Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C.,Dr. Dre,Suge Knight,and Dick Griffey. The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre,Snoop Dogg (Doggystyle) and 2Pac during the 1990s. At its peak,Death Row was making over US $150 million a year.
Delmar Drew Arnaud,known professionally as Daz Dillinger or simply Daz,is an American rapper and record producer. As a member of Death Row Records in the early 1990s,he is credited with the label in pioneering West Coast hip hop and gangsta rap for mainstream audiences. Alongside Kurupt,he formed the hip hop duo tha Dogg Pound in 1992,with whom he has released eight albums.
Dogg Food is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound,released on October 31,1995,by Death Row Records,Interscope Records and Priority Records. The album features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg,Nate Dogg,Michel'le,The Lady of Rage,Tray Deee,and Mr. Malik. Two singles were released from the album:"Let's Play House" and "New York,New York".
Tha Dogg Pound is an American hip hop duo composed of West Coast rappers Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. They were among the first acts to sign to Death Row Records in 1992.
St. Ides is a malt liquor manufactured by the Pabst Brewing Company. The beverage contains 8.2% alcohol by volume,which is stronger than many high-alcohol malt liquors. It was launched by the McKenzie River Corporation in 1987. St. Ides gained prominence during the late 1980s and early 1990s through the use of celebrity endorsements by rap artists.
David Marvin Blake,better known by his stage names DJ Quik or Da Quiksta,is an American rapper and record producer from Compton,California,known for his production in the G-funk style of West Coast hip-hop. Blake has collaborated with Snoop Dogg,Kurupt,Tupac,Chingy,R. Kelly and Shaquille O'Neal,among others. As a recording artist himself,he is perhaps best known for his 1991 single "Tonite",which within the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100. Blake's stage name refers to his ability of producing songs in a short period of time.
Capone-N-Noreaga is an American hip hop duo formed in 1995 from Queens,New York. The duo features East Coast rappers Capone and N.O.R.E.
Albert Johnson,better known by his stage name Prodigy,was an American rapper and record producer. He was best known for being in the rap duo Mobb Deep along with Havoc,yet Johnson still had a solo career,regularly collaborating with producer The Alchemist.
Farid Karam Nassar,better known by his stage name Fredwreck,is an American hip-hop recording artist,DJ,and record producer. He got his big break when he became a producer for Dr. Dre's newly founded record label Aftermath Entertainment,and then went on to work with Snoop Dogg's record label Dogghouse Records and became a known producer on Tha Dogg Pound-affiliated material. During this time he also was a producer for Snoop Dogg's track:Riders on the Storm ft. The Doors on EA's Need for Speed Underground 2. He has produced tracks from Kurupt's Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha and most of his next release,Space Boogie:Smoke Oddessey;both released during the period the rapper had left Death Row Records. He has also produced for other hip-hop and pop artists such as Eminem,Britney Spears,Ice Cube,Westside Connection,Lil' Kim,Hilary Duff,Xzibit,The Game,Nate Dogg,Everlast,Cypress Hill,50 Cent,Mobb Deep,as well as non-US acts such as Dizzee Rascal,Tamer Hosny,Qusai Kheder and Karl Wolf.
Percy Lee Chapman,known by his stage name Tragedy Khadafi,is an American rapper and record producer. Chapman hails from the Queensbridge Housing Projects in Queens,New York City,and helped spawn other hip hop artists such as Mobb Deep,Capone-N-Noreaga,Nas. He is documented to be the first to use the phrase "illmatic" in 1988 on a record called "The Rebel",from the Marley Marl album In Control,Volume 1,which was an inspiration and influence on fellow New York rapper Nas.
Mobb Deep was an American hip hop duo from Queens,New York formed in 1991. Consisting of rappers/songwriters/record producers Prodigy and Havoc,they are considered to be among the principal progenitors of hardcore East Coast hip hop. Mobb Deep became one of the most successful rap duos of all time,having sold over three million records. Their best-known albums are The Infamous (1995),Hell on Earth (1996) and Murda Muzik (1999),and their most successful singles were "Shook Ones " and "Survival of the Fittest." They were known for their dark and hardcore delivery.
Death Row Presents... Tha Dogg Pound 2002 is the first compilation album by American West Coast hip hop group Tha Dogg Pound. It was released on July 31,2001 by Death Row Records and D3 Entertainment.
The East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry is a dispute between artists and fans of the East Coast hip hop and West Coast hip hop scenes in the United States,especially from the mid-1990s. A focal point of the rivalry was the feud between East Coast–based rapper the Notorious B.I.G. signed by Puff Daddy and their New York City–based label,Bad Boy Records,and West Coast–based rapper Tupac Shakur signed by Suge Knight and their Los Angeles–based label,Death Row Records. Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. were murdered in drive-by shootings within six months of each other,after which the feud entered a truce with a "peace" summit in 1997 at the behest of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Ricardo Emmanuel Brown,better known by his stage name Kurupt,is an American rapper and record producer. Born and raised in Philadelphia,he formed Tha Dogg Pound in 1992 along with Daz Dillinger;the rap duo has released eight albums. He also formed the hip hop group The Hrsmn in 1996,with whom he has released two albums. His debut solo album,Kuruption! (1998) was released by A&M Records and peaked at number eight on the Billboard 200.
"Let's Play House" is a song by hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound featuring Michel'le. The song is the second single released from their debut album Dogg Food. Snoop Dogg,Nate Dogg and Michel'le make appearances in both the song and the video. The song begins with a spoken intro from Dr. Dre.
This is the discography of American rap duo Tha Dogg Pound.
"L.A.,L.A." is a song about Los Angeles by American hip hop duo Capone-N-Noreaga,featuring guest appearances from fellow American rappers Mobb Deep and Tragedy Khadafi. It was released in early 1996,as the second single from their debut album The War Report (1997).
"Doggfather" is a single by American rapper Snoop Dogg featuring vocals by American musician Charlie Wilson. It was released on April 8,1997 as the third and final single from Snoop's second album Tha Doggfather (1996). Daz Dillinger produced "Doggfather",and wrote it with Snoop Doggy Dogg and Charlie Wilson. The hip hop song samples "Humpin'" from Wilson's group The Gap Band. "Doggfather" didn't chart in the US,but peaked at number 20 in both New Zealand and the UK.
"Pimp Slapp'd" is a diss song by American West Coast hip hop recording artist Snoop Dogg,taken from his sixth studio album,Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$ (2002).
The 1995 Source Awards were held at the Paramount Theater in New York City on August 3,1995. The awards show was one of the most consequential and infamous events in the history of hip-hop. The show escalated tensions between the East and West Side hip-hop communities,thereby likely catalysing the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls within the following two years. Televised nationally,the show also worsened America's moral panic about the influence of rap and hip-hop on its youth.
