2001 (album)

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2001
Image:DrDre-2001.jpg
Album by Dr. Dre
Released	December 4, 1999
Recorded	???
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	68:12
Label	Aftermath/Interscope
Producer(s)	Dr. Dre and Mel-Man
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link
Dr. Dre chronology
First Round Knock Out (1996)	2001 (1999)	Chronicle: Best of the Work (2002)

2001, sometimes referred to as Chronic 2001 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, Mary J. Blige, and others. Originally intended to be called The Chronic 2001 (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, and further established the career of Eminem, who went on to eventually become one of the best-selling rappers of all time and one of the most critically-acclaimed artists of the late '90s and early 21st century. 2001 debuted at #2 on the Billboard Charts and was eventually certified 6x platinum by the RIAA.

The album was well-received by most critics, if not on quite the same level as Dre's smash 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. The same critics generally considered the album's production top-notch and innovative, though, and praised Snoop Dogg and particularly Eminem's contributions to the album.

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 boom 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'."

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Track listing

"Lolo (Intro)" (featuring Xzibit and Tray-Dee) - 0:40
"The Watcher" - 3:28
"Fuck You" (featuring Devin a.k.a The Dude and Snoop Dogg) - 3:25
"Still D.R.E." (featuring Snoop Dogg) - 4:28
"Big Ego's" (featuring Hittman) - 4:01
"Xxplosive" (featuring Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg and Six-Two) - 3:35
"What's The Difference" (featuring Eminem and Xzibit) - 4:04
"Bar One" (featuring Tracy Nelson, Ms. Roq and Eddie Griffin) - 0:51
"Light Speed" (featuring Hittman) - 2:41
"Forgot about Dre" (featuring Eminem) - 3:42
"The Next Episode" (featuring Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg) - 2:42
"Let's Get High" (featuring Hittman, Kurupt and Ms. Roq) - 2:27
"Bitch Niggaz" (featuring Snoop Dogg, Hittman and Six-Two) - 4:14
"The Car Bomb" (featuring Mel-Man and Shari Henry) - 1:01
"Murder Ink" (featuring Hittman and Ms. Roq) - 2:28
"Ed-Ucation" (featuring Eddie Griffin) - 1:32
"Some L.A. Niggaz" (featuring Defari, Xzibit, Knoc-Turn'al, Time Bomb, King T, MC Ren and Kokane) - 4:25
"Pause 4 Porno" (featuring Jake Steed) - 1:33
"Housewife" (featuring Kurupt and Hittman) - 4:03
"Ackrite" (featuring Hittman) - 3:40
"Bang Bang" (featuring Knoc-turn'al and Hittman) - 3:42
"The Message" (featuring Mary J. Blige and Rell) - 5:29