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== Career == == Career ==
=== Start at Death Row === === Start at Death Row (1992–1995) ===
A younger cousin of rapper ], likewise from ], Daz began his career at about age 19 with Death Row Records, cofounded by ], where Daz learned music production from Dr. Dre.<ref name=":0">], interviewer, , ''VladTV''–''DJVlad'' @ YouTube, August 20, 2015.</ref> Signed to the label at age 19,<ref name=":0" /> both producing and rapping, Daz worked with ] on West Coast rap's breakthrough album, '']''.<ref name="rapnews.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-260570-00.html |title=Rap News Network – Hip-Hop News: Rap Producer Daz Dillinger Interview |publisher=Rapnews.net |date=August 24, 2005 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> Meanwhile, befriending rapper ], who also rapped on ''The Chronic'', the two formed a rap duo, Tha Dogg Pound. Daz Dillinger was raised in ], as was his older cousin ]. Daz began his music career at the age of 19, when he signed to ] and learned music production from ].<ref name=":0">], interviewer, , ''VladTV''–''DJVlad'' @ YouTube, August 20, 2015.</ref> After joining the Death Row label, Daz was featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo album, '']'', in 1992; he contributed both rapping and production to the album.<ref name="rapnews.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-260570-00.html |title=Rap News Network – Hip-Hop News: Rap Producer Daz Dillinger Interview |publisher=Rapnews.net |date=August 24, 2005 |access-date=March 31, 2012}}</ref> During this period, Daz also befriended the rapper ], and the two formed a duo called ].


The Dogg Pound appeared on Snoop Dogg's debut solo album, too, the cultural landmark '']'', released as Death Row's second album on November 23, 1993. Daz, in particular, was more involved in ''Doggystyle''<nowiki/>'s production.<ref name=":1">According to Suge Knight, who, as the CEO of Death Row Records, was the executive producer of both Dre's ''The Chronic'' and Snoop's ''Doggystyle'', "Daz pretty much did the whole album", that is, ''Doggystyle'' , '']'', November 25, 2013].</ref> Daz was featured on one track and received co-production credit on two, "Serial Killa" and "For All My Niggaz & Bitches", although Daz contributed more production work, albeit not being officially credited.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Trent Clark, interviewer, , ''HipHopDX'' @ YouTube, April 23, 2018.</ref> In the meantime, Daz produced tracks for the movie soundtracks '']'' as well as '']''. The Dogg Pound appeared on Snoop Dogg's debut solo album, '']'', which was released as Death Row's second album on November 23, 1993. Formally, Daz received co-production credits on two of ''Doggystyle''{{'}}s tracks, "Serial Killa" and "For All My Niggaz & Bitches"; however, Daz maintains that he provided uncredited production for large portions of the album, and Death Row CEO ] has remarked that "Daz did pretty much the whole album ".<ref name=":1">Paul Cantor, , '']'', November 25, 2013].</ref><ref>Trent Clark, interviewer, , ''HipHopDX'' @ YouTube, April 23, 2018.</ref> Daz also produced tracks for the soundtracks to '']'' and '']''.


In their single "]", Tha Dogg Pound sided with Dr. Dre against his former ] groupmate ] and his ]. Later, amid the rap genre's East Coast–West Coast rivalry then ongoing and escalating, Tha Dogg Pound jumped in for the West, specifically the Los Angeles area, by releasing the single "]", featuring Snoop, which slighted the city. (Responding, the rap duo ], from the city's borough ], released "]", featuring ] and ].) Subsequently, Tha Dogg Pound's debut album, '']'', met rave reviews and platinum sales. In their single "]", Tha Dogg Pound sided with Dr. Dre against his former ] groupmate ] and his label ]. Later, as the ongoing ] began to escalate, Tha Dogg Pound recorded the single "]", which slighted the city. Tha Dogg Pound followed these tracks with their debut album, 1995's '']'', which was certified platinum by the RIAA.


