Hugely influential, created an entire sound, often emulated, never bettered, there are some incredible beats here - Let Me Ride, Nuthin' but a G Thang, Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat - and plenty of mood and novel innovations. But I have too much history with The Chronic to not put it in my top tier. If I were hearing this for the first time today, probably four stars due to the filler tracks. In the 90s, this was definitely a five star album. Songs I like even though they aren’t the cream of the crop: Lil’ Ghetto Boy, Lyrical G******g, and The Roach (The Chronic Outro). I still like that one just as much as 30 years ago. The skits were also enjoyable, especially The $20 Sack Pyramid. Where was AppleMusic with the live streaming lyrics? I listened to this over and over again on my Koss stereo writing down the lyrics a couple of words at a time until I had the whole thing. Nuthin’ But A G Thang is the best of them all. The beats sound a bit outdated, but fresh enough to still get by. F**k Wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s Celebratin’), Let Me Ride, and Nuthin’ But A G Thang are the standouts. For instance, I don’t recognize Lil’ Ghetto Boy, A N**** With A Gun, nor Stranded on Death Row.īut oh my are there some great tracks here. However after listening again today, I realize that I used to skip a bunch of tracks.
I listened to this album many times as a youngster and thoroughly enjoyed it.