Dre's production has been noted for popularizing the G-funk subgenre within gangsta rap. " Nuthin' but a ‘G’ Thang" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number one on both the Hot Rap Singles and Hot R&B Singles charts. The album's three singles became top ten Billboard singles.
The Chronic spent eight months in the Billboard Top 10. Dre becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. The Chronic peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and has been certified 3x Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA) with sales of 3 million copies in the United States, which led to Dr. Although a solo album, it features many appearances by then-emerging American rapper Snoop Dogg, who used the album as a launch pad for his own solo career. On The Chronic, he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and its owner, former N.W.A member Eazy-E. Dre's first solo album after he had departed from hip hop group N.W.A and its label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. The album is named after a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is an homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Interscope Records. The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop producer and rapper Dr.
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