What's the Worst Album Title to an Otherwise Dope Album

[TraceOneInfinite]

Dre 2001

^^What a horrible and confusing title.  Released in 1999 and yet it's called 2001 cause Suge stole Dre's Chronic 2 title.  But couldn't he of just called it like "Chronic—the Sequal" or some shit like that.  It's not hard.

Worst Album Titles (from otherwise dope albums)

1.  2001
2.  No Limit Top Dogg
3.  Take a Look Over Your Shoulder
4.  2pacalypse Now

[Fonky Fresh]

Not so bad when you put things in perspective. chronic 2001= the sound of the new millenium (21st), 2000 would still be twentieth (just because you change the thousands don't mean nothing).  2001 is effectively year 1. Think about that

[HighEyeCue]

Dre 2001

^^What a horrible and confusing title.  Released in 1999 and yet it's called 2001 cause Suge stole Dre's Chronic 2 title.  But couldn't he of just called it like "Chronic—the Sequal" or some shit like that.  It's not hard.

I remember when I first bought it and never knew what to call it,  "2001", "Dr. Dre 2001" or "Chronic 2001"

i mean it has the leaf right before the 2001 on the front cover so that's what I went with

[TraceOneInfinite]

it's supposed to be "the chronic 2001"

the album was originally to be titled "the chronic 2000" but suge got a wind of that and beat him to the punch

classic suge rolling

so dre went and called his "the chronic 2001" .. which was later shortened to "2001"

Yeah, which is horrible album title.  "2001".   Try using that in a conversation it will automatically cause confusion.

 "I like the 2001 tracks"

"Oh cool, yeah, that was a good year in music, Eastsidaz Dueces and Treys and Nas Stillmatic."

"No, I'm talking about the album "2001" by Dr. Dre."

"Dre didn't release an album in 2001"

...it almost becomes like Abbot and Costello bit "who's on first"

[TraceOneInfinite]

I remember when I first bought it and never knew what to call it,  "2001", "Dr. Dre 2001" or "Chronic 2001"

i mean it has the leaf right before the 2001 on the front cover so that's what I went with

yes, and we never really have figured out what to call it.  It's almost like the album just doesn't get mentioned a lot of times, just because people don't know what to call it.  Dre puts in all that hard work and then just blows off the title.  Isn't he a perfectionist?

And he's usually good at that kind of stuff.  He saw Xzibit with a tattoo saying Restless, and was like "that's your album title".

[Jay_J]

yes, and we never really have figured out what to call it.  It's almost like the album just doesn't get mentioned a lot of times, just because people don't know what to call it.  Dre puts in all that hard work and then just blows off the title.  Isn't he a perfectionist?

And he's usually good at that kind of stuff.  He saw Xzibit with a tattoo saying Restless, and was like "that's your album title".

Does "restless" title has anything to the with the album overall?

[Jay_J]

Ima go with "efil4zaggin"... the fuck!!??

[Duck Duck Doggy]

Ima go with "efil4zaggin"... the fuck!!??

Really? You don’t know the story behind this or you just trolling

[Sccit]

this is the first i'm ever hearing this about 2001 .. the music made the title iconic

and efil4zaggin is iconic

[doggfather]

Yeah, which is horrible album title.  "2001".   Try using that in a conversation it will automatically cause confusion.

 "I like the 2001 tracks"

"Oh cool, yeah, that was a good year in music, Eastsidaz Dueces and Treys and Nas Stillmatic."

"No, I'm talking about the album "2001" by Dr. Dre."

"Dre didn't release an album in 2001"

...it almost becomes like Abbot and Costello bit "who's on first"

Neva heard, been kind a conversation...

Everybody knows 2001...

[Jay_J]

Really? You don’t know the story behind this or you just trolling

What i know is yella writes it on a paper and he sees it in the mirror and says lets call it that way. Is there another story?

[TraceOneInfinite]

I agree with infinite again. Album title could be smth else better than 2001. But i have more problem with the album cover. Is it suge knight's fault too? )))

Although worst album cover and a confusing meaningless album title, the chronic 2001 (actually thats what everybody calls it that way instead 2001) was sooo fucking good to make people doesnt care about the cover or title.

^^someone agrees with me

And notice, you even had to change the title to mention it at the forum.  I often do the same thing too.  I'll refer to it as "Dre's second solo".  And like HighEyecue said, sometimes they say "Dre 2001" and sometimes they say, "Dr. Dre 2001".

And also saying "2001" isn't actually like that futuristic.  The first year of the new millenium is 2000.  So if you want to give it millennium significance (which is a big deal) then you need to say 2000.  Saying 2001 doesn't make it more futuristic.  It just makes it more confusing.

And yeah.. what's with the cover.  It was like just plain black cover.  And this is Dre we are talking about.  If Dre doesn't have the idea then he finds the right guy with the right idea.  They couldn't come up with any good idea for the title and cover—they just gave up after Suge punked him

[TraceOneInfinite]

What i know is yella writes it on a paper and he sees it in the mirror and says lets call it that way. Is there another story?

I didn't have a problem with this album title.  It's actually dope and fits the theme of the album.  Even funnier is when you are a kid and you actually don't get what it means and it takes you a long time to figure it out 

[Sccit]

^^someone agrees with me

And notice, you even had to change the title to mention it at the forum.  I often do the same thing too.  I'll refer to it as "Dre's second solo".  And like HighEyecue said, sometimes they say "Dre 2001" and sometimes they say, "Dr. Dre 2001".

And also saying "2001" isn't actually like that futuristic.  The first year of the new millenium is 2000.  So if you want to give it millennium significance (which is a big deal) then you need to say 2000.  Saying 2001 doesn't make it more futuristic.  It just makes it more confusing.

And yeah.. what's with the cover.  It was like just plain black cover.  And this is Dre we are talking about.  If Dre doesn't have the idea then he finds the right guy with the right idea.  They couldn't come up with any good idea for the title and cover—they just gave up after Suge punked him

2001 is the new millennium

[TraceOneInfinite]

2001 is the new millennium

see, you just broke my brain again... first with the DP, DPG, DPGC acronym controversy...  and now, I've always thought 2000 was the new millennium, January 1st 2000.

And yet now folks trying to tell me Dre went next level cause 2001 is actually the new millennium (not 2000).