Daz Dillinger has denied Suge Knight’s allegation that Dr. Dre wasn’t the mastermind producer behind Snoop Dogg‘s seminal Doggystyle project.
Dillinger made his denial in an Instagram post re-shared by TMZ Hip Hop, where he said that Dre was the “best producer in the world” and that Knight was just salty over Snoop’s recent purchase of his former label Death Row Records. Suge Knight had previously said Dillinger was behind the boards on the iconic project and not Dre.
“Whats up y’all it’s Das Dillinger giving y’all the news and info that I’m looking at,” the producer began, adding, “Hey, Dr. Dre is the best producer in the motherfucking world. I did not have nothing to do with that, Dr. Dre did that on his own. Suge Knight is lying, I ain’t sign a motherfucking thing.”
He continued, “He’s just covering shit up because of everything that Snoop has uncovered in the Death Row unveiling of all the business and shady shit that Alan Grunblatt, little fat fucker, and what they was doing and how they was still in cahoots with Suge Knight. So he’s just making up shit right now.”
Dillinger’s retort comes after Suge Knight doubled down on this claim in an interview from prison with TMZ Hip Hop.
“What’s so great about Daz is, this guy, I went to him and said, ‘We gotta finish the album,’” Suge told the outlet. “He did the whole — he did everything on Doggystyle. By himself. The whole album was done. He did everything. He produced it.”
He continued, “So when it was time to come out, the streets said, well, they want Andre [Dr. Dre] to be on it. And Andre said, ‘I want to be on there.’ So Andre went to Daz and said, ‘Look man, let me say it was produced by me, and put my name on it. You’ll get paid, but let me be the one who produced it.
“So I told Daz, ‘That’s something he wanted to do. I don’t recommend it, because you’re the one who produced it, and you’re giving up your publishing.’ So, Daz signed paperwork, and said it was produced by Dre.”
Doggystyle was one of the most defining albums of 1990s Hip Hop. The project sold more than 800,000 copies in its first week and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. At the time, Doggystyle set the record for the fastest-selling Hip Hop album.
By 2015, the album had sold more than seven million copies in the United States, and 11 million copies worldwide, thus turning Snoop Dogg into a bona fide superstar, and establishing Dr. Dre as a Hip Hop super-producer.
The imprisoned Death Row mogul had previously spoken about Dillinger’s input on Doggystyle back in 2013 on the album’s 20th anniversary.
“Everybody thought [Dr. Dre] would be doing the records, but Daz pretty much did the whole album,” he said to Rolling Stone at the time. “And at the end of the day, once Daz finished it, everybody wanted Andre to get the credit. Next thing I know Daz is having a meeting with Andre and them and came back and said, “It’s okay, give me a few bucks and I’ll sign anything over that says produced by Andre instead of me.”
Suge stay with the bottles of snake oil.
Daz is just being diplomatic
Daz was saying the same thing as Suge before he got on good terms with Dre again.
Real talk.
Wouldn’t trust Suge as far as I could throw him (which isn’t very far lol)
Daz has said differently in the past. He’s currently signed to Snoop’s Death Row, and that is his cousin even though they spat from time to time, so you do the math. The Dean dude who did What’s My Name and Gin and Juice is dead, so he can’t speak on it anymore. The homies who brought Ain’t No Fun to the studio got paid from their lawsuit, so they probably have an NDA. That’s three of the biggest songs on the album right there.
I’m ridin wit Suge. Not surprised if not giving Daz his props n not payin him his dough was part the reason him n Snoop was beefin once. Dats sumthin they wanna cover up.
Whats the bet theres a feature with DrDre on the new doggfood2
0% it aint happening
Snoop and Dre payin Daz high a$$. Look at dude. He took more than a day to respond with a rehearsed scripted line. Didn’t he blast Dre in the past about the credentials? Interscope got him on line, said they’d pay for his addiction and here we are. He don’t even sound mad af as anybody would with allegations. He’s like aiight, you got me on payroll, what y’all need me to say? Lyin a$$
Suge being kind wit his words. He forced Daz to sign over his work n publishing or they wasn’t gonna put him out. Remember Daz was signed to Snoop who was signed to Dre. Dre was his boss boss. Go figure.
Suge being kind wit his words. Dre forced Daz to sign over his work n publishing or they wasn’t gonna put him out. Remember Daz was signed to Snoop who was signed to Dre. Dre was his boss boss. Go figure.
This might sound like I am not sticking to the story, yet I am. Suge Knight was set up and Max should be doing 4-7 years for involuntary murder.
I am sincerely sorry to the Carter Familia. The D.O.C. Dre, Snoop, Daz, Karrupt, Warren G,
Nate Dogg, Lady of Rage, Michelle of course Tupac. There is ONE MAIN FACTOR Nobody EVER BRINGS UP??? If it was not for Suge Knight aligning himself with one of my business partners Thomas Kline who owned 9 companies in Beverly Hills, my mentor in music from A&M Records Bob Riteman saw the potential of all these young Cats from South Central The 213 Long Beach, Compton. Would ANY of these Incredibly young artists have been brought off the streets into Beverly Hills if it wasn’t for SUGE KNIGHT? Jerry Heller and Eazy E RIP. were stealing the publishing from Real Gang Bangers at NWA. CUBE, D.O.C. Left and Dre was Next. SUGE, David Kenner and myself had to see it with our own eyes before going to Jimmy Iovine, to have real hands on proof these cats were selling 5,000. Plus CD’s out of the trunk of their cars in their own hoods in a day to Crips and Bloods. SUGE KNIGHT made that Happen!! I am not saying maybe someone else could show the talent, but they did NOT. SUGE and David Kenner Got Snoop Off the 187 and his bodyguard. Suge was there for ALL of Death Row Records Artists when in trouble. How many of the Death Row Records Roster was there for Suge when he was in trouble??? NONE OF YOU!!! Snoop you were crying and praying in open court. Suge and Kenner got you acquitted or it would have been 25 to Life. Oh and I believe we made a stop at Rolls Royce of Beverly Hills where you All were gifted new RR Corniches. So instead of plugging a record with He Said She Said BS. If the above did not happen there is a very good chance you would still all be slinginning bigger birds on the corners One Man Named SUGE KNIGHT