The Chronic
# Title Songwriter ( s ) Performer ( s ) Samples 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 ' ) 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 Dr. Dre , 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 Gon na Get'cha ( Material Love ) by Boogie Down Productions 4:33
5 Nuthin ' but a ' G ' Thang Snoop Dogg , D.O.C. , Dr. Dre 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 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. , Dr. Dre First verse : Snoop Dogg Second verse : Dr. Dre Third verse : Snoop Dogg Backing vocals : Dat Nigga Daz 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 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 Gon na 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 , The Lady of Rage , Snoop Dogg , Dr. Dre , D.O.C 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 Do n'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 Ai n'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
Track listing
All songs produced by Dr. Dre .
The Chronic is the debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Dr. Dre. It was released on December 15, 1992, by his own record label Death Row Records and distributed by Interscope Records. Recording sessions for the album took place in June 1992 at Death Row Studios in Los Angeles and at Bernie Grundman Mastering in Hollywood. The album is named after a slang term for high-grade cannabis, and its cover is an homage to Zig-Zag rolling papers. It was Dr. Dre's first solo album after he had departed from hip hop group N.W.A and its label Ruthless Records over a financial dispute. On The Chronic, he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and its owner, former N.W.A member Eazy-E. 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. 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. Dre becoming one of the top ten best-selling American performing artists of 1993. The Chronic spent eight months in the Billboard Top 10. The album's three singles became top ten Billboard singles. 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. Dr. Dre's production has been noted for popularizing the G-funk subgenre within gangsta rap.