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1 A Nigga Witta Gun
2 Bitches Ain't Shit
3 Deeez Nuuuts
4 Fuck Wit Dre Day
5 High Powered
6 Let Me Ride
7 Lil' Ghetto Boy
8 Lyrical Gangbang
9 Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang
10 Rat-a-Tat-Tat
11 Stranded on Death Row
12 The Day the Niggaz Took Over

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"Fuck wit Dre Day" The diss track conveys an aggressive production style, as well as critical lyrics aimed at rappers Eazy-E, Luke Campbell and Tim Dog. Problems playing this file? See media help. The album's lyrics caused some controversy, as the subject matter included sexism and violent representations. It was noted that the album was a "frightening amalgam of inner-city street gangs that includes misogynist sexual politics and violent revenge scenarios". Most of the N.W.A members were addressed on the album; Eazy-E and Ice Cube were dissed on the second single "Fuck wit Dre Day", while MC Ren however was shouted out on the album's intro.[23] Dr. Dre's dissing of former bandmate, Eazy-E, resulted in vicious lyrics, which were mainly aimed at offending his enemy with homosexual implications, although it was noted to have "a spirited cleverness in the phrasing and rhymes; in other words, the song is offensive, but it's creatively offensive".[24] Snoop Dogg, who had a significant role on the album, was praised for his lyrics and flow, and it was stated that, "Coupled with his inventive rhymes, Snoop's distinctive style made him a superstar before he'd even released a recording of his own"[25] and that his involvement was as important to the album's success as its production.[26] Touré of The New York Times remarks that "While Snoop delivers rhymes delicately, the content is anything but. Growing up poor, often surrounded by violence, and having served six months in the Wayside County jail outside of Los Angeles (for cocaine possession) gave Snoop Dogg experiences upon which he draws."[27] Snoop Dogg later commented on the "reality" of his lyrics, stating, "My raps are incidents where either I saw it happen to one of my close homies or I know about it from just being in the ghetto. I can't rap about something I don't know. You'll never hear me rapping about no bachelor's degree. It's only what I know and that's that street life. It's all everyday life, reality."[27] Singles[edit] Three singles were released from the album: "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang", "Fuck wit Dre Day" and "Let Me Ride". "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" was released as the first single on November 19, 1992. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and Hot Rap Singles.[28] It sold over a million copies and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Platinum on March 24, 1993.[29] The song was nominated for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 1994 Grammy Awards,[30] but lost to Digable Planets' "Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)". Steve Huey of AllMusic named it "the archetypal G-funk single" and added "The sound, style, and performances of "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" were like nothing else on the early-'90s hip-hop scene."[25] He praised Snoop Dogg's performance, stating "[Snoop Dogg's] flow was laconic and relaxed, massively confident and capable of rapid-fire tongue-twisters, but coolly laid-back and almost effortless at the same time".[25] It was voted in a VH1 poll as the 13th best song of the 1990s.[31] "Fuck wit Dre Day (and Everybody's Celebratin')" was released as the second single on May 20, 1993, and like the previous single, it was a hit on multiple charts. It reached number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number six on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.[28] It sold over 800,000 units and the RIAA certified it Gold on October 8, 1993.[29] Allmusic writer Steve Huey stated that the song was "a classic hip-hop single", citing Dr. Dre's production as "impeccable as ever, uniting his signature whiny synth melodies with a halting, descending bass line, a booming snare, and soulful female vocals in the background"[24] and alluded to Snoop Dogg, stating "Attitude was something Snoop had by the boatload, his drawling, laid-back delivery projecting unassailable control – it sounded lazy even though it wasn't, and that helped establish Snoop's don't-give-a-damn persona."[24] The track contains direct insults to rappers East coast rapper Tim Dog, 2 Live Crew member Luke, and Dre's former accomplices Eazy-E & Ice Cube. "Let Me Ride" was released as a cassette single on September 13, 1993.[32] It experienced moderate success on the charts, reaching number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Hot Rap Singles.