However, as the initial hit of 2001 began to wear off, I wanted more Dr. It now turns out to be my personal favorite album of all time. This album is also very special to me, because it's one of the first I ever listened to. The beats were very fresh, with some G-Funk. This is one of those albums that you can play years later and say damn, this is still a classic. He had a message to prove to his fans on this album that he still has it in him. 2001 featured some of Dre's best production work.

2001 refined west coast hip hop along with putting them back on the map in 1999, then with Snoop's Tha Last Meal following. It was still mourning Pac's death, Snoop wasn't putting out great albums due to no work with Dre, and Kurupt dropped a disappointing Kuruption. At the time, west coast music was falling apart. 5/5 One of the most beautiful albums of all time. At that age, I KNEW what I was listening to and had a preference for it. So being able to have them all on an album with Dr. These were household names that I had come to throw in legendary categories and hip hop discussions. Snoop wasn't just the skinny dude from Long Beach, and Kurupt wasn't just a nameless dude from Death Row rapping his ass off killing bars. Dre continued with the level of production I'd come to expect from from an Andre Young project, however this time around, I had a solid appreciation for the west coast and solid love for many of its artists. I spent the majority of the songs that featured him wondering if it was ok for me to be laughing as hard as I was at what he was saying.

My 1st and only impression of him around that time was an underground battle he'd lost to Juice. I will always remember 2001 as the album that introduced me to this white kid from Detroit who could spit bars like none other. Dre would be come a house hold name and a legend in the art. It was this album that introduced me to the art of production. Mind you, I didn't really get an opportunity to listen to the Album until years later as I was just in 3rd or 4th Grade and had to listen at my cousins when they got it. Samples like George Clinton's Atomic Dog on 'Fuck wit Dre Day', Donny Hathaway's Little Ghetto Boy on 'Lil Ghetto Boy' and The Parliament's Mothership Connection on Let Me Ride. It gave me a way to finally appreciate the music my parents listened to. I was able to recognize a lot of the songs because of their samples. Dre's The Chronic and 2001 are two of the biggest albums to come from the West and we gathered the team up to discuss them both. We continue West Coast Week on the site talking two of the most important albums in rap history.

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