Wouldn’t be 4/20 without the 25th studio LP from Long Beach, California rapper, producer & songwriter Daz Dillinger. Some of his cousins include Brandy & her brother Ray J, WWE Hall of Famer Snoop Dogg & the longest reigning AEW tbs Champion, former CMLL Mundial Femenil Campeon, IWGP女子チャンピオン, 新日本プロレス強い女子チャンピオン, RPW British Women’s Champion, the shortest reigning ROH Women’s World Television Champion, NXT Women’s Champion, 6-time WWE women’s world champion and 3-time WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Mercedes Moné. He eventually signed to Death Row Records & became an original in-house producer under the guidance of its co-founder Dr. Dre, forming Tha Dogg Pound with Kurupt afterwards. Daz finally made his solo debut on ‘98 by putting out Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back on Death Row until departing rather quickly to put out 20 more albums of his own with almost 3 decades of experience in the game. Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back 2 took it back to the essence of his debut last summer and Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back 3 a couple months later found some clarity regarding his complicated history with Tha Row. I appreciated Rowtation more than others because of the introspective tone, but I can’t say the same for Valentine’s Day. That said: I went into Mo’ Weed 4 Sale hoping for it to become his greatest 4:20-themed opus.
The self-produced title track was actually a cheerful intro to get the ball rollin’ talking about selling bags of gas whereas “Don’t Fucc Up My High” has a more chilled out vibe to it sending a warning to anyone who might blow his buzz. “Why U Wanna Smoke with Me For?” takes the soulful trap route instrumentally trying to figure out the reason some of these people who don’t smoke want to smoke with him while “I Promise” talks about being a stoker until his very last breath.
“She Don’t Smoke” smoothly ends the 1st leg of Mo’ Weed 4 Sale describing a woman who can’t stand the smell of bud leading into “How Bad U Wanna Smoke?” fusing cloud rap & pop rap taking a more romantic approach to the lyrics which I understand since it’s a continuation of the previous track, but it might be my least favorite here. “Mota” on the contrary picks things back up with a slick beat flexing the kind of shit that he personally likes to smoke.
Rounding out 3rd, the song “American Weed” talks about having no stems or seeds in the kind of flower he desires whether it’s indica or sativa (or hybrids) while “Don’t Smoke Up My Weed” takes some inspiration from the southern hip hop scene instrumentally by embracing the overall trap sound advising not to go through his supply. The closer “‘Til I Pass Out” finishes the 2nd & best full-length from Daz in 2026 so far bringing some g-funk undertones in the picture talking about how long he smokes.
Daz said in a recent interview that we won’t see him on stage or on a song with Snoop Dogg ever again & attributing that to him being kicked off Death Row as a result of him refusing to sign his publishing over to Snoop as part of the latter’s plan to sell the label’s music catalog for $1B. Nonetheless, I’d say Mo’ Weed 4 Sale clears both Weed Money when I was a junior in high school & Smoke Me Out a few years afterwards. His production justifies why he’s always been underappreciated behind the boards & I look forward to hearing him fully producing The LOX & Smif-n-Wessun’s upcoming 5th & 9th albums respectively, but I can see some people getting sick of the marijuana themes after a bit even if I prefer it a lot more than Valentine’s Day.
Score: 6/10