[28] The song won Dr. Dre Best Rap Solo Performance at the 1994 Grammy Awards.[33] On this song and "Nuthin but a "G" Thang", Time magazine noted that Dr. Dre's verses were delivered with a "hypnotically intimidating ease" and made the songs feel like "dusk on a wide-open L.A. boulevard, full of possibility and menace".[34] Critical reception[edit] Contemporary professional reviewsReview scoresSourceRatingChicago Tribune[35]Entertainment WeeklyA+[36]Los Angeles Times[37]Rolling Stone[23]Select[38]The Source[39]USA Today[40]The Village VoiceC+[41] In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Havelock Nelson wrote that the album "drops raw realism and pays tribute to hip-hop virtuosity."[23] Entertainment Weekly said that it "storms with rage, strolls with confidence, and reverberates with a social realism that's often ugly and horrifying".[36] Matty C of The Source claimed that Snoop Dogg's "Slick Rick-esque style" produces "new ground for West Coast MCs" and that the album is "an innovative and progressive hip-hop package that must not be missed."[39] Edna Gundersen of USA Today found "Dre's prowess as beat-master and street preacher" to be "undeniable".[40] Jonathan Gold of the Los Angeles Times wrote that, although the rappers lack "quick wit" and "rhythmic virtuosity", Dre's artistry is "on a par with Phil Spector's or Brian Wilson's." Gold argued that, because Dre recreates rather than samples beats and instrumental work, the finished album's fidelity is not inflected by that of "scratchy R&B records that have been played a million times", unlike productions from East Coast hip hop.[37] Greg Kot was less enthusiastic in the Chicago Tribune, deeming The Chronic superficial, unrefined entertainment, while writing that "Dre combines street potency with thuggish stupidity in equal measure."[35] Village Voice critic Robert Christgau dismissed it as "sociopathic easy-listening" and "bad pop music" whose innovation—Dre's departure from sampling—is not inspired by contemporary P-Funk, but rather blaxploitation soundtracks, which led him to combine preset bass lines with imitations of "Bernie Worrell's high keyb sustain, a basically irritating sound that in context always signified fantasy, not reality—stoned self-loss or, at a best Dre never approaches, grandiose jive."[41] He felt that the brutal lyrical threats were vague and lacked detail,[42] but that Snoop Dogg rhymed "drolly" and less dully than Dre.[43] Select's Adam Higginbotham opined that The Chronic was not as strong as releases from other gangster rap artists such as Ice Cube and Da Lench Mob and found it neither as "musically sharp, nor as lyrically smart as the latter".[38] His review concluded that the album sounded like "all the pedestrian bits from The Predator", but that it was still better than anything Eazy-E had released.[44] Trouser Press noted that "all of Dre's production wizardry can't mask the nasty misogyny that is essential to his mythos."[45] In a retrospective piece, Jon Pareles from The New York Times said that The Chronic and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle "made the gangsta life sound like a party occasionally interrupted by gunplay".[19] AllMusic's Steve Huey compared Dr. Dre to his inspiration, George Clinton, stating "Dre's just as effortlessly funky, and he has a better feel for a hook, a knack that improbably landed gangsta rap on the pop charts".[12] Rhapsody writer Brolin Winning named the album as "an untouchable masterpiece of California Gangsta Rap" and that it had "track after track of G-Funk gems".[46] In Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, it was noted that "Dre funked up the rhymes with a smooth bass-heavy production style and the laid-back delivery of then-unknown rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg."[47] Time magazine's Josh Tyrangiel states that Dr. Dre created "a sound that defined early 90s urban L.A. in the same way that Motown defined 60s Detroit".[34] Laura Sinagra, writing in The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), said that The Chronic "features system-busting Funkadelic beats designed to rumble your woofer while the matter-of-fact violence of the lyrics blows your smoke-filled mind".[48] Accolades[edit] Retrospective professional reviewsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic[12]Blender[49]The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[50]Mojo[51]MusicHound R&B[52]Pitchfork10/10[53]The Rolling Stone Album Guide[48]Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[54]XXL5/5[55] In 1994, "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" and "Let Me Ride" were nominated at the 36th Grammy Awards, with the latter winning Best Rap Solo Performance for Dr. Dre.[33] That year, readers of Hip Hop Connection voted it the fourth best album of all time, leading the magazine to speculate, "In a few years' time, it could even be remembered as the best rap album of all time."