Dre dissing his former N.W.A groupmate Eazy-E, but Eazy actually netted a significant profit from the album that calls him a “penguin-lookin’ motherfucker.” Interscope had to pay off Eazy and Jerry Heller’s Ruthless Records in order to resolve Dr. Eazy-E directly profited from sales of The Chronic. Officer, I wanna see you layin’ in a coffin, sir” chorus) before the album ever hit stores.Ĥ. The furor over Body Count’s “Cop Killer” had recently resulted in the track being removed from copies of Ice-T’s band’s album – so Dre preemptively ditched the track (with its “Mr. Officer” featuring RBX and Prince Ital Joe, was removed from the running order. Dre shied away from any controversy on an album that included “Fuck Wit Dre Day” and “The Day the N****z Took Over.” But as The Chronic was being prepped for release, one song, “Mr. A song was removed in the wake of the “Cop Killer” controversy. Sony came close to releasing The Chronic, but after that deal fell through, Death Row and Interscope secured distribution through Priority, and began building an empire.ģ. But even coming off the chart-topping success of N.W.A’s swan song EFIL4ZAGGIN, labels were shy about paying Death Row’s asking price, taking on Dre’s legal issues with Ruthless Records, or releasing a gangsta-rap album at the height of media hysteria about explicit lyrics. Dre recorded The Chronic without a distribution deal in place for the newly formed Death Row Records, and then shopped the completed album, cover art and all, to multiple major labels. Multiple major labels passed on The Chronic.ĭr. Dre and he told me that hearing The Low End Theory inspired him to make The Chronic.”ħ0 Greatest Music Documentaries of All TimeĢ. “It was listening to N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton that inspired us to make The Low End Theory,” Q-Tip said in an MTV News interview. Tribe’s jazzy sophomore album The Low End Theory directly influenced Dre’s development of The Chronic‘s rich, bass-heavy G-funk sound. But it turns out that Dre and A Tribe Called Quest shared a mutual admiration that spurred both of them to make landmark albums. Dre’s West Coast gangsta-rap movement and the East Coast’s insurgent conscious-rap collective Native Tongues may have seemed to exist in direct opposition. The Chronic‘s low end was inspired by A Tribe Called Quest. To celebrate the album’s 25th anniversary, here are some things you may not know about The Chronic.ġ. But it was Dre’s groundbreaking production and string of hit singles that made The Chronic one of rap’s most revered LPs, ranking at number 138 on Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The Chronic introduced the world to stars like Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nate Dogg and Lady of Rage, sold millions, and settled scores with foes like Eazy-E and Luther Campbell. gangsta rap on the map as a member of N.W.A, it was his solo debut, released in December 1992, that made the good doctor a household name and turned Death Row Records into a hit factory. Recording Industry Association of America.Although Dr.
^ "American album certifications – Eazy-E – It's On (Dr.^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1994".^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994".^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1993".^ "Eazy-E Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)".^ "Eazy-E Chart History ( Billboard 200)".^ "Eazy-E lashes back at rapper critics".^ "Recording Industry Association of America".The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). ^ Brackett, Nathan Hoard, Christian David, eds.The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). (Incidentally, this EP was his first release under a Relativity Records distribution deal whereby Eazy's Ruthless owned the master recordings.) The lead single, " Real Muthaphuckkin G's"-which, alike "Any Last Werdz", carried a music video-became Eazy's most successful single. On this EP, shots at Dre are absent from only three tracks: "Gimmie That Nutt", " Any Last Werdz", and "Boyz N Tha Hood (G-Mix)". Yet to exploit Dre's spotlight and his May 1993 single " Fuck wit Dre Day", which mainly disses him, Eazy changed plans. To follow up his 1988 album Eazy-Duz-It, Eazy had planned another LP, in fact a double, Temporary Insanity. In 1994, it was certified double-platinum, over 2 million copies sold. Eazy's most successful EP or LP, it sold 110,600 copies in its first week, and peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 as well as at number 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic, which, massively popular that year, repeatedly attacks Eazy. It was released in October 1993, largely to answer Dr. It's On ( D̵r̵.̵ ̵D̵r̵e̵) 187 um Killa is the second and final EP released by rapper Eazy-E during his lifetime.
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