This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
After trying to kick gangsta-rap cold turkey a few years back with Been There, Done That, Dr. Dre is back on the Chronic tip. And like that groundbreaking 1992 album, the rap odyssey 2001 is one mind-blowing musical joint.
Just as he did back in the day with N.W.A, Dre kicks in the bass on these 22 tracks, dropping funk grooves that slow-roll like a low rider cruising through Compton as he and homeboys like Eminem and Snoop trade off old-school rhymes filled with bullets, blunts and hos. Ain’t nothing but a g-thang, baby — and the best rap album you’ll hear until the upcoming N.W.A reunion.