[56] The Chronic was included in Vibe magazine's list of the 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century,[57] and the magazine later included it in their list of the Top 10 Rap Albums of All Time, dubbing it a "decade-defining opus".[58] The record was ranked eighth in Spin magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s",[59] and in 2005, it was ranked at number thirty-five in their list of the "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005".[60] Rolling Stone ranked The Chronic at number 138 on their list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time",[47] and at 37 in their 2020 update. In 2005, MTV Networks listed The Chronic as the third greatest hip hop album in history.[61] The following year, Time magazine named it as one of "The All-Time 100 Albums".[34] In a retrospective issue, XXL magazine awarded The Chronic a perfect "XXL" rating.[55] The Source, who originally gave the album a rating of 4.5 out of 5 mics in 1993, would later include it in their list of the 100 Best Rap Albums; in 2008, the magazine's former editor Reginald Dennis remarked that he "would have given it a five" in retrospect—the magazine's editors had a strict rule forbidding five-mic ratings at the time—and that "no one could have predicted the seismic shift that this album would produce".[62] The Chronic is listed in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[63] Commercial performance[edit] As of 2015, the album has sold 5.7 million copies in the United States,[6] and was certified Triple Platinum by RIAA on November 3, 1993.[64] It is Dr. Dre's second-bestselling album, as his follow-up album, 2001, was certified sextuple Platinum.[65] The album first appeared on music charts in 1993, peaking on the Billboard 200 at number three, and peaking on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums at number one.[66] The Chronic spent eight months in the Billboard Top 10.[9] The album's three singles became top ten Billboard singles.[10] "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.[10] "Fuck Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')" became a top ten single on four different charts, including the Hot R&B Singles (number 6) and the Hot 100 (number 8).[10] The Chronic didn't chart on the UK Albums Chart until 2000. It re-entered the charts in 2003, peaking on the Ireland Albums Top 75 at number 48, and on the UK Albums Top 75 in 2004 at number 43.[67] As of 2015, it has sold 260,814 copies there.[68] Legacy[edit] Comparison of Zig-Zag rolling papers with The Chronic album cover Having split from N.W.A, Dr. Dre's first solo album established him as one of the biggest hip hop stars of his era.[11] Yahoo! Music writer S.L. Duff wrote of the album's impact on his status in hip hop at the time, stating "Dre's considerable reputation is based on this release, alongside his production technique on Snoop's Doggystyle" and his early work with N.W.A. Whatever one thinks of the over-the-top bravado rapping, the tracks and beats Dre assembled are beyond reproach".[69] The Chronic brought G-funk to the mainstream – a genre defined by slow bass beats and melodic synthesizers, topped by P-Funk samples, female vocals, and a laconic, laid-back lyrical delivery referred to as a "lazy drawl". The album takes its name from a slang term for premium grade cannabis, chronic. The album cover is an homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers.[11] Robert Christgau said that, although he "can't stand" it, he respects The Chronic "for its influence and iconicity".[70] The album launched the careers of West Coast hip hop artists, including Snoop Doggy Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and Warren G, Dr. Dre's stepbrother – all of whom pursued successful commercial careers.[11] The Chronic is widely regarded as the album that re-defined West Coast hip hop,[12] demonstrated gangsta rap's commercial potential as a multi-platinum commodity, and established G-funk as the most popular sound in hip hop music for several years after its release, with Dr. Dre producing major albums that drew heavily on his production style.[15] The album's success established Death Row Records as a dominant force in 1990s hip hop.[15] It has been re-released 3 times, first as a remastered CD, then as a remastered DualDisc with enhanced stereo and four videos, and in 2009 as "The Chronic Re-Lit" with a bonus DVD containing a 30-minute interview and 7 unreleased tracks.[12] On April 20, 2020, the album was distributed across all major streaming services, as it had previously been an Apple Music exclusive since 2015.[71] However, on March 13, 2022, the album (along with several other Death Row albums) was removed from streaming services, with speculation that Snoop Dogg (who had acquired the label the previous month) wanted to turn the albums into NFTs.[72] In January 2023, it was reported that as part of a deal with Universal Music Group and Shamrock Holdings for his music assets, the masters for the album were set to transfer from Death Row back to Dre in August of the same year, with the masters then being transferred to UMG as part of the deal.[73] The following month, Dre announced that he has regained control of rights to the album (through his company Ary, Inc.) and restored the album to streaming services through the album's original distributor, Interscope Records.[74] Track listing[edit] All songs produced by Dr. Dre. # Title Songwriter(s)[75] Performer(s) Samples[75] Length 1 "The Chronic (Intro)" Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Colin Wolfe Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Solomon Burke "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players "Country Cooking" by Jim Dandy "The Shalimar" by Gylan Kain "Colour Me Funky" by Parliament 1:57 2 "Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')"[nb 1] Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Colin Wolfe First verse: Dr. Dre Second verse: Snoop Dogg Interlude: RBX Third verse: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre Outro: Snoop Dogg Outro vocals: Jewell "Atomic Dog" by George Clinton "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic "Funkentelechy", "The Big Bang Theory", "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament 4:52 3 "Let Me Ride" RBX, Snoop Dogg Verses: Dr. Dre Refrain: Snoop Dogg Vocals: Ruben, Jewell "Mothership Connection (Star Child)", "Swing Down, Sweet Chariot (Live)" by Parliament "Kissing My Love" (Drums) by Bill Withers "Funky Drummer" (Drums) by James Brown 4:21 4 "The Day the Niggaz Took Over" Dr. Dre, RBX, Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz Chorus: Snoop Dogg, RBX First verse: Dat Nigga Daz Second verse: Dr. Dre Third verse: RBX Fourth verse: Dat Nigga Daz Outro: Snoop Dogg Samples LA uprising documentary "Birth of a Nation 4x29x92" (directed by Matthew McDaniels) "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)" by Boogie Down Productions 4:33 5 "Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang" Snoop Dogg Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" by Leon Haywood "Uphill (Peace of Mind)" by Kid Dynamite "B Side Wins Again" by Public Enemy 3:58 6 "Deeez Nuuuts" Dr. Dre, Dat Nigga Daz, Snoop Dogg, Colin Wolfe, Nate Dogg, Warren G Intro: Warren G Chorus: Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre First verse: Dr. Dre Second verse: Dat Nigga Daz Third verse: Dr. Dre Outro: Nate Dogg "Chestnuts" by Rudy Ray Moore Excerpt from Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Runaway Corpse" "Pull Fancy Dancer/Pull" by One Way 5:06 7 "Lil' Ghetto Boy" Snoop Dogg, D.O.C. First verse: Snoop Dogg Second verse: Dr. Dre Third verse: Snoop Dogg Backing vocals: Dat Nigga Daz, Nate Dogg "Little Ghetto Boy" by Donny Hathaway "I Get Lifted" by George McCrae "The Get Out of the Ghetto Blues" by Gil Scott-Heron 5:27 8 "A Nigga Witta Gun" D.O.C., Snoop Dogg Dr. Dre "Big Sur Suite" by Johnny "Hammond" Smith "Who's the Man (With the Master Plan)" by The Kay Gees "Friends" by Whodini 3:52 9 "Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat" Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg Intro: RBX Verses: Dr. Dre Chorus: Snoop Dogg, BJ Outro: Snoop Dogg Audio sample from The Mack "Vegetable Wagon" by Donny Hathaway "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" by Willie Hutch "Pot Belly" by Lou Donaldson 3:48 10 "The $20 Sack Pyramid" (skit) D.O.C., Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre Intro: Dr. Dre Vocals: Snoop Dogg, Samara Show host: Big Tittie Nickie Contestant 1: The D.O.C. Contestant 2: Samara "Papa Was Too" by Joe Tex 2:53 11 "Lyrical Gangbang" Kurupt, RBX, Colin Wolfe First verse: The Lady of Rage Second verse: Kurupt Third verse: RBX "Damn" by The Nite-Liters "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin "Played Like a Piano" by King Tee "Hole in the Head" by Cypress Hill 4:04 12 "High Powered" Dr. Dre, RBX, Colin Wolfe Intro: Dr. Dre Backing vocals: Lady of Rage Verses: RBX Outro: Dat Nigga Daz "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren 2:44 13 "The Doctor's Office" (skit) Dr. Dre, Kevin Lewis, Jewell, The Lady of Rage Jewell, The Lady of Rage, Dr. Dre "Back in Bed" by Jewell 1:04 14 "Stranded on Death Row" Kurupt, RBX, The Lady of Rage, Snoop Dogg Intro: Bushwick Bill First verse: Kurupt Second verse: RBX Third verse: The Lady of Rage Fourth verse: Snoop Dogg Outro: Bushwick Bill "Do Your Thing (Live)" by Isaac Hayes "If It Don't Turn You on (You Outta Leave It Alone)" by B.T. Express "The Jam" by Graham