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2001, sometimes referred to as Chronic 2001, Chronic 2 or Dr. Dre 2001, is a 1999 hip hop album by famed rapper and producer Dr. Dre, featuring guest appearances from Snoop Dogg, Hittman, Eminem, Xzibit, and others. Originally intended to be called The Chronic 2000 (the name was changed because of litigation with Dr. Dre's former label Death Row Records), the album is the long-awaited follow-up to Dr. Dre's classic 1992 album The Chronic. It brought the West Coast hip hop scene back to the spotlight after years of obscurity, showed that Dr. Dre could still make hits, and further established the career of Eminem, who went on to eventually become one of the best-selling rappers of all time. 2001 debuted at #2 on the Billboard charts and was eventually certified 6x platinum by the RIAA, with total worldwide sales of 10 million.
The album was well-received by most critics, if not on quite the same level as Dre's classic debut
The Chronic. Some complained that several of the rappers who featured prominently on the album (such as
Hittman and Ms. Roq) were not particularly talented and crowded out Dre himself. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
All Music Guide asked "
Why does a producer as original as Dre work with such pedestrian rappers? Perhaps it's to ensure his control over the project, or to mask his own shortcomings as an MC, but the album suffers considerably as a result."
[1] Critics generally considered the album's production top-notch and innovative, though, and praised Snoop Dogg and Eminem's contributions to the album.
Royce da 5'9" also did extensive ghostwriting for Dre on the album.[2] However, when that information was leaked to the media by Royce's then-manager (who Royce refused to fire at the time), Royce was disassociated with Dre. One track, "Xxplosive", was even retouched; the original version had featured Royce's vocals, which were removed. He also wrote the song "The Message".[3] This was the only song on the album not produced by Dr Dre, instead produced by Lord Finesse. Dre dedicated the song to his late brother Tyrece Young, who was killed in a gangfight.
The album marked the beginning of Dre's collaboration with keyboardist Scott Storch, who had previously worked with The Roots and is creditted as a co-writer on several of 2001's tracks, including the hit single "Still D.R.E.." Storch would later go on to become a successful producer in his own right, and has been creditted as a co-producer with Dre on some of his productions since.
The album was released in a censored version which blanked out all profanity, drug content, and violence. It was one of the most censored versions of an album in the late 90's, when most editors would commonly leave in drug and/or violent content (see DMX's first two albums as well as It Was Written by Nas).
Dr. Dre faced a couple of legal battles as a result of this album's content.
George Lucas sued him over the use of the
THX Deep Note in the album's intro, and the
London-based music publisher Minder Music Ltd. was awarded $1.5 million in a federal
copyright infringement lawsuit against the
rapper, claiming the bassline for "Let's Get High" was stolen from a 1980 tune called "Backstrokin'." In 2001 the album won the
Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Album of the Year.
Most recently, 2001 has re-entered in the UK Top 40 R&B albums peaking at #21 (highest entry, the week before it was #24) in March 2006.
Contents
- 1 Track listing
- 2 Samples/Interpolations
- 3 Other versions
- 4 Album singles
- 5 Personnel
- 6 Chart positions
- 7 Accolades
- 8 References
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Track listing
All tracks are produced by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man except for "The Message", which is produced by Lord Finesse. A different version of "Housewife", entitled "Ho's a Housewife", is included on Kurupt's 1998 album Kuruption!.
| #
| Title
| Time
| Guest(s)
|
| 1
| "Lolo (Intro)"
| 0:40
| Xzibit, Tray Deee
|
| 2
| "The Watcher"
| 3:28
| Eminem, Knoc-turn'al
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| 3
| "Fuck You"
| 3:25
| Devin the Dude, Snoop Dogg
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| 4
| "Still D.R.E."
| 4:28
| Snoop Dogg
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| 5
| "Big Ego's"
| 4:01
| Hittman
|
| 6
| "Xxplosive"
| 3:35
| Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Six-Two
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| 7
| "What's the Difference"
| 4:04
| Xzibit, Eminem, Phish
|
| 8
| "Bar One"
| 0:51
| Traci Nelson, Ms. Roq, Eddie Griffin
|
| 9
| "Light Speed"
| 2:41
| Hittman
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| 10
| "Forgot About Dre"
| 3:42
| Eminem
|
| 11
| "The Next Episode"
| 2:42
| Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Nate Dogg
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| 12
| "Let's Get High"
| 2:27
| Hittman, Kurupt, Ms. Roq
|
| 13
| "Bitch Niggaz"
| 4:14
| Snoop Dogg, Hittman, Six-Two
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| 14
| "The Car Bomb"
| 1:01
| Mel-Man, Charis Henry
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| 15
| "Murder Ink"
| 2:28
| Hittman, Ms. Roq
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| 16
| "Ed-ucation"
| 1:32
| Eddie Griffin
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| 17
| "Some L.A. Niggaz"
| 4:25
| MC Ren, Time Bomb, Hittman, Defari, Xzibit, King T, Knoc-turn'al, Kokane
|
| 18
| "Pause 4 Porno"
| 1:33
| Jake Steed
|
| 19
| "Housewife"
| 4:03
| Hittman, Kurupt
|
| 20
| "Ackrite"
| 3:40
| Hittman
|
| 21
| "Bang Bang"
| 3:42
| Hittman, Knoc-turn'al, Eminem
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| 22
| "The Message"
| 5:29
| Mary J. Blige, Rell
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Samples/Interpolations
Still D.R.E.
