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Genre: Rap
Release Date: 04/26/2005

Released nearly a decade after the two-disc Death Row's Greatest Hits, the single-disc Very Best of Death Row is both somewhat necessary and a little bizarre. It's could be meant to right some wrongs of the earlier compilation (wisely including the original mix of Dr. Dre's "Let Me Ride" and Warren G's "Regulate"), or it's a roundabout way to welcome Petey Pablo to the fold (his "Off tha Chain," featuring Kurupt, closes out the disc as a bonus track). It's definitely not a complementary release, since it shares a number of the tracks with its predecessor. No matter what, this compilation shortchanges both the label and the consumer; there's no way that these 14 tracks (at just over an hour), as a whole, can make for the best representation of one of the most notorious rap labels. Tireless picks: "Let Me Ride," "Regulate," Snoop Dogg's "Who Am I," Lady of Rage's "Afro Puffs," 2Pac's "Ambitionz az a Ridah."

~Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

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Warren G - Producer
DJ Pooh - Producer
Carl "Butch" Small - Mixing
Dat Nigga Daz - Producer
Suge Knight - Executive Producer
Makaveli - Producer
Shane Morris - Engineer
Petey Pablo - Producer
Petey Pablo - Mixing
Tha Row Hitters - Producer

Mack 10
    Mack 10 / CD / 1995
Killa Kali
    Celly Cel / CD / 1995
All Eyez on Me
    2 Pac / CD / 1996
Death Row Greatest Hits
    Various Artists / CD / 1996
Veterans Day
    MC Eiht / CD / 2004
15 Years on Death Row
    Various Artists / CD / 2006

Release Date: 04/26/2005
Genre: rap