Central Station 4:47 15 "The Roach (The Chronic Outro)" RBX, The Lady of Rage, Dat Nigga Daz Verses: RBX Chorus: Emmage, Ruben Backing vocals: Dat Nigga Daz, The Lady of Rage, Jewell "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)", "Colour Me Funky" by Parliament "Impeach the President" (Drums) by The Honey Drippers 4:36 16 "Bitches Ain't Shit" Dr. Dre, Colin Wolfe, Snoop Dogg, The D.O.C., Kurupt, Dat Nigga Daz Chorus: Snoop Dogg First verse: Dr. Dre Second verse: Dat Nigga Daz Third verse: Kurupt Fourth verse: Snoop Dogg Outro: Jewell "Adolescent Funk" by Funkadelic "Let's Get Small" by Trouble Funk 4:48 .mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}The Chronic: Dualdisc Limited Edition DVD Side[76]No.TitleLength1."The Chronic" (In Enhanced Stereo)62:042."Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" (Original Music Video)4:473."Let Me Ride" (Original Music Video)6:544."Dre Day" (Original Music Video)6:155."Lil' Ghetto Boy" (Original Music Video)5:04 The Chronic: Remastered Edition Bonus Material[77]No.TitleLength17."Dre Day" (Original Music Video)6:15 The Chronic: Re-Lit & From The Vault Bonus DVD[78]No.TitleLength1."Dre Day" (Original Music Video)6:152."Dre Day" (Censored Music Video)6:143."Let Me Ride" (Original Music Video)6:544."Let Me Ride" (TV Version Music Video)4:245."Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" (Original Music Video)4:476."Nuthin' But A 'G' Thang" (Unrated Music Video)4:487."Lil' Ghetto Boy" (Original Music Video)5:048."Dr. Dre Interview"30:229."The Robbery" (Featurette)6:3410."'The Chronic' Promo #1"0:3611."'The Chronic' Promo #2"0:3612."'The Chronic' Promo #3"0:3613."'The Chronic' Promo #4"0:3614."'The Chronic' Promo #5"0:3615."'The Chronic' Commercial #1"0:3616."'The Chronic' Commercial #2"0:3617."'The Chronic' Commercial #3"0:3618."'The Chronic' Commercial #4"0:3619."Dr. Dre in Saigon, CA" (Featurette)4:2420."Poor Young Dave" (Audio) (performed by Snoop Dogg)2:5421."Slippin' In The West" (Audio) (performed by CPO and Kurupt)5:0622."Smoke Enough Bud" (Audio) (performed by Jewell and Snoop Dogg)5:2623."Foo Nay Mic" (Audio) (performed by CPO)4:2424."Dogg Collar" (Audio) (performed by Snoop Dogg, Lady V, KV, Big Pimpin', 6'9°, Twin and Badass)5:0425."Touchdown" (Audio) (performed by Snoop Dogg and Threat)4:2626."Would You Ride" (Audio) (performed by Kurupt, Amber, Tyrone, Daz and Snoop Dogg)6:29 Personnel[edit] Dr. Dre – vocals, synthesizers, producer, drum programming, mixing Snoop Doggy Dogg – vocals, co-writer RBX – vocals, composer, co-writer Lady of Rage – vocals Warren G – vocals, drum programing, composer The D.O.C. – co-writer, vocals Nate Dogg – vocals, composer Dat Nigga Daz – vocals, drum programming, composer Kurupt – vocals, composer Jewell – vocals Colin Wolfe – bass guitar, bass keyboard, co-writer Justin Reinhardt – keyboards Katisse Buckingham – flute, saxophone Eric "The Drunk" Borders – guitar Chris Clairmont – guitar Bernie Grundman – mastering Greg "Gregski" Royal – mixing Chris "The Glove" Taylor – mixing Willie Will – mixing Ben Butler – producer Suge Knight – executive producer Charts[edit] .mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}} Weekly charts[edit] Chart (1993–2004) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA)[79] 91 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[80] 74 Irish Albums (IRMA)[66] 48 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[81] 35 UK Albums (OCC)[82] 43 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[83] 11 US Billboard 200[84] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[85] 1 2022 chart performance for The Chronic Chart (2022) Peakposition Polish Albums (ZPAV)[86] 48 2023 chart performance for The Chronic Chart (2023) Peakposition Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[87] 139 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[88] 96 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[89] 35 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[90] 32 Year-end charts[edit] Chart (1993) Position US Billboard 200[91] 6 US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)[92] 2 Chart (1994) Position US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums (Billboard)[93] 57 Chart (2001) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[94] 73 Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[95] 194 Certifications[edit] Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)[96] Platinum 100,000‡ United Kingdom (BPI)[97] Platinum 300,000‡ United States (RIAA)[98] 3× Platinum 5,700,000[6] ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. See also[edit] List of number-one R&B albums of 1993 (U.S.) Notes[edit] .mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman} ^ All album art lists it as "___ wit Dre Day". 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