Christmas on Death Row [Explicit Lyrics]

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Yes, even gangstas get a little sentimental around holiday time, as proven by this interesting artifact from the days when Death Row's family was still having happy get-togethers. Snoop Doggy Dogg kicks things off in appropriately 'hood-centric fashion with his take on James Brown's "Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto," but this set is more than just tough talk: Hard-as-nails Michel'le softens her stance a bit to turn in a surprisingly lovely "Silver Bells" and the Dogg Pound kicks in with a positive vibe on "I Wish." On the downside, the performers are mostly drawn from the second tier of Death Row's roster, which means you get far more of Danny Boy and Six Feet Deep than the Doggfather. --David Sprague

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Average customer rating: I Want A Super Intendo...sega Genesis...Street Fighter 2 Spending Christmas actually on Death Row would be better... Better than you'd expect, actually... call the bomb squad

Christmas on Death Row Various Artists Manufacturer: Death Row Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Christmas Rap Gift Rap Quad City: All-Star Christmas 12 Soulful Nights of Christmas ASIN: B00005AQGQ Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Satna Clause Goes Straight To The Ghetto - Snoop Doggy Dogg
2. The Christmas Song - Danny Boy
3. I Wish - Tha Dogg Pound
4. Silver Bells - Michel'le
5. Peaceful Christmas - Danny Boy
6. Christmas In The Ghetto - Operation From The Bottom
7. Silent Night - Guess
8. Be Thankful - Nate Dogg
9. On This Glorious Day - '816'
10. Frosty The Snowman - 6 Feet Deep
11. O Holy Night - B.G.O.T.I.
12. Party 4 Da Homies - Sean Barney Thomas
13. White Christmas - Guess
14. This Christmas - Danny Boy
15. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - 6 Feet Deep
16. Christmas Everyday - Guess

Customer Reviews:

I Want A Super Intendo...sega Genesis...Street Fighter 2.......2004-12-21

I admit I didn't have this album when it was released in like 98 or something, but I've had it for a good three or four years. I remember seeing it chillin in the bargain bin for a whoppin 4.99 at the local Wherehouse Music and I thought Why Not? If I didn't like it I could burn it and return it(say it was scratched) and if I liked it I could just keep it. A win-win situation. So I got it and popped it in and was pleasantly surprised. This is, as reviewer Nathan stated, a sincere holiday album.

Christmas On Death Row contains soulful interpretations of classic songs such as Silent Night, Silver Bells(Go Michele!!!), Christmas Song (Danny Boy), Frosty The Snowman, O Holy Night, This Christmas, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, and Christmas Everyday. All of the these songs are sung beatifully with nice backdrops; they stay true to the original yet put a slight urban spin on the sounds. Yet, they are still recognizable and completely enjoyable. Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto by Snoop, Bad Azz, Daz Dillinger, Tray Deee, and Nate Dogg is believe it or not a classic. They rap about life in the ghetto at Christmas time; yes they stay on topic and tell some christmas stories. I Wish by the Dogg Pound is another great song. The Pound talk about dreams, wishes, and aspirations on this song. Greatness. The best song to me though is the Nate Dogg blessed Be Thankful. Nate Dogg really shows his chops on this one singing about how he's blessed and thankful for his family and friends. A Masterpiece. The only songs worth throwing away are Christmas In The Ghetto and Party 4 Da Homies, which are mindless rapping tunes with cursing (in a holiday album? Control yourself please) which gives the album the Parental Advisory sticker. It also ultimately lowers the rating because without those two this would be a holiday album you could play with your grandmother in the house and she won't turn her nose up at you(thank goodness for cd burners!).

Don't be fooled that this record is a Death Row Records production because this album deserves props. It's a sincere holiday album...no joke. Why would I lie? 4 stars.

Spending Christmas actually on Death Row would be better..........2003-01-10

Is there any route to dollars untried by formidable Death Row boss and frankly scary hip-hop mogul Suge Knight? Well no actually, and the reissue of the Row's '96 festive chancer proves that long after the talent and even ideas for commercial scams have run dry, Knight is still looking for gold.

Things weren't too good for Knight and Death Row even back then, this album was released after Dre quit the label and its sagging mid-nineties-R&B-by-numbers vibe is a dead giveaway for a label at sea without a creative captain.

Other than the amusement of soul interpretations of carols and Christmas staples including 'Silent Night' and 'Frosty The Snowman' - you know 'Music To Smoke An Ounce To After Your Turkey' - the majority of this is depressingly humourless. There are some great quotes, like the none-truer observation, "Christmas time is a time for chillin' ". But that's it.

What the album revealed in '96 and reinforces with its reissue this year is that Knight's business head isn't smart enough to realise that the punters can only be patronised for so long. No investment in talent, no long-term return. It's hard to conceive of Death Row as anything other than a spent force milking the last few drops so that it's investors can finish furnishing their Malibu retirement homes.

