Above The Rim on cassette as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations.Death Row dominated the ’90s and was home to some of the biggest names in hip-hop including 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Dr.
Dre. The likes of Nate Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, MC Hammer, The Lady Of Rage and KXNG Crooked were also signed to the powerhouse rap label.The label also released a series of soundtracks including Gang Related and Gridlock’d – both of which starred 2Pac – as well as the Snoop Dogg film Murder Was The Case.One of its most successful soundtracks was for the 1994 film Above The Rim, which follows a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times.
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