# What is the best album on Death Row Records?

> West Coast gangsta rap at its loudest, split between a producer's masterpiece, star debuts and soundtrack curiosities.

*By YPB Team · Published October 16, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-album-on-death-row-records*

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1. **The Chronic** — score 1000/1000
   Dr. Dre's 1992 solo debut that defined G-funk.
2. **Tha Doggfather** — score 428/1000
   Snoop Dogg's 1996 second album, his last on Death Row.
3. **Gridlock'd soundtrack** — score 428/1000
   The 1997 soundtrack released on Death Row.
4. **Murder Was the Case soundtrack** — score 362/1000
   The 1994 companion album to Snoop Dogg's short film.
5. **All Eyez on Me** — score 286/1000
   Tupac's 1996 double album, his first on Death Row.
6. **Above the Rim soundtrack** — score 286/1000
   The 1994 soundtrack album released through Death Row and Interscope.
7. **Dogg Food** — score 195/1000
   Tha Dogg Pound's 1995 debut.
8. **The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory** — score 0/1000
   Makaveli's 1996 posthumous release recorded in days.

Tags: hip-hop, music, 90s, death row