=== Growth at Death Row Records === === Growth at Death Row Records (1996–1998) ===
In 1995, as both the East–West rap rivalry and ]'s violent tactics in house intensified, Death Row's lead producer Dr. Dre increasingly distanced himself from the studio's toxic atmosphere. Starting with Tha Dogg Pound's debut album ''Dogg Food'', produced by Daz, Dre ceased producing entire albums with Death Row. Eventually working there only with 2Pac, Dre produced just three tracks—"California Love", "California Love (Remix)", and "Can't C Me"—on 2Pac's first Death Row album, '']''. As the East–West rap rivalry intensified, Death Row's lead producer Dr. Dre increasingly distanced himself from the studio, disliking the studio's atmosphere and Suge Knight's leadership.{{cn|date=September 2023}} In 1996, ] released his first Death Row album, '']''; this album featured only three tracks produced by Dr. Dre, while Daz produced five tracks for the album, including the singles "]" and "]". The commercial success of ''All Eyez on Me'' raised Daz's stature as a producer, and he provided production to numerous Death Row albums – including Snoop Dogg's '']'', ]'s '']'', and ]'s '']'' – in 1996 and 1997. Daz also contributed to the soundtrack of the 1997 film '']''.


Daz, on the other hand, produced five songs on ''All Eyez on Me''—"Ambitionz Az A Ridah", "]", "]", "Skandalouz", and "Got My Mind Made Up"—which rapidly became 2Pac's most commercially successful album, solidifying Daz's standing as a producer. Effectively Death Row's lead producer by then, Daz also helped on Snoop Dogg's second album, '']'', which recorded from February to October 1996. In March, Dre left Death Row to form his own record label, ].<ref name=":2">], , ''New York Times'', 1998 Jan 26, § D, p 1.</ref> Dr. Dre left Death Row in March 1996 to found the label ]. After Tupac was murdered in 1996, followed by Suge Knight being sentenced to prison for parole violations in 1997, numerous other artists (including Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, and ]) departed from Death Row as well; this left Daz as the only platinum-selling artist remaining on the Death Row roster.<ref name=":2">], , ''New York Times'', 1998 Jan 26, § D, p 1.</ref> Daz released his debut solo album, '']'', through Death Row Records in March 1998; however, he too left the label later that year.{{cn|date=September 2023}}


⚫ === D.P.G. Recordz and indie releases (post-1999) ===
The murder of 2Pac in September 1996 and Suge's parole violations incurring his prison sentence of nine years in 1997 spurred an exodus of artists from Death Row.<ref name=":2" /> From 1997 to early 1998, Nate Dogg, Snoop, and Kurupt left Death Row, leaving the label's only remaining platinum seller as Tha Dogg Pound member Daz,<ref name=":2" /> who meanwhile contributed production to ], released by his own newly formed label, to the ], and to the '']'' soundtrack. Soon, Death Row released Daz's debut solo album, '']''. Even after he left Death Row in late 1998, his production appeared on the unauthorized Snoop compilation '']'', leaked by Suge Knight in 2001.
⚫ After leaving Death Row Records, Daz produced for artists like Kurupt, ], and ]. He also established his own label, ], on which he released his second solo album, 2000's '']''. In the following years, Daz has continued to focus on his own indie releases and sales;<ref>], interviewer, , ''BigBoyTV'' @ YouTube, February 23, 2018.</ref> as of 2023, he has released a total of eighteen solo albums.


Daz and Kurupt reunited to release a second collaborative album, '']'', in 2001; because Death Row still owned the name "Tha Dogg Pound", they released ''Dillinger & Young Gotti'' under the name DPG. Despite this collaboration, relations deteriorated between the two rappers after Kurupt signed to Death Row Records once more, and Daz repeatedly insulted Kurupt in songs and interviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphop.at/forum/international-rap/kurupt-interview-strikes-back-daz-6185.html|title=Kurupt Interview (Strikes back to Daz) – hiphop.at Forum – Österreichs größte Hiphop Community|publisher=Hiphop.at|access-date=March 31, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111084912/http://www.hiphop.at/forum/international-rap/kurupt-interview-strikes-back-daz-6185.html|archive-date=January 11, 2009}}</ref> Daz and Kurupt ultimately reconciled at a West Coast unity event that Snoop Dogg hosted in 2005.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628030805/http://www.streethop.com/interviews/126054-dpg-dogg-pound-reunited.html|date=June 28, 2008}}</ref> After gaining rights to the moniker "Tha Dogg Pound", Kurupt left Death Row again, and Daz closed his brief time at ]'s ]. Since then, Tha Dogg Pound has released several more albums, including a ] between 2005 and 2010.
⚫ === D.P.G. Recordz and indie releases ===
⚫ After leaving Death Row Records, Daz would produce for artists like Kurupt, ], and ]. In 2000, Daz's second solo album, '']'', was released by his own label, ]. In the following years, Daz has continued to focus on his own, indie releases and sales.<ref>], interviewer, , ''BigBoyTV'' @ YouTube, February 23, 2018.</ref>


