In the years to follow, heвЂ™d deliver some of the most memorable hooks in hip-hop, before his untimely passing in 2011. Nate Dogg, too, has featured vocals all over 2001, en route to developing a reputation as one of the most respected crooners in the game. Kurupt is back for a few more verses and Hittman is all over the album. We should also thank Dre for introducing a whole generation of kids to the symphonic genius of the late David Axelrod, through his brilliant sampling of AxelrodвЂ™s вЂњThe Edge.вЂќ 2001 is a similarly collaboration-heavy album Snoop Dogg, now a superstar, is only on four songs this time around, but the reduced quantity is hardly noticeable because two of those songs are вЂњStill DREвЂќ and вЂњThe Next Episode,вЂќ two of the most definitive songs not only in DreвЂ™s catalog but in the entire canon of West Coast hip-hop. The Chronic also features some of the most iconic songs of the decade вЂ“ singles that are still in constant rotation on California radio, and on airwaves all over the world.Д«ut for all The Chronic achieved, it also laid the groundwork for DreвЂ™s stunning follow-up. Daz Dillinger and Kurupt also appear on a handful of tracks, and they would go on to assist on SnoopвЂ™s Doggystyle before releasing their own debut albums. ItвЂ™s billed as a solo album, but with Snoop on nearly every track, The Chronic feels like a collaborative album. Dre already had one culture-shifting album under his belt: The Chronic had not only cemented him as one of the most legendary hip-hop producers of all time, but it had also turned Snoop Dogg into a star.

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