Straight From The Lung: It's Always So Goddamn Hot...

The Northern Virginia summer is cruel and unrelenting. The humidity makes the air too thick to actually breathe, and with temperatures only increasing by the day, this problem will only get more severe through July and August. However, we Northern Virginia drivers who are too cheap to use air conditioning in our cars are not without resource and respite - we have Dre and Snoop. Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Snoop (Doggy) Dogg's "Doggystyle" are the way we have to cope with these inhospitable conditions as we plow through stop signs on our way to work or blast down the Fairfax County Parkway.
They've have already been praised and discussed to death, but I have tried to spend my summer reexamining these albums and their hazy brilliance. There really is nothing like G-Funk for making your shoulders drop back in your car seat and your hand to find its way to the 12 on your wheel, and "The Chronic" made all of this possible. What I've learned from my study this summer, though, is that I feel that "Doggystle" is the superior album.
Nothing against "The Chronic" of course, but when it comes down to it, I feel the beats are stronger on "Doggystle," as if Dre used "The Chronic" to introduce the style and "Doggystyle" to perfect it. Think of it like this, if it makes it any easier - Drive Like Jehu's self titled album introduced their brand of mathy noise hardcore, but "Yank Crime" hits more viscerally and drops your gut on the floor as it grinds through your skull more perfectly (possibly a future article of these masterpieces). "The Chronic" is the thesis statement of G-Funk, "Doggystyle" is the body of evidence.
The other advantage is that "Doggystyle" is Snoop's album. No one, absolutely no one, sounds better than Snoop on the G-Funk thickcreep, and while all over "The Chronic," the focus is on him on his technical solo debut. Dre and the Dogg Pound / Death Row cew are all good rappers, but Snoop is a timeless original, as everyone should know. Plus, "Doggystyle," is, in plain terms, just more fun. Try to listen to Snoop's ultra-smooth take "Lodi Dodi" and not smile or straight laugh over something.

So check the rhyme and make your own call: