Soopafly Talks Work On The New "Detox,” Hits With Dr. Dre & Tha Dogg Pound

[So Much Style]

So soopa was involvd in keep their heads ringin and nbk?

[HighEyeCue]

thanks for posting, very interesting

btw what happened to the old "Detox"?

[Okka]

So soopa was involvd in keep their heads ringin and nbk?

Nah, he said he didn't say anythin' about "Keep Their Heads Ringin" earlier in this thread. He played the keyboards on "NBK" though.

[weedhead]

Great interview, thanks a lot !!

DX: You mentioned on “That Way” from your last album that you previously “made beats with Dre.” Can you reveal what songs those beats became?
Soopafly: Uh … “Natural Born Killaz.” Uh … “[Keep Their Heads] Ringin’.” [Laughs] A lot of [the] Above The Rim [soundtrack]: “Big Pimpin’.” During that time, the Murder Was The Case Soundtrack, things like that. “Who Got Some Gangsta Shit?” I would have to admit that when we did the song it had my drums to it. Dre changed the drums, made ‘em his drums that he liked. At the time I was like, “Ah, I want my drums.” But then I listened back and I’m glad he changed it, because his ears is and was much, much more polished than mine.

DX: So during that era – like, ’94, ’95 – were you just playing keyboards, sort of as a session player? Or were you coming up with riffs and then taking ‘em to Dr. Dre, taking ‘em to Daz and saying, “Listen to this?”
Soopafly: It was before I met Daz. I was with Dre. With Dre, I was a keyboard player. He’d bring me to the studio, he’d play a beat, if he had a idea about how he wanted it [added on to I’d play that], or maybe [he’d have me] listen to a sample [and tell me to] “Do this over,” or [we’d] just come up with something hard and just see what we can do. We just created. So it was an even collaboration. I might do a bassline [and] he might [be like], “Well, change that note.” And he might [play] on there and I might change a note. It was just creativity.

Soopafly Recalls Getting Down With Tha Dogg Pound

DX: And then Daz came in and stole you away? [Laughs]
Soopafly: Dr. Dre fired me, matter of fact. Really, he didn’t fire me, he was not doing music. So it was really nothing for me to do. So, I met Kurupt first. And then we did a song together. And then he introduced me to Daz. And when I met [back up with] Daz the next morning, we went in the studio and we did [Tha Dogg Pound's] “What Would You Do.” So, we kinda knew we was a match. And we became best friends – me, him and Kurupt.

very interesting stuff. so Dre was involved in the production of Big Pimpin' (in the above the rim booklet it says produced and mixed by daz) and "who got some gangsta shit".

homie did u even read the damn interview or just make up your on mind to what this interview should be like n your mind...dre never worked on -big pimpin-(Daz produced i,and made the beat...fly on the keys.....reaching for bullshit to gossip about.

[Dre-Day]

thanks for posting, very interesting

btw what happened to the old "Detox"?

they smoked the ashes

Great interview, thanks a lot !!

DX: You mentioned on “That Way” from your last album that you previously “made beats with Dre.” Can you reveal what songs those beats became?
Soopafly: Uh … “Natural Born Killaz.” Uh … “[Keep Their Heads] Ringin’.” [Laughs] A lot of [the] Above The Rim [soundtrack]: “Big Pimpin’.” During that time, the Murder Was The Case Soundtrack, things like that. “Who Got Some Gangsta Shit?” I would have to admit that when we did the song it had my drums to it. Dre changed the drums, made ‘em his drums that he liked. At the time I was like, “Ah, I want my drums.” But then I listened back and I’m glad he changed it, because his ears is and was much, much more polished than mine.

DX: So during that era – like, ’94, ’95 – were you just playing keyboards, sort of as a session player? Or were you coming up with riffs and then taking ‘em to Dr. Dre, taking ‘em to Daz and saying, “Listen to this?”
Soopafly: It was before I met Daz. I was with Dre. With Dre, I was a keyboard player. He’d bring me to the studio, he’d play a beat, if he had a idea about how he wanted it [added on to I’d play that], or maybe [he’d have me] listen to a sample [and tell me to] “Do this over,” or [we’d] just come up with something hard and just see what we can do. We just created. So it was an even collaboration. I might do a bassline [and] he might [be like], “Well, change that note.” And he might [play] on there and I might change a note. It was just creativity.

Soopafly Recalls Getting Down With Tha Dogg Pound

DX: And then Daz came in and stole you away? [Laughs]
Soopafly: Dr. Dre fired me, matter of fact. Really, he didn’t fire me, he was not doing music. So it was really nothing for me to do. So, I met Kurupt first. And then we did a song together. And then he introduced me to Daz. And when I met [back up with] Daz the next morning, we went in the studio and we did [Tha Dogg Pound's] “What Would You Do.” So, we kinda knew we was a match. And we became best friends – me, him and Kurupt.

very interesting stuff. so Dre was involved in the production of Big Pimpin' (in the above the rim booklet it says produced and mixed by daz) and "who got some gangsta shit".

homie did u even read the damn interview or just make up your on mind to what this interview should be like n your mind...dre never worked on -big pimpin-(Daz produced i,and made the beat...fly on the keys.....reaching for bullshit to gossip about.

soopafly did say he worked with dre on Big pimpin

[MarshColin]

So all along I was under the impression that Soopafly was cousins with Daz & Snoop. If he met them through Dre then I guess that makes that false, right?

Short, but good interview though. I love how humble people like Soopafly are. It's great to see there are still people out there like that.

[Okka]

So all along I was under the impression that Soopafly was cousins with Daz & Snoop. If he met them through Dre then I guess that makes that false, right?

I thought it was a known fact that Soopafly was fuckin with Dr. Dre first and then hooked up with Tha Dogg Pound. I know Soopafly has talked about it in some of his older interviews. His first beat was on "Murder Was The Case" and Suge Knight was actually tryin' to make Snoop Dogg take the credit for producin' the beat, but Snoop said "nah" and made sure Soopafly got credited as the producer.

[Eric - Dubcnn.com]

So all along I was under the impression that Soopafly was cousins with Daz & Snoop. If he met them through Dre then I guess that makes that false, right?

I thought it was a known fact that Soopafly was fuckin with Dr. Dre first and then hooked up with Tha Dogg Pound. I know Soopafly has talked about it in some of his older interviews. His first beat was on "Murder Was The Case" and Suge Knight was actually tryin' to make Snoop Dogg take the credit for producin' the beat, but Snoop said "nah" and made sure Soopafly got credited as the producer.

I remember the interview, but I doubt that was honestly the case.

[J$crILLa]

dope interview

[Fonkarround]

thanks for posting, very interesting

btw what happened to the old "Detox"?

they smoked the ashes

Just like Outlawz

[KURUPTION-81]

dope interview