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Bio From All Music Guide
While practically still a teenager, Quik began his rap career at the dawn of the '90s in Compton, CA, where he was born and raised alongside Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Eiht, Above the Law, and numerous other Los Angeles rap artists. Like many of these peers, he recorded for Priority Records. His debut, Quik Is The Name (1991), launched his career well, spawning two sizable hit singles: "Born and Raised in Compton" and "Tonight." The two songs charted Top 20 on Billboard's R&B chart, the latter even charting pop. The hits drove his album into the Top Ten on the album chart and Quik suddenly rose to the top of the rap industry at a very young age.
Unfortunately, his success went downhill from there. Quik released several successive albums throughout the '90s, but none of them came close to matching the success of his debut. By the early 2000s, most of his initial fans had long abandoned him and his releases became increasingly rare. Many criticized him for being formulaic, while others for lightening his style. Arista finally dropped him following the lukewarm reception given to his Balance & Options album (2000).
Despite these struggles, Quik excelled as a producer. Songs like "Buck Bounce" (Eightball & MJG, 2001) and "Addictive" (Truth Hurts featuring Rakim, 2002) became huge hits and Quik reclaimed much of the success that had long evaded him in the late '90s. He readied a comeback album, Under Tha Influence, and began working with a variety of collaborators, most notably Dr. Dre. Furthermore, he abandoned his longtime West Coast style for a more unique sound that was very much his own. - Jason Birchmeier
Official Sites: DJ Quik & The Fixxers
DJ Quik - Quik Is The Name
DJ Quik - Way 2 Fonky
DJ Quik - Safe + Sound
DJ Quik - Rhythm-al-ism
DJ Quik - Balance & Options
DJ Quik - Under Tha Influence
DJ Quik - Break Bread
Dj Quik - The Best Of DJ Quik: Da Finalé
DJ Quik - The Red Tape: Volume 1
DJ Quik - The Trauma Mixtape
DJ Quik - The Trauma Mixtape Version 2
DJ Quik - Trauma
DJ Quik - Visualism (DVD)
Best Of Rap City
Big Syke - Big Syke Daddy
Butch Cassidy - High
Chamillionaire - Ridin' (West Coast Remix) (Single)
Chronic 2000: Still Smokin'
Crooked I - Evolution Of A Boss Mixtape
Damizza Presents Baby Ree Mixtape Vol. III
Death Row Uncut (DVD)
DJ Jam Presents WBALLZ 187.4 FM Vol 1
Do Or Die - D.O.D.
8Ball & MJG - Space Age 4 Eva
Gang Tapes
Gap Band - Funkin' 'Till Y2K Comz
Hi-C - Skanless
Hi-C - Hi-Life Hustle
The Hit List
Jadakiss - Kiss Of Death
Julio G - Westside Radio Vol. 3
King T - Thy Kingdom Come
King T - The Ruthless Chronicles
The Konnectid Project
Kurupt - Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey
Talib Kweli - Quality
L.B.C. Crew - Long Beach 2 Compton Mixtape
Life
Ludacris - Red Light District
Mausberg - Non-Fiction
Menace II Society
Murder Was The Case
Nate Dogg
The N.W.A. Legacy Volume 1: 1988-1998
O.G. Daddy V Presents Compton’s Finest Mixtape Volume 1
Penthouse Players Clique - Paid The Cost
Pure Soul
Put Yourself Out - Grand Theft Audio 2
Raphael Saadiq - All Hits At The House Of Blues
Erick Sermon - Def Squad Presents Erick Onasis
2nd II None
2nd II None - Classic 220
2nd II None - The Shit
Soundbombing III
Suga Free - Street Gospel
Suga Free - The Features
Suga Free - The Features Volume 2
Suga Free - Why U Bullshittin' (Thug Radio Mixtape)
This That Gangsta Thug Shit
Thug Radio Mixtape 14: Ridin'
Thug Radio Mixtape 15: Hard As Steel
Thug Radio Mixtape 18: Raw Shit
Tony! Toni! Toné! - House Of Music
Tony! Toni! Toné! - Hits
TQ - Better Days (Single)
Training Day
Truth Hurts - Truthfully Speaking
2Pac - Loyal To The Game
2Pac - Loyal To The Game (Bonus Tracks Promo)
2Pac - The O.G. Project
2Pac - Rare & Unreleased
Christopher Williams - Real Men Do
Xzibit - Restless
Xzibit - Full Circle
Like many of his West Coast gangsta peers in the early '90s, DJ Quik's career began wonderfully before slowly descending with each passing year. In 1991, when a 20-year-old Quik debuted on Priority Records, West Coast gangsta rap reigned and his label controlled the rap industry. These factors, coupled with Quik's production abilities, resulted in a very successful debut album, Quik Is The Name. The album did well on the charts and won favor on the streets. Quik had become one of the rap industry's most promising talents. Like Dr. Dre, he embodied everything that characterized West Coast gangsta rap and he could both write, rap, and produce his own albums. By the late-'90s though, when gangsta rap fell out of favor and Quik's albums began to sound increasingly predictable, many tagged the artist as a has-been, something that had happened to most early-'90s gangsta rappers. Rather than retire, Quik turned to production and reclaimed some of the glory he had experienced in the early '90s. He produced songs for such artists as Kurupt ("Can't Go Wrong"), Xzibit ("Sorry I'm Away So Much"), Eightball & MJG ("Buck Bounce"), and Truth Hurts ("Addictive"), with several songs being sizable hits.
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