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Re: Daz Discography Review (Updated with Gangsta Party)
« Reply #30 on: October 18, 2007, 07:28:23 PM »

Decided to try my hand at giving my 2 cents on some artist's discographies. I will start with Daz, who has ALOT of albums but I am only going to focus on the solo ones. Feel free to drop comments.

Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge And Getback: Does not get much better than this one. More of a compilation but Daz did appear on each track. Man too many favorites to name. Our Daily Bread- one of the dopest Dogg Pound cuts IMO. Kurupt was  :o on this album. I like how Daz got so many west coast heavyweights on 1 album. The beats are insane on this, one of his best if not the best. Daz's beatmaking at it's finest solo wise.

Daz Dillinger - R.A.W.: If RR&GB is not his best to most because of all the guests, this one solo wise is probably his finest. Really Daz at his best indie wise. The quality of the beats and the rhymes was really top notch. Street Gangs, One Nine 99, Who's Knockin At My Door, RAW, It'z All About The Money, My System. This album is PERFECT in a system. Lyrically Daz's flow is alot more forceful on this then the first one. Super Cuz was classic on here.

Daz Dillinger - This is the Life I Lead: If you like the production on D&YG, you will probably be a fan of this one. Lyrically Daz slipped a bit from RAW, but the co production from Mike Dean is the real highlight. The title track, Keep It Gangsta, and a few other tracks were bangin.

Daz Dillinger - DPGC: U Know What Im Throwin' Up: This album gets alot of heat for all the Snoop interludes, but I actually liked them. We only had to wait 4 or 5 years since the last time they worked together. This was the first album were Daz had no role in the production of the album beatwise. Soopafly did some of his best beats for this album along with Fred Wreck, Meech, Quaze and Shon Don. Lyrically Daz recycled lyrics WAY too much. That and the Kurupt disses wore on my nerves. Snoop absolutely MURDERED his guest appearances. But the highlight was definitely Soopa's beats. I'll Beatcho Ass, the remix, I Got That Fire, Nuthin But A Gangsta Party 2,  Dat Gangsta Shit and a few more were bangers.

Daz Dillinger - I got Love in these Streets: Just basically a collection of unreleased tracks. I really could not get into this one

Daz Dillinger - Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP: This album a always thought it was and still is slept on. Daz sounded like he took his time on this album, his flow was on point from start to finish. Beats were dope, I like the Clinton samples and the heavy g-funk influences. One of my personal favorites from him and NO guest rappers. My Mama Said he KILLED that song. Same with Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta.

Daz Dillinger - Gangsta Crunk: Weak attempt by Daz to duplicate the Crunk sound. This album was a mess IMO.

Daz Dillinger - So So Gangsta: I really feel like Daz is one of the dopest producers depending on the studio. This sound wise is probably the closest Daz came to the 1st one. The beats were knockin throughout this album. JD and Daz made a good team, and No I.D., Scott Storch also dropped gems. Money On My Mind gets CONSTANT play from me along with Strizap, Rat-A-Tat-Tat, Thang On My Hip, Weekend. The cuts that also did not make the album were nice also. If they were added, I would probably score it a little higher.

So for me to rank them I would say

RR&GB
RAW
TDPGLP
SSG
DPGCYKWITU
TITLIL
IGLITS
GC

Daz lyrically really suffers at times from recyling his lyrics. At times his rhymes just sound thrown together. That is probably due to him putting so much material out. But when he is focused he brings nothing but fire. It's good to see him producing more now on projects. Gangsta Party looks like it might be promising also. Overall not a bad catalog.

Up next, Cypress Hill and Xzibit


Well,I agree with most of it. I donīt have Gangster crunk and have never heard it,not sure if I want to after your review.
Iīm not a big Daz (solo) fan,but I do check for him.
He can come with heat,so I ainīt writting him off.
Thereīs only three Daz records I give a regular spin,the rest well......
Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge And Getback
Daz Dillinger - R.A.W
Daz Dillinger - DPGC: U Know What Im Throwin' Up


So whereīs Tanji at? You and D-Nice is the convo tag team of Dubcc.


He is the only one missing.  ;D Yeah Daz is very hit and miss for me, although I thought he had some nice lyrics on the last 2 DP albums, solowise lately he is starting to get better other than that Gangsta Crunk mess.
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UPDATE;
Daz- Gangsta Party: Beats were a little weak on some but I like the guest appearances on this album. It had the feel of the first album with all of the west coast artists and the Redman, Joe Budden and Jagged Edge appearances were nice.
Getting Money is the shit. Kurupt, 40 and Daz made a nice song to cruise to.
One of those MANY side projects Daz does, but it is decent.

