The Chronic
Studio album by Dr. DreWikipedia
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Sep 10, 2026
Joah McGeeHOST
Mm-hmm.
AneggaGUEST
So, like, when I, like, w- was in the teenage, my first album ever, uh, album was, like, bought the real cassette tape was The, The Chronic.
AneggaGUEST
Dr. Dre, The Chronic.
Joah McGeeHOST
Oh, yeah.
AneggaGUEST
Yeah.
Steve EpleyHOST
Straight Outta Compton had rewritten the rules.
Steve EpleyHOST
Death Row was on the horizon, Dr. Dre's The Chronic would land just weeks after Bizarre Ride, and it would define the sound of the West for years.
Steve EpleyHOST
This was rap about the reality of the street.
Steve EpleyHOST
The police, the violence, the survival.
Aaron GreenGUEST
You know, right off the bat, when you said that, I remember the first CD I bought was...
Aaron GreenGUEST
Dr. Dre the Chronic.
TJ SmithHOST
Okay.
TJ SmithHOST
I think that's a first for the show.
BenHOST
But, like, yeah, it just kind of...
HammyTGUEST
Dude, I remember listening to Dr. Dre's The Chronic in the back of the school bus.
BenHOST
I mean, I got into it in high school.
BenHOST
I thought it was amazing.
Sean MillsHOST
No, what's the name of it? Are
Sam LemoineGUEST
you thinking of, like, The Chronic?
Sean MillsHOST
The Chronic, yeah.
Sean MillsHOST
It's basically what they did.
Sean MillsHOST
Greatest
JohnHOST
Mm.
AlexHOST
"Um, I've loved Dr. Dre's The Chronic.
AlexHOST
I'm inspired by that, and now I'm gonna be a gangster rapper." And then he-
JohnHOST
Yeah
speaker_3NARRATOR
Let me paint you December 1992.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Dre drops the chronic.
speaker_3NARRATOR
It's this sun-soaked, parliament-sampled, synthesizer-heavy thing that sounds like California feels, laid-back but dangerous.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Like someone might shoot you.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Same medium.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Might as well be different planets.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Dre's whole thing with the Chronic was cleanliness.
speaker_3NARRATOR
Precision.
Tony RheinHOST
By the way, also, 1992, we talked about earlier, Check Your Head, released in the year 1992.
Tony RheinHOST
The Chronic, The Chronic.
Tony RheinHOST
Let's do a showcase on The Chronic, the album The Chronic, released in 92.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
You're not ready for it, but since you opened the door, here I come.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
All right, why don't we do a showcase for the debut album from Porno for Pyros?
Tony RheinHOST
By the way, also, 1992, we talked about earlier, Check Your Head, released in the year 1992.
Tony RheinHOST
The Chronic, The Chronic.
Tony RheinHOST
Let's do a showcase on The Chronic, the album The Chronic, released in 92.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
You're not ready for it, but since you opened the door, here I come.
Paul McCaffreyHOST
All right, why don't we do a showcase for the debut album from Porno for Pyros?
Jasmine SadryGUEST
I know, and the thing is, I
Austin YorkHOST
bought the Chronic.
Jasmine SadryGUEST
The Chronic, yes,
Austin YorkHOST
you did.
Austin YorkHOST
And I knew every word to every song.
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