It didn’t matter if someone was black, brown or blue this album not only sounded good, it made sense.Ĭhilled in its approach and funky in its execution, “Chronic” could play on a dusky Californian afternoon or a raucous New Jersey night, listeners feeling like a “G” every single time. Yet amid its influence on the rap community, “The Chronic” possessed something of a universal appeal. He just has a signature sound, almost in all his songs. Dre has really good beats, they’re distinguishable. “I think it’s a classic, everyone’s heard it,” Green said. Using live instrumentation and a vivid synthesizer twang for some of its tracks, “Chronic” set the standard sonic for forthcoming West Coast rap albums.Įric Green, a 20-year-old sophomore business major, said the album demonstrated Dr. Dre performed what many musical artists already carried out, choosing to combine elements of different genres, including an incorporation of 70s era funk and soul into his sound. “It kept that homey feeling.”Ī talented rapper capable of embracing another genre to strengthen his own, Dr. “It’s definitely something that hadn’t been done before,” Morales said.
Seventeen years later, the feeling still seems to be getting across to some students.įor Luis Morales, a 19-year-old sophomore business major, the album reminds him of his birthplace, the southern Californian native said.
Dre set out to create a rap album reminiscent of a West Coast summer under the watchful eye of the notorious Death Row Records. Dre’s “The Chronic” rolled up 16 tracks into the one very funky joint. After all, what’s funkier than an “old batch of collard greens?”Īlready a household name by this time as a result of his stint with NWA, Dr.
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