- 1995 - 1996 : sessions for a Dogg Pound second album.
- The project of that second album evolved from "Dogg Shit" in 1995 (like a Dogg Food leftovers/featurings companion) to "West Coast Aftershock" new album in the summer of 96.
- What happened ? Following 2Pac's death, Death Row's team was very affected and Kurupt finally decided to leave. The recordings were dispersed or remixed in various projects : soundtracks, Death Row compilations, Daz' Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back (1998), Daz' R.A.W. (2000), Don't Go 2 Sleep EP (2001), Dillinger & Young Gotti (2001), Tha Dogg Pound's 2002 (2001), Tha Last of Tha Pound (2004), Doggy Bag (2012)...
- Sources : DAT inventory
### WORK IN PROGRESS... There are no known material sequence for the first part of this project in late 95, which was maybe only in the state of a concept of B-Sides/featurings companion EP. For the second part, we followed the tracklist of the Death Row DAT PO778935 entitled "Tha Dogg Pound 12/15/95 (sic.)" very likely from late '96 early '97. ###
Chapter 1 : Dogg Shit (1995 Sessions)
- Don't Stop, Keep Going (Original) feat. Nas ***
- It's Going Down (Original) feat. Prince Ital Joe & Kevin Vernado
- Me In Your World (Original) feat. Lady Of Rage **
- The Name And The Rep (by Daz)
- Everybody Needs To Slow Down (by Kurupt) **
- Got My Mind Made Up (Original) feat.
Lady of Rage, Method Man, Redman & Inspectah Deck - unleaked / Inspectah's verse edit - Can't C Me (DPG Version) feat. George Clinton
- Jack Move feat. Big Syke & Outlawz ***
- I'll Do (Original) feat. Kausion
- Started (by Kurupt) ***
- N.Y. '87 (Original) feat. Deadly Threat & Soopafly (speaking) **
- Our Daily Bread (Original) feat. Lady of Rage & Prince Ital Joe
Producer - Dr. Dre (7), Daz, Kurupt, Overdose & Soopafly (5).
Chapter 2 : West Coast Aftershock (second half of '96)
- Every Single Day ('96 Version) (by Kurupt) feat. Snoop Dogg & Jewell * / **
- Don't Care What The People Say ***
- I Roc Mics (Original)
- Don't Stop ('96 Version) feat. 2Pac *
- Me In Your World ('96 Version) - Death Row Greatest Hits
- Because of You Girl (by Daz) feat. Storm, Edi & Kevin Vernado
- Gangsta Walk feat. Snoop Dogg - Dead Man Walking
- Crip Wit' Us *
- U Ain't Tha Homie (Original) feat. Crooked I & Jewell **
- Roll Wit' Us (Original) (by Daz) - Chronic 2000
My System (Original) feat. Tha Mactress- R.A.W.
Gigolo **- Living Tha Gangsta Life feat. Xzibit *
Bonus Tracks : - Tremendous Odds
- Gitta Strippin' (Original)
- Gangsta Rap (Original)
- Monique
- Nothin' But The Cavi Hit (Soopafly Remix) feat. Mack 10 - Rhyme & Reason OST
The closest thing that could approach the original Dogg Shit / West Coast Aftershock project is the WIDEawake compilation Doggy Bag.
But like all releases from that label, the result is... far from
satisfying. Songs were taken from various projects from 93 to 98...
Finally, the underestimated Tha Last of Tha Pound
presents a set of songs taken more or less from that era of recordings -
95 -, at a time the second Pound album was logically titled "Dogg Shit"
(after the food they ate in first album...). Without the arrival of
2Pac at Death Row, we could imagine that Daz and Kurupt would have had a
project ready to drop in mid '96.
DETAILED INFORMATION
Chapter I : DOGG SHIT
- "Don't Stop (Remix)" featuring 2Pac has been released in Dogg Pound's 2002 but was probably initially remixed for Thug Pound in early 96. In 2004, Daz released the real original version of the song in Tha Last of Tha Pound, with verses from Nas instead of 2Pac, of course recorded before the "New York, New York" controversy.
- "Can't C Me" was later given to 2Pac for All Eyez On Me, we ignore if there is also a Dr. Dre version which could be from 93-94 for Chronic 2.
- Inspectah Deck's verse cut from "Got My Mind Made Up" has been leaked circa ~2010. It was at the end of the song, Inspectah kind of freestyling whereas the beat was finished (we can still hear the first words in the released song). It is said 2Pac replaced Lady of Rage when the song was given to him And 2Pac and the engineers chose to cut the song at the end of the beat for his All Eyez on Me version.
- "It's Going Down" was initially recorded in the second half of 95, finally released in a very close mix in Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back in 1998.
- "Me In Your World" was recorded in Dec. 95 and edited without Rage in the summer of 96 for the album, finally released in Death Row's Greatest Hits in late 96. The original was released in Doggy Bag (2012).
- "Our Daily Bread" was initially recorded in Dec. - Jan. 96 and was also edited in August of 96, Daz removing Rage... Lady of Rage has been removed of 3 Dogg Pound songs ! There should be some argument between them...
