pitchfork.com/news/dr-dres-the-chronic-to-be-archived-in-library-ofandnbspcongress

Dr. Dre’s The Chronic is among the new batch of records to be archived in the Library of Congress, the National Recording Registry announced today. Other records deemed “worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historical and aesthetic importance” include Cheap Trick at Budokan, Tina Turner’s Private Dancer, Dusty Springfield’s Dusty in Memphis, the Whitney Houston song “I Will Always Love You,” and Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.”

In a nod to the coronavirus measures keeping the country indoors, this year’s induction was dubbed the Stay at Home Playlist. “The National Recording Registry is the evolving playlist of the American soundscape,” a press release reads. “It reflects moments in history captured through the voices and sounds of the time.”

Last year’s picks included JAY-Z’s The Blueprint, Curtis Mayfield’s Superfly, and the Nina Simone song “Mississippi Goddam.”

UPDATE:

Yooo

Much deserved love to true iconic album!

This is the album that made me a rap fan way back in the day. An absolute classic.

Highest tier of album there is

Nice

This is what a true classic is.

Beyond deserving of this

beautiful, one of my favorite albums of all time, I put this over almost everything of the 2010s

A masterpiece.

Deserved

“Bitches aint s*** but hoes and tricks” in the Library of Congress is wild

World ending it don't matter

At least when UFO's find us they'll know Earth was on some toxic masculinity s***

where'd this come from?

Some old fan edit

Zoomers lost

Chronic and 2001 overrated af

They gonna open the vault in a million years and this the first thing they gon hear from that album.

Ban