Anyone who thinks Daz fell off or hasn't been in the game clearly hasn't had their ear to the streets over the past few years. Ever since the infamous West Coast Conference that saw the reunification of the Dogg Pound, and even before that, Daz has been extremely busy with two Dogg Pound albums and five of his own. Well, this is probably the hardest he has dropped in a minute as a solo artist. The album starts with the Classic West Coast Gangsta style banger "Sqeeze" and continues with the gangsta carnival sounding Swizz Beats track "I'm From The Hood". This just builds to the title track, which happens to be the hardest track on the album. The rest of the album flows together with the classic WC Gangsta Funk tracks including a Krayzie Bone feature and an NWA "Dopeman" remix. I think it's mandatory to have a SoCal-NorCal collabo track whether it's hyphy or gangsta, so of course "Dip Drop Stop Dip" with Keak Da Sneak is a hard gangsta track despite Keak's growled verse. "Me and My Cuzzin" is a weird, pseudo-sentimental track featuring Snoop about brotherhood (read gang banging), while "Regretz" features Tyrese and is about his domestic violence issues. Obie Trice and Kurupt make decent appearances toward the end of the album as well. This album is very good and hardcore for all the hardcore fans.
8/10
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