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How's this for hot - his single for Tony Toni Tone where they're interpolating nirvana on the hook!

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CyF4sJ-pNJQ

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:38 (nineteen years ago)

he's really such a great party producer, lyrics are never dumbed down, and he evolved in a way that didn't sacrifice his strong suit - like "Tonite" drops when he's 21 and all he wants to do is grab a 40 and get drunk tonight, but by rhythmalism he's adapted to growing up w/ grace - "We still party, we get high/ sometimes we don't feel grown-up and that's no lie." Its like what Vahid was talking about in the beardo thread, about how the music's developed as he's transitioned from early 20s' rave music to hipster club house.

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:41 (nineteen years ago)

sorry to mention beardo in a

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

uh cut off?

sorry to mention beardo in a Quik thread, it won't happen again

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:42 (nineteen years ago)

matter of fact strike that last paragraph altogether, makes latter-day quik sound boring!

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 18:48 (nineteen years ago)

some more interesting Quik moments:

Whitney Houston - "Fine" http://youtube.com/watch?v=NfFJSwKO9Sc

DJ Quik remix of Boomkat's "The Wreckoning" (no link, sorry. actually this is more interesting as a curiosity than really 'good')

Deborah Cox - "One Wish"

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 20:08 (nineteen years ago)

also DJ Quik live @ the house of blues > Jay-Z Unplugged

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

2nd ii none video from '91!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED7njf2z-40

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:23 (nineteen years ago)

I still haven't heard the first two Hi-C albums ('skanless' and 'swingin') but i've been meaning to, if i can ever find them. maybe i should defend "Hi Life Hustle" more than just saying i just listen to the beats - he's a pretty good rapper

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:31 (nineteen years ago)

rolling 2007 deej thread

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:32 (nineteen years ago)

deej i like most of your assessment but glossing over Way 2 Fonky is a no-no. Jus Lyke Compton bitch! Not to mention maybe the best quik's groove and a bunch of nasty ass shit. He kind of deferred to the 2nd II None ethos over a lot of it(they were already broken by then iirc?) but his beats are all on point pre-Chronic wild hard funk hooks, love that style but it didn't get much of a heyday before g-funk came in.
u also forgot that one single by Juvenile Committee, though the rest of that album was butt-acious.

tremendoid, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:48 (nineteen years ago)

skanless is a must hear. hi-c is like, ignorantly ignorant when it comes to women and his flow comes and goes(i should say his flow always fits his voice, he had the eazy style 'pleasant scream' going on that could be off-putting) but the beats are almost all dynamite with a couple of duds. Got a classic quik-stable posse cut too. Haven't heard his recent stuff.

tremendoid, Monday, 14 May 2007 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

i dont know why i thought skanless was hard to find, amazon's got it for 10 bucks

i agree about way 2 fonky! - its great too. was that the one that chris rock put in his list, or was that safe + sound?

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

i agree about way 2 fonky! - its great too. was that the one that chris rock put in his list, or was that safe + sound?

yes, chris rock put way 2 fonky on his list.

Eisbaer, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:21 (nineteen years ago)

as far as AMG, i know 'bitch betta have my money' is considered a classic but i had trouble getting into it when i first checked it out

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:38 (nineteen years ago)

Listening to the 'Quik's Groove II' off way 2 fonky right now, i really wish he'd release a dj shadow/rjd2 style instrumental album like this. Good lord, perfect summer weather music.

deej, Monday, 14 May 2007 22:55 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, I'd never connected the dots between "Let's Get Down" & "Smells Like Teen Spirit", probably because I never heard the later 'til well aftfer the fact. Interesting. I absolutely love "Lets Get Down".

The live album is really good. I wouldn't quite put it above Jay-Z Unplugged, but its pretty damn close. But that's the only Quik thing I have. What would you advise for a second Quik purchase?

The Reverend, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 01:59 (nineteen years ago)

I always loved his song in bust a groove.

forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 02:46 (nineteen years ago)

Ha deej I almost understand why you mentioned beardo but the Quick I've heard always makes me think of Masters of Work more - relaxed svelte disco. Although actually it's more commercial than that. Like, that "Break Bread" song. He should have produced Will Smith - or did he?

I hadn't heard "Hand In Hand", thanks for posting that.

Tim F, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 06:23 (nineteen years ago)

i have nothing to contribute to this thread except that this new conversational turn towards talking about grownup relaxed svelte disco makes me think of snoop ft nate dogg "crazy", which i was kicking back to today and thinking about how it would totally sound great if they did a remix with peabo bryson and grover washington jr. then i listened to some madlib.

