Suge claims Daz Dillinger produced ‘Doggystyle’
Suge Knight maintains his controversial claim that Dr. Dre didn’t produce Snoop Dogg’s 1993 chartbuster album, Doggystyle. Speaking to TMZ from prison this week, Suge insisted that the iconic album was produced entirely by Tha Dogg Pound rapper Daz Dillinger.
“What’s so great about Daz is, this guy, I went to and said, ‘We gotta finish the album,’” Suge explained. “He did the whole — he did everything on Doggystyle. By himself. The whole album was done. He did everything. He produced it.”
Suge added that Dre was credited for the production mainly because of pressure from the streets and The Chronic producer himself. “So when it was time to come out, the streets said, well, they want Andre [Dr. Dre] to be on it. And Andre said, ‘I want to be on there.’ So Andre went to Daz and said, ‘Look man, let me say it was produced by me, and put my name on it. You’ll get paid, but let me be the one who produced it.
“So I told Daz, ‘That’s something he wanted to do. I don’t recommend it, because you’re the one who produced it, and you’re giving up your publishing.’ So, Daz signed paperwork, and said it was produced by Dre.”