Better than you'd expect, actually..........2001-11-22

(...) After skimming the tracks, I sat and thought to myself, "Hey, this actually ain't all that bad." If you love the style of Death Row, and love Christmas, then you're sure to be in for a treat. It's certainly not the best Christmas music out there, but with the low expectations I had, I was pleasantly suprised at just how much most of these tracks capture the true spirit of the holidays.

Alright, so the rap cuts are a bit trite for Christmas, but there are only about 3 rap songs on the entire CD. The rest is nothing but soulful R&B. Now, I'm not particularly a fan of R&B at all, but I'd prefer to hear holiday tunes sung with harmony and rhythm as opposed to hearing a West coast thug spit out such phrases as, "I saw Santa on the top of my crib so I grabbed my glock and did my bid, kid." Don't get me wrong. Rap is my favorite genre of music. But the R&B just works so much better with this album than rap ever could.

The best songs are obviously the classic Christmas tunes sung by the Row inmates, such as O Holy Night, Frosty the Snowman, Silent Night, White Christmas and, of course, the Christmas Song. And as I said, the R&B works better than the rap, but the songs by Snoop and Tha Dogg Pound really aren't that bad at all; they're basically about what Christmas was like for them growing up in the ghetto.

Bottom line: don't judge a book by it's cover. I think the only reason people down this album is because of the simple fact it was recorded and distributed by a shady hip-hop label with violent business practices. This certainly isn't the best Christmas album out there, but it gets the job done right. Buy it for curiosity's sake. You'll be suprised.

call the bomb squad.......2001-07-10

Somehow the spirit of Christmas and gangsta rap don't fit. There's a better hip-hop Christmas CD waiting to be made somewhere. Nothing against Suge and the gang at Death Row but this ain't da bomb, it just bombs.

Average customer rating: Worst CD Ever!!!! Death Row iz back on Life Row! I owned this CD 3 years ago ... It is a good thing every other death row cd is good......... It could be better

Christmas on Death Row Various Artists Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: 44 Ways 187 He Wrote Dogg Food Christmas Is 4 Ever ASIN: B000001Y3G Release Date: 1996-12-05

Tracks:

1. Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto - Snoop Doggy Dogg
2. Christmas Song - Danny Boy
3. I Wish - Tha Dogg Pound
4. Silver Bells - Michel'le
5. Peaceful Christmas - Danny Boy
6. Christmas In The Ghetto - Operation From The Bottom
7. Silent Night - B.G.O.T.I./6 Feet Deep/Guess
8. Be Thankful - Nate Dogg
9. On This Glorious Day - '816'
10. Frosty The Snowman - 6 Feet Deep
11. O Holy Night - B.G.O.T.I.
12. Party 4 Da Homies - Sean Barney Thomas
13. White Christmas - Guess
14. This Christmas - Danny Boy
15. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - 6 Feet Deep
16. Christmas Everyday - Guess

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Yes, even gangstas get a little sentimental around holiday time, as proven by this interesting artifact from the days when Death Row's family was still having happy get-togethers. Snoop Doggy Dogg kicks things off in appropriately 'hood-centric fashion with his take on James Brown's "Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto," but this set is more than just tough talk: Hard-as-nails Michel'le softens her stance a bit to turn in a surprisingly lovely "Silver Bells" and the Dogg Pound kicks in with a positive vibe on "I Wish." On the downside, the performers are mostly drawn from the second tier of Death Row's roster, which means you get far more of Danny Boy and Six Feet Deep than the Doggfather. --David Sprague

Customer Reviews:

Worst CD Ever!!!!.......2005-12-21

This is truly a horrific example of Death Row records. If you value your opinion of most of Suge's productions, do not buy this, since it will forever scar you emotionally and physically.

PROS: Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg. CD Artistry
CONS: Where's Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg?

All I have to say is "What the hell???"

Death Row iz back on Life Row!.......2004-12-12

Death Row pulls out all the stops! They got all they stars in this joint! The only ones missing is Dr. Dre, Tupac Shakur and, for the most part, Snoop Dogg.

But they got 6 Feet Deep! Guess! Sean Barney Thomas! and even Danny Boy (whoz got da best rapper moniker, handz down! What'z a badder image than one of an old Irish guy in a sweater dancing jigz, yo? If you know, let me know! [call my cell])

Plus, yo, the packaging tearz it up! You can tell they literally got a pretty good artist to not just do a first drizaft drawing for the cover but also color it in and use Photoshop some! My man also used some perspective when drawing the little gift packages so they look like they in a 3-d space and all that!

