Daz began his career on Death Row Records as a producer for co-founder Suge Knight\'s Paradise. He was signed to the label and subsequently began working with Dr. Dre on the breakthrough west coast album, The Chronic; during its recording, he met and grew close to Kurupt, with whom he would soon work professionally. The two formed Tha Dogg Pound for Doggystyle, the debut album of his cousin, up-and-coming star Snoop Dogg. The critically acclaimed album, as well as their later single "What Would You Do?", saw Tha Dogg Pound partake in the rivalry between Dr. Dre and former N.W.A groupmate Eazy-E, by dissing artists on Eazy\'s Ruthless Records.\n', '

Daz Dillinger was more heavily involved in Doggystyle with aka 4N while they was and mixed With Dre, Daz was featured on one track and received co-production credit on two ("Serial Killa" and "For All My Niggaz & Bitches") he also produced tracks for Above The Rim and Murder Was the Case soundtracks. Subsequently, Daz and Kurupt put out their debut group album, Dogg Food, to rave reviews and platinum sales. While the duo dissed Ruthless acts BG Knocc Out & Dresta and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on the album, Dogg Food also saw the duo engage in yet another conflict, this time the beef Suge and new signee 2Pac initiated against Bad Boy Entertainment\'s Puff Daddy and Notorious B.I.G.; Daz and Kurupt released their Snoop Dogg-assisted single "New York, New York", which slighted the East Coast hip hop scene. The single initiated a response called "L.A., L.A." by East Coast rappers Capone-N-Noreaga, Tragedy Khadafi and Mobb Deep in a collaboration effort.\n', '

As the East Coast-West Coast rivalry escalated in early 1996, and Suge Knight\'s increasingly intense strong-arm tactics entered the studio, head producer Dr. Dre steadily grew resentful of the label\'s dangerous atmosphere. Beginning with Dogg Food, which Daz produced, Dre no longer produced whole Death Row albums; in his latter days as in-house producer, he worked only with 2Pac, producing three tracks (California Love, which was originally supposed to appear on the Aftermath compilation album, California Love Remix, and Can\'t C Me) for the rapper\'s definitive album All Eyez on Me. Even before Dre left the label to found his own Aftermath Entertainment, Daz went to produce the hit songs "2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "Ambitionz Az A Ridah", and "I Ain\'t Mad At Cha" among other tracks which solidified his status as a talented and successful producer. Arnaud effectively took over as head producer, crafting 5 tracks on the double-album\'s first disc and providing some beats for Snoop Dogg\'s sophomore effort, Tha Doggfather, from which Dre\'s production was absent. His status as head producer was made official once Dre left, and continued on even after 2Pac\'s murder and the artist-exodus it initiated. During his tenure heading the label\'s sound, Daz contributed production to the Gridlock\'d soundtrack, Lady of Rage\'s Necessary Roughness, and Nate Dogg\'s G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1. His production would also pop up on the unauthorized Snoop Dogg release Dead Man Walkin\' put out by Suge in 2001, after Daz himself had left the label.\n', '

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