The Chronic or Chronic 2001?

[Suga Foot]

I voted the Chronic.

[UKnowWhatItIs: welcome to my traps....game over]

These classics are the best albums, the two greatest that have been ever made, but which one do you like more?

I don't agree with you, but I voted for the first album.

[SlickPants]

i listen to 2001 more but chronic is def. a better album

[Eihtball]

I seem to be one of the only people that think "2001" is overrated.  It may have started a minor West Coast renaissance and returned Dre to superstar status, but it really wasn't that good an album.  It did have some very good songs (including "Still D.R.E.", "Forgot About Dre", "XXXplosive", "The Next Episode", and "What's The Difference"), but it was also too long and filled with lots of filler.  The main problem, though, is that the rapping was far too cliched and uninteresting.  "The Chronic" was great because it basically played out like a good 'hood movie and had lots of personality - "2001" felt like a blank exercise in gangsterism in comparison.  Also, WTF was Dre thinking putting that no-talent clown Hittman on NINE songs?  He almost ruined the album for me - I'm actually quite glad Dre ditched him for Xzibit after "2001" came out.

[R-Tistic]

I seem to be one of the only people that think "2001" is overrated.  It may have started a minor West Coast renaissance and returned Dre to superstar status, but it really wasn't that good an album.  It did have some very good songs (including "Still D.R.E.", "Forgot About Dre", "XXXplosive", "The Next Episode", and "What's The Difference"), but it was also too long and filled with lots of filler.  The main problem, though, is that the rapping was far too cliched and uninteresting.  "The Chronic" was great because it basically played out like a good 'hood movie and had lots of personality - "2001" felt like a blank exercise in gangsterism in comparison.  Also, WTF was Dre thinking putting that no-talent clown Hittman on NINE songs?  He almost ruined the album for me - I'm actually quite glad Dre ditched him for Xzibit after "2001" came out.

I might say Chronic 01 is a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil overrated...meaning for people who think it's 10/10, I'd say it's 9.7-9.8. But nah...nothin on there was really a filler...and it was an album that came out and had a few songs songs I wasn't too fond of at first (Light speed, bang bang, Murder Ink, Ho's a housewife) but even those songs are dope as hell 5 years later and sound better than a lotta artist's main songs. And some beats just sound even better now than they did then, like Big Egos. I do agree that content topic wise, it wasn't as good as the Chronic, but then Chronic came out in 92 when it was an entirely different era and there was a lot more to talk about, such as the riots. Hittman was not wack at all....he wasn't Snoop but he was sick with what he did.

Just like most people say, I would rather listen to 2001 all the way through because some of the Chronic songs sound TOO outdated to me and had a strong 92, post-NWA feel to them. But Chronic had much much bigger impact, and the best songs on there were better than the best songs on Chronic 01.

Overall..I can't vote. It's almost on some 80s Lakers vs 2000s Lakers type shit...it's just a matter of taste and what I am in the mood to hear.

[.:Hercy Buggz:.]

true man..

[makaveli11]

The OG Chronic hands down

None of the OG chronic songs sounds outdated to me, but that is all on taste. However I agree that chronic 2001 is lil overrated. For a long time I thought chronic 2001 was a near classic...quality wise. Obviously it had a huge impact, but quality wise I felt it was weak in some areas(specifically the second half of the disc, plus the skits dont help). Call me crazy  .

[bizzle]

The Chronic Damn!!!!! still gets played alot more.2001 getting a bit dusty from lacc of playtime

[WestCoasta]

I might say Chronic 01 is a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil overrated...meaning for people who think it's 10/10, I'd say it's 9.7-9.8.

[Larrabee]

Chronic 2001 is the record that got me into rap for good, so I gotta go with that one. If I didn't hear "2001", I probably wouldn't have heard The Chronic, but both are classics in my opinion. All-time classic for the first one, modern day classic for the second one.

[ThatSICCNESS]

The Chronic

[Elevz]

The Chronic sounds old but not outdated to me. 2001 is somewhat lacking on content - it's all beats, flows and smooth raps but no real content. Overrated, yes indeed, although it sure is one amazing piece of music. The Chronic takes it. There's only a few rap albums out that's better than The Chronic... And those are really amazing.

[Lil Jay]

I disagree when people say 2001 had no content. It had a lot of personal songs like Whats The Difference, The Message, Forgot About Dre, even The Watcher or parts of Still DRE. Yeah Dre didnt write them himself, but the content was dope to me.

And like R-Tistic said, it has a lot of songs that didnt stand out at first when it dropped, but are tight as fuck now. Im talking tracks like Light Speed or Hoes A Housewife.

I go with 2001 since it's more my time, and has less filler tracks than the Chronic imo.

And like PLANT said, Still Dre is probably the best beat ever. To this day I get chills when I bump it

[IzUwitIt]

OG Chronic

[On The Edge of Insanity]

The original Chronic by a mile. For me 2001 is a 8/10 album being kind to it, didn't get what all the fuss was about.