Third Listen: The Chronic, Dr. Dre

Did it ever stop being Dre Day?

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In this edition of Third Listen, we’ll be analyzing Dr. Dre’s 1992 debut The Chronic, which Rolling Stone Magazine (ahem) believes is the 37th greatest album of all time.

Back when I first heard this record last February, I said that the N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton (#70) was the real masterpiece. But it’s been a year. Is…