- "Started" is a three verses Kurupt song. In the intro, Daz uses the old nicknames. In his first, Kurupt says '95. Second one was re-used on "Trump Tight (Dump On Site)" very likely recorded for Thug Pound in late December 95. So this song was likely recorded in Autumn 95 before 2Pac gave them their new nicknames.
- "Jackmove" was firstly recorded for Thug Life Volume 2 in December 95 as Daz featuring Outlawz. Kurupt very likely added in February 96, the 27th.
- "I'll Do" was released in a close mix in Supercop soundtrack (in June of 96), maybe to promote the forthcoming Dogg Pound album that Daz was still planning at that time. It features Gonzoe and his group Kausion. Gonzoe will record two or three other songs with Dogg Pound, Nutt-So and 2Pac in early 1996 for Dogg Pound/2Pac's project Thug Pound.
- "N.Y. '87" was recorded the 14th of December 95 with Threat only. 2Pac and Quik added their part a few days later and the song was maybe consecutively given to Thug Pound.
- "The Name & The Rep" is a Daz solo song where he names himself "Dillinger" : the lyrics will be partially recycled in "Roll Wit' Us (Original)" in late 96 so the song could be from circa first half of '96.
A break between two recording sessions
Tha Pound & Tha Thug
2Pac and Tha Dogg Pound is not a 1995-1996 story. In early 1993, 2Pac collaborated with Prince Ital Joe ("Thug Life"), Warren G ("My Definition of a Thug", "Lie 2 Kick It") and Nate Dogg ("How Long Will They Mourn Me") for the Original Thug Life project, delayed for sample issues, modified for having been leaked (Natasha Walker heard the Dogg Pound in the studio while recording Doggystyle album listening to her song "Is It Cool 2 Fuck" with 2Pac and Thug Life) and totally shelved because of 2Pac troubles with justice...
In late 93 - early 94, 2Pac gave three songs for Above The Rim soundtrack ("Pain", "Loyal 2 Tha Game" and "Pour Out A Little Liquor") where Dogg Pound also contributed with two of their most famous songs : "Big Pimpin" and "Dogg Pound 4 Life". In the middle of 94, Daz remixed the 2Pac song "Hard on a Nigga" for Murder Was The Case Soundtrack with Snoop giving backing vocals and 2Pac giving a new verse (song finally leftover and released only in 1997 in Gang Related OST). So 2Pac probably recorded directly with Daz and Snoop at that time.
Furthermore, 2Pac and Kurupt have in common to be originated from the East Coast and to have arrived in West Coast around 16, circa 1988. Before them, 2Pac tried to combine East and West in his projects like in his first Thug Life Original double album concept (West / East) and then in Thug Life Volume One (cf. Volume One sessions) which kept a trace of it. Then like everybody knows, even a few days at the peak of the East-West war reached with his single "Hit 'Em Up", 2Pac started the project One Nation. Exactly at that time, Kurupt recorded his Philly sessions in Philadelphia and two years later he will drop a double album Kuruption ! with one disc subtitled "West Coast" and the other one "East Coast".
In addition to that, we can also notice the influence of 2Pac's style over Daz who progressively took that kind of energetic delivery with one word giving the impression to want to catch and crush the previous one.
- Feb. 2 of 1996. DAT : "Dogg Pound remix 2/5/96". PO778846.
- Do What I Feel (remix) - (Our Only Bread ft Rage)
- New York (remix) - (unleaked ? clean version ?)
- Would You Die For Me (I'll Do It)
- Aug. 10 of 1996. DAT : "Work DAT West Coast Aftershock 8/10/96". PO778864.
- Don't Stop Keep Goin' - (edit Kurupt one verse ?)
- Dogg Pound Criminals
- Me & My World - (edit w/o Rage)
- Beverly Blvd 7pm (live street sounds) - ???
- Oct. 96 (~). DAT "Daz Untitled 9/13/96 session tape". PO314289.
UNKNOWN CCONTENT.
- Aug. - Dec. 96 DAT : "Tha Dogg Pound Disc 1" & "Kurupt & Daz". PO778936 & PO778974
- Here Hit This
- Life I Lead
- Mental
- 10 Ta Midnight
- Like That Y'all
- What Cha About
- That’s My N
- Every Single Day
- Don’t Care What People Say
- I Roc Mics
- Don’t Stop
- Me And Your Word
- Crip Wit Me
- U Aint The Homie
- Living The Gangsta Life
- My System
- Dec. 96 (?). DAT : "Tha Dogg Pound 12/15/95". PO778935
- Every Single Day
- Don’t Care What The People Say
- I Roc Mics
- Don’t Stop - ft 2Pac
- Me and Your Word - w/o Rage
- Just Because Of you - ft Storm & Edi
- Gangsta Walk
- Crip Wit Me
- U Aint This Homie
- Roll Wit Us
- My System - released in R.A.W.
- Livin Tha Gangsta Life
These tracks haven't been recorded before Dec. 95 (except maybe "Every Single Day"). We thing there should be a mistake between 95 and 96.
This gives a good pre-feeling of the West Coast Aftershock album.
Daz - Because of You Girl ft Outlawz
Crip Wit Me
U Aint This Homie
Roll Wit Us - Chronic 2000
My System ft Mactress - R.A.W.
Livin Tha Gangsta Life
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