The furor over Body CountвЂ™s вЂњCop KillerвЂќ had recently resulted in the track being removed from copies of Ice-TвЂ™s bandвЂ™s album вЂ“ so Dre preemptively ditched the track (with its вЂњMr.

OfficerвЂќ featuring RBX and Prince Ital Joe, was removed from the running order. Dre shied away from any controversy on an album that included вЂњFuck Wit Dre DayвЂќ and вЂњThe Day the N****z Took Over.вЂќ But as The Chronic was being prepped for release, one song, вЂњMr. A song was removed in the wake of the вЂњCop KillerвЂќ 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.ДЈ. But even coming off the chart-topping success of N.W.AвЂ™s swan song EFIL4ZAGGIN, labels were shy about paying Death RowвЂ™s asking price, taking on DreвЂ™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.Дr. Dre and he told me that hearing The Low End Theory inspired him to make The Chronic.вЂќДў. вЂњIt was listening to N.W.AвЂ™s Straight Outta Compton that inspired us to make The Low End Theory,вЂќ Q-Tip said in an MTV News interview. TribeвЂ™s jazzy sophomore album The Low End Theory directly influenced DreвЂ™s development of The ChronicвЂs 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. DreвЂ™s West Coast gangsta-rap movement and the East CoastвЂ™s insurgent conscious-rap collective Native Tongues may have seemed to exist in direct opposition. The ChronicвЂs low end was inspired by A Tribe Called Quest. To celebrate the albumвЂ™s 25th anniversary, here are some things you may not know about The Chronic.ДЎ. But it was DreвЂ™s groundbreaking production and string of hit singles that made The Chronic one of rapвЂ™s most revered LPs, ranking at number 138 on Rolling StoneвЂs 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.

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