"Dazz" is a song by R&B/funk band Brick. "Dazz" is a combination of disco, funk and jazz, hence the title "Dazz", a combination denominator for "Disco Jazz".^[1] Released in 1976 from their debut album Good High, it would become their biggest hit, spending four weeks at the top of the R&B singles chart, while reaching number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 41 on Billboard's year-end chart.^[2] In Canada, it reached number 26.^[3]

Another popular 1970s-era soul group, the Dazz Band, took their name from the song.^[4] The song was featured in a house party scene in the 2016 action-comedy film The Nice Guys, set in 1977. It was also featured in a scene in the 2019 Elton John biopic, Rocketman.

Sampling

Dazz has been sampled by multiple artists (partial list):^[5]

• No Vaseline by Ice Cube - arguably the most well-known instance of the song's sampling, and considered by some to be the greatest diss track of all time.
• Cinderfella Dana Dane by Dana Dane
• Jazzie's Groove by Soul II Soul
• Do You Wanna Get Funky by C+C Music Factory
• Search 4 the Lyte by MC Lyte
• Lavish by Lavish