MVRemix: This is a big year for you with a new DPG album and a Daz album dropping on So So Def, what should fans expect from these albums?
Daz: Just happy to still be around here making this good music, you know? Just pushing for the better and good quality in music, you know what Im sayin?
MVRemix: What motivated yall to put out another DPG album with Snoop? Its certainly been a long time coming.
Daz: You know, puttin this West Coast thang together, you know what Im sayin, without unity, we cant do it. Gotta have some unity in the game to bring more light towards the West Coast, its just straight negativity [right now].
MVRemix: I was surprised that you didnt produce any of the songs on the new DPG album, whats the reason behind that?
Daz: You know what Im sayin, I want everyone to buy the next one which Im gonna do. I produced the Young Gotti : Same Day, Different Shit, know what Im sayin. I just try to make it different, but Im going to produce the next one, Im in control of the next one.
MVRemix: What motivated your decision to start working with Jermaine Dupri and So So Def?
Daz: Me an Jermaine, we been friends for years, you know what Im sayin, and good friends since Kris Kross, damn near my whole career, you know what Im sayin? So, he believe in me and he down with me, he sees somethin dont nobody else see and thats what Im lookin for. I needed a friend and he my friend, so lets make it happen, its business, we gonna get paid, all that shit.
MVRemix: Has it been difficult to adapt your style to a more ATL/Dirty South vibe?
Daz: You know what Im sayin, I put it all in together as one.
MVRemix: Whats your opinion of all this stuff going on with Death Row, the bankruptcy, court takeover and all? Do you think this is the end?
Daz: They gotta give they life to the lord. Know what I mean? Maybe do a little right or somethin, maybe something goodll happen for you. But you know hey, thats just the cost and the price of being mean and all that bullshit, karmas a motherfucker. Go on and give Suge Knight a dollar or two, he need it. [laughs] Could you imagine Suge Knight on the side of the freeway with a cup in his hand?
MVRemix: Youve done a lot for this industry production wise, is there any advice youd give to up and coming producers or someone trying to break into the industry?
Daz: Stay on your grind, keep the beats comin, get out there, mingle a lot, you know what Im sayin? Get on the internet, get on myspace, make you a page of straight beats like I do, I sell beats on the internet. Its all negotiable.
MVRemix: How has your production style changed since you first started out?
Daz: You know what Im sayin, learnin what I learned to come out with and then learned some more stuff by lookin at other producers and how they work, and goin to different clubs listenin to different music that they playin that they listenin to. You know what Im sayin, its just about upgrading and adapting, there was a time in life when the beats that I made was an era in life, so, Im in somethin new. And they gonna hear it on this album that Im doin: So So Gangsta. Me and Jermaine, we put the whole thing together.
MVRemix: What are your big influences musically?
Daz: I listen to a lot of old school music, you know what Im sayin? Gospel, rock and roll, everything. Im a musician.
MVRemix: Where do you start when producing a song? With the beat or with the rhyme?
Daz: Well I produce, you gotta start off with the beat, right? They might have a track with the lyrics, so its about whats gonna make this rock whats gonna put some motivation into it, so let me get the rhythm together.
MVRemix: What kind of equipment do you work off of?
Daz: You know MPC 3000, Motif, Reason, a lot of records, you know what Im sayin? Get little sounds here and there, ideas, all kinda shit.
MVRemix: I read that a recent poll rated you among the top five rap producers of all time, how does that make you feel?
Daz: It made me feel great that the looked at what I did, you know? As time go by they listen to the music and like man, this song is really it right here, you know what Im sayin? It feel great, I got a lot more to prove to myself, not to anybody else, its just me and what I know I can do.
MVRemix: Youve done a lot already
Daz: Im tryin to put some more work in man, Im tryin to put it in. [laughs] And that aint even all the music that I done got, I hooked up with Tupacs people yesterday and they got like 30 more songs that I did over there that aint never came out.
MVRemix: Who are you working with right now?
Daz: We working with that new super-group right now: War Zone, Kam, Goldie Loc and they got another super-group called called Western Union Supa Fly, Bad Luck and Demonic from Englewood.
MVRemix: What do you enjoy more, producing or rapping? Why?
Daz: I like both, its a check, Im a hustla. They want the rhyme, they want the beat, either one, Im gonna give, you know what I mean? [laughs]
MVRemix: Besides Pac and Kurupt, who have you enjoyed working with the most?
Daz: Really, I like working with everybody cause everyone teach you something different, you know what Im sayin? If you just learn from one person, you gonna act like that person. Ima act like myself. I liked working with Pac, it was a time in life when that was what we did, you know? If he was still here wed be doing the same thing.
MVRemix: Good answer. Who would you like to work with in the future?
Daz: You know, I want some Alicia Keyes or something. Anybody who wanna get down, Im just doin me right now, you know? Im happy with myself making the noise that Im making, so that make them want some cause we over here bangin, you know, Ive worked with Young Jeezy, I done worked with a lot of new people
MVRemix: Could you tell me a little more about the new solo album?
Daz: Alright, fo sho, I got super stars on here like Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Ice Cube, Jagged Edge, Rick Ross, JD, thats it right there. Production by Scott Storch, Daz, Supa Fly, Jermaine Dupri.
MVRemix: Yeah, I heard that song with Rick Ross, thats real hot.
Daz: Fo sho, JD produced that one, thats why its hot. Ima put the accapella up on the internet and see who can come up with a remix, you know what Im sayin, I need a reggaeton remix, I need all kinds of remixes
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