Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back is the debut
studio album by American rapper
Daz Dillinger, released on March 31, 1998, through
Death Row Records and
Priority Records. The promotional singles released from the album were "In California" and "It Might Sound Crazy", which both also had music videos, including an animated one.
Background
By 1998,
Daz Dillinger was one of the last remaining artists on
Death Row after its decline in 1996 after the death of
2Pac, and the departure of
Dr. Dre. Daz was the head of Death Row while
Suge Knight was imprisoned for violating his parole, caused by a fight he, 2Pac, and fellow Death Row members got into with
Orlando Andersonin Las Vegas on Sept 7th. The album peaked at number 8 on the
Billboard 200 on April 18 with 89,000 copies sold in its first week.[5] Daz soon left after this album to form his own record company,
D.P.G. Recordz and worked with such artists as
Soopafly,
Mac Shawn,
Crooked I, South Sentrell, and others.
The album was also the last original Death Row album for seven years, and the last to feature any kind of
G-Funk production. Since Daz was one of the last of a dying breed, he largely moved on to different techniques after this album, this could be considered the last hallmark of the musical trend.
The album's cover artwork references the cover of Marvin Gaye's album, In Our Lifetime.