Anwar Knight Stupid Underrated!!! The people of California know how valuable Quik was/is...his ability to put a diss track together is legendary as well, I remember the 1995 Source Awards with Death Row performance and he went at Eiht hard with Dollaz and Sense with some ad lib
because Dr Dre gets regarded as the best producer from the west on the regular & sometimes gets called the best ever in the game..& real heads know that isnt true facts... Dre is not as good as Quik when it comes to making original music..not good as Battlecat either..not as good as Daz either .... not as good as Hutch...
it really is. his vision is what's needed in the game today. I love his music, his artistry, just everything. I mean virtually came up as rap was being made. his time may have came and gone but his legacy .. I don't know man. we still need him I think. modern hip hop just ain't where it's at no more. it doesn't have the same feel as it did back when rap had no identity and first came out. now it's just bought out and branded pretty much. but with his touch anything's possible. I'm optimistic when I hear him. he was the difference maker then. And he's probably going to be the differnece maker now. As someone whose seen the rise and fall of this brand of music I hope he's there when it resurfaces. 💯💯
When he talks about hearing his son for the first time have that magic almost made me cry he is so special to have that with his son and to pass that on it's amazing! I was touched by that deeply.
Producers like DJ Quik, Pete Rock, RZA, 9th Wonder, Madlib, (and the late Jay Dilla) are on a completely different level! Then there are great producers like: DJ Paul, Havoc (of Mobb Deep), Daz Dillinger, Warren G., Dr. Dre, DJ Premire, Organized Noize (Rico Wade, Sleepy Brown, & Ray Murray), Beats By the Pound/The Medicine Men (Craig B, KLC, Mo B. Dick, & O'Dell), Tha Chill, Cold 187um/Big Hutch, & Jermaine Dupri. I also would like to see a BlaQKout (DJ Quik & Kurupt) & Big Boi and Killer Mike (of OutKast/ The Dungeon Family) joint album.
What an Interview !!!! Just forget about it . Loved BOTH of your styles of questioning . So many dudes interrupting or interjecting their opinions . You guys were just as eloquent and articulate as Quik . You 2 got everything I could ask , as a fan , for out of him . 5 star pimpin
Im proud of quik coming frm Compton being best friends with easy and staying positive and focused takes alot of hard work and dedication plus not getting caught up with bitches u deserv A treal nigga Award.
*Eastside Low Bottoms shit !* As a fan, i could probably go on forever about his music. He is the definition of a Musician. He's a musician that possesses the ability to rap. His music was always enjoyable to me since Quik Is The Name. But what made me a FAN-fan was Rhythmalism, namely We Still Party. To this day, that's STILL one of the coldest pieces to ever be made ! U hear that bassline ? That piano in the background ? That guitar in the hook ? The way he flows over all of that ? Dammit man ! I'm gassed up now. I'll be listening as soon as I'm done ! That album has HEAT on it ! I'm from South Central Los Angeles. I remember being "between cars", riding the bus and working in the city of Maywood in a warehouse. Whn Rhythmalism came out, i had the cassette. Yes, the cassette ! I didn't want to listen to it too much kz i knew i was going to WEAR DAT SHIT *OUT* as soon as i got another car ! So I'd listen on my Walkman headphones only once a week. I'd 'reward' myself every Friday ! There's a snippet of a recorded video of Quik on talkbox (RIP Mr. Troutman) titled 'I Stay Strapped'. I WANT THAT SONG ! I listen to it over and over just to hear the bassline along with the vocals that blend together oh-so lovely ! Not to mention all of the production that he's done for others. His artist Mausberg (RIP); his album 'Nonfiction' that came out in the early 2000's has HEAT on it ! My favorites hv to be No More Questions, Get Nekkid and the coldest one of 'em all, Tha Truth Is. Again, that cold bassline along with the keyboards, topped of with some FONKY guitar ! Dammit man ! 'Pet Semetary' 'Nobody' ft. Suga Free Suga Free's 'Angry Enuff' Talib Kweli's 'Put It In The Air' 'Streetz Iz Callin' ' 'Killer Dope' 'Fire and Brimstone' 2nd II None's 'Got A Nu Woman' AMG's 'Perfection' Hi-C's 'Coochie Coochie' The Fixxers 'Smoke II Much' Xzibit's 'Sorry I'm Away So Much' Mausberg/Suga Free's 'Pimpin' ' Suga Free's 'Born Again' 2nd II None's 'Up In Da Club' I'll stop there...just a few references for anyone that's not in the know. Much love and respect Quik, and to all that read and take heed ! ✊🏾✌🏾💪🏾
***** QUIC DONT KISS ASS HOMEBOY HES FROM A DIFFERENT ERA WHERE YOU DONT START SHIT WITH NIGGAS THAT BE ALL IN THEIR FEELINGS BCUZ SOON AS HE PUT HANDS ON ONE OF THESE YOUNG ASS DRESS WEARING CLOWNS THEY GONNA SUE OR CALL THE POLICE
The first tape I purchased with my own money was Eazy E. back in 89. Then years later fell in love with the track Tonite. I truly believe quick is the best producer ever who the hell is Dre?
