{"id":12279,"date":"2012-06-22T19:05:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-22T23:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcellee.com\/?p=12279"},"modified":"2020-09-30T21:13:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T01:13:19","slug":"audio-review-the-chronic-album-dr-dre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcellee.com\/?p=12279","title":{"rendered":"audio review : The Chronic ( album ) … Dr Dre"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Welcome to Death Row,” a voice says as you enter a room filled with weed smoke thick enough to make you choke. It’s The Chronic; a westcoast (Californian) celebration where all “niggas” want to do is get “fucked-up” and ride around blasting their own records. The bulk of that music features hardcore rap vocals over 1970s-style P-funk; soul samples by George Clinton and others interlaced with original hip-hop tracks; dubbed G-funk for the gangstas.<\/p>\n

Despite this solo venture, it’s still NWA. It’s just that Dr Dre is no longer a member of the group, so verbal gunfire goes to former homies like Eazy E, along with casual shit-talkers like Luke Campbell and Tim Dog. Though Dr Dre is only alone on the album cover, he has his own Dogg; a smooth-flowing youngster who goes by the name of Snoop; among plenty of others. They have his back thru whatever, deadly drama and random song features included.<\/p>\n

The beats bang, the synths blaze and the rhymes are decent enough for the genre. “I write a rhyme hard as concrete,” RBX declares, “Step to the heat and get burned like mesquite.” The best song is the one with the deepest hook; a politically driven street anthem dedicated to the Lil Ghetto Boy. It begins with heartfelt testimony about a poor African kid, presumably real audio from the LA riots, and features a magnificent jazz flute that is sure to enhance your high.<\/p>\n

my rating : 4 of 5<\/p>\n

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