Why was Dr. Dre so much better at rapping on The Chronic than he was afterwards?

[raoulduke187]

he had that 17 year old that smoked weed for the first time confidence almost made his shyt believable

at the end of the day he was still gay ass Dre tho

 

[mrvaughn]

Oh, no

He had evolved, and showed his evolution

By adding vocal inflections

An advent of the time brought about to mainstream mostly by Nicki Minaj (but actually pioneered by Mac Dre - a master of the art of communication that exemplified ‘it’s not what you say, but how you say it’)

It sounds simple, but no … vocal inflections were literally not a thing in 1992

Them inflections be a whole ass

 

[Da King]

Up to chronic 2001 Dre legitimately had a good flow and you would never mind seeing him on track. It’s crazy how someone with his musical ear has no idea he has the worst flow in the history of hip-hop. Might be the closest thing to nails on a chalkboard.

 

[Arcavian]

He stopped hanging around nikkaz he could leech off of

 

[Bugzbunny129]

Because he rapped a lot more back then.

 

[mitter]

Because he rapped a lot more back then.

He was already trash by the late 90s

 

[Controversy]

Rappers flows and deliveries tend to get worse as they get older...

Nas flow peaked in 96...he had to tweak it to reach elite level in 01 & 02...but to me, his peak was 96

Guys don't flow top tier forever, none of them do

An exception to this rule is Cole

Wasn't Dre in his mid-30s by his 2nd album? Anything after the 2nd album it's just unrealistic for him to be at his peak bc of his age

 

[Robbie3000]

imo he fell off around the Compton album...something was seriously off with his voice and flow on there

Dre trying to rap Kendrick written bars and whoever new guys were writing his shyt on Compton was

He should have assembled his writers from 2001.

 

[spliz]

He actually wasn’t. Dr Dre is probably the best producer when it comes to actual delivering rhymes. His delivery is on point. I have always said this.

 

[The War Report]

He actually wasn’t. Dr Dre is probably the best producer when it comes to actual delivering rhymes. His delivery is on point. I have always said this.

Word. I feel like all the technical aspects of delivering rhymes Dre did at a high level.

 

[28 Gramz]

the only elite mc on the label was doc...

then he went to atlanta and got mc breed

Kurupt was definitely elite from 93-96

 

[avon barksdale]

Kurupt was definitely elite from 93-96

Rage was too

 

[mitter]

Kurupt was definitely elite from 93-96

I never understood the elevation of Kurupt. He never really impressed me.

 

[mrvaughn]

I never understood the elevation of Kurupt. He never really impressed me.

He used to be great but now it feels he’s just on autopilot…and he keeps rapping about Pteranodons and other assorted dinosaurs for some reason.

Noticed it recently and I just find it a strange artistic choice. Like, you are 52 years old, why are you so obsessed about Dinosaurs that you have to bring them to work?



He’s going to run out of them soon and have to start mentioning made up ones like Barney, Yoshi, and Earl Sinclair.

 

[Peruvian Connect]

Snoop's flow is the real issue..