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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Xenon
Salesrank: 18460
Released: September 25, 2001 |
| Our Price: $5.04 |
| Used Price: $5.04 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Welcome to Death Row is the definitive documentary on the most compelling story in the history of rap music. Three years in the making, the film profiles the rise and fall of Death Row Records, from its ghetto beginnings to its release of an unprecedented six consecutive multi-platinum albums, making stars of Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and others before crashing down amid tales of violent business practices and the murder of Tupac.
Welcome to Death Row Reviews:
Superb Film, Excellent DVD! 
2009-06-06 - I have watched this on cable and the internet so many times I decided to finally go ahead and grab this on DVD. There's no speculative narrative here, the film's story is told straight through the mouths of former Death Row Records employees, journalists, associates, and even some of the original investors who helped start up the company in the first place. Hearing these stories from the actual people themselves puts you right in the middle of the studio making for a documentary a million times more frank and true to life than I was expecting. In this, you go from the early high energy days when Death Row was a creative hotspot for some of the the best and brightest of west coast hip hop, to something akin to a gang hangout that was barely producing anything. This movie is an absolute must watch for any fan of hip hop and even moreso if you grew up on Death Row's 90's offerings.
The actual DVD itself really steals the show here. When I first popped the disc in I spent two days watching the incredible extended interviews and outtakes over and over because they were so captivating. Basicly it boils down to longer versions of the Harry O and Snoop Interviews and a wonderful D.O.C. interview that wasn't featured much at all in the film. I really wasn't expecting much feature wise with the disc, but it's really loaded compared to other more as is home releases. To top it all off, there's a complete director's commentary track which is worth the purchase within itself and there's a nice preview of Simone Green-English' photography book "Time Served: My Days and Nights at Death Row". The last cool bit is you get to watch the whole Chasen's Death Row promo clip, literally history in the making. Buy this DVD for the film and the incredible features.
Shockingly Entertaing!!!
2007-04-20 - I love this movie!!!! It was so shocking to see how Death Row really started and where they got the money to start the label. It gives you in depth and specific details on how the label was runned, what went down, and how it spun outta control. It doesn't portray Death Row CEO Suge Knight as a bad guy OR say he was responsible for pac's death, but gives you a look on how he helped launch Dre and Snoop's career and how he got so caught up with the money and how it corrupted him. This is a Great DVD on THE GREATEST HIP HOP LABEL and how things are handled in the hip hop industy and how power & money can corrupt and tear friendships apart. I recomend it to not only fans of Dre, Snoop,Pac, etc. but to any fan of Hip Hop. It will change the way you look and think of Death Row Records forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
