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Track Listing
1. Soldier Story (Intro)
2. Doggystyle
3. Fallin' Asleep on Death Row
4. Eat a D**k
5. H**z - (featuring Tha Dogg Pound)
6. Keep it Real Dogg
7. O.G. [Original Version] - (featuring Nate Dogg)
8. One Life to Live
9. Genie, The
10. Funk With Ya Brain (Interlude)
11. Caught Up
12. Put it in Ya Mouth
13. Gravy Train - (featuring Tray Dee)
14. Life's Hard - (featuring Big Pimpin')
15. Roots of All Evil, The (Outro)
Album Notes
Recording information: Death Row Studios.
In early 2009, WIDEawake Entertainment purchased the 1990s glory and notorious mess that was Death Row Records, and wasted no time in releasing a snazzy re-mastering of the label's lynchpin, Dr. Dre's THE CHRONIC. Building upon that success, the folks at WIDEawake dug through unreleased recordings by Dre's one-time protégé and fellow superstar Snoop Dogg. Maybe it's a testament to just how spectacularly poorly the label was run during its heyday, but unlike many "from the vaults" hip-hop collections, DEATH ROW - THE LOST TAPES, VOL. 1 contains very little chaff; the majority of the album showcases a supreme performer at his prime. After Snoop sets the scene with a mournful intro chronicling the exit of Dre, followed by the death of 2Pac, the program begins with the steamy funk of "Doggystyle," a sparse-but-fun track featuring some top-shelf George Clinton cameo moans. "Fallin' Asleep on Death Row" ups the ante with some vintage acrobatic Snoop rhymes over the perfectly swirling D.R. beat. Another high-level highlight comes on the original cut of "O.G.," with its alternate flows and requisite Dogg Pound luminaries.
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