Big Ego's
Xxplosive
What's the Difference
Bar One
Light Speed
Next Episode
Let's Get High
Bitch Niggaz
Murder Ink
Ed-ucation
Housewife
Other versions
There are two other versions of 2001 that exist. One is a censored, or clean version, with no profanity. The other is an instrumental version which does not have tracks #14 and #16. This is most likely because those are skit tracks with minor or no beats.
Album singles
Personnel
- Dr. Dre - Executive producer/Producer/Mixer/Performer
- Mel-Man - Producer/Performer
- Lord Finesse - Producer ("The Message")
- Eminem - Performer, Vocals
- Snoop Dogg - Performer, Vocals
- Jay-Z - Ghostwriter ("Still D.R.E.")
- Hittman - Performer
- Xzibit - Performer
- Kurupt - Performer, Vocals
- Ms. Roq - Performer
- Devin the Dude - Performer, Vocals
- Nate Dogg - Performer
- Six-Two - Performer
- MC Ren - Vocals
- Tommy Chong - Vocals
- Knoc-Turn'Al - Performer, Vocals
- Defari - Performer
- Time Bomb - Performer
- King T - Performer
- Kokane - Performer
- Mary J. Blige - Performer
- Rell - Performer
- Jake Steed - Performer
- Eddie Griffin - Performer
- Charis Henry - Performer
- Traci Nelson - Performer
- Ian Sanchez - Performer
- Larry Chatman - Production manager
- Kirdis G. Tucker - Aftermath product manager
- Charles "Big Chuck" Stanton - A&R director
- Mike Lynn - A&R director
- Damon "Bing" Chatman - Aftermath project coordinator
- Michelle Thomas - Interscope product manager
- Andrew Van Meter - Interscope production coordinator
- Ekaterina Kenney - Interscope photo shoot coordinator
- Richard "Segal" Huredia - Album/Mix engineer/Collage photographer
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner - Masterer
- Paul Foley - Album editor
- Charis Henry - Collage concept
- Stan Musilik - Photographer
- Donn Thompson - Photographer
- Jason Clark - Art director/designer
Chart positions
Album
| Year
| Album
| Chart positions
|
| Billboard 200
| Top Canadian Albums
| Top Internet Albums
| Top Internet Albums
| Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
|
| 1999
| 2001
| #2
| #3
| #5
| #9
| #1
|
Singles
| Year
| Single
| Chart
| Position
|
| 1999
| "Forgot About Dre"
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks
| 14
|
| 1999
| "Still D.R.E."
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks
| 32
|
| 1999
| "Still D.R.E."
| Hot Rap Singles
| 11
|
| 1999
| "Still D.R.E."
| Rhythmic Top 40
| 29
|
| 1999
| "Still D.R.E."
| Rhythmic Top 40
| 31
|
| 1999
| "Still D.R.E."
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 93
|
| 2000
| "Forgot About Dre"
| Rhythmic Top 40
| 3
|
| 2000
| "Forgot About Dre"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 25
|
| 2000
| "Forgot About Dre"
| Top 40 Mainstream
| 32
|
| 2000
| "Forgot About Dre"
| Top 40 Tracks
| 24
|
| 2000
| "Fuck You"
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks
| 61
|
| 2000
| "Let's Get High"
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks
| 77
|
| 2000
| "The Next Episode"
| Hot Rap Singles
| 9
|
| 2000
| "What's the Difference"
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks
| 76
|
| 2000
| "Xxplosive"
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks
| 51
|
| 2000
| "The Next Episode"
| Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles and Tracks
| 11
|
| 2000
| "The Next Episode"
| Rhythmic Top 40
| 2
|
| 2000
| "The Next Episode"
| The Billboard Hot 100
| 23
|
| 2000
| "The Next Episode"
| Top 40 Tracks
| 28
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Accolades
All URLs accessed on October 15, 2006 UTC
References
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