I’m from Brooklyn and always thought he was dope. Thanks to Video Music Box. And he was rapping fly shit early. First dude to rap about Givenchy and pronounced it correctly! Lol
Money, Hoes & Clothes same here bruh.. I rep the saratoga ville 718.. from the 90's M.O.P. smoothe da hustler BCC Jeru was always booming out my box but still had nuff time for Quik: Way 2 Fonky Safe & Sound Rhythmalism those where the joints I also dug CMW..Spice 1..
rappin bout that Sergio Tachinni too! I bought a full legnth LA KINGS bomber made by Pro Player with a fur collar because of Quik wearing one in his video..dude was always fresh
I Remember Just like Compton video on Yo MTV Raps! He was One of the First West Coast gangster rapper I could remember being from NYC! Shout out To DJ Quik!
Kelvin Miles I never saw Quik or his videos on Yo Mtv Raps and i use to look for him on purpose.And if they did they never had repeats bcuz i seen the same people and episodes over and over
And yes, that is an ongoing Urban Legend even here in Detroit. If you see someone riding at night with no headlights, don’t high beam them to inform them of such because the possibility of the driver and its riders pulling a u turn, following and dumping on you! It’s a constant threat.
Yeah Quik's on some real shit. Of course when you tell people no they're calling you a sell out and saying you forgot where you come from. Actually it's the opposite. You remember where you came from and you sure as fuck never want to end up back there!
Or perhaps if there had been no Dr. Dre, Compton would have been on the same level as the Bay Area, i.e. successful in the mid-90s but never establishing itself as a music phenomenon with worldwide recognition... Note that IMO Quik is a better musician and producer than Dre. Not by a lot, but Safe + Sound exceeds even The Chronic and Doggystyle in its musicianship, and Quik did that himself. With some people playing the instruments, of course, but still, Dre had both such people and other producers helping with his records. Yet Quik never made a big hit on a Nuthing But A G Thang level, while Dre has a dozen or so of them under his belt. And that's the difference. Dedicated fans will listen to Quik's beats and marvel at his talent, but the average listeners out there only pay attention to the hits. That something like Keep Tha P In It (and some 50 other Quik songs like that) are musical masterpieces is something they lack the capacity to appreciate.
GM35964 That was Quiks problem in a way he wanted to remain underground with mainstream success.You have to have crossover hits if you wanna go multiplatinum and tour your ass off not to mention put out other superstars what Dre did
I think it's so disrespectful that when a black man is successful and has a little money, automatically people assume they had to sell their souls. People wake up and stop believing everything you hear. Do your own research and stop taking another man's word.
I’m like 30 minutes in, and I’m hoping that the subject of himself and MC Eiht comes up as in depth as the Second II None conversation... I’ll keep listening
The lady doing the interviewing is lacking some knowledge in a few things. For one, In NYC, Rick James is played on radio practically everyday at some point on more than one station. She is trying to compare legendary artist who have a catalog of work with an artist that may have a hit record or 2. That's like comparing a child to an adult. Secondly, she doesn't seem to know much about Compton and the community. Dj Quik is dropping so much knowledge. I'm loving this info. Great interview.
