Dat Nigga Daz disappeared over a decade ago. The West Coast luminary who helped shape the sound of Golden Era Gangsta Rap through classic cuts on Snoop Dogg’s Doggystyle, 2 Pac’s All Eyez On Me, seminal offerings from Tha Dogg Pound duo (along with Kurupt) and just about anything Death Row ever released, is sadly replaced by Daz Dillinger — an apocryphal emcee at best peddling little more than plastic raps and messy overproduction. At least that’s the character parading around for fifty-plus minutes on his latest solo endeavor, D.A.Z.
Title track, “D.A.Z. (Destruction Adds up to Zero)” ushers in this series of unfortunate arrangements with Dillinger dropping bars as amateurish as its head-scratching backronym. “$till Get’n Money” not only sounds like a Dr. Dre bootleg, but is suspect enough to wonder incredulously, “How?”
“Here we go, back to the telly. / Head game right, tattoos on her belly. / See mami shake that ass like jelly. / Got you spread eagle, Tip Drill just like Nelly,” Daz raps generically on “G Spot,” almost as if he’s been rapping for one year, and not twenty. “I’m feeling your style. / You got class. / And it don’t hurt your blessed with a gang of ass,” he raps generically again one track later on “Let’s Get N2 Something,” taking it back to elementary school.
The Long Beach native was always known more for his production over his mic skills, which only makes D.A.Z. twice as frustrating. Even when it’s winning it still drowns in sonic mediocrity, sounding more disposable than memorable. “D.P.G. — L.I.F.E.” is one of few bright spots and “Don’t U Eva 4 Get” featuring Soopafly and a vicious verse from W.C., with it’s plodding bassline and infectious hook is easily the LP’s strongest. “No Hand Outs or Favors” (featuring Sly Boogy) and “I’m Cool On U” (featuring Crystal and Macshawn 10) are at least unoffensive. And “You Know” (featuring Lee Majors and Criccet) is awful.
D.A.Z. reeks of the stereotypical producer-rapper album: beat focused, short on content, long on guest appearances. And, of the ten features on this thirteen track album, only W.C., Ice Cube (“Iz U Ready 2 Die” 
) and Sly Boogy do anything to breath life into the project. Dillinger’s catalog is deep; well over 25 projects deep to be un-exact. His legacy is intact, yet he falls forty-yards short of coming close to noteworthy on D.A.Z. It feels like he made it in a week. Even luminaries get lazy.
Wow. One of the more hateful reviews i’ve ever read on this site. Daz is Daz, what the fuck do you expect?! He’s not a lyrical beast. He gets to the point, and he’s a dope producer. Sorry but i think this album is banging.
daz aint fake and they still haten? whatever keep swaggn wit ur wack shit. WESTSIDE!!
Nah, Daz traded lyrics for a coke addiction. It’s not hate, it’s actual factual.
Agree with Wile Coyote, you don’t get a Daz album for complex lyrics, you get it for bangin beats, and this has some to bang.
damn, the company man must be like 19 years old; cuz 90% of DAZ’s CD’s are solid; and agreed with the other comments as far as his lyrical skills; but yet his lyrics are still better than 90% of rappers out today,..COMPANY MAN stop drinking all that haterade!!!!
haterade wtf
that’s a lot of 90%s. sounds like you listen to Daz exclusively
i guess if (BIG KRIT) was on the album hiphopdx would give it 5 stars and stop erasing real comments. this site bs. no dis respect to krit.
Bad
You gave a 2 out of 5 and you write reviews?
I guess it shows the quality of the site.
This tape soooo lame!
Bullshitreview!!
Album’s ass.
And so are you.
At last some real Hip Hop! Westside Rules
D.A.Z Album is hard as hell!! I fuck wit HipHopDX.com but some of the better albums are sorely underrated as with this offering. Daz come with consistent beats as well as well placed features. I listen to a variety of music from the West, East, South and North. Definitely a summer banger!!! Good Shot Daz for keepin it 100% gangsta while these new catz are wearing skinny jeans, XS pastel shirts and riding skateboards!!
Stupid review.. this is the first time i visit this site and I guess it will be te last
DAZ iz waaay underrated and givin him 2 out of 5 for such an album makes me think you would give a 3 out of 5 for Doggfood.
whoever reviewed this is a fag
good album indeed