Famed music producer Dr. Dre was on the cusp of quitting music while making his classic album The Chronic, according to an excerpt from the book The Streets Win: 50 Years of Hip-Hop Greatness ...

The rapper-producer's debut album, released on Dec. 15, 1992 on Death Row and Interscope Records, is being re-released to digital service providers to celebrate its 30th anniversary.

Initially, there was also confusion over the ownership of “The Chronic” but it seems the sticking issues have been ironed out, and Dr. Dre’s debut album is now back under the Death Row banner.

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this story listed the incorrect release date. Twenty-five years ago, hip-hop changed forever. After a surly split from Compton rap group N.W.A ...

He added, “A close friend of mine — we’ll call him D.O.C. — talked me into doing The Chronic album. It wasn’t my decision. I was talked into doing that.

Dre’s acclaimed album “The Chronic” debuted in 1992 and it pushed both he and Snoop Dogg into the top of the Billboard charts. The project has been certified 3x-platinum.

After 28 years, The Chronic, Dr. Dre's famed debut album, will finally be available on all digital music services, just in time for stoner holiday 4/20. The label previously lost a lawsuit from ...

If you try to remember the late fall of 1992, all you see is smoke. Smoke smoldering from the rubble of post-riot L.A. Smoke sepulchral from the barrels of freshly fired AKs. Smoke swirling from ...

Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ Turns 30: Every Song Ranked From Worst to Best. After a split with N.W.A, the rapper-producer's solo debut introduced the G-funk sound, launched multiple careers and ...

The 2022 book It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him detailed how The Notorious B.I.G. got to working on his debut album Ready to Die, and The Chronic‘s role in the process.