| Death Row Records | |
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Founded |
1991 |
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Founder |
Suge Knight, Dr. Dre, The D.O.C., Dick Griffey |
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Genre |
Hip hop, West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap, R&B |
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Country of origin |
United States |
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Location |
Los Angeles, California |
Death Row Records is an American record company founded in 1991 by Marion "Suge" Knight, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, Tracy "The D.O.C." Curry, and Richard "Dick" Griffey. Death Row signed many popular West Coast hip hop artists during the early to mid 1990s, such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur, Outlawz, The Lady of Rage, MC Hammer, Young Soldierz, Sam Sneed, LBC Crew, RBX, DJ Quik, Nate Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound. Most, if not all, departed from the label after the murder of Shakur and incarceration of Knight in 1996.
The loss of key management and talent of Death Row Records from 1996 and onwards resulted in a decline in terms of being a powerful hip hop record company in the industry, despite attempts from the last remaining founder and CEO at the time, Suge Knight, which included signing new talents and releasing many compilations of previously unreleased content recorded by ex-Death Row artists. The label filed for bankruptcy in 2006 and was auctioned to entertainment development company WIDEawake Entertainment Group, Inc. for $18 million in 2009.
Death Row has sold nearly 150 million albums worldwide, and generated close to $750 million in revenue.
Discography
- 1992: The Chronic - Dr. Dre
- 1993: Doggystyle - Snoop Doggy Dogg
- 1994: Above the Rim (soundtrack) - Various artists
- 1994: Murder Was the Case (soundtrack) - Various artists
- 1995: Dogg Food - Tha Dogg Pound
- 1996: All Eyez on Me - 2Pac
- 1996: The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - Makaveli
- 1996: Tha Doggfather - Snoop Doggy Dogg
- 1996: Death Row Greatest Hits - Various artists
- 1996: Christmas on Death Row - Various artists
- 1997: Gridlock'd (soundtrack) - Various artists
- 1997: Necessary Roughness - The Lady of Rage
- 1997: Gang Related (soundtrack) - Various artists
- 1998: Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back - Daz Dillinger
- 1998: Hung Jury - Michel'le
- 1998: Greatest Hits - 2Pac
- 1999: Suge Knight Represents: Chronic 2000 - Various artists
- 2000: Too Gangsta for Radio - Various artists
- 2000: Dead Man Walkin' - Snoop Dogg
- 2001: 2002 - Tha Dogg Pound
- 2001: Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits - Snoop Doggy Dogg
- 2001: Until the End of Time - 2Pac
- 2002: Better Dayz - 2Pac
- 2004: Son Rize Vol 1 - Yaki Kadafi
- 2006: 15 Years on Death Row - Various artists
- 2007: Death Row: The Singles Collection - Various artists
- 2009: Death Row: The Lost Session Vol. 1 - Snoop Doggy Dogg
- 2009: The Ultimate Death Row Compilation - Various artists
- 2010: Down and Dirty - Kurupt
- 2010: Hood Star - Crooked I
- 2011: Street Scholars - Sam Sneed
- 2011: Haven't You Heard - LBC Crew
- 2011: Damn Near Dead - O.F.T.B.
- 2011: Black Diamond - Jewell
- 2012: 20 to Life: Rare and Dangerous Vol. 1 - Various artists
- 2012: 20 to Life: Rare and Dangerous Vol. 2 - Various artists
- 2012: Doggy Bag - Tha Dogg Pound