⚫ In 2020 Daz united with Queens MC ] (one half of ]) for a collaborative album titled ''Guidelines''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Roman|date=December 15, 2020|title=Capone Discusses 'Guidelines' Joint LP Featuring Daz Dillinger|url=https://thesource.com/2020/12/15/capone-discusses-guidelines-joint-lp-featuring-daz-dillinger/|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=The Source|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2001, while Death Row still owned the duo's original name, Daz and Kurupt reappeared, if under the name D.P.G., with a second album, '']'', which received mixed reviews. But Kurupt soon signed with Death Row again, prompting Daz to repeatedly smear him in songs and interviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hiphop.at/forum/international-rap/kurupt-interview-strikes-back-daz-6185.html|title=Kurupt Interview (Strikes back to Daz) – hiphop.at Forum – Österreichs größte Hiphop Community|publisher=Hiphop.at|access-date=March 31, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111084912/http://www.hiphop.at/forum/international-rap/kurupt-interview-strikes-back-daz-6185.html|archive-date=January 11, 2009}}</ref>

While feuding with Kurupt from 2002 to 2005—as in Daz's songs "Catch U in the Club" and "U Ain't Shit", plus his skit "A Message to Ricardo Brown", drawing Kurupt's response "No Vaseline Part 2"—Daz released a few solo albums, if one with a makeshift group, DPGC, including Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, and ].

In 2005, Snoop hosted a West Coast unity event, where Daz and Kurupt reconciled.<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080628030805/http://www.streethop.com/interviews/126054-dpg-dogg-pound-reunited.html|date=June 28, 2008}}</ref> While gaining rights to their original name, Tha Dogg Pound, Kurupt left Death Row again, and Daz closed his brief time at ]'s ]. Over the years since then, ].

⚫ In 2020 Daz united with Queens MC ] one half of ] for a collaborative album entitled "Guidelines" under ]<ref>{{Cite web|last=White|first=Roman|date=December 15, 2020|title=Capone Discusses 'Guidelines' Joint LP Featuring Daz Dillinger|url=https://thesource.com/2020/12/15/capone-discusses-guidelines-joint-lp-featuring-daz-dillinger/|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=The Source|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Discography == == Discography ==

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American rapper and producer
Daz Dillinger
Daz Dillinger in 2015Daz Dillinger in 2015
Background information
Birth nameDelmar Drew Arnaud
Also known as
  • Daz
  • Dat Nigga Daz
  • Diggity Daz
  • Daz Dilly
  • Dilly Tha Dogg
Born (1973-05-25) May 25, 1973 (age 51)
OriginLong Beach, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • producer
  • songwriter
Years active1992–present
Labels
Member ofTha Dogg Pound
Musical artist

Delmar Drew Arnaud (born May 25, 1973), known professionally as Daz Dillinger or simply Daz (formerly Dat Nigga Daz), is an American rapper and music producer. In the 1990s at Death Row Records, he is credited with aiding the catapult of West Coast rap and gangsta rap into the mainstream. He is one half of the rap duo tha Dogg Pound, along with Kurupt.

Daz learned production from Dr. Dre in working on Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic, in 1992. Daz did more on Snoop Dogg's debut solo album Doggystyle in 1993, and secured his production standing on 2Pac's All Eyez on Me in 1996. Since leaving Death Row in late 1998, Daz has focused on his own releases through his D.P.G. Recordz.

Career

Start at Death Row (1992–1995)

Daz Dillinger was raised in Long Beach, California, as was his older cousin Snoop Dogg. Daz began his music career at the age of 19, when he signed to Death Row Records and learned music production from Dr. Dre. After joining the Death Row label, Daz was featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo album, The Chronic, in 1992; he contributed both rapping and production to the album. During this period, Daz also befriended the rapper Kurupt, and the two formed a duo called Tha Dogg Pound.

The Dogg Pound appeared on Snoop Dogg's debut solo album, Doggystyle, which was released as Death Row's second album on November 23, 1993. Formally, Daz received co-production credits on two of Doggystyle's tracks, "Serial Killa" and "For All My Niggaz & Bitches"; however, Daz maintains that he provided uncredited production for large portions of the album, and Death Row CEO Suge Knight has remarked that "Daz did pretty much the whole album ". Daz also produced tracks for the soundtracks to Above the Rim and Murder Was the Case.

