Big Tray Deee Explained

Big Tray Deee
Birth Name:Tracy Lamar Davis
Birth Date:27 April 1966
Birth Place:Long Beach, California, U.S.
Years Active:1994–2004, 2014–present
Past Member Of:Tha Eastsidaz

Tracy Lamar Davis (born April 27, 1966), better known as Big Tray Deee or simply Tray Deee, is an American rapper. He is a member of rap group Tha Eastsidaz (alongside Goldie Loc and Snoop Dogg), as well as the Diirty OGz (alongside Tha Chill, Kurupt and Weazel Loc).

Career

Before becoming a rapper, Davis was an active gang member. Tray Deee is a member of the Insane Crips Gang in Long Beach, California. Tray Deee made his first appearance on Snoop Doggy Dogg's Murder Was the Case soundtrack in 1994, guest starring on the track "21 Jumpstreet", Tray Dee also featured on the song Reality off the Doggfood album in 1995, followed by an appearance on Tha Doggfather in 1996. In 1999, he joined the Platinum-selling group Tha Eastsidaz, which consisted of himself, Snoop Dogg and Goldie Loc.[1] [2] The group released two albums. Simultaneously and after the Eastsidaz project he was affiliated with car club-street band the IV Life Family. He later signed to the related record label IV Life Records.

In 2014, Tray Deee announced his intention to release his debut solo album, following a series of mixtapes.[3] [4] The first of these mixtapes, Long Beach State of Mind, Vol. I, was recorded while Tray Deee was incarcerated, on a smart phone in a makeshift vocal booth made from blankets and boxes in his cell.[1] On April 18 and 19, Tray Deee reunited with Goldie Loc to perform at "Krush Groove 2014" at Save Mart Center in Fresno and The Forum in Inglewood.[5] On July 15, Snoop Dogg released his mixtape That's My Work, Vol. 4 which features both Goldie Loc and Tray Deee.

On April 27, 2015, he released the single "On the Blocc", produced by Nat Powers, along with its official music video.

In 2016, Tray Deee stated that it is unlikely that there will ever be another Eastsidaz album.[6]

Legal issues

On February 2, 2005, he was sentenced to twelve years in prison for attempted murder, stemming from a 2003 incident in which he fired at rival gang members. He was imprisoned at California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, California for nine years. He was released from prison on April 3, 2014.[1] [7]

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Compilation albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

Title! Year! Album
"Iz U Wit It"[8] 2002The General's List
"Blazin' Endo"[9]
(featuring Bam)
2003
"On the Blocc"[10] 2015The 3rd Coming
"The Return"
(featuring Kokane)
2016
"Moved Up"
(featuring O.T. Genasis and Coniyac)
"CantFucWitDis"
(featuring Coniyac)
"Diirty Outlawz"
(featuring The Outlawz and Diirty OGz)
<--Feb 9, 2017--> "Life of a G"
(featuring Snoop Dogg)
2017The General's List II
<--Nov 18, 2017--> "Outchea"
(featuring Coniyac, GI Joe, Pacman Da Gunman and ES Crow)
The Certified Project
<--Mar 23, 2018--> "Gangsta"
(featuring DW Flame)
2018The General's List II
<--Oct 27, 2018--> "True Life Storiez"
(featuring BG Perico and Crooked I)
<--Feb 15, 2019--> "UKnowDaName"
(featuring Coniyac, DW Flame, ESCrow and Red G'zus)
2019The Certified Project
<--Feb 15, 2019--> "Cold World / Different"
(featuring Coniyac and Kola)
<--Feb 7, 2020--> "Boiling Point"2020
<--Feb 1, 2021--> "45 Lawz of G'izm"2021
<--Aug 4, 2023--> "Buzherk"2023Malice
<--Dec 9, 2023--> "Swear on the Set"

As featured artist

Title! scope="col"
YearAlbum
"Beware of my Crew"
(LBC Crew featuring Tray Deee and South Sentrell)
1995A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (soundtrack)
"Keep It Gangsta"[11]
(Livio featuring Tray Deee)
2001My Life, Vol. 1
"Cali Way"
(Mr. Mash featuring Tray Deee and Kokane)
West Next
<--Jun 30, 2017--> "No Prisoners"
(CERTified featuring Big Tray Deee)
2017
<--Mar 15, 2019--> "Heat"
(Biggg Slim and Big Tray Deee)
2019

Promotional singles

Title! scope="col"
YearAlbum
"Way Too Major"[12]
(Daz Dillinger featuring Tray Deee)
1997Gang Related soundtrack
"Breakout"[13]
(Kokane featuring Tray Deee)
1999S.I. Riders
"Clockin' C Notes"[14]
(Made Men featuring Soopafly, Tha Dogg Pound and Tray Deee)
Classic Limited Edition
"Represent Dat G.C."[15]
(Kurupt featuring Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, Tray Deee, Jayo Felony, Snoop Dogg and Butch Cassidy)
2000Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha

Guest appearances

Title! scope="col"
YearOther artist(s)Album
"21 Jumpstreet"[16] 1994Snoop DoggMurder Was the Case
"Reality"[17] 1995Tha Dogg PoundDogg Food
"(O.J.) Wake Up"[18] 1996Snoop DoggTha Doggfather
"Downtown Assassins"Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger
"Bag o' Weed"[19] 1997Nate DoggG-Funk Classics, Vol. 1
"Get Money"[20] DJ Pooh, Charlie Wilson, ThreatBad Newz Travels Fast
"Gangsta Vocabulary"DJ Pooh, Threat
"East Side Madness"[21] Swoop G, T-LuniUndisputed
"Hollywood Bank Robbery"[22] Tha Dogg Pound, Snoop DoggGang Related soundtrack
"Gang Related"Daz Dillinger, CJ Mac, WC
"My Life"1998Storm, Big Syke, Val Young
"Oh No"[23] Daz Dillinger, J-MoneyRetaliation, Revenge & Get Back
"Gang Bangin' Ass Criminal"Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Soopafly, Bad Azz, Techniec
"All Aboard"[24] TwinzStraight Outta Cali
"King Pin"
"It's Goin' Down"J-Money, Legacy, Shorty K
"Don't Test Me"Sho Shot, Bo-Roc, J-Money, Crooked I, Legacy
"Way Too Crazy"[25] Daz Dillinger, Jayo FelonyRush Hour soundtrack
"Everythang Happens fo' a Reason"[26] Bad AzzWord on tha Streets
"C-Walk"[27] Kurupt, Slip CaponeKuruption!
"Gangsta Shit's Like a Drug"[28] Mack 10, Squeak RuThe Recipe
"One More Lick"[29] TQThey Never Saw Me Coming
"Turf Stories"[30] 1999Mac Shawn, Daz DillingerTurf Stories
"Hell Ya"[31] SoopaflyWhiteboys soundtrack
"Throw It Up"[32] Rappin' 4-Tay, Snoop Dogg, Roger TroutmanIntroduction to Mackin
"Neva Gonna Give It Up"[33] Kurupt, 213, Soopafly Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha
"It Ain't About You"Kurupt, Soopafly, Latoya Williams
"Ta Get n"[34] 2000C-LimWhat Dat 'N' Like
"I'd Rather Lie 2 Ya"[35] Daz Dillinger, KuruptR.A.W.
"U Ain't Know'n"Daz Dillinger
"Baccstabber"Daz Dillinger, Mark Morrison
"Ride or Die"[36] Spice 1, Yukmouth, Jayo FelonyThe Playa Rich Project
"Fuck with Us"[37] 2001Kurupt, XzibitBones soundtrack
"Eastside"[38] Snoop Dogg, Daz DillingerDeath Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits
"Kick Rocks"[39] Ras Kass
"G's & Hustlas"[40] 2002C-BoLife as a Rider
"Thuggin'"[41] Spice 1, KokaneSpiceberg Slim
"Nuthin' Has Changed"[42] King Tee, Kool G RapThe Kingdom Come
"Born to Die"[43] Foesum, TwinzThe Foefathers
"Game"[44] 200340 Glocc, Spice 1The Jakal
"L.A. Streetz from L.B. 2 Compton"[45] Mausberg, MiseryThe Compton Blockz
"Thou Shall Not Kill"[46] 2007Mobb Deep, Snoop DoggThe Infamous Archives
"License to Kill"[47] 2015DJ Kay Slay, Sammi J, Gunplay, Trae tha Truth, Big K.R.I.T.The Industry Purge
"Anybody Killa"[48] 2016Kokane, Cold 187um, XzibitKing of G-funk
"Eyez Open"[49] Young Noble & Deuce Deuce, Bad AzzThe Code
"Don't Make Me"[50] OutlawzLivin Legendz
"Bacc in da Dayz"[51] 2017Snoop DoggNeva Left
"Ghetto Bird"[52] 2018Daz Dillinger, Freddie GibbsDazamataz
"Stay On"2023Big HitThe Truth Is In My Eyes

Filmography

Bibliography

TitleRelease dateAuthorsISBN
Streetz Gon Cry2012Tracy "Big Tray Deee" Davis, Anthony Barrow[54]
Los Angeles Tymez: Urban Tales2013Tracy "Big Tray Deee" Davis, DaSean "J-Dee" Cooper, Anthony Barrow[55]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Collective State TV - Big Tray Deee Talks Prison Life, Long Beach State Of Mind & More From His Cell . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/wTHqz_TJHoc . 2021-12-21 . live. YouTube . 2014-04-02 . 2014-04-05.
  2. Web site: Big Tray Deee – Biography. All Music. Bradley. Torreano. July 21, 2013.
  3. Web site: [...] Working on mixtape & will drop solo album soon after release.]. Twitter. Tracy Lamar. Davis. 2013-03-10. 2013-12-21.
  4. Web site: Proud to say i'm now a part of @BIGTRAYDEEE 's debut album, which is coming soon. When he's released from Prison in 2014, the west is back.. Twitter. Nat. Powers. 2013-12-13. 2013-12-21.
  5. Web site: Tray Dee and Goldie Loc To Reunite As KDAY's Krush Groove Moves To The Forum!. AllHipHop.com. Tim. Sanchez. 2014-01-27. 2014-01-29.
  6. Web site: ... there more-than-likely won't EVER be another Eastsidaz album .... Twitter. Tracy. Davis. 2016-05-13. 2016-06-03.
  7. Web site: Tray Deee - [...] Big Tray Deee is officially ON THE BRICKS!!! [...]]. Twitter . Tracy Lamar . Davis . 2014-04-03 . 2014-04-05.
  8. Web site: Iz U wit It - Tray Deee . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  9. Web site: Blazin' Endo - Tray Deee . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  10. Web site: On the Blocc - Single by Tray Deee . April 27, 2015 . iTunes Store . 2015-08-12.
  11. Web site: Keep It Gangsta/Say That Than - Livio . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  12. Web site: Way Too Major - Daz Dillinger . 1997 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  13. Web site: Breakout - Kokane . 1999 . Discogs . 2019-01-03.
  14. Web site: Clockin' C Notes/Just You and I - Made Men . 1999 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  15. Web site: Represent Dat G.C. - Kurupt . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  16. Web site: Murder Was the Case . AllMusic . 2017-09-21.
  17. Web site: Dogg Food - Tha Dogg Pound . 1995 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  18. Web site: Tha Doggfather - Snoop Dogg . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  19. Web site: G-Funk Classics, Vol. 1 - Nate Dogg . 1997 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  20. Web site: Bad Newz Travels Fast - DJ Pooh . 1997 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  21. Web site: Undisputed - Swoop G . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  22. Web site: Gang Related (soundtrack) . AllMusic . 2020-10-22.
  23. Web site: Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back - Daz Dillinger . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  24. Web site: Straight Outta Cali - C-Style. 1998 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  25. Web site: Rush Hour (soundtrack) . 1998 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  26. Web site: Word on tha Streets - Bad Azz . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  27. Web site: Kuruption! - Kurupt . October 6, 1998 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  28. Web site: The Recipe - Mack 10 . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  29. Web site: They Never Saw Me Coming - TQ . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  30. Web site: Turf Stories . AllMusic . 2019-01-20.
  31. Web site: Whiteboys (soundtrack) . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  32. Web site: Introduction to Mackin' - Rappin' 4-Tay . 1999 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  33. Web site: Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha - Kurupt . 1999 . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  34. Web site: What Dat 'N' Like - C-Lim . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  35. Web site: R.A.W. - Daz Dillinger . AllMusic . 2020-07-23.
  36. Web site: The Playa Rich Project - Spice 1 . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  37. Web site: Bones (soundtrack) . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  38. Web site: Death Row's Snoop Doggy Dogg Greatest Hits - Snoop Dogg . AllMusic . 2017-06-11.
  39. Web site: Van Gogh - Ras Kass . Discogs . 2020-10-22.
  40. Web site: Life as a Rider - C-Bo . January 29, 2002 . Discogs . 2017-07-12.
  41. Web site: Spiceberg Slim - Spice 1 . AllMusic . 2015-08-12.
  42. Web site: The Kingdom Come - King Tee . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  43. Web site: The Foefathers - Foesum . Discogs . 2019-01-04.
  44. Web site: The Jakal - 40 Glocc . Discogs . 2015-08-12.
  45. Web site: The Compton Blockz . Discogs . 2020-07-23.
  46. Web site: The Infamous Archives - Mobb Deep . Discogs . 2019-01-04.
  47. Web site: DJ Kay Slay - The Industry Purge . HotNewHipHop . 2020-07-23.
  48. Web site: King of G-funk - Kokane . March 18, 2016 . Discogs . 2020-07-23.
  49. Web site: The Code - Young Noble & Deuce Deuce . April 25, 2016 . Discogs . 2017-07-12.
  50. Web site: Living Legendz - Outlawz . December 16, 2016 . Discogs . 2017-07-12.
  51. Web site: Neva Left - Snoop Dogg . July 7, 2017 . Discogs . 2018-04-03.
  52. Web site: Dazamataz - Daz Dillinger . February 20, 2018 . Discogs . 2018-04-03.
  53. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229362/ movie
  54. https://www.dubcnn.com/2012/05/24/big-tray-deee-pens-from-the-pen-releases-streetz-gon-cry-book/
  55. Web site: J-Dee of da Lench Mob Describes Becoming an Author During His 20-Year Prison Stint . May 27, 2013 .