1996 compilation album by Death Row Records
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Christmas On Death Row is the only Christmas -themed compilation album by American hip hop record label Death Row Records , and was made as a form of charity to the community.[2] It was released on December 3, 1996 through Interscope Records .
Production was handled by Kevyn Lewis, Danny Boy , Sean "Barney" Thomas, Daz Dillinger , Operation From The Bottom , Reggie Lamb, Roman Johnson and Snoop Doggy Dogg , with Suge Knight serving as executive producer. It features contributions from Danny Boy, Guesss, Six Feet Deep, B.G.O.T.I., Nate Dogg , Tha Dogg Pound , 816, Bad Azz , Big Tray Deee , J-Flexx , Michel'le , O.F.T.B., Sean "Barney" Thomas and Snoop Dogg.
The album debuted at number 155 on the Billboard 200 and peaked at number 30 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums . A music video released for the single "Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto".
Track listing [ ]
Sample credits
Track 1 contains an interpolation of "Do Your Thing" written by Isaac Hayes
Track 16 contains a sample from "Christmas Everyday" as recorded by Smokey Robinson
Personnel [ ]
Calvin "Snoop Dogg " Broadus – performer & producer (track 1)
Delmar "Dat Nigga Daz " Arnaud – performer (tracks: 1, 3) , producer (track 3)
Nathaniel "Nate Dogg " Hale – performer (tracks: 1, 8)
Tracy "Big Tray Deee " Davis – performer (track 1)
Jamarr "Bad Azz " Stamps – performer (track 1)
Daniel "Danny Boy " Steward – performer (tracks: 2, 5, 14) , producer (tracks: 5, 14) , co-producer (track 2)
Ricardo "Kurupt " Brown – performer (track 3)
Michel'le Toussant – performer (track 4)
Operation From The Bottom – performers & producers (track 6)
Six Feet Deep – performer (tracks: 7, 10, 15)
Don Guesss – performer (tracks: 7, 13, 16)
B.G.O.T.I. – performer (tracks: 7, 11)
816 – performers (track 8)
Sean "Barney Rubble" Thomas – performer (track 12) , producer (tracks: 8, 12)
James "J-Flexx " Anderson – performer (track 12)
Kevyn "Cavi" Lewis – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13-16) , co-producer (tracks: 1, 3) , arrangement (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 10, 15) , mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 13-16) , engineering (tracks: 2, 7)
Roman Johnson – producer (track 2) , arrangement (track 7)
Reggie Lamb – producer (track 4) , arrangement (tracks: 4, 7, 15)
Dave Aron – mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8-10, 13, 16) , engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 13, 16)
Rick Clifford – engineering (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 14) , mixing (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 12, 14)
Michael Geiser – engineering (tracks: 6, 8)
Lance Pierre – engineering (track 7)
Conley Abrams – mixing (track 7) , engineering (track 15)
Matthew Quave – engineering (track 9, 13) , mixing (track 13)
Travis Smith – engineering (track 12)
Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. – executive producer
Charts [ ]
References [ ]
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas . "Christmas on Death Row - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" . AllMusic . Retrieved March 30, 2021 .
^ Kangas, Chaz (December 16, 2014). "Remember That Time Death Row Records Released a Christmas Album?" . LA Weekly . Retrieved March 30, 2021 .
^ "Billboard 200 Chart: Week of December 28, 1996" . Billboard . Retrieved March 30, 2021 .
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Week of January 4, 1997" . Billboard . Retrieved March 30, 2021 .
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