
The Chronic has been widely regarded as one of the most important and influential albums of the 1990s and regarded by many fans and peers to be one of the most well-produced Hip Hop albums of all time. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Priority Records. Dre’s production has been noted for founding and popularizing the G-funk subgenre within gangsta rap. The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr. Dre becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. Dr. In those four years, powered by the superstar power of Pac and Snoop, as well as the production chops of Dre and Daz, Death Row dropped eight multi-platinum albums, including. The album 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 dropped his triple-platinum selling The Chronic to the passing of Tupac Shakur, there wasn’t a rap label in the world touching Death Row Records. Upon its release, The Chronic received generally positive reviews from music critics and earned considerable commercial success. Although a solo album, it features many appearances by Snoop Dogg, who used the album as a launch pad for his own solo career. On The Chronic, he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and its owner, former N.W.A member Eazy-E. and its label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. Dre’s first solo album after he had departed from N.W.A. Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman.

The album is named after a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is a homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr. Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The Chronic was released by Dr Dre’s own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Priority Records.
