Dr. Dre - 2001
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About the album
2001 is Dr. Dre’s second studio album and a studio-built account of his return to the center of West Coast rap. The production is controlled and spacious: low bass, crisp drums, synthesizer lines, and vocal arrangements leave each guest a defined role. Eminem appears on “Forgot About Dre,” Snoop Dogg on “The Next Episode,” and Xzibit and Nate Dogg add to the record’s shifting voices. Dre’s post-N.W.A. history is part of the context, but the album is most clear as a working method, with Dre and a team of co-producers refining small changes until the groove feels inevitable. Aftermath issued the twenty-two-track CD in 1999. It is a long programme with skits, transitions, and several producers, but the sonic palette stays recognizably connected from beginning to end.
Worth knowing
- 2001 was released in 1999 by Aftermath.
- Dr. Dre is the album’s central producer.
- Eminem appears on “Forgot About Dre.”
- The CD contains twenty-two tracks.
Credits
- producer, mix
- Dr. Dre
- producer
- Lord Finesse
- producer
- Mel‐Man
- engineer
- Brian Gardner
- engineer
- Richard “Segal” Huredia
Tracklist
- 1.Lolo (intro)
- 2.The Watcher
- 3.Fuck You
- 4.Still D.R.E.
- 5.Big Ego’s
- 6.Xxplosive
- 7.What’s the Difference
- 8.Bar One
- 9.Light Speed
- 10.Forgot About Dre
- 11.The Next Episode
- 12.Let’s Get High
- 13.Bitch Niggaz
- 14.The Car Bomb
- 15.Murder Ink
- 16.Ed‐ucation
- 17.Some L.A. Niggaz
- 18.Pause 4 Porno
- 19.Housewife
- 20.Ackrite
- 21.Bang Bang
- 22.The Message
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