October 16, 2006 @ 6:48 pm

Daz Dillinger - So So Gangsta (So So Def/Virgin)

by: James Tai

right Surrounded both by old crew (Snoop Dogg and Soopafly on the G-funky “DPG Fo’ Life”) and new fam (Jagged Edge on the sultry “The One”), Daz splits most production duties with Mr. Janet Jackson, who handles the straight-shooting Rick Ross–assisted single “On Some Real.” And lyrically, Daz remains on target, spitting with a rapid precision rare among today’s unremarkable slow-flows. His subject matter is equally unaltered. A quarter of the songs reference gunplay in title alone (“Rat a Tat Tat,” “Thang on My Hip,” “Strizap”), and when Daz trades bars with former Dogg Pound partner Kurupt (the PMD to Daz’s E) on the Scott Storch–produced “Money on My Mind,” it takes a Bathing Ape reference to indicate the song isn’t leftover Dogg Food (Death Row, 1995). Turns out Southern comfort hasn’t dulled Daz at all: On “All I Need,” he boasts, "Muthafuckas know I'm still who I was/If I ain't changed for the crackers, why change for the thugs?" Do you want VIBE delivered to your home or office? CLICK HERE.

Article tags: Daz, Daz Dillinger, Jermaine Dupri, So So Gangsta 

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