THE CHRONIC
The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr. Dre. The album is named after a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is a homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. It was Dr. Dre’s first solo album after he had departed from hip hop group N.W.A and its label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. Although a solo album, it features many appearances by American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, who used the album as a launch pad for his own solo career. The Chronic peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and had been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America with sales of 5.7 million copies in the United States, which led to Dr. Dre becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. (More from Wikipedia)
Snoop Dogg was featured prominently on Dr. Dre’s debut solo album, The Chronic (1992). Snoop’s first album, Doggystyle (1993) debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums chart and sold more than 800,000 copies in its first week, a record at that time for a debut album. Snoop Dogg has released 13 albums, including his most recent, Coolaid (2016).
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