Consider this album to be comedy at it’s finest! During the 9 years of this release I had always wanted to hear just what was inside this disc but didn’t want to fork over the $20 dollar price tag it fronted. Luck changed when I found it yesterday at Rasputins Bargain Bin for $1.95! Though the discs were extremely damaged, it was still burnable for my computer to rip. With all that said and done, The Chronic 2000: “Still Smokin’!” is a complete knock off effort that forced Dr. Dre to change the name to his album. (2001) While guest appearances from the likes of E-40, Scarface, DJ Quik and Richie Rich don’t serve it’s justice and although the beats are somewhat OG to West coast standards, the album is a complete knock off. Possibly one of the worst compilations of 1999, the album simply lacks any creativity. Been there, done that… It’s the new generation of Death Row!

By 1999 I’d have to say Death Row Records was on life support. Just about everyone had left the label. (Kurupt, Daz, Lady of Rage to name a few) It didn’t stop Suge Knight from reusing various unreleased verses that featured 2pac and DPG. What kills the albums progress is the introduction of 2 new cats to Tha Row, call it karaoke night at Suge’s but The Realest and Top Dogg do there best impersonations of Pac and Snoop! Tha Realest may have Tupacs flow, his vocal style, rhyme patterns and phrases… c’mon now, that’s straight violatin’! Does Suge really expect peeps to pick up the album full of old lyrics and copycats? While tracks like the Mac Shawn/E-40 and Daz track “I Thought You Knew” adds some west coast flavor along with “Gotta Love Gangsta’s” featuring Scarface and Richie Rich (minus Pac’s , I’m sorry Tha Realest’s verse) the album is just not worth it’s hefty price tag. Treach even does the opening track for the album… yes from Naughty by Nature! I think he signed with Tha Row for a minute!

Suge done lost it with his label. He lost some of the best talent West Coast Hip-Hop has ever seen and resorted to rhyme biters and recorded verses. It was an attack on Dre prior to his release and took