down. And my records stopped coming out as good as they should. So she got with me: 'What's up? I want to hear the hardcore stuff.' She was a big reason for me getting back on track.''

[harrison5394]

''I make my records basically for people to play in their cars or just play in their houses when they're cleaning up.

Dre makes music for house keepers. 

lol

I chuckled a bit at this part

On many of the album's songs, Dr. Dre raps like a hard-partying character surrounded by eager, trampy women. His wife, Nicole, whom he married in 1996, doesn't mind. ''For awhile, right when I got married, I was kind of turned off from using the type of language I was using and the type of records that I was doing,'' Dr. Dre said. ''It was, like, O.K., I'm married now, so maybe I need to tone it down. And my records stopped coming out as good as they should. So she got with me: 'What's up? I want to hear the hardcore stuff.' She was a big reason for me getting back on track.''

Thanks for the info. Sounds like his wife is legit. 

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

this album is crazy and dope
not feelin all the traxx but dre had his own fuckin style and hes vicious when he spits

[LAZY]

''I make my records basically for people to play in their cars or just play in their houses when they're cleaning up. I believe that's where people listen to the most music: in the car.''

thats the God Dam Truth, man

[G-Funk]

''I make my records basically for people to play in their cars or just play in their houses when they're cleaning up. I believe that's where people listen to the most music: in the car.''

thats the God Dam Truth, man

Yea. I still hear a few folks bumpin songs from Chronic 2001 like "Bang Bang", "Fuck You", etc from time-to-time.

[krzieg]

i still bump that shit once in awhile. its fuckin classic what else do u expect

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

does anyone know if "eastwest shyt" was meant for this album?

[Meho]

Could also be said for today:

DR. DRE, who has sold more than 20 million albums as a rapper and producer, feels like an underdog again. ''For the last couple of years, there's been a lot of talk out on the streets about whether or not I can still hold my own, whether or not I'm still good at producing,'' he said. ''That was the ultimate motivation for me. Magazines, word of mouth and rap tabloids were saying I didn't have it any more. What more do I need to do? How many platinum records have I made? O.K., here's the album -- now what do you have to say?''

[you gon always be my latin queen bitch]

he might have been a more in the face or camera typa rapper if he would have released a solo album wit no features
his albums that he's released are like compilations not dr. dre albums

Could also be said for today:

DR. DRE, who has sold more than 20 million albums as a rapper and producer, feels like an underdog again. ''For the last couple of years, there's been a lot of talk out on the streets about whether or not I can still hold my own, whether or not I'm still good at producing,'' he said. ''That was the ultimate motivation for me. Magazines, word of mouth and rap tabloids were saying I didn't have it any more. What more do I need to do? How many platinum records have I made? O.K., here's the album -- now what do you have to say?''

[west koasting]

He doesent make music 4 da radio his shit is too good that they have 2 play it on radio