"Chromski A.K. Gattlington"?? ELLI$?

moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 06:43 (nineteen years ago)

also the mobile DJs that spin in the quad fridays during lunch play "can u werk that" almost as much as they play the pack.

moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 15 May 2007 06:47 (nineteen years ago)

i'm coming around on can u werk that, i'd like to know what rtc was gonna complain about now! its def a song that gets better when hammered thru repetition.

Tim, I think you'd really like the Rhythmalism album if you haven't heard it.

yeah i mean beardo only mentioned cuz that was the context in which moonship was talking about grown folks disco. a similar point of comparison, more locally for me, would be steppin. Sort of the grown 'n' sexy dance music vs. the kids ghetto house/ rap music.

but yeah MAW is an interesting comparison point actually, except i hear more INTENT in MAW's disco to be 'taking it wayyyy back.'

I was talking about this in some other thread, how i wish dudes would make more dance/hip-hop blends - ethan started talking about the blade 2 soundtrack as usual but i'm thinking more like a lot of what Quik does - beats up in the 112 bmp area, rappers who sound comfortable over what is essentially house music.

Tim have you heard Suga Free's "Pimpin in the Year 3000"?

I finally copped Skanless, the Hi-C album, and yeah tremendoid was right its pretty amazing...I like old school Hi-C way more than the modern incarnation, the Eazy E comparison is on point.

deej, Sunday, 20 May 2007 19:21 (nineteen years ago)

to elaborate on the dance/hip-hop blends comment - it seems like a lot of the 'real dance' dudes are 'real rap'-phobic, passing on a lot of great shit that would probably fit really well in dance sets; the only way you can hear something vaguely combining the two is trashy post-hollertronix djs who just mash up, like, justice and lil jon

deej, Sunday, 20 May 2007 19:29 (nineteen years ago)

ha yeah, i'm still whatevs about it but as soon as i wrote that i did think to myself "bet this'll turn out to be one of those underwhelming nothing tunes that'll rule the world in 6 months" a la jim jones or mims etc, and then vahid only made me surer.

saying that tho, in terms of those kinda tunes you only get a feel of that sort of intoxicating social energy in a v shitty fake 2nd hand way in england, if at all, and i'm not about to wear out the mp3 play button desperately failing to recreate that. ldn has enough dsouth hipster dickheads bumping gucci mane or whatever as it is.

anyway fucking hell man if it says quik on the record i'm expecting to hear quik! someone else can be the fixxers.

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

spank rock to thread

moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 20 May 2007 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

bah i shouldnt have said gucci mane, that 'bird flu' thing's kinda fun really

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

the upshot of this "bloghouse" / "fidget house" thing is that there is going to be a new wave of street-rap-meets-house over the next year or so, mark my words (cf. "hit me on my beeper")

moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 20 May 2007 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

wznt that supposed to be happening lately in deej's neck of the woods? juke or something?

sinden can fuck off.

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

ha yeah, i'm still whatevs about it but as soon as i wrote that i did think to myself "bet this'll turn out to be one of those underwhelming nothing tunes that'll rule the world in 6 months" a la jim jones or mims etc, and then vahid only made me surer.

saying that tho, in terms of those kinda tunes you only get a feel of that sort of intoxicating social energy in a v shitty fake 2nd hand way in england, if at all, and i'm not about to wear out the mp3 play button desperately failing to recreate that. ldn has enough dsouth hipster dickheads bumping gucci mane or whatever as it is.

anyway fucking hell man if it says quik on the record i'm expecting to hear quik! someone else can be the fixxers.

-- r|t|c, Sunday, May 20, 2007 7:55 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

^^^^^ this is a really good post

and what, Sunday, 20 May 2007 20:12 (nineteen years ago)

the story behind 'werk that':

What do you feel is wrong with music?

QUIK: Right now I think it's just away from the growth of music. It sounds like it's snatch and grab. Coming up with a ]catchy hook and an 808 beat and people keep doing the same thing over and over and over again. And that's OK.

deej, Sunday, 20 May 2007 20:39 (nineteen years ago)

that is a terrific quote. haha like, not insomuch as it makes a great case for anything, but just the peaceful quikian zen generousness of it either way!! ilx 3.0 should totally force all posts to have "and that's ok" at the end of them.

