Name: Death Row Greatest Hits (Explicit Version)
Brand: V/A

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

DRRCD63014

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2017-09-08

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Lasgo

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

728706301428

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Artist

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

Death Row

More than any other label, Death Row defined gangsta rap and hip-hop in the early '90s, and the double-disc <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/death-row-greatest-hits-mw0000083155">Death Row Greatest Hits</a> captures nearly all of the label's biggest hits from artists like <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dr-dre-mn0000805274">Dr. Dre</a>, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/snoop-doggy-dogg-mn0000029086">Snoop Doggy Dogg</a>, and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/2pac-mn0000921895">2Pac</a>. Although the disc bends some rules by including cuts that weren't released on Death Row and containing an abundance of previously unreleased songs, the compilation sums up the feeling of the early and mid-'90s. A single disc would have provided more consistent thrills -- and it would have eliminated the annoying remixes on disc two -- but the sprawl is also indicative of the self-indulgence of gangsta rap, which is essential to understanding the genre. And <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/death-row-greatest-hits-mw0000083155">Death Row Greatest Hits</a> has a string of great songs -- "Let Me Ride," "What's My Name," "Gin and Juice," "Nothin' but a G Thang" (but no "California Love") -- making it an excellent summation of gangsta rap's glory days. 

Death Row Greatest Hits (Explicit Version)

Music GB