That’s too bad because there has always been SO MUCH great Hip Hop by other artists out there. Some people seem to think these four are all Hip Hop ever had to offer. Dre – and who don’t want to look any further – can get kind of tiring. Trying to pitch more obscure Hip Hop titles to people who have only listened to 2Pac, Biggie, Jay-Z, and Dr. But at times it’s futile too because inevitably not everyone has the same amount of knowledge. It’s fun because it forces you to think and sometimes to re-evaluate, and it’s fun because talks with others can make you discover some great albums you otherwise might have slept on. looks like the tracks have an audio tag on them :/ just once per track but still blahīoom is nice, Words To My First Born like you said, Late Night is good too.50 Under-appreciated 1990s Hip Hop Albums: Discussing ‘ best ever’ Hip Hop albums is fun, but at the same time often a futile exercise. If you're trying to buy it im not sure but if you want the link i used i can pm you. I'm the same as you I've heard some of it. "Heard some of it but not the whole thing. words to my first born is a dope song though. It's a bootleg but I don't think I knew about it before. "has anyone heard the deathrow sessions ep?" >I think it's safe to say you and I are in agreement on allĤ. I think it's safe to say you and I are in agreement on all things quik. "agreed on press play and those girls, those are my jams" Speaking of working with Snoop, I also loved Quik's beats on "Top Dogg".ġ4. Two semi-recent Quik favorites on another artist's album were "Press Play" and "Those Gurlz" from Snoop's "Ego Trippin'". I know I really liked Rhythm-al-ism but I don't remember if I had it as classic. Maybe he did a backspin for Oprah or something." micMajestic on Common "Dude just seems like he's been chosen for some reason. I know that beat has been flipped a million times but this song is so good. Blaqkout, Do You Know?, Oh, Hey Playa, and 9 X outta 10 all got a lot of play from me that summer.ĭo You Know? Playing that in the car on a sunny, summer day. It basically went every other track for me. "yeah Blaqkout was a day 1 cop for me"Īnd it was about 50-50 as far as songs I really liked and those I didn’t care for as much.
The second half of the appeal after the beat change? fire.Ģ3. It had a couple duds but the Quik/Kurupt album had a looot of really good material as well. the Rosecrans album is pretty good though.ġ5. that album was in heavy rotation for me for a while. "yep, i go back and forth with those two albums"ĭepends on the day, and I agree book of david is great. Especially coming off the strength of "Book of David" which I thought was DAMN good.ġ3. Those are his two classics and while I feel like the majority of folks prefer Rhythm to S&S, I tend to lean S&S but would have them about close to even. >sadly though his last solo was kinda wack aside from a fewĪll of the above. “So back we go to these questions - friendship, character… ethics.” Sadly though his last solo was kinda wack aside from a few joints. i need a list of Quik's best tracks for other artists.ĭo you think Quik has had a great album? Classic album? "Heartz of Men is one of my favorite songs ever" He is such a beast behind the boards and has countless classics. Definitely during Quik's prime but possibly still now.ġ. I feel like a DJ Quik Black Milk collabo would be dope. I also like how he mostly kept things fun even if some of his lyrics would get so much blowback now-a-days. I've always enjoyed DJ Quiks beats and voice. It kind of feels to me like they were taking some angst of the west coast towards how rap was at the time and putting their spin on it while clowning it.
It reminds me off slick rick, the pharcyde, can i borrow a dollar and some late 90's cali backpack rap.
Seems like they were overflowing with ideas.
Some pretty good rough beats and concepts in it. I decided to go back and revisit his catalog. Printer-friendly copy Email this topic to a friend