Per the man's own words posted above, he *wanted* in on the Death Row thing but was shunned by Dre. Which, as you point out, was a stroke of luck ultimately because Suge was shady and G got his money from Def Jam and blew the fuck up on his own.

But given the opportunity, Warreng would've gotten fucked by Suge just like the rest of them did. He didn't, as you say, like outsmart the Death Row machine. He just wasn't invited to take part in it.

Sort of related but: why didn't Snoop go to bat for his DJ w/Dre and Suge ? I'd be interested to ask both Warren and Snoop about that. Snoop obviously had major clout with DR and if it weren't for Warren, Snoop may not have been taken in by Dr e... so why wouldn't he scrap and claw to get G put on ?


>he just wasn't gonna get knickel and dime the Suge way and it
>was a smart move because when He dropped "Smokin Me Out" back
>in 97 he was still going Gold and also at that time Snoop was
>off DR, Dre was gone to start aftermath and Pac was dead and
>Suge was in the Joint.
>
>Warren G was smart for that in the bigger picture and since
>Suge had the Interscope charge card keep these cats on Lay
>away well it was what it was.