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- Release Date: December 26, 2006
- Type: Collection (various artists), Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
It's not like the racks needed another Death Row Records compilation; it just needed the right one, and this is it. Featuring two CDs' worth of vital tracks from the West Coast and gangsta rap's glory days, 15 Years on Death Row doesn't bother with the obscure tracks or the fringe artists that the other comps have, and while that might mean it doesn't tell the whole story, you just don't need or even want to know about how label boss Suge Knight signed MC Hammer or what R&B singer Danny Boy sounded like. Death Row crumbled hard after the material you find here, but these tracks made them seem unstoppable, and 15 years later they're still as ferocious, cocky, and funky. The problem remains that true hip-hop heads will overlap the tracks they already own on The Chronic, Doggystyle, All Eyez on Me, and the Above the Rim soundtrack, but getting hard-to-find gems like the Lady of Rage's "Afro Puffs" or Daz's "Initiated" -- spelled "Intiated" in the booklet in a typical and fitting Death Row screw-up -- next to them makes up for a lot of the redundancy. Plus, you'd be hard-pressed to come up with a better mixtape of the label's output, and once a longtime fan throws the collection in his ride, the feel-good hood memories rain down and make every penny spent on the collection worthwhile. The icing on the cake is the bonus DVD featuring all the Dre, Snoop, and 2Pac videos you can handle (and the DVD isn't included in the edited version, just to punish anyone silly enough to try learning Death Row without the cuss words). If you aren't familiar with the label, you're in for an overwhelming experience, but if you know which Dogg is which and what it takes to be a G in the city of Compton, this is your history in two killer slices. ~ David Jeffries, All Music GuideTracks
CD 1
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Nuthin' But a "G" Thang | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg | (4:28) | |
| Dogg Pound 4 Life | Snoop Dogg, |
(3:58) | |
| Afro Puffs [Album Version][Version] | Snoop Dogg, The Lady of Rage | (4:59) | |
| Natural Born Killaz | Ice Cube, Dr. Dre | (4:47) | |
| How Do U Want It [Alternate Version] | 2Pac, K-Ci & JoJo | (4:51) | |
| B****** Ain't S*** | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, |
(3:57) | |
| Let Me Ride [Extended Version] | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg | (4:46) | |
| Life's So Hard | Snoop Dogg, 2Pac | (4:21) | |
| Big Pimpin' | Snoop Dogg, |
(5:39) | |
| Gin and Juice (Lyrics) | Snoop Dogg, Dat Nigga Daz | (3:58) | |
| G'z Up, H*** Down [#] | Snoop Dogg | (3:32) | |
| California Love [Original Version][Version] | Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Roger Troutman | (2:21) | |
| Made N***** | 2Pac, Outlawz | (4:00) | |
| [Untitled Track] | (4:38) | ||
| [Untitled Hidden Track] | (5:03) | ||
| [Untitled Hidden Track] | (4:38) | ||
| [Untitled Hidden Track] | (4:51) |
CD 2
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| To Live & Die in L.A. [Alternate Version] | Val Young, 2Pac | (4:24) | |
| Initiated | 2Pac, |
(4:51) | |
| Murder Was the Case [Remix] | Snoop Dogg | (4:20) | |
| Ambitionz Az a Ridah (Lyrics) | 2Pac | (4:37) | |
| All About U | Snoop Dogg, Dru Down, 2Pac, Nate Dogg, |
(4:36) | |
| Puffin' on Blunts and Drankin' Tanqueray | Dr. Dre, The Lady of Rage, |
(6:23) | |
| Pain (Lyrics) | 2Pac, |
(4:33) | |
| Doggy Dogg World (Lyrics) | The Dramatics, Snoop Dogg, |
(5:05) | |
| O.G. | Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, |
(4:37) | |
| F*** wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin') | Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, RBX, |
(4:51) | |
| Never Had a Friend Like Me (Lyrics) | 2Pac | (4:25) | |
| Ain't No Fun (If the Homies Can't Have None) | Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Kurupt | (4:04) | |
| Loyal to the Game (Lyrics) | 2Pac, |
(4:36) | |
| What Would You Do? | Snoop Dogg, |
(5:08) |
CD 3
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Dre Day [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Dr. Dre | ||
| Nuthin' But a "G" Thang [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Dr. Dre | ||
| Let Me Ride [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Dr. Dre | ||
| Little Ghetto Boy [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Dr. Dre | ||
| Natural Born Killaz [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Ice Cube, Dr. Dre | ||
| What's My Name [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Snoop Dogg | ||
| Gin & Juice [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Snoop Dogg | ||
| Doggy Dogg World [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Snoop Dogg | ||
| Murder Was the Case [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Snoop Dogg | ||
| Vapors [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Snoop Dogg | ||
| Doggfather [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Snoop Dogg | ||
| Snoop's Upside Your Head [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Snoop Dogg | ||
| Regulate [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | Warren G, Nate Dogg | ||
| Afro Puffs Remix [DVD][*][Mix][Multimedia Track] | The Lady of Rage | ||
| How Do U Want It [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| All About U [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| California Love [Music Video][*][Version][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| California Love [Music Video][*][Mix][Version][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| I Ain't Mad at Cha [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| Hit Em Up [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| Made N***** [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| To Live & Die in L.A. [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| Toss It Up [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac | ||
| Hail Mary [DVD][*][Multimedia Track] | 2Pac |
