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Ultimate Death Row Box Set

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After WideAwake Entertainment purchased Death Row Records, their promise was to give the world the contents of the music that was saved in the vault. With the re-release of the classic "The Chronic" & supplying us an album full of lost tracks from Snoop Doggy Dogg, Death Row now gives us an "Ultimate Collection." Also as a side note, I have to let you know that I don't have any information on the bonus T-shirt that comes with this package.

Now anyone who's familiar with Death Row's previous history knows that they have released so many "Greatest Hits" albums (Death Row's Greatest Hits, Very Best Of Death Row, 15 Years On Death Row, Singles Collection, 2pac, Snoop Doggy Dogg...and the various "import" collections & re-releases with bonus DVD's) that with this being an "Ultimate Collection", your going to have some repeats of songs from Death Row's most successful albums. From 2pac's All Eyes On Me ("California Love", "How Do You Want It", "I Ain't Mad At Cha", "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "All Eyes On Me") & his Makaveli album ("To Live & Die In L.A.") to Dr. Dre's The Chronic ("Nuthin' But A G Thang", "Dre Day", "Let Me Ride") to Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle ("Gin & Juice", "Who Am I", "Doggy Dogg World", "Ain't No Fun") to Tha Dogg Pound's Dogg Food ("New York, New York") along with various soundtracks like Above The Rim (Warren G & Nate Dogg's "Regulate", Lady Of Rage's "Afro Puffs", Dogg Pound's "Big Pimpin'"), Murder Was The Case (Snoop Doggy Dogg's title track), and Gridlock'd (2pac's "Never Had A Friend Like Me") with other various popular tracks (Dr. Dre & Snoop Doggy Dogg's "187" & Daz Dillinger's "It Might Sound Crazy Remix" with Too Short). Along with these classic tracks come the classic music videos on the bonus DVD from 2pac ("Live & Die In L.A.", "Hail Mary", "I Ain't Mad At Cha"), Dr. Dre ("Natural Born Killaz"), Snoop Doggy Dogg ("Vapors" & "What's My Name") along with a few rare ones from Lady Of Rage ("Get With The Wickedness"), Top Dogg ("Cinderfella"), Daz Dillinger (the street version of "Way Too Major"), Soopafly ("Like It Or Not"), Danny Boy ("Slip & Slide"), Nate Dogg ("Never Leave Me Alone") and an unreleased video from the song "Puffin' On Blunts..." with Dr. Dre, Tha Dogg Pound, and Lady Of Rage.

Now this difference between this & the previous "Greatest Hits" albums I mentioned earlier is that the classic tracks are only half the album as the other half of songs on here are all "advertised" as unreleased (I'll get back to that later) and these are all songs featuring the lesser known members of the Death Row roster (with the exception of Kurupt, Lady Of Rage, and the unreleased version of Dr. Dre & Ice Cube's "Natural Born Killaz" with an unreleased Sam Sneed verse) such as Crooked I, L.B.C. Crew, J. Flexx, O.F.T.B., Lil C-Style, Swoop G, Doobie, Soopafly, Big Pimpin', and the R&B artist of Jewell & Danny Boy & Sixx Feet Deep. As I pointed out earlier, two songs on here are advertised as "unreleased" but for those who are long time followers of Death Row would know that when Daz Dillinger left Death Row, he took various tracks with him & released them on his own and two of those songs appear here as The Dogg Pound's "I Don't Care What The People Say" (on D.P.G.'s "Tha Last Of The Pound") & Soopafly's "This Type Of Flow" (on Soopafly's album "Dat Whoopty Woop"). All the new/unreleased/vaulted tracks are definitely worth a listen as Doobie's "Caught Up In The Game" & Swoop G's "All We Do" are the only tracks I didn't really care for with L.B.C. Crew's tracks ("6 Shooter" & "Doggystyle '96"), O.F.T.B.'s "That Was Then, This Is Now" & the R&B tracks (Sixx Feet Deep's "Consider Me", Jewell's "With Me Tonight" & "Black Diamond", Danny Boy's "So In Love" & "Rock, Roll, Bounce") were the standout songs for me.

In the end, this is one of those "Greatest Hits" type of collections that would appeal to everyone across the board. The newer fans of Death Row have the classic songs & music videos from the flagship artist while the older fans of Death Row have the rare/vaulted songs & music videos from the lesser-known talents on the label. This is definitely one worth giving a listen to for Death Row fans of any generation.

This box set contains many of Death Row's greatest hits along with never before released songs by artists such as Snoop Dogg, etc. Definitely worth a buy. Comes with a t-shirt, cool.