R.A.W.

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Great album, but he gets even better..., 2005-12-06
Let me start by saying that I own almost every single Daz album and he is one of my favorite rappers (if not #1 on my list). With that said, this is a damn good album, but since I worked backwards with Daz, it doesn't impress me as much as some of the newer DAZ albums. I love this CD, I love everything that Daz does, but the main reason I'm writing this review is to let you know that he got even better after this CD. My favorite all-time Daz CD is the I Got Love In These Streetz album, (get the newer version with 8 extra tracks). That is an abolute BANGER. The other new ones, DPGC: U know what I'm throwin up, and the Dogg Pound Gangsta LP, are #2 and #3 on my list. Unlike most crap rappers, Daz never fell off or sold out, he's still independent, underground, and his CDs get better almost every year. So while this CD is tight (and you can tell by reading all the other reviews), if you are new to Daz or deciding which one is most worth your money, try I Got Love In These Streetz or DPGC: U KNow what I'm thrown up cuz..

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4.5 star 2nd solo effort by Diggity Daz, 2004-12-03
Daz returns almost 2 and a half years after his solo debut to bring another great album. After leaving Death Row on a BAD note and virtually having no money he starteed his own label and released this album. He produces the whole album and it has much less guests than his first release (on about half of the songs), but still is a great album. The beats are great and the guests are great. It does have 1 or 2 songs I skip but a classic track and a buch of great ones as well. A must have album for all rap fans and especially fans of the LBC rap. br / br /#3 - 9.5 (great beat) br /#4 - 8.5 br /#5 - 7.5 (f/ c-style) br /#6 - 8 (about fiend knockin' at the door) br /#7 - 9.5 (great beat) br /#8 - 10 (classic w/ great beat - talkin bout his fallout w/ Snoop -- also on Mac Shawn "worldwide bosses players" album) br /#9 - 9 (f/ kurupt) br /#10 - 7.5 (f/ kurupt - also on kurupt's "space boogie smoke oddessey") br /#12 - 9.5 (f/ mac-shawn soopafly - about dem H0E$) br /#13 - 7.5 (f/ kurupt) br /#14 - 10 (classic w/ a slow gangsta beat - also on Dogg Pound's "2002" album) br /#15 - 9.5 (f/ slip capone) br /#16 - 9 (f/ tray deee) br /#17 - (just latoiya williams singing) br /#18 - 7.5 (f/ kurupt latoiya williams) br /#19 - 6.5 br /#20 - 7 (f/ mark morrison tray deee) br / br /Delmar Arnaud -- b. 5/25/73 -- Long Beach, CA br /DPG!!!! br / br /check all my reviews br /

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A Good Independant Effort From The Ex-Death Row Member, 2004-03-16
Being an independant release, this album was not exactly going to set the west coast on fire, yet it does light up in a few areas of this 21 track album. It kicks off with an irrelevant 'Super Cuz' intro, although 'Street Gangs' is a not only informative but the beat behind it keeps you from pressing the forward button. The partying 'One Nine 99' and the raw west coast sounding 'Who's Knoccin' At My Door' give R.A.W a great beginning and to finish off the first half of the album 'On Tha Grind', the collaboration with now ex-Dogg Pound partner Kurupt, is perhaps the best track on the album.pFrom then on, tracks 11 through to 21 run the album into the ground (the reason behind the 3 stars), which is sad to say really as Dillinger is usually capable of producing material of much better quality then this - check out his 1998 major Death Row release 'Retaliation, Revenge And Get Back' - evidence to show just how high he can really fly. Had R.A.W been a 10 or 12 track disc with the songs mentioned, it would be a much more respectable release.

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R.A.W. is one of the better underground albums, 2003-06-05
If you're a fan of that underground west coast sound, y'all should check out the second solo album from one half of Tha Dogg Pound.

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Another average release from Daz, 2002-12-12
Daz is a great producer, however he should stay off the mic. Thankfully his albums are filled with guest appearances, which makes this release a litter better, but not ebough to actually reccomend it. A lot of these tracks (including the best "On Da Grind") can be found on either Kurupts latest album or the new Dogg Pound album of unreleased material, both of which are better than this. "R.A.W." is another nice track, and there are scattered other decent tracks, but nothing too special. Yet another album that is collecting dust on my cd shelve as we speak.