Is Daz Dillinger a real producer ?

[ThaRealSMK]

Hi everybody,

I'm new here.

I need the opinion of true fans who are familiar with Daz's career. I've been a huge fan of his music for over 20 years. He is a renowned producer and beatmaker.

These days, he is claiming his share of royalties from the Death Row era and rightly so. However, producer Barney Rumble, a former Death Row keyboardist, recently claimed on his Instagram page that Daz Dillinger doesn't know how to play the keyboard and is incapable of creating a melody.

I asked Soopafly for confirmation on Instagram, and he backed this up. Soopafly was always Daz's right-hand man in the studio. Like Barney Rumble, he maintains that Daz's production work was limited to drum programming. As a fan, I was really surprised and disappointed to hear this, especially since Daz was always credited as the producer in his album liner notes (and even as the keyboardist on the album *Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back*).

Yet, all of Daz's solo albums and his work with Tha Dogg Pound during the DPG Recordz era bear his unmistakable signature sound. Do you think Barney Rumble and Soopafly are telling the truth, or are they trying to downplay Daz's talent in the wake of his feud with Snoop ? After all, Snoop did threaten to destroy him professionally.

I asked Daz Dillinger the same question directly on an Instagram post, but he chose to disable comments, which took me by surprise. Barney Rumble claims to have produced "21 Jump Street" and "Big Pimpin'", tracks credited to Daz, as well as "Ain't No Fun," which Daz claims to have produced alongside Warren G. Yet, in many interviews, Daz asserts that he produced the *Dogg Food* album by playing the Juno 106 keyboard. I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this crucial point :

- if Daz can't actually play the keyboard, then he lied, but if Barney Rumble and Soopafly are saying this just to back Snoop and downplay Daz's talent, that's not right either.
 
After all, Daz criticized Dr. Dre in the past for failing to credit him, yet according to Barney Rumble, Daz did the exact same thing to him. When you look closer, Daz always produced in a duo team, whether with Soopafly, Blaqthoven, Mike Dean, or Ivan Johnson. But if he only handled the drums on the MPC without playing bass or keys, I find it dishonest for him to claim full production credit. That would imply Daz only did the drums on tracks like "Ambitionz Az A Ridah" ​​or "Ain't Mad At Cha," while Soopafly created everything else.

I'm not trying to stir up controversy, i'm just a fan trying to understand the situation, and i'd love to hear some outside opinions.

Thanks !

[HighEyeCue]

remember for years the same question arose about Dre saying he has co producers making the beats and he just touches them up and takes all the credit

all I know is everyone in hip hop that I have heard have all vouched for Dre and that's good enough for me

as far as Daz is concerned if you asked Soopafly this and he backed up what Barney Rubble said then I'm most likely taking their word for it

[WCEric]

I think he produces his own shit as well as others. Check the video below.

[Sccit]

barney rubble and soopafly are right

daz has concepts and ideas that his musicians put together .... daz is what casuals think dre is

while dre is a mastermind when it comes to the technical aspect of production (layering, eqing, structure, etc), daz has very limited knowledge of the technicalities and his strongest ability is coming up with loops on a drum machine......

dre, quik, soopafly, mike dean, ivan johnson, etc did the heavy lifting on most his productions

it's very well documented that dre ghost produced "dogg food" and gave daz the credit because they were trying to build daz up as the next big death row producer

[b.laden]

However, producer Barney Rumble, a former Death Row keyboardist, recently claimed on his Instagram page that Daz Dillinger doesn't know how to play the keyboard and is incapable of creating a melody.

it doesn't make any sense .  everyboby can create a melody on a keyboard specially in hip hop or  electro music . you only need a few app, tools , softwares ; Barney Rumble probably had an issue with  Daz .
Ambitionz az a rider has only  3 or 4 notes , just one chord ,one odd sound  on a violon ? and the song is a masterpiece
Daz Production is unique , original

[Sccit]

it doesn't make any sense .  everyboby can create a melody on a keyboard specially in hip hop or  electro music . you only need a few app, tools , softwares ; Barney Rumble probably had an issue with  Daz .
Ambitionz az a rider has only  3 or 4 notes , just one chord ,one odd sound  on a violon ? and the song is a masterpiece
Daz Production is unique , original

you're in denial .... not saying daz isn't capable .. just that a lot of his best work has a more experienced producer behind it.

[Jay_J]

Yes he is.

[geezy]

What goes around comes around 

[heisenberg]

real producer ? i don't know. drug addict ? yes

[doggfather]

real producer ? i don't know. drug addict ? yes

 

[b.laden]

you're in denial .... not saying daz isn't capable .. just that a lot of his best work has a more experienced producer behind it.

Just like Dr Dre and others

i guess you have a personal issue wit Daz ?

listen to this recent Daz song , the production is on point  . I would like to have a new good  Dre song

[Sccit]

Just like Dr Dre and others

i guess you have a personal issue wit Daz ?

listen to this recent Daz song , the production is on point  . I would like to have a new good  Dre song

dre has more experienced producers behind him?


 

[LostSkanless]

This question is a simple one... Daz and a bunch of other producers at Death Row benefited from 2-3 major things...

#1 - Dr Dre's personal hand picked musicians (Tony Green, Barney, Ricky Rouse, Butch Smalls Etc)
#2 - Great inhouse studio engineers (Dave Aron, Tommy D , Carlos Warlick Etc)
#3 - Dr Dre's sounds.

When it comes to Barney he had a job that is a gift and a curse. The gift is your working for the hottest label, the curse your doing a lot of work but getting no credit as a hired musician. This happens all the time with hired musicians, after a while they feel cheated out of credit. But this would be my question to Barney and all hired musicians, where are the hits? Outside of Death Row Barney produced no hits, that's not a shot at Barney just a question. Daz & Barney made a great combination instead of taking shots at each other they should get back together and make more hits.

[b.laden]

dre has more experienced producers behind him?


 

i dont talk specially about experience but Dre always worked  with multiple producers and  famous ones

[Sccit]

i dont talk specially about experience but Dre always worked  with multiple producers and  famous ones

they worked under him ..

with daz, they worked over him

therein lies the difference