Public Enemiez
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Public Enemiez is the eleventh studio album
by rapper Daz Dillinger
. A release date for the album was planned for mid July of 2009 to coincide with the release of the upcoming film Public Enemies of which the album is named after. The album ended up being released on August 11, 2009.
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theme and lyrics, Daz has covered a much wider range of lyrical content. Public Enemiez features Daz rapping about a diverse area of topics such as harsh living conditions for children in his neighborhood to his reminiscent Death Row
days, as well as covering the status quo
topics of women and materialism
.
The first video single In My Neighborhood, was released on April 16th, and features Daz rapping in his neighborhood with children speaking out about the problems and struggles that people and children are still facing in ghettos across the world.
The second video single Tell Me What You Got is a song aimed at Suge Knight
, who went bankrupt and was forced to sell Death Row Records to new owners and is now no longer a force in the record industry. The song tells the Death Row story from Daz's perspective and how he made it through the transition from a crumbling major record label to a successful independent artist.
The latest single Meet Me @ Tha Strip Club holds true to the topic of materialism and features a brand new sound similar to Daz's Gangsta Crunk
album with much more electronic elements. The video is a distorted playback of Daz throwing money at dancing women in a strip club.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by rapper Daz Dillinger
Daz Dillinger
Delmar Drew Arnaud , better known by his stage name Daz Dillinger is an American hip hop producer and rapper mostly known for his membership in the rap duo Tha Dogg Pound, with Kurupt, and his work with Death Row Records.-The Chronic, Tha Dogg Pound and Dogg Food:Daz began his career on Death Row...
. A release date for the album was planned for mid July of 2009 to coincide with the release of the upcoming film Public Enemies of which the album is named after. The album ended up being released on August 11, 2009.
Conception
A recent video posted on Daz Dillinger's YouTube page promoting the album has Daz Dillinger stating that Public Enemiez is currently in production and will be his next solo album coming soon. Daz stated that the album will be 14 songs in length, with Daz producing the entire album including feature appearances from LaToiya Williams, Los & Nicole WrayNicole Wray
Nicole Monique Wray, also known as simply Nicole, is an American R&B and hip hop singer. Her 1998 debut single, "Make It Hot"—written and produced by Timbaland and co-written by and featuring Missy Elliott—was certified gold.-Musical career:...
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Content
A tracklisting was later posted on Daz Dillinger's website listing 16 songs instead of 14. When the album was released however, it was ultimately 12 tracks. Unlike many of his previous albums which focused on a strong gangstaGangsta rap
Gangsta Rap is a subgenre of hip hop music that evolved from hardcore hip hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner-city youths. Lyrics in gangsta rap have varied from accurate reflections to fictionalized accounts. Gangsta is a non-rhotic pronunciation of the word...
theme and lyrics, Daz has covered a much wider range of lyrical content. Public Enemiez features Daz rapping about a diverse area of topics such as harsh living conditions for children in his neighborhood to his reminiscent Death Row
Death Row Records
Death Row Records is a record label founded in 1991 by Marion "Suge" Knight Jr., Andre Young , Tracy Lynn Curry and Michael Harris . It is known to have been home to many popular West Coast hip hop artists such as Dr...
days, as well as covering the status quo
Status quo
Statu quo, a commonly used form of the original Latin "statu quo" – literally "the state in which" – is a Latin term meaning the current or existing state of affairs. To maintain the status quo is to keep the things the way they presently are...
topics of women and materialism
Materialism
In philosophy, the theory of materialism holds that the only thing that exists is matter; that all things are composed of material and all phenomena are the result of material interactions. In other words, matter is the only substance...
.
The first video single In My Neighborhood, was released on April 16th, and features Daz rapping in his neighborhood with children speaking out about the problems and struggles that people and children are still facing in ghettos across the world.
The second video single Tell Me What You Got is a song aimed at Suge Knight
Suge Knight
Marion "Suge" Knight, Jr. is the founder and CEO of Black Kapital Records and co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Death Row Records rose to dominate the rap charts after Dr. Dre's breakthrough album The Chronic in 1992. After several years of chart successes for artists including...
, who went bankrupt and was forced to sell Death Row Records to new owners and is now no longer a force in the record industry. The song tells the Death Row story from Daz's perspective and how he made it through the transition from a crumbling major record label to a successful independent artist.
The latest single Meet Me @ Tha Strip Club holds true to the topic of materialism and features a brand new sound similar to Daz's Gangsta Crunk
Gangsta Crunk
Gangsta Crunk is the seventh studio album by rapper Daz Dillinger. It was released on May 13, 2005 through Gangsta Advisory Records.-Track listing:#"Intro" #"Now Dat's Gangsta"...
album with much more electronic elements. The video is a distorted playback of Daz throwing money at dancing women in a strip club.
Track listing
- You Let Me Down (featuring LaToiya Williams)
- Tell Me What U Got
- Life Stagez
- Nuthin'z Gonna Stop Me (featuring Los)
- 2nd to None
- Tear Drops
- In My Neighborhood (featuring Los)
- Munchiez 4 Ya Love (featuring Nicole WrayNicole WrayNicole Monique Wray, also known as simply Nicole, is an American R&B and hip hop singer. Her 1998 debut single, "Make It Hot"—written and produced by Timbaland and co-written by and featuring Missy Elliott—was certified gold.-Musical career:...
) - My #1 Girl (featuring Los)
- Tha Baddest Bitch (featuring Chris Starr)
- Meet Me @ Tha Strip Club
- Public Enemiez