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Murder Was The Case: Looking Back 18 Years at the Legendary Soundtrack starring SNOOP DOGGIE DOGG.

RESPECT. Staff — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:47:16 +0000

Death Row Records released the Murder Was The Case soundtrack on October 14, 1994

Today we pay RESPECT. to one of Hip-Hop’s greatest soundtracks — Murder Was the Case — based on a short film starring Snoop Doggy Dogg. Looking back 18 years, the 18-minute film was a collaboration between the one and only, Dr. Dre and Hip-Hop originator, Fab Five Freddy. The film is a fictional depiction of the death of Snoop Dogg and his deal with the Devil. The Calvin Broadus story is one of the most well produced rap records of all time.

Signifying Snoops continual evolution as a artist and businessman, we picked this gem from the RESPECT. archive by esteemed photographer, Piotr Sikora that was several years later in 1998.

South Central Los Angeles Saturday, June 20, 1998
“We went out to L.A., to f**kin’ South Central. Literally, we put a white piece of paper in his backyard against the wall of his house. Outside of his house, in the backyard with the dogs barking, everybody drinking, smoking blunts and screaming at him, and we put the shit up—shot it day- light, no lights, no flash, no nothing—just bop, bop, bop, one, two, three, we’re done, we’re out of there.”

– Piotr Sikora

Photo copyright Piotr Sikora

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News: Dr. Dre Files Lawsuit Against Death Row Records

RESPECT. Staff — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:07:33 +0000

1994, Los Angeles, California, USA — Rap artist Dr. Dre sits in front of recording equipment at his home in Los Angeles. — Image by © Neal Preston/CORBIS

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Last year’s third richest artist in hip-hop, Dr. Dre, might become a couple million dollars richer. According to Radar Online, the hip-hop pioneer has filed a lawsuit against his former label, Death Row Records, for more than $3 million in unpaid royalties. The Beats by Dre executive states that the label owes him $1,200,386.57 in unpaid artist-producer royalties, $1,179,913 from digital sales and $676,444.44 for unpaid mechanical royalties. He also claims that the label has yet to honor a bonus that would increase his royalty rate from 18 to 20 percent.

Luckily for Suge Knight, he is not too affected by this lawsuit. In 2006 Suge filed for bankruptcy and Death Row was later bought out in 2008.

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