In their single "What Would You Do?", Tha Dogg Pound sided with Dr. Dre against his former N.W.A groupmate Eazy-E and his label Ruthless Records. Later, as the ongoing East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry began to escalate, Tha Dogg Pound recorded the single "New York, New York", which slighted the city. Tha Dogg Pound followed these tracks with their debut album, 1995's Dogg Food, which was certified platinum by the RIAA.

Growth at Death Row Records (1996–1998)

As the East–West rap rivalry intensified, Death Row's lead producer Dr. Dre increasingly distanced himself from the studio, disliking the studio's atmosphere and Suge Knight's leadership. In 1996, Tupac Shakur released his first Death Row album, All Eyez on Me; this album featured only three tracks produced by Dr. Dre, while Daz produced five tracks for the album, including the singles "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" and "I Ain't Mad at Cha". The commercial success of All Eyez on Me raised Daz's stature as a producer, and he provided production to numerous Death Row albums – including Snoop Dogg's Tha Doggfather, Nate Dogg's G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 & 2, and the Lady of Rage's Necessary Roughness – in 1996 and 1997. Daz also contributed to the soundtrack of the 1997 film Gridlock'd.

Dr. Dre left Death Row in March 1996 to found the label Aftermath Entertainment. After Tupac was murdered in 1996, followed by Suge Knight being sentenced to prison for parole violations in 1997, numerous other artists (including Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, and Nate Dogg) departed from Death Row as well; this left Daz as the only platinum-selling artist remaining on the Death Row roster. Daz released his debut solo album, Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back, through Death Row Records in March 1998; however, he too left the label later that year.

D.P.G. Recordz and indie releases (post-1999)

After leaving Death Row Records, Daz produced for artists like Kurupt, Soopafly, and B-Legit. He also established his own label, D.P.G. Recordz, on which he released his second solo album, 2000's R.A.W. In the following years, Daz has continued to focus on his own indie releases and sales; as of 2023, he has released a total of eighteen solo albums.

Daz and Kurupt reunited to release a second collaborative album, Dillinger & Young Gotti, in 2001; because Death Row still owned the name "Tha Dogg Pound", they released Dillinger & Young Gotti under the name DPG. Despite this collaboration, relations deteriorated between the two rappers after Kurupt signed to Death Row Records once more, and Daz repeatedly insulted Kurupt in songs and interviews. Daz and Kurupt ultimately reconciled at a West Coast unity event that Snoop Dogg hosted in 2005. After gaining rights to the moniker "Tha Dogg Pound", Kurupt left Death Row again, and Daz closed his brief time at Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings. Since then, Tha Dogg Pound has released several more albums, including a prolific streak of five albums between 2005 and 2010.

In 2020 Daz united with Queens MC Capone (one half of Capone-N-Noreaga) for a collaborative album titled Guidelines.

Discography

Main article: Daz Dillinger discography See also: Tha Dogg Pound discography

Solo studio albums

Collaboration albums

Awards

References

  1. "Dat Nigga Daz A.K.A. Daz Dillinger". MTV.
  2. Vlad Lyubovny, interviewer, "Daz Dillinger details working on 'The Chronic' w/ Dr. Dre at 15", VladTV–DJVlad @ YouTube, August 20, 2015.
  3. "Rap News Network – Hip-Hop News: Rap Producer Daz Dillinger Interview". Rapnews.net. August 24, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  4. Paul Cantor, "Suge Knight reflects on 'Doggystyle' 20 years later", Rolling Stone, November 25, 2013].
  5. Trent Clark, interviewer, "Daz Dillinger says Dr. Dre took his ideas to create 'The Chronic'", HipHopDX @ YouTube, April 23, 2018.
  6. Neil Strauss, "Rap empire unraveling as stars flee", New York Times, 1998 Jan 26, § D, p 1.
  7. Kurt Alexander, interviewer, "Daz Dillinger on his new album, working w/ Tupac and being on Death Row", BigBoyTV @ YouTube, February 23, 2018.
  8. "Kurupt Interview (Strikes back to Daz) – hiphop.at Forum – Österreichs größte Hiphop Community". Hiphop.at. Archived from the original on January 11, 2009. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  9. Archived June 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  10. White, Roman (December 15, 2020). "Capone Discusses 'Guidelines' Joint LP Featuring Daz Dillinger". The Source. Retrieved June 21, 2021.

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