Death Row Records

The Very Best Of Death Row

The murders of Tupac and Bad Boy rival Notorious B.I.G., combined with label prez Suge Knight's constant legal troubles, make it easy to forget that Death Row took gangsta rap into its post-NWA era. The Nas-baiting "Against All Odds" is a potent reminder of how Pac could bring equal doses of menace and skill to the mic and "What's...
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The Very Best Of Death Row

I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending June 10, 2011

Who knew it was possible to get in trouble for "disturbing the habitat of local manatees"? Can't people give Sean Kingston a break? I mean, the guy drove a jet ski into a bridge. Courtney Love is being sued by a New York security company that says she owes them $58,000 U.S. (about $56,700 Canadian) for two years' service. Isn't this the third time...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending April 21, 2011

Peaches Geldof has allegedly been caught on camera buying pot. Bob Geldof, her father, is now apparently going to have a "serious talk" with her. Cue lots of rolling of eyes and "I'm 23 years old and I don't have to listen to you anymore!" —World Entertainment News Network via Jam! Showbiz Looks like The Vandals' cover for Hollywood Potato Chip is...
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Dr. Dre

Irony Alert: Dr. Dre Sues Death Row Records

Here's something ironic: Dr. Dre has sued Death Row Records, the label he founded and used to own with Suge Knight, alleging the company hasn't paid him royalties on his 1992 The Chronic album since 1996. Dre (real name Andre Young) filed a suit against WIDEawake Death Row Records — which is now owned by Canada's WIDEawake Entertainment Group —...
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Death Row Records Box Set Coming

Snoop Dogg, 2Pac and Dr. Dre are among those included on The Ultimate Death Row Collection, a Death Row Records box set due out Nov. 24 through WIDEawake/E1. The three-disc, 60-track set comes with a limited edition T-shirt and a DVD that contains music videos by Death Row artists and unreleased footage. Twenty of the box set's tracks are...
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Canada's Death Row

Capital punishment was abolished in Canada in 1976, but the country once again has a Death Row. Toronto's WIDEawake Entertainment Group purchased the assets of Death Row Records for $18 million U.S. on Thursday, making it the owner of master recordings — including a significant amount of previously unreleased material — by the likes of Tupac...
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