In 1995, she began to apply pressure to Warner Bros to dump Death Row and Interscope from under its umbrella. Delores Tucker, a civil rights activist and former secretary of state of Pennsylvania, had aggressively denounced rap music, often specifically targeting Death Row. Outrage at gangsta rap had been manifesting since the late ‘80s/early ’90s, but it came to its zenith a quarter of a century ago. The latter issue is what led to extensive delays for the finished product to hit the shelves and established legacies for many of the characters involved. Both are regarded amongst the best and most successful hip-hop albums ever recorded.ĭogg Food’s eventual release took place during the convergence of two very mid ’90s phenomena: a manufactured East Coast/West Coast beef and the manufactured outrage at Gangsta Rap, specifically gangsta rap distributed by Time Warner Records. I’ve described the importance of both T he Chronic (1992) and Doggystyle (1993) for this site. That said, the label, distributed by Interscope and Warner Bros., didn’t release many albums during the early days, but whenever it did, they made a huge impact. Dre and Suge Knight, the label took hip-hop by the throat in late 1992, refusing to let it go.
Tha Dogg Pound, comprised of Ricardo “Kurupt” Brown and Delmar “Daz Dillinger” Arnaud, were an integral part of Death Row Records. But 25 years ago, the Long Beach-based duo were at the center of the storm. For example, I seriously doubt that today, in 2020, if someone listened to Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound for the first time, they would guess that its release was the flashpoint in the cultural war against hip-hop music. Times change, and a once controversial events can seem ridiculous or even prosaic when viewed through the lens of hindsight. When paying tribute to an album, it can sometimes be difficult to recapture the context in which it was released.
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