On this date in 1996, Death Row Records, led by then CEO Suge Knight, dropped an exclusively X-Mas project for the holiday season of 1996. Sadly, this album was released just shy of three month after the tragic shooting death of Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas.

The album featured all of Death Row’s favorite acts including Michel’le, who at the time was involved with Knight, Snoop Dogg and The Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Danny Boy and several other up and coming artists on the label. The star studded line-up rehashed many Christmas soul classics and carols including ‘Silver Bells”, “Frosty Thwe Snowman” and “White Christmas”. With 200K in sales, the virtually unheard of album didn’t do too bad. The best part was that it was reportedly all for charity.

Salute to the entire Death Row for releasing this under the radar Hip Hop classic!

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