Talk:The Chronic

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The Chronic is NOT G-Funk

This album is not G-Funk. The word G-Funk didn't exist when that album came out. That's the reason why in The Chronic, the term G-Funk is used 0 times, as in Dogystyle, it is used 7 times. The first album of G-Funk ever is Black Mafia Life, and came out about 2 monthes later. Before Black Mafia Life, there was no such word is G-Funk. It's only after Black Mafia Life came out that The Chronic has been claimed to be G-Funk.

I think it makes sence to say that some music cannot be said to belong to a certain style when this style doesn't exist yet --SuperBleda 15:19, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

See talk:G-funk Tuf-Kat

No, you are wrong. This album STARTED that sound. The word G-Funk doesn't have to be mentioned for this album to be classified as G-Funk. That entire West Coast sound was Dr. Dres's trademark. Get your facts right.

For nearly four years, G-funk dominated hip-hop

http://www.mp3.com/dr.-dre/artists/21584/biography.html

Dr. Dre stepped out from behind N.W.A.'s mixing board with The Chronic, bringing his 'g-funk' gangster-rap to the mainstream."

In came archetypal G-Funk, laid-back, head-bobbing beats and rich, resonant keyboard loops that became the calling card for hip-hop of the '90s.

http://www.nudeasthenews.com/90s/reviews/firstlaunch50/71chronic.htm

The sound, style, and performances of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" were like nothing else on the early-'90s hip-hop scene, and its impact was tremendous, with mainstream hip-hop trying to imitate it and the rest of The Chronic for at least four years afterwards.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=33:9rb8b5m4psxj

Dr. Dre releases his solo debut, "The Chronic." With it's heavy emphasis on deep rolling bass and funk grooves--it takes hardcore gangsta rap into more accessible, radio-friendly territory and becomes the biggest rap album of the year behind the huge single, "Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang." Dre's new sound--dubbed 'G-Funk'--reinvents the entire West Coast rap scene, and signals the beginning of a West Coast-dominated rap charts.

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_rap-timeline2.html

I gotta agree with Chubdub here. Regardless of whether or not the term 'G-funk' existed at the time 'The Chronic' was released, there is no question that the album was the main progenitor of the sound. Just because Above the Law and Cold 187um attached the label to it later does not mean the sound didn't exist. - Beatnik S. 00:40, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

G-funk's tenure

I changed the part about G-funk being the "dominant sound in 1990s hip hop" to "several years after its release" (its = The Chronic's). This album came out in 1992, but by '96, harder East Coast rap was rising in popularity, and in 1997 Sean Combs' stable of acts and his own No Way Out album were dominating the album charts. So I think '92-96 is about the longest time period we can say was dominated by G-funk.| Klaw ¡digame! 03:12, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree most definitely. Good catch. Alexander 007 03:30, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]