The Chronic has been widely regarded as one of the most important and influential albums of the 1990s and regarded by many fans and peers to be one of the most well-produced hip hop albums of all time. Dre's production has been noted for popularizing the G-funk subgenre within gangsta rap. "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. coached Snoop to better his vocal style, and the pair worked on Dre’s lyrics together. The album's three singles became top ten Billboard singles. Soon, Snoop would be an essential piece of Dre’s work as a solo artist, giving birth to his first single Deep Cover (also Snoop’s first released recording) and the foundation of The Chronic. The Chronic spent eight months in the Billboard Top 10. Dre becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. The Chronic peaked at number three on the Billboard 200 and has been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America with sales of 3 million copies in the United States, which led to Dr. Although a solo album, it features many appearances by then-emerging American rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, who used the album as a launch pad for his own solo career. On The Chronic, he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and its owner, former N. A and its label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. Dre's first solo album after he had departed from hip hop group N.
The album is named after a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is an homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers.
Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Interscope Records. The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr.