Some savvy West Coast rap fans have noticed several albums in Death Row Records catalog are mysteriously missing from digital streaming platforms such as Apple Music and Spotify (with the exception of Tupac Shakur’s albums).
On Sunday morning (March 13), a Reddit thread on the HipHopHeads forum pointed out albums such as Dr. Dre’s 1992 debut The Chronic (which Dre still owns), Snoop Dogg’s 1993 solo effort Doggystyle and Tha Dogg Pound’s 1995 project Dogg Food were no longer available on streaming platforms, begging the obvious question: What happened?
Snoop Dogg acquired the Death Row Records brand last month, and he’s been toying with the idea of making the iconic imprint a (non-fungible token) NFT label. Less than a week after acquiring the brand from MNRK Music Group, he revealed his plans to bring Death Row into the metaverse during a Clubhouse conversation.
“Death Row will be an NFT label,” he said.“We will be putting out artists through the metaverse. Just like we broke the industry when we was the first independent to be major, I want to be the first major in the metaverse.”
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Several people speculated the albums are simply going through licensing changes, while others were furious Snoop is even thinking about the NFT option.
“This page is also completely blank lol,” one person wrote alongside a link to the label’s Apple Music page. “Guess Snoop’s purchase will be changing a few things before the albums go back up.”
Another added, “So, thanks to Snoop Dogg promoting NFT shit and making Death Row Records an NFT record label, all the releases except 2Pac’s, will be removed from Spotify and so on. This is actually bullshit, that means no more Dre’s Chronic on Spotify. NFTs need to die, fucking stupid movement.”
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As for Snoop Dogg, he hasn’t publicly addressed the Houdini act — at least not yet. But he’s already getting flak for it on social media. On Friday (March 11), Snoop was promoting a project called Death Row Mix: Vol. 1 when someone hopped in his mentions with, “Bruh I can’t listen to Gin and Juice on Spotify no more. What happen??”
Check out more of the reactions below.
Go buy the CD dumb ass
too much work for snowflakes bought my copies in 90s been listening for free ever since
AJOO!!! Excuse me…
These are people paid to make comments. How you going to bob your head to music that old like it just came out yesterday? Why even pay for it when you can listen to it for free. I’m not desperate for NFT. I spend my time more wisely.
TuPAC was never signed to DEATH ROW. Suge was just his manager.
FACTZ
Yall should just buy a memory stick and download the songs instead of wasting time with all the streaming BS.
truly clueless, it’s 2022 been able to load on an sdcardfor15+ years download and buy for 20 rip from disc for 25years and cant figure out how to listen to a song without an app and internet connection willing to be stalked and manipulated by algos every listen any country that wants to invade it would be a wrap
Snoop Dogg and Chuck Knight I want everyone know they have encryptically talkencryptically talk to each other I’m not sure how to spell it but cryptology and through other sources as in human beings they have talked to each other through each other through cryptic to get a sign like this period death row should be dead. People have died over death row not to be in it but to get out of it. And Snoop Dogg and Snoop Dogg out of nowhere anybody see allies a meme movie or do their research? I don’t think so. Look further into it Snoop Dogg is just doing this for what’s everybody’s fear?
You bastards has all gotten in the way of my fair and square chance to make money recording together my favorite top rap sounds.i could put this together if I get a money offer.could any of you be willing?i could also hide on the side any guns or drugs you want stashed and I am available for cut copy and paste for videocamera showings so no one box what you did today or yesterday.
I’ll just have to download them illegally again. Problem solved!
Snoop first Destroyed the Death Row logo, now he’s taking the music away from the fans, he is only selling nft bullshit. Snoop is the worst thing that ever happened to death row!
Snoop is usually fine but a fucking NFT why would he do that!!!