"They got Tree Top Pirus in Baltimore. My gang got distributed out there but not my Records" Dj Quik

[Bugsmoran]

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DJ Quik: 'Flamboyant? Every Now And Then'

That's crazy

I never thought about it like that. Is there any other situations like this? I mean is there any other popular rappers that rep a gang they grew up in... that gang spreads cross country to another city but that other city don't mess with the rappers music?

 

[KENNY DA COOKER]

Zoes are now everywhere...

But aint nobody trying to hear Redd Eyezz the rapper

 

[Boogie]

Quik makes good music, but it has a distinctive west coast sound. Baltimore is far away from sunshine and palm trees.

 

[Bugsmoran]

Good Quik interview btw

That's Ali Shaheed Muhammad from Tribe Called Quest interviewing him

 

[Marlo Barksdale]

24 alleged 'Murdaland Mafia Piru' gang members indicted in Baltimore
The Murdaland gang, associated with the California-based Bloods organization, first gained a foothold in Northwest Baltimore and surrounding communities in Baltimore County — as well as in correctional facilities in the state — in 2008 after another federal indictment helped to dismantle the then-dominant local Bloods gang, the Tree Top Piru, prosecutors said.

Several former members of the Tree Top Piru "took advantage of the power vacuum" and eventually met with West Coast gang leaders to seek permission to establish the new Baltimore group, and then quickly began establishing their own territory, prosecutors said.






The gang charged its members dues and other drug dealers a "tax" to operate on the gang's turf, violently enforcing its control through a hierarchical system modeled on the Italian Mafia, prosecutors said. Those who killed for the gang got lightning bolt tattoos, while those who betrayed the gang, including by talking to law enforcement officials, were marked for reprisal — including death.

The gang dominated drug markets from Windsor Mill to Wakefield, Forest Park to Howard Park and throughout the Gwynn Oak and Woodlawn area, taking particular advantage of its proximity to Interstate 70 to sell drugs to customers "driving from Western Maryland and neighboring states," prosecutors said.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Do jersey cats listen to 03 Greedo?

 

[BmoreGorilla]

nikkas always loved Deathrow, Cube, CMW. We always bumped west coast shyt out here but just not him

@Marlo Barksdale whats crazy is all those areas mentioned are the burbs or close to it. But still hood than a mf. Big ass single family homes and big yards that black folks have owned since the 60s and 70s. Used to be all Jewish tho but they ran from us

 

[I love Latina women]

That's crazy when u think about it.
Quik's sound has always been regional tho.


@BmoreGorilla

I think Quik's more R&B approach to music is what threw some nikkas (from the East) off when his music. His music was clean and polished in a more R&B esque way (even more than Dre's Chronic); at a time when cats like Cube and CMW was coming with that grit to their songs. Quik was more laid back and had the polished sound, whereas CMW and Cube's music sounded more gritty and they was rough around the edges in their approach to music compared to Quik.

 

[Ol’Otis]

best be prepared to fukk cause i love black p*ssy

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

best be prepared to fukk cause i love black p*ssy

I thought it was called cock

 

[BmoreGorilla]

That's crazy when u think about it.
Quik's sound has always been regional tho.


@BmoreGorilla

I think Quik's more R&B approach to music is what threw some nikkas (from the East) off when his music. His shyt music was clean and polished in a more R&B esque way (even more than Dre's Chronic); at a time when cats like Cube and CMW was coming with that grit to their songs. Quik was more laid back and had the polished sound, whereas CMW and Cube's music sounded more gritty and they was rough around the edges in their approach to music compared to Quik.

Nail on the head. When Quik came out it was an especially grimy time on the east coast. Quik's music is perfect for good weather and barbecues. I remember local radio used to play the hell out of Just Like Compton. But that's the only single of his I remember getting burn here

 

[Ol’Otis]

I thought it was called cock

naw breh

 

[I love Latina women]

Nail on the head. When Quik came out it was an especially grimy time on the east coast. Quik's music is perfect for good weather and barbecues. I remember local radio used to play the hell out of Just Like Compton. But that's the only single of his I remember getting burn here

Yup.
I'll never forget record shopping 1 time, and I struck up this conversation with this broad I use to know
We was both looking at records and I was like, "I'm looking for that new Quik album..."
She was "DJ Quik? I ain't know he was still making music" Mind u, this is back in like 2000.
But yeah, Just Like Compton and Tonite got play on the radio here (VA)

 

[mobbinfms]

nikkas always loved Deathrow, Cube, CMW. We always bumped west coast shyt out here but just not him

@Marlo Barksdale whats crazy is all those areas mentioned are the burbs or close to it. But still hood than a mf. Big ass single family homes and big yards that black folks have owned since the 60s and 70s. Used to be all Jewish tho but they ran from us

I didn't listen to the interview, but the word "distributed" threw me for a loop. Is he saying his records weren't even in stores in Baltimore? That couldn't have been the case.

 

[eXodus]

nikkas always loved Deathrow, Cube, CMW. We always bumped west coast shyt out here but just not him

@Marlo Barksdale whats crazy is all those areas mentioned are the burbs or close to it. But still hood than a mf. Big ass single family homes and big yards that black folks have owned since the 60s and 70s. Used to be all Jewish tho but they ran from us

Yea, they had a tree top set where I grew up in Essex, nikkas got hit with the RICO