Nate Dogg - It's A Wonderful Life unreleased Album

[Mat]

i'm more interested in getting a cd copy of his self titled album

it was released as a promo advance and i know a few people got their hands on it

i remember a copy selling for $100 on ebay which i wish i woulda copped

Same here i'm looking for this on CD

[Mr. Sunshine]

i'm more interested in getting a cd copy of his self titled album

it was released as a promo advance and i know a few people got their hands on it

i remember a copy selling for $100 on ebay which i wish i woulda copped

That's also a very good example! I mean, the album was actually finished, and the promo CD does exist, just like the Jazza Pha and Cee-Lo Green album! I think with the Nate Dogg album, there was some issue with the label....the budget got cut.
Have you checked Discogs? You probably have... since the album was last sold there on Oct 7, 2026.

[Mr. Sunshine]

Maybe we'll get lucky; Snoop once mentioned that he wanted to clear the rights for the Eastsidaz albums... and if I understood correctly, Nhale claimed that Snoop had gone behind people's backs to secure the rights to Nate Dogg's catalog.
I mean, you really have to ask: what kind of idiots were sitting at Elektra back then?

[Sccit]

That's also a very good example! I mean, the album was actually finished, and the promo CD does exist, just like the Jazza Pha and Cee-Lo Green album! I think with the Nate Dogg album, there was some issue with the label....the budget got cut.
Have you checked Discogs? You probably have... since the album was last sold there on Oct 7, 2026.

elektra folded right before release

[Young Old Head]

elektra folded right before release

Shame Warner didn't pick up where they left off, smh. Then again typical major record label behavior

[Mr. Sunshine]

Does anyone know what happened to the Nate Dogg and Nhale figures? Back then, Nhale mentioned that there would be figures of Nate and himself, and you could even see some in his post.

https://customofgz.myshopify.com/cdn/shop/files/rn-image_picker_lib_temp_0ad5a41d-eac9-4939-a7cf-89c23105be9d.jpg?v=1779211056&width=533
https://i.etsystatic.com/60069887/r/il/4db64e/7160029322/il_570xN.7160029322_o6fz.jpg
https://images.cults3d.com/vgAKGhNHZe_CtimzryNQFFL2pc0=/516x516/filters:no_upscale()/https://fbi.cults3d.com/uploaders/34295404/illustration-file/a93ca481-4a0a-4c35-a736-9ad65ebd58cc/Captura-de-pantalla-2024-12-12-172835.png

[Mr. Sunshine]

elektra folded right before release

So, the album is finished, producer paid, engineer paid, and so on....and now we're just going to let it gather dust?

[Sccit]

So, the album is finished, producer paid, engineer paid, and so on....and now we're just going to let it gather dust?

yup


and i believe the ones that recently sold on discogs are fan made bootlegs, not the actual promo copys dropped by the label

[Mr. Sunshine]

yup


and i believe the ones that recently sold on discogs are fan made bootlegs, not the actual promo copys dropped by the label

the only official aka promo release
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/3705732-Nate-Dogg-Nate-Dogg

But couldn't you check, once you've received the CD, whether it's a homemade copy?

[Mr. Sunshine]

Another thing I really don't get: I was in the iTunes Store yesterday and suddenly there are so many Nate Dogg tracks available as singles—featuring various unknown artists, sometimes even with the exact same hook. Do they actually have the rights to release this stuff?

[Sccit]

the only official aka promo release
https://www.discogs.com/de/release/3705732-Nate-Dogg-Nate-Dogg

But couldn't you check, once you've received the CD, whether it's a homemade copy?

the notes by the seller say it's an unofficial bootleg

[Mr. Sunshine]

Shame Warner didn't pick up where they left off, smh. Then again typical major record label behavior

Yes, you're absolutely right. The label released a single, the sales figures weren't up to par, and it was a cutoff. But it's such a good album; they should have promoted it properly.
And at the end of the day, the album is there, so just put it out.

[Mr. Sunshine]

the notes by the seller say it's an unofficial bootleg

Elektra back in the time before they were shut down. How many CDs were handed out? There must be an original CD somewhere.

[Mr. Sunshine]

the notes by the seller say it's an unofficial bootleg

58 People say they own the CD, someone must have the original; in other words, how many CDs were pressed?

[Sccit]

58 People say they own the CD, someone must have the original; in other words, how many CDs were pressed?

it wasn't pressed it was a promo cd-r

which means it would be fairly easy to make a bootleg of