2001 (Dr. Dre album)

2001
2001
	The original, explicit album cover, with the cannabis icon next to the "2001" text, and the background being a pitch-black color.
Studio album by Dr. Dre
Released	November 16, 1999
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	Record One (Los Angeles); A&M (Hollywood); Larrabee (Hollywood); Dre's Crib (Los Angeles); Encore (Burbank, California); Sierra Sonics (Reno, Nevada);
Genre	West Coast hip-hop; gangsta rap; G-funk; hardcore hip-hop;
Length	68:01
Label	Aftermath; Interscope;
Producer	Dr. Dre; Mel-Man; Lord Finesse;
Dr. Dre chronology
Alternative cover
	The censored album cover, completely removing the cannabis icon, while also adding a white stamp that reads "CENSORED VERSION" as it suggests, and changing the pitch-black background to an abstract black, relief ink texture.
Singles from 2001
	"Still D.R.E."; Released: October 13, 1999; "Forgot About Dre"; Released: January 22, 2000; "The Next Episode"; Released: May 27, 2000; "The Watcher"; Released: February 27, 2001 (France only);

2001 (also referred to as The Chronic 2001 or The Chronic II) is the second studio album by the American rapper and producer Dr. Dre. It was released on November 16, 1999, by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records as the follow-up to his 1992 debut album, The Chronic. The album was produced mainly by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man, as well as Lord Finesse, and it features eighteen guest contributions. The artists with small appearances include Ms. Roq, Six-Two, Traci Nelson, Tray Deee, Defari, Knoc-turn'al, Time Bomb, King T, MC Ren, Kokane, Devin the Dude, and pornstar Jake Steed, while the ones with several appearances include Hittman, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Xzibit, Eminem, and Nate Dogg.

2001 exhibits an expansion on Dre's debut G-funk sound and contains gangsta rap themes such as violence, crime, promiscuity, sex, drug use, and street gangs. The album debuted at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 516,000 copies in its first week. It produced three singles that attained chart success and has been certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA); as of August 2015 the album has sold 7,800,000 copies in the United States. 2001 received critical acclaim from critics, many of whom praised the production and music, although some found the lyrics objectionable.