The problem with Quik is he wanted to be underground with mainstream success.NWA got lucky bcuz of that Fuck the Police song was controversial and the same with Ice-T.To go platinum you need top 20 singles like he had on his first album but since then he stopped doing that he even said Tonite and Born & Raised were not planned that way they just blew up bcuz they were dope songs.Since most of his music is upbeat and feel good and he knew how to make anthems i always thought he could've went to a new level after Rhythmalism by being a Kanye mixed with some Jay Z but it never happened.I thought Quik could make songs like Kanye's Slow Jams in his sleep.The best songs he made that were anthems since Tonite were Pitch In Ona Party and Get Down which is good at down south family reunions but not crossover songs for white people to bump in the suburbs.Its too bad we never got that Eazy-E,Quik,and AMG album bcuz i feel that album could've been dope and he might would've had more respect back then in the game
Thats how I feel about my home in California Richmond its nothing here but its special to me and its a mainline to the bay 580 80 freeway its central located but its gangsta you can get to frisco the o. san jo hayward concord walnut creek benicia union city Fremont
I read Donald Passman’s “ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MUSIC BUSINESS” which undoubtedly, caused me NOT TO SELL A BEAT because I WENT IN ASKING FOR BACK-END ROYALTIES! WOW: 2nd II None. OH WELL, I LOVED THAT 1ST ALBUM, THAT SHIT WAS DOPE! I STILL LISTEN TO IT ON MY IPOD! RAPPERS DELIGHT if you asked me, WAS THE SHIT! And those earlier SUGAR HILL RECORDS, I LOVE THE MUSIC ON THEM from that band that Sylvia Robinson put together. THOSE RECORDS WERE FUNKY AND DOPE: Sugar Hill v Furious Five, Apache, 9th Wonder, Rapper’s Delight; MAN PLEASE, THOSE RECORDS ARE CLASSIC AND I LOVED THEM SHITS TO THIS DAY! Compton, BOY DO I SEE THE MASON DIXON LINE IN CALIFORNIA (where I’ve lived now for the past 2 Yrs). I hang out in Marina Del Rey, Venice, Studio City, North Hollywood, Beverly Center, The Grove, Wilshire/Miracle Mile. I SEE NO FUCKING BLACK PEOPLE! I’M LIKE WHAT THE FUCK! ALL I SEE ARE BEAUTIFUL MIDDLE AGE AND YOUNGER WHITE WOMEN IN YOGA PANTS WITH THEIR ASSES LOOKING DELICIOUS, while they’re looking at me like, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING OVER HERE? WHY AREN’T YOU IN COMPTON? I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHERE COMPTON IS!!!
I confused because the first crip blood thing was started by MC Eiht. One of CMW's original djs was DJ Mike T. Mike T was from Inglewood Families bloods.
I think it was a little different for Quik and some of the artists he knew, because of his/their mindset..but as a whole (for everybody else) it was kinda unheard of.. That's my take on it
818ERIKTHEKING HE DIDNT SAY IT BECAUSE IT WASNT COOL IN OUR ERA EVERYBODY KNEW EAZY WAS KELLY PARK WITH REN, QUIK WAS TREETOP, 8 WAS TRAGNIEW, WC WAS NHOOD...IT WASNT UNTIL SNOOP THAT NIGGAS STARTED REPPIN THEY REAL HOODS CALI IS DIFFERENT BRO WE DIDNT HAVE TO PROFILE. YOUR NAME RANG OUT ENOUGH
818ERIKTHEKING YOU ASKIN PEOPLE TF THEY TALKING BOUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN EAZY E OUTSIDE OF RAP? HE STAY WITH THE CHARLY BROWN SHIRTS, AND BEN DAVIS ALWAYS DARK BLUE. HE HAD BEEF WITH TWEEDY BIRD LOC BECAUSE THEY WERE FROM THE SAME HOOD AND EAZY WOULDNT PUT HIM IN THE GAME. CMON SON YOU MUST BE A YOUNGSTER
