im talking about quality of beats, dre has always been a step up from quik. i mean quik is the name is one of my fav all time albums but his production never crossed over into the mainsteam.
DJ Quik says he deserves to be where Dr Dre is
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How come Quik couldn't make this a hit with the Interscope "machine" backing him in 2007?
Did the machine really was backing Quik?
Interesting you didn't mention this.... considering it's a Dr. Dre artist. This was a hit but imagine if it wasn't a Dr. Dre artist like Truth Hurts was no longer after one album. There's politricks in this.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Sorry but nah Quik...your music didn't even have 1/10th the impact of Dre's....Dre pretty much singlehandedly invented the West Coast's signature sound and the derivative artists from Dre are all 10x bigger names than Quik.
Sonicaly, Quik has bangers but impact wise he's a west coast easy mo bee
Sonicaly, Quik has bangers but impact wise he's a west coast easy mo bee
28 Gramz
How U Luv That???
This is the birth of the G Funk/Chronic era, I'd love to hear an Above The Law song that sounds like this before 1991.
Elim Garak
Veteran
Quik had more than enough opportunities he made poor business decisions. Dre made poor decisions too but learned from past mistakes. Quik I don't want to hear the bytching.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
No. Dre is a better ENGINEER. That's his true gift. But in terms of beats themselves, they are either basic arrangements or OTHER BEAT MAKERS provide Dre with the beats and Dre mixes and master them. Dre ALWAYS had a PRODUCTION TEAM. You rarely see him construct anything from the ground up. And crossing over mainstream is more political as to what's gets played and what's on rotation and so forth. None of Dre's music outright commercial. For instance, that Dr Dre Presents: The Aftermath album DIDN'T hit commercially on radio like that despite the attempt. And it still sold because of the push it had.
That said, this should've been getting more radio play.
malbaker86
Gators
negro no 
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
I mean Dre is known to shark beats, sounds, credit...
I should clarify brought signature G-Funk sound to the masses...coast to coast.
Didn't nikkaz4Life drop before Vocally Pimpin?
Quik got multiple albums better than 2001.
Whips-n-Chains
Chi
Quik got multiple albums better than 2001.
breh...no he doesn't...Safe+Sound isn't better than 2001...but I'll relisten to what you you think is better off the strength
When Magoo went platinum, the only real star Timbaland had produced was Aaliyah. She was already platinum with her debut album. Timbaland produced Ginuwine's debut and Missy's debut. Outside of those, his other work was SWV and Total before his album with Magoo dropped.
And Aaliyah, and missy, and ginuwine, and tweet, and playa
Breh, you do realize Magoo's album went platinum. Tweet nor Playa had platinum albums. Aaliyah was platinum prior to working with Timbaland. Missy and Ginuwine were both Timbaland produced stars. Tweet's debut was five years after the Magoo album.
It changes nothing about what I said.