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

http://a692.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00652/19/63/652333691_l.jpg

deej, Sunday, 20 May 2007 21:08 (nineteen years ago)

you know who else deserves a thread like this? fucking DJ BATTLECAT. it only recently occured to me that i don't think i ever heard a battlecat beat i didnt enjoy, yet how comes i never felt that need to really spend time really thinking about him?? or is that just me?

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 21:09 (nineteen years ago)

"I was talking about this in some other thread, how i wish dudes would make more dance/hip-hop blends - ethan started talking about the blade 2 soundtrack as usual but i'm thinking more like a lot of what Quik does - beats up in the 112 bmp area, rappers who sound comfortable over what is essentially house music."

Yeah, sometimes I listen to current hip house revivalism - "Touch Your Toes" or whatever - and wonder why its supporters don't just listen to uptempo hip hop and R&B (Mya's "Free" alone is a better urban/dance fusion than anything else any of us listened to this week). But kudos to Van Helden I guess for not using a corny rapper.

That said (incl. the bit about corniness) Deej you might like Studio R ft. Capitol A - "A & R (Llorca Remix)".

I'll track down your recommendation.

Tim F, Sunday, 20 May 2007 21:47 (nineteen years ago)

i am making one last appeal for ppl to recognize this tune's wickedness and if that doesnt work then fuck the lot of you

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 22:27 (nineteen years ago)

ive only the vaguest idea of how it relates to this thread, but still!

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 22:29 (nineteen years ago)

and that's ok

r|t|c, Sunday, 20 May 2007 22:32 (nineteen years ago)

http://myspace-252.vo.llnwd.net/00421/25/28/421088252_l.jpg

deej, Thursday, 31 May 2007 19:44 (nineteen years ago)

one month passes...

man quik really killed eiht on 'dollaz and sense'

deej, Thursday, 5 July 2007 07:16 (eighteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

Monday, June 30, 2008

WEST QUEST.
Category: Music

DJ QUIK & KURUPT
CD IN STORES OCT '08
OFFICIAL STREET DATE FOR SINGLE-JULY 4 '08

ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTIONS.

deej, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:14 (seventeen years ago)

OH MY DAM

tremendoid, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 06:16 (seventeen years ago)

This is a good combo actually!

Tim F, Wednesday, 2 July 2008 08:30 (seventeen years ago)

what actually haha i wasn't being sarcastic. i been watching too much Martin lately

tremendoid, Friday, 4 July 2008 00:58 (seventeen years ago)

2nd ii none - the shit = so good

sleep, Friday, 4 July 2008 02:28 (seventeen years ago)

the fixxers is so good

jhøshea, Friday, 4 July 2008 02:31 (seventeen years ago)

some classic deej multi-posts upthread

gr8080, Friday, 4 July 2008 02:33 (seventeen years ago)

lol @ u posting to ilx on vacation

deej, Friday, 4 July 2008 04:04 (seventeen years ago)

three weeks pass...

has anyone seen VISUALISM, the quik behind the scenes movie? i am downloading it now.

r|t|c, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:27 (seventeen years ago)

http://www.westcoast2k.net/media/DjQuik_-_A_Bedtime_Story_Feat_Suga_Free_(www.westcoast2k.net).wma

^ amazing radio freestyle spot tribute over some quincy jones

r|t|c, Wednesday, 30 July 2008 14:41 (seventeen years ago)

good looking out!

Bobson Dugnutt (ulysses), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 16:40 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

Just waiting on new music from Quik

2Fonky, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 00:26 (six years ago)

that one song from last year the beat has like every single quik sound effect crammed into one song lmao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm-wizYf1TQ

big city slam (Spottie), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 00:31 (six years ago)

Lol I wasn’t a fan of World Girl at first but I grew to like it lol

I hope him and Scarface release that project they announced a while back but who knows...I’m a Quik stan and have searched and talked on any forums that discuss Quik lol

2Fonky, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 00:39 (six years ago)

two years pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvda76pVYOM

i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Monday, 10 January 2022 05:35 (four years ago)

dope thx

auld gang syne (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:58 (four years ago)

one year passes...

quik and suga free singing some doobies

Seeing Quik & Suga Free singing What A Fool Believes will likely end up being the highpoint of my 2023. pic.twitter.com/qOu85hN3hc

— Doc (@docadam) January 22, 2023

sault bae (voodoo chili), Monday, 23 January 2023 00:35 (three years ago)

somewhat redeeming the existence of twitter there

POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 January 2023 03:38 (three years ago)

sure, but that tweet is just a reposted tiktok

sault bae (voodoo chili), Monday, 23 January 2023 04:10 (three years ago)

that looks like it’s from the “Nobody” music video shoot. definitely looked like they were having a fun time making that one.

