Search - Various Artists :: Death Row's 15th Anniversary (W/Dvd)

Not bad for the price, but beware of some issues!!!!!

box3rz | 01/02/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"this is a great set, but who ever mastered all the tracks(including the dvd portion of video tracks)should be ashamed!!!. lets start with the audio cd portion...these tracks were not remastered at all!!!. plain & simple. basically all of them sound somewhat flat(though all are still in stereo)no richness or deep bass...kinda sound like less than the original masters...i.e. when the tracks were originally released like in 1992-1996, not the remastered versions released in 2001(some even sound like cheap mp3 internet files like how do u want it, california love, & snoop's g'z up, h*** down track, among others...i'm an audiophile and i know these things). as for the dvd portion the video quality is average(maybe a little above, but still average at best). you can tell of this because there are plenty of "blocky artifacts" throughout all of the videos like it was recorded on a homemade(but retail manufactered like philip's or sony, etc.)dvd recorder in the 2 1/2-3 hour mode(this dvd BTW is a single-layered disc, which means all the videos were heavily compressed, as these videos clock in at just over two hours. they could of been on a dual-layered disc for better quality). the dvd audio for the videos are in cheap crappy mono sound?????. no stereo suge?????. there very viewable & enjoyable, but at the same time how could they be so cheap. last but not least the distribution of these sets. who is in charge over at death row/koch records?????. these idiots are causing people to buy the sets twice...one at bestbuy & one at regular retail(yes all of the disc 1's in the regular non-bestbuy sets carry the 17 track bestbuy version, and best buy's disc 1 is the 13 track regular version)just to get the real collector's version of a total of 33 tracks. very dumb & stupid on the part of suge knight not to realize this!!!!!. i've wasted time and money tryin to get/put together the real bestbuy version of the set. stupid. anyway buy both versions, take the 17 track disc 1 out of the regular version and simply switch it with the 13 track best buy version, keep the original 16 track disc 2 best buy version intact, & keep the special best buy slip case & jewel case with the bestbuy bonus track names listed on them...and there you have the real-original best buy collector's edition version!!!!!. besides all the neglect & mix-ups this set contains, it is still a very vital collection, & the best one yet(and with all the rarities like g'z up, h*** down, pain, & the dvd of hard to get & find videos you just can't go wrong). for the price you get what you pay for i guess(57 total tracks for under $20), and thats probrably why there was no care or remastering done to this set.(in my case a great sale of $13.99+tax for each set...i bought 4 copies but have to return 2 because of the mix-ups). for what it is, i highly recommend it."

Classic.

smkrlf | 12/30/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is great for those who didn't listen to Death Row when it was in it's prime as well as a good addition to any long time fan. I already own 90% of all the songs in this compialation but I bought it just for the DVD.



This is also a very good collections of the 2Pac songs are from his various sound tracks that some might of never of listened too. Made Niggaz, Never Had A Friend Like Me, Pain (which if I am not mistaking was never avaliable on the CD version of the soundtrack and was on the casset version) which are ALL Classics.



One more thing about the Best Buy version VS. the regular version. There was probably a distributing error and Best Buy Disc 1s were shipped with the regular version.."