DJ Quik says he deserves to be where Dr Dre is

[HabitualChiller]

Let's just keep it a spade and say that Dre just has a MUCH better eye for talent.

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

While Dre chose to work with real talent, Quik was wasting his career with goofs like 2nd II None and AMG

Imagine a bad GM saying he's as good as Jerry West, Masai Ujiri, etc.

I dapped you up but no AMG slander breh

Clown 2nd II None all you'd like though.

 

[O.Red]

man that shyt ended within a week...

quik is his own worse enemy...its soemthin wrong with them piru nikkas from compton they are bipolar...n get emotional..

quik laid the blueprint zro

them nikkas.. jus alike... 1 deep.. but got a crew n flips on em from time to time....

u wonder why suga free lives in the woods..






he would be like dre if

1. he was never suspended for fukkin with eazy e ...n producing a whole album behind profile records back...



nikka said 3000 had a brother...lol...

will quik will act like a bytch every once in awhile... to get a lil recognition.. then he back to his cave

This is a common personality type among the talented yet underrated, especially in hip hop

Lupe Fiasco used to do the exact same shyt every couple of years

 

[boogers]

this inspired me to go and read some old coli threads about Quik and i came across this and, well....

tf is this about??? @shopthatwrecks or anyone who knows this story, can you break it down?

cant find anything on google

hope this is a joke man damn

 

[O.Red]

Ill admit i was wrong... Nothing against Fresh but nikkahs getting too extreme with the Quik slander. He aint up there on Dre level in terms of success but he one of the coldest to do it

Nikkas ain't even slandering like that the overwhelming majority of this thread at the very least respects Quik's talent

The only nikkas being extra in here are the ones trying to make Dr Dre out to be some bum ass producer while acting like he don't have some of the most popular songs in history

 

[JustCKing]

Let's just keep it a spade and say that Dre just has a MUCH better eye for talent.

Literally, one of the biggest aspects of music production is honing talent. You're supposed to bring out the best of the artists by playing to their strengths, but not exposing the exposing the weaknesses. It's why a Snoop can work with whatever producer and never reached the quality or success of Doggystyle again. When he worked with Dre on his other albums, the Dre songs were still highlights. 50 never got the level of success of "In Da Club" or GRODT (which had more Dre records of any of his other albums). Eminem's greatest success, again was with the Dre helmed albums and songs. The biggest songs off of his first two albums were produced by Dre. That changed with Eminem Show. 2Pac's biggest song and album involved Dre.

That whole "eye for talent" excuse is dead.

 

[shopthatwrecks]

this inspired me to go and read some old coli threads about Quik and i came across this and, well....

tf is this about??? @shopthatwrecks or anyone who knows this story, can you break it down?

cant find anything on google

hope this is a joke man damn

He had a set of cna’s thst was fukkin on old men .. wiring them money

 

[boogers]

He had a set of cna’s thst was fukkin on old men .. wiring them money

ohhh! thats different

i thought you meant he had residents tricking

 

[boogers]

i hadn't listened to Safe+Sound in a while now. i put it on earlier to give it a revisit cause of this thread. got down to Quik's Groove III near the end...



that melody seemed REALLY familiar.. and the flute. it took me a minute to put together what it reminded me of but i figured it out.



is it a bite? obviously i mean J Lo... Quik's track came out first

@0:55 in Quik's Groove III it even sounds like the damn hook!

 

[King Poetic]

Quik needed to step up more and talk

Dude always stayed quiet behind the scene On some Johnny J shyt

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Literally, one of the biggest aspects of music production is honing talent. You're supposed to bring out the best of the artists by playing to their strengths, but not exposing the exposing the weaknesses. It's why a Snoop can work with whatever producer and never reached the quality or success of Doggystyle again. When he worked with Dre on his other albums, the Dre songs were still highlights. 50 never got the level of success of "In Da Club" or GRODT (which had more Dre records of any of his other albums). Eminem's greatest success, again was with the Dre helmed albums and songs. The biggest songs off of his first two albums were produced by Dre. That changed with Eminem Show. 2Pac's biggest song and album involved Dre.

That whole "eye for talent" excuse is dead.

 

[Damba]

he's right. dont let what he said go over your head tho....

Dre did what the cacs told him to

 

[Flex Luger]

nikka not even verified on twitter

 

[L $ C]

Rhythm-al-ism and Safe & Sound are just better projects to me. Dre’s projects were certainly more impactful but musically I don’t think they’re better.

I’ve made the thread before but frankly I think Dogg Food is the best non-Pac album off Death Row.

but u gotta learn to separate personal opinion/like from facts ....8ball my fav southern mc of all time and my fav southern album of all time is LOST....doesnt mean 8ball is better than 3000 or scarface all time cuz he isnt or even close lol

 

[MurderToCassette]

What’s frustrating about this thread is that Quik’s actual work is being underrated now. Quik has shyt that musically shyts all over Chronic, 2001, Doggystyle, etc. his problem was never talent.

Quik’s issue is that again, he didn’t put on the legends Dre put on, he didn’t have the same success on the business side, he’s been more unstable in comparison, and he chose to veer deeper into an experimental regionalism with his sound instead of either switching to a genre that works better for him or broadening his sound to loop in more listeners and challenge his musical abilities.

Completely agree. For every artist Dre put on, how many dope artists and records have just sat while signed to Dre? Everybody from Raekwon to Last Emperor to Hittman, to King T, to Rakim, and a dozen more just sat and released nothing at Aftermath. All so we could get more wack Eminem albums and half-assed singles like "I Need A Doctor".

Quik might be a little bugged out, but his music has always been on some other shyt too. He's much more than an excellent engineer. You can trace his organic musical progression album to album from funk to jazz and R&B. As much as I mess with Dre's production, you can clearly tell who's writing and producing with him based on the era and who was around him.

NWA - Cube and Yella
Death Row- Warren G, Snoop, Daz, Sam Sneed, J-Flexx
Early Aftermath all the heads from Pittsburgh like Mel Man, Stu B Doo and Bud'da
Later Aftermath - Mike Elizondo, Focus, Mark Batson

Of course Quik had co-production from G-One and Rob Bacon and session musicians on his shyt too but Dre is on some "LeBron needs more help" shyt