The 40 most groundbreaking albums of all time Rolling Stone Magazine Kanye West to Woody Guthrie, the monumental musical statements that changed the worl Everything you thought you knew about hip-hop changed in a flash, thanks to an album from a former West Coast electro producer. The Chronic reinvented the West Coasts sound from the baby boomers Beach Boys to the Death Row bad boys overnight. Dr. Dres lush, studio-recorded instruments seemed huge compared to the last decade of drum machines and sample collections. The album sold a world to white America that it had never really seen before, and packaged it with a soundtrack so funky there was no avoiding it. It was both raw, uncut underground and carefully composed pop. If Public Enemy confronted white America, The Chronic seduced it. For the first time ever, hip-hops mainstream and Americas were one. Read more: rollingstone/most-groundbreaking-albums-of-all-time#the-chronic#ixzz3NrmfanXD Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook
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