#37 Dr. Dre, 'The Chronic' (1992)

Following his acrimonious split from N.W.A. and its label, Ruthless Records, Dr. Dre released his debut album, ‘The Chronic.’ And with it, he pioneered a new subgenre within Gangsta Rap, G-Funk. Essentially it’s a sound that heavily samples George Clinton’s Parliament-Funkadelic; slow hypnotic grooves, heavy bass, melodic synths and female backing vox. It’s a sound that would come to dominate early to mid-‘90s Hip Hop.