Without those albums, Billboard estimates the remaining catalog is producing about $6 million a year in revenue, with Snoop Dogg’s albums accounting for $2 million to $3 million of that. Dre’s The Chronic, generated about $15 million in revenue for MNRK in 2021. Consequently, without 2Pac and Dre tracks, the two compilation albums might not be sustainable as a collective, which means another chunk of sales and streaming activity could evaporate.īillboard estimates that the Death Row catalog, including the two 2Pac albums and Dr. Death Row’s Greatest Hits generated 264,000 album consumption units in 2021, while 15 Years on Death Row totaled 384,000 units, according to MRC Data- though that total likely includes some double counting of streams and track downloads from songs on other Death Row albums. Dre’s music pending departure from Death Row, more than 50% of the catalog’s activity is evaporating - and this may impact the label’s compilation albums too. BODR, which is an abbreviation for Back on Death Row, has so far collected 10,000 album consumption units in its debut week.īesides Snoop Dogg, the remaining Death Row catalog includes film soundtracks such as Above The Rim and Gridlock’d, compilation albums including Christmas on Death Row and albums by Lady of Rage, Daz Dillinger and Kurupt. In addition to Doggystyle, Snoop Dogg appears to have two other albums on Death Row: 1996’s Doggfather, which generated 8,000 album consumption units in 2021, and his latest album BODR, which was released two days before his Super Bowl performance on Feb. Dre album is returned, that will leave Snoop Dogg as the best-selling artist on the Death Row label. Currently, that album and Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle appear to be the catalog’s biggest sellers, excluding compilations, with each earning nearly 169,000 album consumption units in 2021. Dre’s The Chronic is also scheduled to be returned as soon as 2023, multiple sources tell Billboard. Dre recordings, those sources added.Īs it turns out, Dr. Similar discussions took place among eOne executives concerning the Dr.
The estate had sought declarations stating it owned the 2Pac albums’ copyrights and that eOne did not own the 2Pac recordings and instead only held them and any unreleased masters as a trust - which they argued eOne was obligated to identify and turn over to the estate.Īside from that particular lawsuit, there has been a long trail of costly litigation around the 2Pac recordings, according to sources, and eOne Music executives more than once considered returning 2Pac’s music to the estate if the right deal could be struck. In that lawsuit, 2Pac’s estate, AMARU Entertainment, laid out eight causes of action and for some of them asked Judge Stephanie Bowick to make declarations - which the judge denied. Interestingly, even though MNRK appears to have given the 2Pac albums back to the late rapper’s estate, a June 11, 2018, ruling on a lawsuit between the label and the estate appears to favor eOne Music. In 2013, eOne Music - which had long distributed the label - acquired the catalog after WideAwake Entertainment also filed for bankruptcy. When Suge Knight, the label’s original owner, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2006, it was sold to WideAwake Entertainment. The Death Row catalog has changed ownership several times over the past two decades. Blackstone and Snoop Dogg’s representatives did not respond to requests for comment. For its part, MNRK refused to disclose whether ownership over those albums changed and wouldn’t confirm what albums it still controls through the Death Row label. Now, both those albums appear to be on Interscope Records, based on metadata from various digital music services. In total, 2Pac’s recordings accounted for 25% to 40% of Death Row’s total activity. Those two albums respectively generated 393,000 and 66,000 album consumption units in 2021, while All Eyez On Me was the label’s biggest mover last year - ahead of the 15 Years On Death Row compilation by some 9,000 units. 1, 2022, 2Pac‘s two 1996 Death Row albums, All Eyez On Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory - the latter serving as the rapper’s first posthumous release and issued under the alias “Makavelli” - are no longer on the label. Snoop Dogg Is Confident He'll Get Tupac's Masters Back on Death Row RecordsĪs of Jan.
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