''Christmas on Death Row'' is a

Christmas Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year ...

compilation album by

Death Row Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ...

. The album, Death Row's only Christmas-themed release, was made as a form of charity to the community. It was released on December 3, 1996 through

Interscope Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner Mu ...

. Production was handled by Kevyn Lewis,

Danny Boy "Danny Boy" is a ballad, written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly in 1913, and set to the traditional Irish melody of " Londonderry Air". History In 1910, in Bath, Somerset, the English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly initial ...

, Sean "Barney" Thomas,

Daz Dillinger Delmar Drew Arnaud (born May 25, 1973), known professionally as Daz Dillinger (formerly Dat Nigga Daz and commonly Daz), is an American rapper and record producer. In the 1990s at Death Row Records, aided the catapult of West Coast rap and gang ...

, Operation From The Bottom, Reggie Lamb, Roman Johnson and

Snoop Doggy Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

, with Suge Knight serving as

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. It features contributions from Danny Boy, Guesss, Six Feet Deep, B.G.O.T.I.,

Nate Dogg Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), known professionally as Nate Dogg, was an American singer and rapper. He gained recognition for providing guest vocals for a multitude of hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007, earning the ...

Tha Dogg Pound Tha Dogg Pound is an American Hip hop music, hip hop duo made up of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success. Kurupt and Daz went on to release solo albu ...

, 816, Bad Azz,

Big Tray Deee Tracy Lamar Davis (born April 27, 1966), better known by his stage name Big Tray Deee (formerly Tray Deee and Tracy Deee), is an American rapper signed with Snoop Dogg's label Dogghouse Records. Career Before becoming a rapper, Davis was an a ...

J-Flexx J-Flexx is an American former rapper and producer of Death Row Records. Career J-Flexx ghostwrote lyrics for Dr. Dre during his tenure at Death Row Records. The first song he co-wrote in that collaboration, "Natural Born Killaz", became a Top ...

Michel'le Michel'le Denise Toussant (born December 5, 1970), also spelled Toussaint, is an American R&B singer known for her songs from 1989 to the early 1990s. Her highest charting song is the top ten US Hot 100 hit "No More Lies". Between 2013 and 201 ...

, O.F.T.B., Sean "Barney" Thomas and Snoop Dogg. The album debuted at number 155 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and peaked at number 30 on the

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. A music video released for the single "Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto".

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 1 contains an interpolation of " Do Your Thing" written by

Isaac Hayes Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, actor, songwriter, and composer. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songw ...

*Track 16 contains a sample from " Christmas Everyday" as recorded by

Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief ...

Personnel

*Calvin "

Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

" Broadus – performer & producer (track 1) *Delmar "

Dat Nigga Daz Delmar Drew Arnaud (born May 25, 1973), known professionally as Daz Dillinger (formerly Dat Nigga Daz and commonly Daz), is an American rapper and record producer. In the 1990s at Death Row Records, aided the catapult of West Coast rap and gang ...

" Arnaud – performer (tracks: 1, 3), producer (track 3) *Nathaniel "

" Hale – performer (tracks: 1, 8) *Tracy "

" Davis – performer (track 1) *Jamarr " Bad Azz" Stamps – performer (track 1) *Daniel "

" Steward – performer (tracks: 2, 5, 14), producer (tracks: 5, 14), co-producer (track 2) *Ricardo "

Kurupt Ricardo Emmanuel Brown (born November 23, 1972), better known by his stage name Kurupt, is an American rapper and record producer who aided gangsta rap's rise via 1990s verses helping set lasting trends. He is one half of the rap duo Tha Dogg Po ...

" Brown – performer (track 3) *

Toussant – performer (track 4) * Operation From The Bottom – performers & producers (track 6) *Six Feet Deep – performer (tracks: 7, 10, 15) *Don Guesss – performer (tracks: 7, 13, 16) *B.G.O.T.I. – performer (tracks: 7, 11) *816 – performers (track 8) *Sean "Barney Rubble" Thomas – performer (track 12), producer (tracks: 8, 12) *James "

" Anderson – performer (track 12) *Kevyn "Cavi" Lewis – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13-16), co-producer (tracks: 1, 3), arrangement (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 10, 15), mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 13-16), engineering (tracks: 2, 7) *Roman Johnson – producer (track 2), arrangement (track 7) *Reggie Lamb – producer (track 4), arrangement (tracks: 4, 7, 15) *

Dave Aron David Royce Aron (August 29, 1964 – March 11, 2019) was an American recording engineer, live and studio mixer, record producer, and musician. Early life Aron was born and raised in Asbury Park, New Jersey, the son of 1950s be-bop trumpet play ...

– mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 6, 8-10, 13, 16), engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 13, 16) *Rick Clifford – engineering (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 14), mixing (tracks: 4, 5, 11, 12, 14) *Michael Geiser – engineering (tracks: 6, 8) *Lance Pierre – engineering (track 7) *Conley Abrams – mixing (track 7), engineering (track 15) *Matthew Quave – engineering (track 9, 13), mixing (track 13) *Travis Smith – engineering (track 12) * Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. – executive producer

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* {{Authority control 1996 Christmas albums 1996 compilation albums G-funk compilation albums Hip hop compilation albums Christmas compilation albums Gangsta rap compilation albums Albums produced by Daz Dillinger Christmas albums by American artists Death Row Records compilation albums