Death Row Records To Release Debut LP From Dr. Dre Protege Sam Sneed

[JML-G]

An unsung hero of the Death Row mid-'90s sound, and a Pittsburgh Rap pioneer will see his album released 14 years later.

One of the more anticipated albums of the 1990s was Street Scholars by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania producer/emcee Sam Sneed. As a Death Row Records artist, Sneed released 1994 hit single "U Betta Recognize" featuring Dr. Dre from the Murder Was The Case soundtrack. However, after co-production and writing credits on label hits between 1994 and 1996, Sneed's album has remained shelved.

Death Row Records, now owned by Toronto, Canada's WIDE Awake Entertainment, announced that is going to change. In the last two years, the new regime at the label founded by Dr. Dre, Marion "Suge" Knight and attorney David Kenner in 1991 has released shelved material from Snoop Dogg, Danny Boy and Kurupt. Sneed's Street Scholars, according to E1 Enterainment, Death Row's present distributor, will be released on January 25, 2011.

Prior to working with Dr. Dre in 1994, Sneed was known as a member of PMD's Hit Squad, producing for Long Island, New York emcee K-Solo (who would also later sign with Death Row). In addition to "U Better Recognize," Sneed worked alongside Dr. Dre on hits such as "Natural Born Killaz" and "California Love." After Dr. Dre left the label he co-founded in 1996, Sneed soon followed after a fight with Suge Knight and Tupac Shakur that has been profiled in several books, most notably Ronin Ro's Have Gun Will Travel.

In the years since Death Row, after surviving a reported brain tumor, Sam Sneed has produced for Busta Rhymes, Capone-N-Noreaga, Beanie Sigel and former Posion Clan emcee JT Money.

Street Scholars is believed to feature Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Dayton, Ohio emcee J-Flexx.

hmmm..

[Digital Pimpin']

About fuckin time. I hope they don't fuck up the mixing and mastering.

[Soopahigh]

About fuckin time. I hope they don't fuck up the mixing and mastering.

[SGT x Tok3R]

Looking forward to this. It can't cost that much to master this stuff before they put it out.

[hobomotel]

About fuckin time. I hope they don't fuck up the mixing and mastering.

[Dre-Day]

About fuckin time. I hope they don't fuck up the mixing and mastering.

they probably will.

[OG Hack Wilson]

hope HOLLYWOOD SQUARES is on this

[Matty]

About fuckin time. I hope they don't fuck up the mixing and mastering.

they probably definitely will.

[UCC]

Looking forward to this... be cool to get an actual album, rather than tracks that didn't make it from an already released album

[Mista Rosa]

About fuckin time. I hope they don't fuck up the mixing and mastering.

[Lord Funk]

One of the more anticipated albums of the 1990s was Street Scholars by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania producer/emcee Sam Sneed.

I know I just sound like a hater, but that statement simply has no basis in reality.

[Smackdog]

Is this guy dope?   or just average.....it wouldn't be beyond DR to have a dope artist and never release anything by him

[Smackdog]

One of the more anticipated albums of the 1990s was Street Scholars by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania producer/emcee Sam Sneed.

I know I just sound like a hater, but that statement simply has no basis in reality.

the dude is correct ........no one has ever heard of this dude.....

[D-Nice]

One of the more anticipated albums of the 1990s was Street Scholars by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania producer/emcee Sam Sneed.

I know I just sound like a hater, but that statement simply has no basis in reality.

the dude is correct ........no one has ever heard of this dude.....

Classic. He had a nice buzz back in Death Row's heyday. Over the years has been doing alot of production like for G Unit and Jay Z. Good to hear this will be dropping

[Dre-Day]

Looking forward to this... be cool to get an actual album, rather than tracks that didn't make it from an already released album

sometimes leftovers are better than album cuts