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So So Gangsta
So So Gangsta
Studio album by Daz Dillinger
Released	September 12, 2006
Recorded	2006
Studio	Studio Atlantis (Los Angeles, CA); The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, FL); Poe Boy Studios (Miami, FL); Crippin Kitchen (Hollywood, CA); SouthSide Studios (Atlanta, GA);
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	48:55
Label	So So Def; Virgin;
Producer	Jermaine Dupri (also exec.); Daz Dillinger; No I.D.; Scott Storch;
Daz Dillinger chronology
Singles from So So Gangsta
	"On Some Real Shit"; Released: July 18, 2006; "Weekend"; Released: November 13, 2006; "All I Need"; Released: 2006; "Daz Thang"; Released: 2006;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
HipHopDX	3.5/5^[2]
Prefix	6.5/10^[3]
RapReviews	8/10^[4]
XXL	3/5 (L)^[5]

So So Gangsta is the eighth solo studio album by American rapper Daz Dillinger. It was released on September 12, 2006 via So So Def/Virgin Records simultaneously with an instrumental album entitled So So Gangsta - The Album Sampler. Recording sessions took place at Studio Atlantis and at the Crippin Kitchen in Los Angeles, at the Hit Factory Criteria and at Poe Boy Studios in Miami, and at SouthSide Studios in Atlanta. Production was handled by Jermaine Dupri, No I.D., Scott Storch and Daz himself, with LRoc, Ivan Johnson and Soopafly serving as co-producers. It features guest appearances from Avery Storm, Ice Cube, Jagged Edge, Johntá Austin, Kurupt, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, Soopafly and The Kid Slim. The album debuted at number 35 on the Billboard 200 with just over 23,000 albums sold its first week. It has reached 150,000 moved units according to SoundScan on October 10, 2007.

The album spawned two singles: "On Some Real Shit" and "Weekend". Music video for "On Some Real Shit" was directed by Juwan Lee, while the single made it to number 90 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. Music video for "All I Need" was directed by D. Baker, and music video for "Thang on My Hip" was directed by Daz and Todd 1.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Thang on My Hip"	Delmar Arnaud Jermaine Dupri Raeford Gerald	No I.D.	3:28
2.	"On Some Real" (featuring Rick Ross)	Arnaud William Roberts Dupri James Phillips	Jermaine Dupri LRoc (co.)	3:57
3.	"Rat a Tat Tat"	Arnaud Priest Brooks	Daz Dillinger Soopafly (co.)	4:27
4.	"Weekend" (featuring Johntá Austin)	Arnaud Dupri Phillips	Jermaine Dupri LRoc (co.)	2:58
5.	"DPG fo' Life" (featuring Snoop Dogg and Soopafly)	Arnaud Calvin Broadus Brooks	Daz Dillinger Soopafly (co.)	4:57
6.	"Badder Than a Mutha" (featuring Avery Storm)	Arnaud Dupri Phillips	Jermaine Dupri LRoc (co.)	2:52
7.	"Money on My Mind" (featuring Kurupt)	Arnaud David Brown Scott Storch	Scott Storch	4:16
8.	"Strizap" (featuring Ice Cube)	Arnaud O'Shea Jackson Ivan Johnson Michael Jordan	Daz Dillinger Ivan Johnson (co.)	4:27
9.	"Dangerous" (featuring The Kid Slim)	Arnaud Jaron Alston Walter Guathier	Daz Dillinger Ivan Johnson (co.)	4:44
10.	"All I Need"	Arnaud Alston Dupri	Jermaine Dupri	3:12
11.	"The One" (featuring Jagged Edge)	Arnaud Brian Casey Brandon Casey Dupri Phillips	Jermaine Dupri LRoc (co.)	5:46
12.	"Dat's Dat Nigga"	Arnaud Johnson	Daz Dillinger Ivan Johnson (co.)	3:54
Total length:				48:55

Sample credits

Track 1 contains samples from the composition "Friends or Lovers" written by Raeford Gerald and performed by Act One

Personnel

Delmar "Daz Dillinger" Arnaud – main artist, producer (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 9, 12), recording (tracks: 3, 5, 9, 12)
William "Rick Ross" Roberts II – featured artist (track 2)
Johntá Austin – featured artist (track 4)
Calvin "Snoop Dogg" Broadus – featured artist (track 5)
Priest "Soopafly" Brooks – featured artist (track 5), co-producer (tracks: 3, 5)
Ralph "Avery Storm" Di Stasio – featured artist (track 6)
Ricardo "Kurupt" Brown – featured artist (track 7)
O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson – featured artist (track 8)
Jaron "The Kid Slim" Alston – featured artist (track 9)
Jagged Edge – featured artists (track 11)
Ernest "No I.D." Wilson – producer (track 1)
Jermaine Dupri – producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 10, 11), mixing (tracks: 1–6, 8, 10–12), executive producer
Scott Storch – producer (track 7)
James "LRoc" Phillips – co-producer (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 11)
Ivan Johnson – co-producer (tracks: 8, 9, 12)
John Horesco IV – recording (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 11)
Tadd "Rowdy Rik" Mingo – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8–10, 12)
Elvin "Big Chuck" Prince – recording (track 2)
Conrad Golding – recording (track 7)
Wayne Allison – recording (track 7)
Phil Tan – mixing (tracks: 1–6, 8, 10–12)
Doug Wilson – mixing (track 7)
Rufus Morgan – assistant recording (track 8)
Josh Houghkirk – assistant mixing (tracks: 3, 5, 8, 12)
Reed Taylor – assistant mixing (track 7)
Vlado Meller – mastering
Will Ragland – art direction, design
Kate McGregor – art coordinator
Kai Regan – photography
Sterling J. Carroll III – A&R
Ronette Bowie – A&R
Eddie "Skeeter Rock" Weathers – A&R
Bret D. Lewis – legal