08 Oct
513: Dr. Dre releases The Chronic
The Chronic is the highly influential debut album from Dr. Dre, released in 1992. It is noted for popularizing West Coast hip hop. Its peak chart position was #3, and went on to sell 4 million copies with chart-breaking hits. “The Chronic” is slang for premium-grade cannabis. The album cover itself is a homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. It is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential albums of the 1990s. Dre went on to become the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and is a former co-owner of Death Row Records.