Dr. Dre - Dr Dre 2001 [CD]

Despite the number of guests on hand, Dr. Dre's decade-/century-/millennium-ending sequel to The Chronic is, like its predecessor, less a stack of posse cuts and more an elegantly seamless work from West Coast hip-hop's premier auteur. Deliberately cinematic in everything from its mix of moods to dramatic musical surges, 2001 is Dre's assessment of the gangsta life in medium shots. No longer fully immersed in violence and random sex, yet aware of their attraction, he often lets his guests blow steam about whatever's on their minds. When he takes stock of gangbanging circa late '99, though, he drops his neutral tone; he even provides another half-joking but stern warning to protégé Eminem on "What's the Difference." Between his discovery of Slim Shady, visits from old pal Snoop Dogg, and, most of all, the masterful sound and flow of this CD, Dre should shut down all talk of his supposed irrelevance. Tracklist: Lolo (Intro) - (featuring Xzibit/Tray-Dee) Watcher, The Fuck You - (featuring Devin/Snoop Dogg) Still D.R.E. - (featuring Snoop Dogg) Big Ego's - (featuring Hitman) Xxplosive - (featuring Hitman/Kurupt/Nate Dogg/Six Two) What's the Difference - (featuring Eminem/Xzibit) Bar One - (featuring Traci Nelson/Ms. Roq/Eddie Griffin) Light Speed - (featuring Hitman) Forgot About Dre - (featuring Hitman) Next Episode, The - (featuring Snoop Dogg) Let's Get High - (featuring Hitman/Kurupt/Ms. Roq) Bitch Niggaz - (featuring Snoop Dogg/Hitman/Six Two) Car Bomb, The - (featuring Mel-Man/Charis Henry) Murder Ink - (featuring Hitman/Ms. Roq) Ed-Ucation - (featuring Eddie Griffin) Some L.A. Niggaz - (featuring Defari/Xzibit/Knoc-Turn'al/Time Bo Pause 4 Porno - (featuring Jake $Teed) Housewife - (featuring Kurupt/Hitman) Ackrite - (featuring Hitman) Bang Bang - (featuring Knoc-Turn'al/Hitman) Message, The - (featuring Mary J. Blige/Rell) UPC: 606949048624 Label: Interscope Records Release Date: 11.16.99 Format: CD