Album · Dr. Dre
The Chronic by Dr. Dre
The Chronic is an album by Dr. Dre, released in 1992. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 6 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Nuthin' But A "G" Thang”, on 6 lists with a best position of #24.
The Chronic, Dr. Dre's first solo album, dropped on December 15, 1992, on Death Row with Interscope behind it and Priority handling distribution. Dre had walked out on N.W.A and Ruthless Records in a fight over money, and he doesn't let it go quietly: there are barbs aimed at Ruthless and at its boss, his old bandmate Eazy-E. Sessions ran at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood.
What really lands is the sound. Dre builds the beats on rolling synthesizers and slow, heavy grooves, the G-funk sound this record made popular across gangsta rap, and a young Snoop Doggy Dogg is all over it, using the record as his runway. The title is slang for top-shelf weed, and the cover tips its cap to Zig-Zag rolling papers. It climbed to number three on the Billboard 200 and went triple platinum, "Let Me Ride" won a Grammy, and in 2019 the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Chronic on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuthin' But A "G" Thang | 6 | #24 | – | 2004–2025 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.