ThaFormula.Com - When people in the media talk about the Death Row era, they usually leave out the Dogg Food album.  Do you think that has alot to do with the "New York, New York" track?   

Daz - Yeah, you know everybody was mad about that situation and that must of kicked alot of beefs off.  I think they think the Dogg Pound kicked the whole thing off.  But you know, I'm just gonna keep giving it 138 million percent.

ThaFormula.Com - How did you guys feel about the CNN "LA, LA" response record.  Did you guys feel that it was a dope track?

Daz - Fuck No.  That shit was wack.  I just seen that little video on youtube.  I was like, that shit was wack.  Especially when I look at it now.  It wasn't even no diss song really.  They were talking about skills.  They had Noreaga in there and all them others.  But we all hooked up later on and settled everything after everybody got killed and everything.  

ThaFormula.Com - Did you guys ever face any repercussions because of that New York track?

Daz - No, because we were doing our thing and anybody that stepped to us, we were handlin' physically, mentally, and lyrically.  So it was like, when you come, come prepared.  

ThaFormula.Com - After the Dogg Food album, did you guys ever record anything for the next album during that time?

Daz - Yeah we recorded some stuff, but it was like some mixed stuff.  I was just producing for alot of people.  There is probably some shit on the reels, that they don't even know I put on there.  So they don't even know what they got.  

ThaFormula.Com - How is it going with your solo album?

Daz - It's going beautiful man.  July 18th is when it's droppin.  Me and JD will be producin' the album. I got Ric Ross, Kurupt, Snoop Dogg, JD and you never know who else I might have on there.  

ThaFormula.Com - How do you approach the game nowadays knowing that you guys are vets now, and no longer the up and coming young guns?

Daz - It's all about getting with the youngsters.  As long as I got the youngsters bobbing their heads, that's all that counts.  They are the little homies, so you know they look up to us.  You have to do some psychological research and manipulate the situation, where you can turn it around for yourself.  I grew up by myself and I'm loved everywhere because I showed that really, I don't need anybody to help me do nothing.  

ThaFormula.Com - Do you feel that all the moves you made independently the last few years are starting to pay off now?

Daz - Yeah, it's starting to pay off.  It showed everybody that I was doing my own thing and had great business senses.

ThaFormula.Com - So what should people expect with the new Dogg Pound album.  How you comin'?

Daz - We comin' crazy.  We comin' laid back, we comin' hard, with lyrics and all angles of the game.  I mean if you listen to hip hop today, almost everybody took our shit.  So we gonna come with some new shit for everyone to take again.  

ThaFormula.Com - When they bite your shit like that.  How do you look at that?

Daz - I look at it as respect and give me my publishing. 

ThaFormula.Com - You know I'm not a big Swizz Beats fan, but that track he did for you guys is dope.  But at the same time, it sounds like something straight out of Streets Is a Mutha.  I hope that's how you guys are coming on the album.

Daz - Yeah that type of feel.  That's how we comin'.  Especially when it's put together with all the skits and shit.  It's a great album.  It's just the beginning and then we coming right back with some more shit.  We just gonna keep hittin' them. 

ThaFormula.Com - Kurupt, when you look back, do you look at your West and East coast double disk for your debut as a good idea?

Kurupt - It was a growing experience.  It was the first record I ever did solo.  Dre said I should have just made it one CD and it would have took off, but it was great because it was a good experience. 

ThaFormula.Com - Did you get alot of love in the East from the East Coast disc?

Kurupt - It wasn't too much of a big East Coast record.  It was mainly in the West Coast.

ThaFormula.Com - How come your second album "The Streets Iz A Mutha" was so much harder then your first album and did you feel like you had something to prove on that album?

Kurupt - I don't know.  I mean Daz produced the second album so you know me and Daz vibe together totally different.  Me solo wise, I was trying to find myself actually.  The Streets iz A Mutha was more like a Dogg Pound record.

ThaFormula.Com - I always felt that your album was better then Dre's "2001", mainly because of how hard you came lyrically on that album?

Kurupt - I was on fire on that one right there man.  I got a new one coming that is fittin' to heat it up.

ThaFormula.Com - So what exactly was the deal with the Kurupt album that dropped on Death Row?

Kurupt - Well you know, we parted ways.  Then they just decided to grab a bunch of records we recorded and just put it out.  But hey, what can I do about it.  It's definitely not a Kurupt record.  

ThaFormula.Com - So what vibe are you bringin' with the new Dogg Pound album?

Kurupt - The Dogg Pound album is partying and having a ball.  It's for the women, ladies, bitches, hoes, street niggaz, white collars, blue collars.  It's for everybody.  It's gangsta shit on there.  We got it all.  Swizz Beats gave us a killer track. 

ThaFormula.Com - I never see anyone ask you about your old Wake Up Show days man, when you used to call in and battle on the air.  You seemed unbeatable during that era man...

Kurupt - You ain't lyin' and I still ain't lost.  DPG is back in effect man.  It brings the best out of all of us, but you can judge for yourself.  With the Wake Up Show, I just love MC'ing man.  Anything to do with MC shit, Imma be there to burn that bitch down.  I'd come down with that Dogg Pound and eat that ass up.  We went there one time, I chewed it to bits & pieces.  They invited me again, I chewed it to bits & pieces.  Everytime they invited me, I chewed it to bits & pieces.  (laughs) Ahh, them was the days man. 

ThaFormula.Com - I thought it was dope how you would call in and battle dudes on the phone...

Kurupt - Damn right!  Chew that ass all up via phone (Laughs).  I had a ball with all of it man.  That was fun for me.  I can't really recall who, what and where.  I would just chew it up and spit the bones out.  There is so many layers of bones, I can't calculate them all (Laughs).

ThaFormula.Com - I also remember when you were at the station battling anyone who called in one by one...

Kurupt - Chopped they ass up.  I let them know man.  I would call them random slaughters because I could do this shit randomly (Laughs).  They just don't know.

ThaFormula.Com - So do you ever plan on dropping another album like "Streets Iz A Mutha"?

Kurupt - Damn right!  I got one coming called "Underground Vol. 1 - Young Gotti - Same Day, Different Shit."  Executive produced by Kurupt and Daz.  Produced by Daz.  Each year I'm gonna drop an underground Young Gotti album that is different from the album I release in the major market.  I got a deal with Snoop's Doggystyle label.  So each year Imma drop an underground Young Gotti album with Daz where every record has "The Streets Iz A Mutha" vibe.  Just fireballs!

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