Is it safe to say Dr Dre’s The Chronic is responsible for hip hop going mainstream?

[Dave7]

The correct answer is Run DMC as far as recognition goes.

But Death Row/The Chronic solidified the West Coast Sound and going platinum as a standard.

 

[KidJSoul]

Imagine if you said this in an everyday conversation and people that didn’t know better didn’t have a chance to verify it

be careful

‘The Chronic’ came out in 1992 … ‘2001’ came out in 1999

I had a brain fart

 

[Dynamite James]

The chronic was 99

Before that, Snoop, 2Pac, etc. All had multi-million selling albums with big hits on the hot 100.

Heck, Mariah low key had a influence by featuring rappers on contemporary mainstream pop songs on radio

Did you not know “The chronic” was released in December 1992?

 

[KidJSoul]

Did you not know “The chronic” was released in December 1992?

Confused it with 2001

 

[Dynamite James]

Confused it with 2001

 

[King Ming]

Another trash Eminem song as usual

Game >>> Overrated Eminem

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

HELL NO..
RUN DMC WALK THIS WAY WAS HUGE IN 80S..POP CHART SONG.

 

[Pillmattic]

I remember when I was 5/6 asking my older brother to buy me an Mc hammer doll at toys r us he said if I asked him again he’d beat my ass lol

 

[DaveyDave]

good point, “you can’t touch this” utilized the synth sound that became synonymous with g-funk before Dre did

although an argument can be made it was more of a pop/dance record than hip-hop due to its content

nope. At that time, Hip Hop/Rap was still being taken as a fad and THIS



is what 99% of the WORLD thought Hip Hop was.

 

[King Poetic]

The Chronic made other regions /hip hop bring more gangster rap into their music

Even had bytches like mc lyte yelling about getting a ruffneck

 

[get these nets]

nope. At that time, Hip Hop/Rap was still being taken as a fad and THIS



is what 99% of the WORLD thought Hip Hop was.

Disagree here. Reagan was in office between 80 and 88, so we don't know when this video was made.

You Can't Touch This came out in early 90s. But before it came out, RUNDMC we're global superstars. Toured major venues in America and the world, had multiplatinum albums, cover of mainstream magazines, global endorsement deal with Adidas.
Bobby Brown was the biggest star on earth for a minute, and he incorporated elements of hip hop in his songs. And Arsenio went on the air, and gave rappers a HUGE mainstream platform on national tv

That video could have been from early 80s when hip hop still could have died out and been a fad, or region North East thing....but by the time Reagan left office , hip hop was generating enough money that record labels were going to continue selling it

 

[Tribal Outkast]

There is this group from Hollis, Queens in NYC. They wear fedora hats and Adidas with no laces. You may want to check them out some day...

Same group that saved Aerosmith’s career.

 

[DaveyDave]

Disagree here. Reagan was in office between 80 and 88, so we don't know when this video was made.

You Can't Touch This came out in early 90s. But before it came out, RUNDMC we're global superstars. Toured major venues in America and the world, had multiplatinum albums, cover of mainstream magazines, global endorsement deal with Adidas.
Bobby Brown was the biggest star on earth for a minute, and he incorporated elements of hip hop in his songs. And Arsenio went on the air, and gave rappers a HUGE mainstream platform on national tv

That video could have been from early 80s when hip hop still could have died out and been a fad, or region North East thing....but by the time Reagan left office , hip hop was generating enough money that record labels were going to continue selling it

Yeah but the vast majority of America and the world still thought it was a fad, they still thoug it if it as a novelty thing.

 

[Ghost Utmost]

73-83 basically the dark ages. I think very few actual records came out before like 78-79.

83 was Run DMC era which leads into Salt and Pepa, LL and other big acts. There were still mostly "underground" acts. Saleswise. I'd say Hip Hop went global with Run an nem, but it would get bigger

93 was the big boom. Onyx, Nas, Chronic, and rappers routinely selling multi plat.

 

[JMD]

Another trash Eminem song as usual

Game >>> Overrated Eminem

the random bashing of Em in any thread