1992 song by Dr. Dre
"Bitches Ain't Shit" is the final song of Dr. Dre's debut solo rap album, The Chronic,[1] which was released in December 1992 as Death Row Records' first album.[2] Though never a single, "Bitches Ain't Shit" was a huge underground hit.[3] The song's popularity was a major contribution to the success of The Chronic's sales.[4]
The song proved controversial, due to its prevalent themes of misogyny.[1]
- ^ a b Thomas Golianopoulous, "Dr. Dre, 'The Chronic' at 20: Classic track-by-track review", Billboard.com, Prometheus Global Media, LLC, 15 Dec 2012.
- ^ Wayne Marshall, "Hip-hop's irrepressible refashionability: Phases in the cultural production of black youth", in Orlando Patterson with Ethan Fosse, eds., The Cultural Matrix: Understanding Black Youth (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: Harvard University Press, 2015), p 184.
- ^ Soren Baker, The History of Gangster Rap (New York: Abrams Image, 2018), indexing "Bitches Ain't Shit".
- ^ James G. Spady, Charles G. Lee & H. Samy Alim, Street Conscious Rap (Philadelphia: Black History Museum, UMUM/LOH Pub., 1999), p 538.
