While Knight had sought an outright release from Ruthless Records for Dr. Dre, the JDL and Ruthless Records management negotiated a release in which the record label would continue to receive money and publishing rights from future Dr. Dre projects with Death Row Records, founded by Dr. Dre with Suge Knight.
Хоть Найт добился полного освобождения Dre с Ruthless, ЛЗЕ и Ruthless Records получила право получать часть доходов с будущих релизов Dr. Dre на Death Row.