Number 88 - Dr Dre 'The Chronic'

Before Eminem, before 50 Cent there was 'The Chronic'. While many point to this as being the blueprint for modern hip hop, DJ Pooh and Ice Cube had been doing similar stuff on their instrumentals but were being overlooked by most of the hip hop community. Maybe while Cube was talking about his dead homies, Dre was talking about killing people, bitches and weed.

One thing Dre has always done well was blood other artists - his strengths have always been beat production and producing - Eazy and Ice Cube owed him from N.W.A days - and on this album Snoop takes over and...well the rest is history.

The most endearing quality of having this album in your collection is that it has aged really really well.

'Wit Dre Day and 'The Day The Niggaz Took Over' are stand-outs here.

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