his song "Do today" is AMAZING!!!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...Msrl5UcEeU

DJ Quik is legendary. One of my absolute favorite rappers and hip-hop producers of all time, he is incredibly talented and a true disciple of the funk!

Along with Prince, my favourite artist of all time. (hence my username).

One thing that I absolutely love about Quik's music is his ear for a melodic and lush instrumentations. Mix that with some of the best bass grooves you will ever hear and you got a cocktail of dope music that only he could make.

Go through his discography. After that, google 'music produced by Dj Quik' and listen to everyone of them on Youtube. His production is truly outstanding.

For me, he is the best producer ever.

Pr1nceQuik said:

Along with Prince, my favourite artist of all time. (hence my username).

One thing that I absolutely love about Quik's music is his ear for a melodic and lush instrumentations. Mix that with some of the best bass grooves you will ever hear and you got a cocktail of dope music that only he could make.

Go through his discography. After that, google 'music produced by Dj Quik' and listen to everyone of them on Youtube. His production is truly outstanding.

For me, he is the best producer ever.

yeah hes great.

what do you think is his best album?

jonylawson said:

Pr1nceQuik said:

Along with Prince, my favourite artist of all time. (hence my username).

One thing that I absolutely love about Quik's music is his ear for a melodic and lush instrumentations. Mix that with some of the best bass grooves you will ever hear and you got a cocktail of dope music that only he could make.

Go through his discography. After that, google 'music produced by Dj Quik' and listen to everyone of them on Youtube. His production is truly outstanding.

For me, he is the best producer ever.

yeah hes great.

what do you think is his best album?

Rhythm al ism.

The production on that joint is outta this world.

thanks...ill give it a spin!

DJ Quik: A West Coast Legend

Quik's Groove III

Quik's Groove VII

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Love this cat's grooves................

His last record was "The Book of David" I think. It was dope like most of his discography.

Musicslave said:

His last record was "The Book of David" I think. It was dope like most of his discography.

that song he sampled the family is what got me into him

(cheers waxlyrical)

RYYTHM AL is

fantastic!!

how the fuck how have i never heard of this cat before??

Musicslave said:

His last record was "The Book of David" I think. It was dope like most of his discography.

DO TODAY is simply the best song i have heard this year

jonylawson said:

Musicslave said:

His last record was "The Book of David" I think. It was dope like most of his discography.

that song he sampled the family is what got me into him

(cheers waxlyrical)

RYYTHM AL is

fantastic!!

how the fuck how have i never heard of this cat before??

He's underrated as fck. Real music lovers appreciate his work though. He's well respected in the music industry too.

Quik's Groove 2 is DAT SH*T!!!!!!!

jonylawson said:

his song "Do today" is AMAZING!!!

Jony.......where have u been?

How did u sleep on this cat 4 so long?

Some DJ Quik gems.

There's plenty more too.

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Does anyone know if Quik plays any instruments or not? If not, this cat has a great production ear.

Graycap23 said:

jonylawson said:

his song "Do today" is AMAZING!!!

Jony.......where have u been?

How did u sleep on this cat 4 so long?

ha aye i know...

still its great when you discover new music

i got hipped to him via the waxlyrical tribute to prince on soundcloud!

jonylawson said:

Musicslave said:

His last record was "The Book of David" I think. It was dope like most of his discography.

DO TODAY is simply the best song i have heard this year

Dope song! Love the Prince shout out in the middle of it too. SOP is probably one of my favorite grooves from the purple man himself. Was this song ever a single?

jonylawson said:

Graycap23 said:

Jony.......where have u been?

How did u sleep on this cat 4 so long?

ha aye i know...

still its great when you discover new music

i got hipped to him via the waxlyrical tribute to prince on soundcloud!

I wish I could discover some new artist.

Graycap23 said:

jonylawson said:

ha aye i know...

still its great when you discover new music

i got hipped to him via the waxlyrical tribute to prince on soundcloud!

I wish I could discover some new artist.

yeah i know what you mean...

theaudience is cool to hip you to new stuff

i remember when i first got turned onto 'lady day and john coltrane'by gil and my fuckin mind was blown!!

thats why i still like this site sometimes...for threads like this

Musicslave said:

Does anyone know if Quik plays any instruments or not? If not, this cat has a great production ear.

He plays all the keyboards and does all the bass in the drum machine. He also does all the mixing and engineering on his records himself.

All the guitar work comes from his partner in crim Robert 'Fonksta' Bacon. Dope guitarist.

jonylawson said:

Musicslave said:

His last record was "The Book of David" I think. It was dope like most of his discography.

that song he sampled the family is what got me into him

(cheers waxlyrical)

RYYTHM AL is

fantastic!!

how the fuck how have i never heard of this cat before??

You probbly live outside of Cali. He gets bumped there a lot, but not so much elsewhere in the country. He's truy an underrated legend tho.

Quik is DEF someone to "discover" at any stage of one's musical adventures. He's done such great production work for others and does bomb joints on himself. There's tons of production work that he's done where he ain't even credited, but if you know him you hear him nonetheless.

In many ways he'd the ultimate OG West oastdude. He was around at the very beginning of the WC scene and for better or worse, helped form the whole G-Funk era. Check out his Underground/Red Tapes and realize that these came out in 1987!!

I came to him via his collabs w/ El DeBarge. They've done tons of work together both in the studio and on stage. Quik almost certainly will have a presence on El's upcoming album which is supposed to come out late 2013 or early 2014. Watch this space!!!

If you wanna see just how true to the funk game Quik is, you gotta check out this vid that someone did of a Soul Train line, but to his music. The original song the daners are jamming to is "Jungle Boogie". The Quik song that replaced it is "Time Iz Money" mostly performed by Big Sike. Funny thing is that Q's stuff is so funky it coulda been made in the 70s IMHO.

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DJ Quik's production on "Heartz Of Men" by 2pac is deadly funky! This joint is perfect for hardcore hip hop, soul, funk, jazz etc. The melody and rhythm is very much part of G-Funk and P-Funk in a way. Quik has never gotten the props he deserves and along with Shock G are great musicans that just happen to rap and I think that's why they have not been properly recognized. Dr. Dre may be the Quincy Jones of Hip-Hop, but in terms of musical acumen and natural talent, Quik is the MAN.

brooksie said:

jonylawson said:

that song he sampled the family is what got me into him

(cheers waxlyrical)

RYYTHM AL is

fantastic!!

how the fuck how have i never heard of this cat before??

You probbly live outside of Cali. He gets bumped there a lot, but not so much elsewhere in the country. He's truy an underrated legend tho.

yeah i live outside cali

try Newzealand

SWEEEEEEET BLACK PUSSY!!

jonylawson said:

brooksie said:

You probbly live outside of Cali. He gets bumped there a lot, but not so much elsewhere in the country. He's truy an underrated legend tho.

yeah i live outside cali

try Newzealand

Well that's DEF outside of Cali! I find that his music gets very little play outside the Westside, so even here in the US his music isn't as well known as it should be.

Have you looked into Suga Free yet? I dig him too.

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