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 23 January 2023 04:35 (three years ago)

Somewhat redeeming the existence of tiktok there

POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 23 January 2023 07:29 (three years ago)

it's here in full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3tPRxoVbLM

nothing redeems tiktok imo

but that is a wonderful moment

corrs unplugged, Monday, 23 January 2023 14:13 (three years ago)

one month passes...

yesssss

Pre Order Now! Link in Bio pic.twitter.com/4ygQtcvzEL

— Dj Quik (@djquik) March 20, 2023

four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 20 March 2023 23:50 (three years ago)

lesgo!

corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 21 March 2023 07:47 (three years ago)

one year passes...

new album with jasonmartin fka problem came out last friday. kind of disappointing it’s not all quik production, cause the rest isn’t too exciting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhOutqJpSAA

devvvine, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 21:06 (one year ago)

not fully produced by quik? damn

the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 22:05 (one year ago)

cold ass 2 step is the highlight for me

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Tuesday, 18 June 2024 22:32 (one year ago)

Pre Order Now! Link in Bio pic.twitter.com/4ygQtcvzEL

— Dj Quik (@djquik) March 20, 2023
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Monday, 20 March 2023 23:50 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink

^ what was the deal with this. I seem to remember being excited about something but nothing ever materialised? was it a song or album he was teasing.

going back to midnight life this morning, production on stuff like 'trapped on the tracks' is still mind blowing. would love a proper new solo record.

devvvine, Wednesday, 19 June 2024 09:24 (one year ago)

it was a song and wasnt any good

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Wednesday, 19 June 2024 18:21 (one year ago)

does anyone else feel like blaqkout ages better every year

ive heard ppl say the opposite but I think theyre populism uber alles types

xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 21 June 2024 06:01 (one year ago)

it still sounds as fresh as ever if anything

ufo, Friday, 21 June 2024 12:14 (one year ago)

blaqkout is still incredible. i think the book of david is just as good, if less adventurous

the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 June 2024 12:27 (one year ago)

Blaqkout has been my quintessential summer album- those people are crazy

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 21 June 2024 15:48 (one year ago)

I love it. Feels like an experiment but in the best way.

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2024 17:01 (one year ago)

yea the singular unpredictability of it feels more and more novel in the streaming /playlist era!! which is over now I guess (we're in the reels/tiktok era) but still

xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 21 June 2024 17:37 (one year ago)

like wtf is jupiters critic and the mind of mars? no idea but i love that it exists.

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2024 19:00 (one year ago)

almost ten years ago to the day lol

Gargantuan, cannon cocker BLAKA BLAKA BLAKA

― Strictly EZ Snappin' Nhex (Spottie), Monday, June 23, 2014 1:50 PM (nine years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2024 19:02 (one year ago)

still my fav quik beat:

'cream n ya panties' sounds amazing on a good car sound system

― prego, Friday, September 23, 2011 4:36 PM (six years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

think this is my favorite beat of the last ten years.

― Spottie, Monday, January 1, 2018 11:52 PM (six years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2024 19:02 (one year ago)

one for the banality thread

After the hotel we migrate up to the lab
To make a beat with Saadiq, and eat some lobster and crab

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2024 19:17 (one year ago)

so how is the new album?

brony james (k3vin k.), Friday, 21 June 2024 19:58 (one year ago)

ehhhhh, about half the songs are worth listening to.

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2024 20:31 (one year ago)

gonna check it out because jasonmartin/problem performed the hell out of “like whaaat” during the kendrick pop out

the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 June 2024 20:32 (one year ago)

love his delivery on the hook of since i was lil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-XuU4OTJU8

I Chet the Holmgren (Spottie), Friday, 21 June 2024 20:37 (one year ago)

one month passes...

finally got to this album, which i really enjoyed but it could've used about 100% less jayceon taylor

the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 5 August 2024 23:03 (one year ago)

this summer's jay worthy x dam funk album scratches a similar itch

the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Monday, 5 August 2024 23:04 (one year ago)

eleven months pass...

bone thugs-n-harmony, three 6 mafia AND dj quik touring together this summer?! sign me the fuck up.

Western® with Bacon Flavor, Thursday, 24 July 2025 15:22 (ten months ago)


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