The album ainīt bad,but it kind of go by my ear,doesnīt really move me in any way.
The only track that caught my ear was the track with Kurupt and E-40.
But it was a cool idea to let a "outside" producer taking care of the WHOLE project.
A idea that maybe some other cats should pick up too?

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Re: Daz Discography Review (Updated with Gangsta Party)
« Reply #31 on: October 18, 2007, 09:33:01 PM »
Daz first 2 albums are dope but after that I don't know its like he's recycling his verses and beats all the time maybe he ran out of shit to talk about LOL
 

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Re: Daz Discography Review
« Reply #32 on: October 19, 2007, 04:21:19 PM »
i would take R.A.W. over RR&GB

What are ur favorite songs on R.A.W.? I wouldn't take it over RR&GB though.
 

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Re: Daz Discography Review (Updated with Gangsta Party)
« Reply #33 on: October 26, 2007, 10:40:19 AM »
I like RAW better than RRGB, but I guess that's just me
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« Reply #34 on: October 26, 2007, 10:44:19 AM »
I like RAW better than RRGB, but I guess that's just me
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Nah it isn't just you. RAW is a better solo album. RR&GB I liked the setup of how Daz rapped and did beats with some of the west finest. And lyrically I thought he was at the top of his game on that album.
 

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« Reply #35 on: October 26, 2007, 11:15:03 AM »
yeah RRGB just feels like dogg food II with some more focus on daz

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« Reply #36 on: October 26, 2007, 01:29:24 PM »
yeah RRGB just feels like dogg food II with some more focus on daz

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Exactly what I thought about it.
 

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Re: Daz Discography Review (Updated with Gangsta Party)
« Reply #37 on: October 26, 2007, 01:35:54 PM »
yeah RRGB just feels like dogg food II with some more focus on daz

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Exactly what I thought about it.

yeah, and that's not a bad thing...but R.A.W is more original and hard hitting to me

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Re: Daz Discography Review (Updated with Gangsta Party)
« Reply #38 on: October 26, 2007, 01:44:50 PM »
yeah RRGB just feels like dogg food II with some more focus on daz

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Exactly what I thought about it.

yeah, and that's not a bad thing...but R.A.W is more original and hard hitting to me

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I can appreciate RAW more because like I said in my post it was all Daz. He was indie, slanging it out of the trunk of his car, hustling. Definitely more bass influenced and hard hitting then his first one and less melodic but definitely more street. I think both of them are personal classic for me.
 

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« Reply #39 on: October 26, 2007, 01:49:42 PM »
hm, i guess it is bassy but i felt like it wasn't very bass centric per se. almost all of the production on that record has some GREAT melodies going in and out of every track.

who's knoccn at my door and on tha grind and others have layered funky, even jazzy production and melodies. even simple beats like 'whatchu talkin bout' have great catchy melodies.

hell even, my system has the funky work throughout it.

damn, i need to bang that record sometime soon.

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« Reply #40 on: October 26, 2007, 01:57:40 PM »
hm, i guess it is bassy but i felt like it wasn't very bass centric per se. almost all of the production on that record has some GREAT melodies going in and out of every track.

who's knoccn at my door and on tha grind and others have layered funky, even jazzy production and melodies. even simple beats like 'whatchu talkin bout' have great catchy melodies.

hell even, my system has the funky work throughout it.

damn, i need to bang that record sometime soon.

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Yeah you have a good point there. I am looking for it now as we speak.  ;D

Knockin At My Door was my joint off that album. Nice piano keys and rumbling bassline.

UPDATE: JUST FOUND IT!  ;D Man this brings back some good memories. Daz kinda was getting back to more melodic production on Dogg Chit but I would like to see him work with Soopa and Fred Wreck and Kurupt and get locked up in the lab and create a Dogg Pound album with some beats like this.
 

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« Reply #41 on: October 26, 2007, 01:58:56 PM »
yeah this album is really solid and fresh sounding always.

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« Reply #42 on: October 26, 2007, 02:03:34 PM »
When Ya Least Expected is dope as fuck! I know that sounds like I just discovered it but I never really sat down and listened to this track too much. 90% of the time I bumped this in my car when I had 15's in it so lyrics were not at a high priority. LOL!
 

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« Reply #43 on: October 26, 2007, 02:12:21 PM »
all the Kurupt tracks on that record blow me away

we didn't realize how good we had it 99/00

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« Reply #44 on: October 26, 2007, 02:15:17 PM »
all the Kurupt tracks on that record blow me away

we didn't realize how good we had it 99/00

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Right when you said that On Tha Grind comes on.  ;D Yeah I like the indie stuff they do together. It may not match the lyrical strength of most of their Death Row stuff but the chemistry and the back and forth cadence is flawless. Shit Happens was a good example of that. And after all this time they still have it.