Dr. Dre’s 1992 gangsta rap classic, The Chronic, leads this year’s inductees into the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.
Each year, the National Recording Registry selects 25 titles deemed “worthy of preservation because of their cultural, historical, and aesthetic importance” to the American soundscape.
Other recordings joining the seminal G-funk album include Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You,” late Tejano singer Selena’s Ven Conmigo, Tina Turner’s Private Dancer, and Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” Recordings added to the archive last year include JAY-Z’s The Blueprint, Curtis Mayfield’s Super Fly, Cyndi Lauper’s She’s So Unusual, Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,” and Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam.” Dre
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