Tha Dogg Pound released the album "Dogg Chit" independently on March 27, 2007, touting it as a sequel to their debut. In August 2007 it was announced that the duo was in the process of signing to Cash Money Records; their next album was announced as "Westcoast Aftershocc". The pair released the singles "Ch-Ching" and "Mystic River" from the album, but when the deal stalled, they postponed the project in favor of a separate album, "100 Wayz". Tha Dogg Pound began putting out singles for the latter album as early as 2008, releasing "Cheat" featuring Pharrell and following up with "They Don't Want It" featuring Soopafly, and "Get My Drink on & My Smoke On." Although "100 Wayz" was expected for release that year, it was postponed due to a dispute with Koch Records head Alan Grunblatt; instead, they released the album "That Was Then, This is Now", which included the singles originally intended for "100 Wayz", in late 2009.