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Tha Dogg Pound, also known as '''D.P.G.''' (Dogg Pound Gangstaz), is a rap group made up of Kurupt and Daz Dillinger . They were signed to Death Row Records in their early careers and were key to the label's success. An extended family, referred to as D.P.G.C. (short for the Dogg Pound Gangsta Crips), has over time been made up of Daz Dillinger , Kurupt , Snoop Dogg , Nate Dogg , Soopafly , RBX , Warren G , Tray Deee , Bad Azz , Lil' 1/2 Dead , Big C-Style, Lil' C-Style , Lady Of Rage , E-White, Goldie Loc , Roscoe , and The Twinz . The group made their 1992 rap debut on Dr. Dre 's '' The Chronic '', on various songs. They also appeared on Snoop's classic ''Doggystyle'', and the Death Row soundtracks ''Murder Was The Case'' and ''Above The Rim''. Their solo, '' Dogg Food '', was released in 1995. It was another addition to the controversy of Rap music due to the sexual and violent lyrics and went on to sell three million albums. In 1996, they were featured on 2Pac 's Death Row Records legendary and widely acclaimed debut ''All Eyez on Me''. Kurupt and Daz went on to have solo success in 1998. They both eventually left Death Row Records, and Kurupt started Antra Records, while Daz started D.P.G. Recordz . In 2002 a feud arose between the two when Kurupt decided to sign back with Death Row Records, upsetting everyone involved with the group. His awaited Death Row release ''Against Tha Grain'' had been postponed several times while Kurupt was on the label, later being released in August of 2006, after he was off. In January 2005, Daz made another D.P.G. Records release titled ''Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP''. Tha Dogg Pound then got back together as a group and released ''Dillinger & Young Gotti II'' in November 2005. In 2006 Snoop Dogg decided to get involved and the three released their official reunion album ''Cali Iz Active''. THE GROUP IN 1993-1995 Before The Chronic album came out, Tha Dogg Pound consisted of Daz, Kurupt, and later Snoop. They instantly took the West Coast music industry by storm. When Snoop's debut album Doggystyle was released in 1993 it looked like Tha Dogg Pound was shortened to just Daz and Kurupt. In 1995, Daz and Kurupt released their first album Dogg Food under Death Row records. The album debuted #1 on the Billboard 200 and went on to reach 2x platinum status. They are now in 36th place in the New Jersey album selling census KURUPT AND DAZ LEAVE DEATH ROW Shortly thereafter, Kurupt left Death Row but remained in Tha Dogg Pound. Kurupt released two albums in 1998 ('' Kuruption! '') and 1999 ('' Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha '') that had Daz and the rest of DPG on them. However, in 1998 Daz was making noise of his own over at Death Row by making his own label called Mobstyle Muzik, which was his first taste of the independent scene. Mobstyle's first release '' Poppa Snoop Presents Mobstyle Muzik Volume 1 '' failed and Daz returned to Death Row. In 1999 he started up DPG Recordz along with Christopher "Big C-Style" Bowden through Death Row Records. Daz eventually parted ways with Death Row and released his first independent album '' R.A.W. '' in 2000. That was followed by the DPG album '' Dillinger & Young Gotti ''. BEEF There was a beef with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony . The reason of the beef was, that Ruthless Records and Death Row Records were beefing. There was a Dogg Pound diss to Bone, on the song "Dogg Pound Gangstaz", with the line: "Ain't got no love for no hoes in harmony". Layzie Bone said as response on "Shotz to tha Double Glock", "Dogg Pound hoes it's on". The beef was squashed, when Snoop Dogg and Kurupt were on a Krayzie Bone album. REUNION In late 2002, Kurupt went back to Death Row Records. Daz, Snoop, Terry Choe a.k.a Teezy and the rest of DPG took many shots and dissed Kurupt harshly for making the move. Kurupt did the same and declared war between both camps once again. It was like that for years until early 2005 when Kurupt and Daz made a truce. They started rapping again and even made a new album together. After '' The Western Conference '' in 2005 the two of the agree to revitalize the group with Snoop and Nate joining it and Snoop taking over the producing, distributing tasks. The Dogg Pound have recently released a joint venture reunion comeback project called Cali Iz Active under the aegis of Doggystyle Records . Their latest album, entitled " Dogg Chit ", was released March 27 , 2007 ; their next album is expected to be entitled Westcoast Aftershocc and will be released through Cash Money Records. It is expected to be released sometime in 2008--the first single, "Mystic River," has already leaked to the internet. Tha Dogg Pound New Record Deal In 2007 of August it had been officiall that Tha Dogg Pound (Daz Dillinger & Kurupt) Are now officially signed to Cash Money records. And their tentative first project will be titled "West Coast Aftershock" a full length Album that will be released later on the year. Daz Dillinger have leaked out the first single of that album entitled "Ch-Ching" which will promote the new deal and the upcoming album. Daz also made the track available for the world to download. You can too by following the link below: DISCOGRAPHY Tha Dogg Pound Group Albums Kurupt Solo albums Daz Solo Albums SINGLES
AWARDS Grammy Award nominations Tha Dogg Pound has been nominated for one Grammy Award but has not yet won an award As Of 2006 . REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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