Cold Chillin' vs Death Row for best rap label ever?

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I gotta give the nod to Death row. Cold Chillin' had an amazing roster but Death Row some of the highest quality out the genre has ever seen. An while Cold Chillin' Production great death Row's Production was . And while Cold Chillin' was wildly influential on hip hop Death Row literally changed the game.
Thoughts and opinions?

 

[Knights89]

I would have to throw prime Def Jam in the mix as well

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Dr. Dre – The Chronic
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle
Above the Rim (soundtrack)
Murder Was The Case
Tha Dogg Pound– Dogg Food
2Pac – All Eyez On Me
Makaveli (2Pac) – The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Tha Doggfather
– Death Row Greatest Hits
Death Row artists – Christmas on Death Row
Gridlock'd (soundtrack)
Lady of Rage – Necessary Roughness

Daz Dillinger – Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back
2Pac – Greatest Hits

against

1987

M.C. Shan—Down by Law
1988

• Big Daddy Kane—Long Live the Kane
• MC Shan—Born to be Wild
• Biz Markie—Goin' Off
• Marley Marl—In Control Volume 1

1989

• Big Daddy Kane—It's a Big Daddy Thing
• Kool G Rap & DJ Polo—Road to the Riches
• Roxanne Shanté—Bad Sister
• Biz Markie—The Biz Never Sleeps

1990

• Grand Daddy I.U.—Smooth Assassin
• Master Ace—Take a Look Around
• 2 Deep—Honey, That's Show Biz
• Kool G Rap & DJ Polo—Wanted: Dead or Alive
• Big Daddy Kane—Taste of Chocolate
• M.C. Shan—Play it Again, Shan

1991

• Big Daddy Kane—Prince of Darkness
• Kid Capri—The Tape
• Diamond Shell—The Grand Imperial Diamond Shell
• Biz Markie—I Need a Haircut
• Marley Marl—In Control, Volume 2: For Your Steering Pleasure
• The Genius—Words from the Genius

1992

• Kool G Rap & DJ Polo—Live and Let Die
• Roxanne Shanté—The bytch is Back (released on Livin’ Large)
• Nubian M.O.B. - Nubian M.O.B.

1993

• Big Daddy Kane—Looks Like a Job For…
• Biz Markie—All Samples Cleared!
• TBTBT—Too Bad to Be True
• YZ—The Ghetto’s Been Good to Me (released on Livin’ Large)
• T.C.F. Crew—Come & Play with Me

1994

• Grand Daddy I.U.—Lead Pipe
• King Sun—Strictly Ghetto (released on Livin’ Large)

1995

• Kool G Rap—4,5,6

 

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I would have to throw prime Def Jam in the mix as well

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against

Maybe I should have said boutique label.

 

[Knights89]

After looking over those lists, I'll go with Death Row

hard to go against Cold Chillin

 

[untaintedbeats]

i ll go with cold chillin..death row had 4 albums i played constantly..cold chillin had about 13

 

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i ll go with cold chillin..death row had 4 albums i played constantly..cold chillin had about 13

I can dig it. But what label add more of an overall impact on Hip Hop though?

 

[killa the goat]

death row easily imo cold chillin only big daddy kane first two albums a masta ace album and a few g rap albums


death row had the best producer imo and the best rapper imo in makaveli

and they had a good supporting cast dogg pound snoop nate dogg etc


chronic dogg food all eyez on me and 7 day theory murder was the case doggystyle.

 

[Ohene]

rocafella

 

[DaveyDave]

Loud

 

[untaintedbeats]

I can dig it. But what label add more of an overall impact on Hip Hop though?

I would still say cold chillin...I mean back in the 90's when hip hop was getting a lil stale..cats like the wu,nas,boot camp.etc inspired by the music of cold chillin help kick off the second golden era..even now..though not on a mainstream leavel...but some off the best hip hop starts with artist inspired by artist on cold chillin...not to take anything away from death row cuz they did have a big impact..i just feel cold chillins is longer lasting...i would add Loud to the argument too...

 

[infamousred]

down by law is seriously the most underrated album ever. the production on that joint is just flawless. that one gets talked about even less than smooth assassin and both of those albums are classics.

 

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rocafella

Nope.

 

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Loud

Not better than Cold Chillin or Tha Row though.

 

[DaveyDave]

Not better than Cold Chillin or Tha Row though.

Only because it wasn't a crew label. Loud had

• Wu-Tang Clan
• Three 6 Mafia
• Project Pat
• Big Pun
• Tha Alkaholiks
• Krayzie Bone
• Dead Prez
• Twista
• Mobb Deep
• Xzibit
• Raekwon
• GZA
• Inspectah Deck
• Cella Dwellas
• M.O.P

That's some classics for yo ass!

 

[ucanthandlethetruth]

Only because it wasn't a crew label. Loud had

• Wu-Tang Clan
• Three 6 Mafia
• Project Pat
• Big Pun
• Tha Alkaholiks
• Krayzie Bone
• Dead Prez
• Twista
• Mobb Deep
• Xzibit
• Raekwon
• GZA
• Inspectah Deck
• Cella Dwellas
• M.O.P

That's some classics for yo ass!

@ that loud roster of music