''Don't Go 2 Sleep'' is a compilation EP by American rappers
Makaveli
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...
and
Daz Dillinger
Delmar Drew Arnaud (born May 25, 1973), known professionally as Daz Dillinger (formerly Dat Nigga Daz and commonly Daz), is an American rapper and record producer. In the 1990s at Death Row Records, aided the catapult of West Coast rap and ga ...
. It has eight tracks. There are two other (
bootleg
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** Moonshine, or illicitly made ...
) versions of the EP, but the original has only eight tracks. It was released December 24, 2001, on
D.P.G. Recordz
D.P.G. Recordz (short for Dogg Pound Gangstaz Recordz) is a record label founded by Daz Dillinger and Soopafly after he and Kurupt left Death Row Records.
Discography
* Daz Dillinger - R.A.W (2000)
* Daz Dillinger - Long Beach 2 Fillmoe (with J ...
. The tracks were recorded at
Death Row Records
Death Row Records is an American record label that was founded in 1991 by The D.O.C., Dr. Dre, Suge Knight, and Dick Griffey. The label became a sensation by releasing multi-platinum hip-hop albums by West Coast-based artists such as Dr. Dre ('' ...
between 1995–96 for Tupac's and
Boot Camp Clik
Boot Camp Clik is an American hip hop supergroup from Brooklyn, New York City, which is composed of Buckshot (of Black Moon), Smif-N-Wessun ( Tek and Steele), Heltah Skeltah (Rock and Sean Price) and O.G.C. (Starang Wondah, Top Dog, and Louievi ...
's project "One Nation". Later when Daz left Death Row, he stole an unknown amount of Tupac's unreleased masters, some of which can be heard on this EP. The only track left untouched by Daz is "They Don't Give a Fuck About Us", all other tracks were remixed and Daz also added himself onto tracks he originally didn't appear on, despite Dillinger
marketing
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the EP as an original
collaboration
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album.
Versions
''Version 0'': The album was announced as Dillinger & Makaveli. The original artwork was posted on hitemup.com and mentioned ''D.P.G. Record Presentz'' in green lettering. The original track listing posted on hitemup.com included eight tracks: Wake Up My People, First To Bomb, Let's Fight, Um Dumpin, Don't Go To Sleep, They Don't Give A Fuck About Us, 187 Um, Heaven or Hell Outro. This version never saw the light of day however, and track-listings were soon changed.
''Version 1'': The first leaked release was ripped into poor quality and cut differently so that the tracks all ran together much like they do on the Makaveli album. This was in fact the first release available, and was put out thanks in part to certain members of the Pacboard community. This release included the same six tracks as above, as well as the originals of First to Bomb and Don't Go To Sleep instead of 187 Um and Heaven or Hell Outro. The cover read "Tupac Shakur & Daz Dillinger" in green lettering. This release was also released on a label dubbed "Pacaveli Records" and shows up from time to time on
eBay
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''Version 1.5'': This was the actual eight track release of the album by Daz Dillinger. It included the usual eight songs and was pressed and sold on the streets. The cover for the album had "D.P.G. Recordz Presents" in green lettering at the top of the album and had the track-listing on the back cover.
''Version 2'': This is the
Japan
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import version. This release included the same eight tracks as before, but also included the tracks "Move for the Money", "Don't Go To Sleep Soul-G Remix", "First To Bomb" instrumental, as well as "First to Bomb BBK Remix". For this release the cover was altered as real photos were photoshopped into the background of the cover for the 100 dollar bills. The top of the cover was changed to say Tupac Shakur & Daz Dillinger in white lettering. This release was released by Makaveli Records, and is the most common and easy to find release.
''Version 3'': Finally, on September 13, 2003, Daz put out what he called "Makaveli & Dillinger, The Whole Album". This was basically the Japan import with some skits and filler tracks on it. The only new track that included 2Pac was the song "Initiated" which was released in 1998 on Daz's Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back album. The full track-listing for this album included 25 tracks, most of which was from Daz's then new album. Thus far, this was the last Makaveli & Dillinger release.
Controversy
On August 27, 2001, mother of Tupac,
Afeni Shakur
Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded t ...
filed a lawsuit against Delmar Arnaud better known as Daz Dillinger seeking unspecified damages caused by his unauthorized pre-release online order for this album on the official website of
D.P.G. Recordz
D.P.G. Recordz (short for Dogg Pound Gangstaz Recordz) is a record label founded by Daz Dillinger and Soopafly after he and Kurupt left Death Row Records.
Discography
* Daz Dillinger - R.A.W (2000)
* Daz Dillinger - Long Beach 2 Fillmoe (with J ...
. As the only legal successor of the copyright of anything connected with the brand names "2Pac" and "Makaveli" and executor and estate administrator of Tupac's musical compositions, Afeni Shakur has the right only to grant permission to release the recordings or to use her son's name, that – according to her – she was never earlier asked to do so by any of the management of D.P.G. Recordz.
The lawsuit contains 13 causes of action, including :
*
trademark infringement
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,
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unfair competition
Unfair may refer to:
* Double Taz and Double LeBron James in multiverses ''fair''; unfairness or injustice
* ''Unfair'' (drama), Japanese television series
* '' Unfair: The Movie''
* Unfair (song), a song by South Korean boy group EXO
Shakur also maintains that Dillinger was still promoting the release of the album and accepting PayPal orders through his website all unauthorized.
Daz stopped the selling of the Makaveli & Dillinger EP and days after the
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...
the main page of the whole site changed into a tribute design. Later deathrowrecords.com adopted the material claiming the rights of the license for "Tha Dogg Pound" and "Dat Nigga Daz" and all material recorded under these pseudonyms. It is still purchasable there with some slight modifications in the number of tracks and their order.
Daz claims in the April 2005 issue of XXL that he still owns several recordings of 2Pac never heard before. While living in Los Angeles he was insulted in several warranted house searches by Suge Knight and by the police that were attempts to confiscate the reels. The legal status of those copies, however, still remains unclear.