Tha Chronic Cat No. - DROW110 (All tracks are streamed in Real Audio)

Track listing 1. The Chronic (Intro) 2. Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') 3. Let Me Ride 4. The Day The Niggaz Took Over 5. Nuthin' But A "G" Thang 6. Deeez Nuuuts 7. Lil' Ghetto Boy 8. A Nigga Witta Gun 9. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat 10. The $20 Sack Pyramid 11. Lyrical Gangbang 12. High Powered 13. The Doctor's Office 14. Stranded On Death Row 15. The Roach (The Chronic Outro) 16. Bitches Ain't Shit

The Chronic is and was a very influential rap album.
It is true gangsta rap that managed to attract not only the rap fans' but also a pop audience. Although the lyrical content was as explicit as N.W.A. the album’s bass lines and beats steered focus away from the offensive opinions expressed and allowed for this wider audience to be targeted and gave the album a mainstream acceptance.

The Chronic went triple platinum and was Dr. Dre’s solo debut after N.W.A disbanded. Dre was already an established artist when The Chronic was released, however the album introduced many artists that weren’t known at that time as well. This included Snoop Doggy Dogg who had a lot of involvement with the lyrical side to the album, and other up-and-coming artists such as Warren G, Daz, Kurupt, Rage, Nate Dogg and Bushwick Bill.
The Chronic not only launched the careers of the above mentioned, it earned Dre two Grammy Awards, including one for “Best Rap Solo Performance” for the single “Let Me Ride”.

Entertainment Weekly - "...No one in the pop universe makes more visceral--or more visual--music than he does....The Chronic storms with rage, strolls with confidence, and reverberates with a social realism that's often ugly and horrifying..."

The Source - "...Following the hype behind one of his hardest tracks ever 'Deep Cover', Dre has unloaded all over this album with the same furified intensity....An innovative and progressive hip-hop package that must not be missed..."