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Dr. Dre - Dr. Dre 2001 (The Source Review)

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Juronimo:
I haven't listened to this album in quite some time.

When I first heard it, I thought great, this album gets off to a great start. The Watcher straight up knocks and then it's followed by Fuck You, which has a great slow rolling funk style beat. Devin the Dude sounds really good on this song. Then after Fuck You come my 2 favorites, Still Dre and Big Egos.

Still Dre is just amazing, one of the best rap songs ever possibly. Production-wise, we're talking about groundbreaking material. It was then followed up by Big Egos, with a similar beat to Still Dre, but much darker and a little slower with the piano chord progression. Hittman tears the track in half and then some. The album continues to flow nicely despite the speed bump called Xplosive and a horrendous Kurupt verse but the ride continues with What's the Difference, Forgot About Dre and Next Episode.

After these songs, the album goes downhill with horrid skits and awful songs like Murda Ink and Bitch Niggas. The album does finish up strong with LA Niggas, Bang Bang and The Message.

Overall, I feel this album is way too inconsistent to warrant the classic label that many give it. Some of the songs are groundbreaking musically, such as Still Dre and Forgot About Dre, which are absolutely mind blowing in the production quality. The album as a whole is nicely produced. However you can't have a song like "Bitch Niggas" on a classic album. Also, this album lacked replay value.

Dre did succeed in doing what he wanted to do, and that was change the landscape of hip hop musically. Like with the first Chronic and Doggystyle, many producers came out the woodwork co-opting Dre's chronic 2001 production style. Dre is still the standardbearer that other producers look towards to determine if their music is tight. That won't change anytime soon. However, it's not enough to make this album a classic that many believe it to be.

If you want a classic album that dropped the same day, Get Streetz is a Mutha by Kurupt.

4 mics

WestCoasta:
^^^ I agree, you make some good points

I love that Kurupt verse though  ;D


I still think it's a classic album just for the fact that you can play it from start to finish if you want

overrated in the sense that it's untouchable, but still so good I can't hate on any of those songs

(I don't like Murder Ink track though  :P)

Digital Pimpin':
I disagree a lil' bit.

Murder Ink was not good, but Bitch Niggaz is one of my favourite tracks on the album!

Saying that, back in early '00 when I copped this, I skipped Bitch Niggaz on every play-through until about a year ago.

XaNdEr:
personally i think its overhyped, its very good material, but the unnecessary skits and too few solo cuts make it 9 out of 10 for me

i like hittmans style so i can enjoy every track he's on, if you dont like hittman, you gotta problem with this album tho  :P

BigMajorDawg:
One of the best albums i've ever heard in my life since 1992...

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