In 1997, Kurupt left Death Row but remained in Tha Dogg Pound. Kurupt and Daz leave Death Row (1999–2001) They remained active thereafter, rapping on Snoop's Tha Doggfather in 1996. Seven years later in a 2003 interview, Daz stated that he now believed Suge Knight was responsible for Shakur's murder. Kurupt and Daz were deeply affected by this and struggled to release anything after Shakur's passing. In early September of the same year, Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1996, Tha Dogg Pound were featured on 2Pac's Death Row Records debut album All Eyez on Me with Kurupt featured in "Got My Mind Made Up" and "Check Out Time" and Daz Dillinger producing the hit songs "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "Ambitionz Az A Ridah", and " I Ain't Mad At Cha". In the October that followed, towards the end of the same year, Tupac Shakur had been bailed out of jail by Death Row's Suge Knight in exchange for releasing his following four albums on Death Row Records. "Let's Play House" was the biggest hit, breaking into the Top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100, while "New York, New York" was an MTV favorite in the video for the latter, Daz and Snoop stomped Godzilla-like around the Big Apple, taunting their East Coast rivals. The album debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to reach twice platinum status. In 1995, they released their debut album Dogg Food under Death Row Records. īetween 19, the group assisted Hammer on his The Funky Headhunter album (such as the song "Sleepin' on a Master Plan" and others), along with Suge Knight and the Whole 9. The two went on to feature on Doggystyle and various features and soundtracks as Tha Dogg Pound. History Death Row years (1992–1998) īefore The Chronic album came out, Kurupt and Daz were solo artists, however having heard the chemistry they had whilst recording the album, Dr. 1.5 New releases and future projects (2007–present).1.2 Kurupt and Daz leave Death Row (1999–2001).In 2006, Snoop Dogg executive produced released their official reunion album Cali Iz Active. Tha Dogg Pound then got back together as a group and released Dillinger & Young Gotti II in November 2005. In January 2005, Daz made another solo album release titled Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP. His awaited Death Row release Against Tha Grain had been postponed several times while Kurupt was on the label, later being released in August 2005, after he was off. In 2002 a feud arose between the two when Kurupt decided to sign back with Death Row Records, upsetting everyone involved with the group. Kurupt started Antra Records, while Daz and Soopafly started D.P.G. Daz left due to long-lasting internal struggles on the label after friend and labelmate Tupac Shakur's murder in 1996. They eventually left the crumbling Death Row Records in 1999. Kurupt and Daz went on to release solo albums starting in 1998. They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success. Later in 1995 on Tha Dogg Pound’s multi-platinum debut album, Dogg Food, Kurupt replies on “Dogg Pound Gangstaz” with “Ain’t no harming me / Ain’t got no love for no Hoes-N-Harmony.”īut Kurupt says that it's all in the past and that he's become best friends with Layzie Bone.Tha Dogg Pound is an American hip hop duo made up of rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. 1999 Eternal, targeting the Death Row-artists with “Follow me / Roll, stroll down East '99 / Gotta find these Row hoes.” Layzie Bone followed one song later on “Shotz To The Double Glock” with “Niggas don’t take a wrong turn or you’ll enter the hood / Wig splitters will cover your dome / In a cut where the thugs and hustlas roam / Cleveland Browns / Dogg Pound hoes it’s on.” Krayzie Bone took aim on “Mo Murda” off of Bone’s 1995 Grammy-winning album, E. We guess collaborative albums are just the thing to do now for acts who are legends in their own right but haven't dropped a hit in years, which would explain last year's Wu-Block album which matched Ghostface Killah and Sheek Louch.ĭuring the interview, Kurupt also spoke on the long forgotten beef between Bone and Tha Dogg Pound.
"Snoop, Daz, myself, Soopafly, Krayzie, Wish, Bizzy, , Layzie, the whole ball of wax. “Right now we’re fixing to be working on a Thug Pound album with all of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and all of Dogg Pound,” said Kurupt. In an interview with HHDX, Kurupt claimed that Tha Dogg Pound are actually working on an album with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.
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