But, back to the trax! Therez one called "Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto"! And it has stuff about Santa doing' weed! Which is so not the image of Santa we've got! Thus makin' it hilariouzzz!

It would take a mad week or two for me and my unmusical friends to crank out a joint wif the same quality as this! So much eazier to just go buy this!

I owned this CD 3 years ago ..........2002-12-25

I bought this CD when it first came out, and its totally [bad]!! I've listen to it once in the past 3 years and I couldn't even play the whole CD!! DON'T BUY IT!! Danny Boy does a nice job of singing but thats about it!

It is a good thing every other death row cd is good................1999-05-03

To make a long story short, DEATH ROW USED TO BE THE BEST (doggystyle, chronic) BUT NOW HAS FALLEN APART(2pacs death, no-limit Snoop, Dre on a different label) This cd is a complete joke and I think SUGE SHOULD SERVE SOME JAIL TIME FOR THIS. Having gangsters rap about Christmas is just crazy. I do not like this cd and I dont see how anyone could. Just listen to the samples here and laugh.

It could be better.......1999-03-22

The whole Rap Christmas CD idea is cool, but this is Death Row...Where's Snoop, Dre, and 2pac?

Average customer rating: HAS DEATH ROW EVER DROPPED A BOMB?

Christmas on Death Row (Clean) Various Artists Manufacturer: Interscope Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000J2QJ Release Date: 1997-12-16

Customer Reviews:

HAS DEATH ROW EVER DROPPED A BOMB?.......2002-11-02

Yo! I just got this cd the other day from amazon[.com]. I have listened to it straight through many times since. I even ripped it on to my computer so i wouldnt have to take the cd out of my car or cd player. IT IS THAT GOOD. The reason why i ordered it so early in october is because I wanted to buy this cd but i never got around to it and didnt think i would like to pay for a full album of christmas songs .... I found it on amazon[.com] ...used and didnt think twice about ordering it. I ordered mainly cuz Death Row is the greatest label out and was the greatest label back in the day. I just feared christmas music would [be weak] with a gangsta, west coast twist to it. While I waited for the cd to arrive I downloaded Snoop Doggy Dogg Feat. Bad Azz, Tray Dee & Nate Dogg - Santa Claus Goes Straight To THe Ghetto. I was amazed at how much time went in to this cd. I though Death Row just rushed it out because they were back on top in 1996. This will definitely be in my cd player when the holidays rolls around if it doesnt leave my cd player before that. Now onto the tracks. DANNY BOY DOES HIS SONGS EXECELLENT. He does a great job. Im glad he just re-signed with tha row back in summer of 2002 and plans on dropping a cd in 2003. He has an amazing talent at singing. Nate Dogg also does a song that i dont know if its original or he wrote it but its one of the best christmas songs i have ever heard. His voice is amazing in this song. I can't get over how good the beat is and how good he uses his voice by dropping different notes. Sean Barney Thomas does a great song with Party 4 Da Homies. He sings two verses then raps for the second one. That will definitely be on over and over again at my christmas party im having. Operation From THe Bottom does the only track on the cd that they swear on. It's not really a christmas song execept for the chorus but its about how they never had anything anytime not just christmas. 816 on On This Glorius Day is great. I love the words and can imagine me sitting at the fireplace with my girl listenin to this song on christmas. Guess does a great job on White Christmas and Christmas Everyday. Tha Dogg Pound song is classic DPG. It dont get better then that. Kurupt and Daz trading versus is what makes the West Coast better then any other rap. The only problem I think that went wrong with this cd is bad promotion. Death Row did not release this cd through Interscope and released it indepently. It was also released back on the day pac died September 13, 1996. That leads to a hint inside the book I have to point out. THere is a christmas drawing of the Death Row crew dressed like elves and and suge as santa but at the top it has 2pac sitting on a chair just like the cover of the best rap cd ever the classic ALL EYEZ ON ME and looking at u with a halo and wings on at the top of the picture as if he was rising up to heaven like he died. Thats just another hint. Wait for pac to return July 7, 2003. Also pick up his cd Better Dayz on November 26,2003. Well, I Hope I have persuaded u enough to buy this classic. I know Im Happy with this. I just want to know where some of the performers who do a tight job on this disc went. Thats the problem with Death Row. They have so much talent but they dont give noone the chance to release a solo cd. I hope that all changes cause Crooked I drops his solo album in Januaray and Eastwood after that. Which I hope puts Death Row back on top cuz they are the ONLY LABEL LEFT that doesnt talk about bling bling and all that jazz. Forget Cash Money and all dem. RAP NEEDS TO GET BACK TO ITS ROOTS NOT FAKE STUFF LIKE JAYZ, TRICK DADDY, NAS, NELLY all of dem cant rap real. Gimmie Dre, Pac, Scarface or Crooked I over them any day.

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