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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: Sccit on June 21, 2016, 11:35:03 AM
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Been slappin under the influence this past couple days .. I always liked it, but I'm startin to think it's actually towards the bottom of the list. Midnight Life >
How y'all got em ranked?
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under tha influence is underrated, i like it cuz its so different from usual quik style, im glad that he tried some new things on this one also it always sounded to me very ''dre-ish'' like it could have came out on aftermath 8)
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My order (
1 Rhythm-a-lism 10/10
2 Safe Sound 9.8/10
3 Quik Is The Name 9.5/10
4 Balance and Options 9/10
5 Under The Influence 8.8/10
6 Book of David 8.5/10
7 Trauma 8/10
8 Midnight Life 7.8/10
9 Way 2 Funky 7.5/10
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under tha influence is underrated, i like it cuz its so different from usual quik style, im glad that he tried some new things on this one also it always sounded to me very ''dre-ish'' like it could have came out on aftermath 8)
Exactly .. Extremely dreesque, which is cool, but much diff than typical Quik.
I like it, but u can tell he was goin for the Dre sound a lil too much.
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1. Balance and options
2. Rhythm-al-ism
3. Book of David
4. safe and sound
5. BlaQKout (always count it even tho it's with kurupt)
6. Quik is the name
7. Trauma
8. Midnight life
9. Under the influence
10. Way 2 fonky
I mean is this even fair tho cuz these are all at least 8 out of 10 for me...there's no real "worst" album ha
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yall have way 2 fonky that low? damn...that was the first quik album i ever owned, def fux wit it over under the influence
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1. Rhythm-al-ism
2. Safe & Sound
3. Balance & Options
4. Book of David
5. Trauma
6. BlaQKout
7. Quik Is The Name
8. Midnight Life
9. Under The Influence
10. Way 2 Fonky
honestly the top 2 are basically a tie for me, I haven't bothered peeping the joint he just put out with Problem yet
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1. Balance & Options
2. Rhythm-al-ism
3. Safe + Sound
4. Way 2 Fonky
5. Book Of David
6. Quik Is The Name
7. Midnight Life
8. Blacqout
9. Under the Influence
10. Trauma
UDI & Trauma are actually the only DJ Quik Albums I do not like. I think the mastering is shit on UDI.
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1. Quik is the name
2. Safe and sound
3. Rhythm
4. Trauma
5. Balance
6. Book
7. Way 2 funky
8. Under the influence
9. Midnight life
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1. Quik Is The Name
2. Way 2 Fonky
3. Safe + Sound
4. Rhythamlism
5. Balance + Options
The rest of Quik's discography doesn't exist to me. Actually, if I had to narrow it down further, I wouldn't have a problem taking out 4 and 5.
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yall have way 2 fonky that low? damn...that was the first quik album i ever owned, def fux wit it over under the influence
It was my first quik album too I remember thinking I was the man smashing my first girl friend and playing mo pussy haha it's so hard to narrow down tho I'd have to listen to them all and really think about it I just literally love his whole discography
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I think the mastering is shit on UDI.
Yes! There's a couple joints on there towards the end where the vocals are way too low in comparison to the beat. Threw me off like a mufucka when I slapped it in the deck a couple days ago.
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yall have way 2 fonky that low? damn...that was the first quik album i ever owned, def fux wit it over under the influence
It was my first quik album too I remember thinking I was the man smashing my first girl friend and playing mo pussy haha it's so hard to narrow down tho I'd have to listen to them all and really think about it I just literally love his whole discography
True, he really don't have any bad or sub-par albums .. But way 2 fonky is towards the top for me
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yall have way 2 fonky that low? damn...that was the first quik album i ever owned, def fux wit it over under the influence
It was my first quik album too I remember thinking I was the man smashing my first girl friend and playing mo pussy haha it's so hard to narrow down tho I'd have to listen to them all and really think about it I just literally love his whole discography
True, he really don't have any bad or sub-par albums .. But way 2 fonky is towards the top for me
I feel like his first 2 were great and went with the time he made them in,same with safe and sound I just feel like after street gospel,so from 97 on he came into his own more and made music that was more experimental...way 2 fonky is dope tho it might even be better than quik is the name if we romoved the nostalgia/legacy factors and peeped them without any other knowledge cuz quiks groove 2 is pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥
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1. Rhythmalism
2. Safe & Sound
3. Book of David
4. Midnight Life
5. Balance & Options
6. Trauma
7. Under the Influence
8. Quik is the Name
9. Way 2 Fonky
Quik's first two albums are classic, but just objectively speaking, they're nowhere near as good as his music from Safe & Sound onward. Everything changed with that album. From that point forward, Quik became much more consistent.
I'd consider ranking Book of David above Safe & Sound. Sonically, BOD is the far superior album, but I just love Somethin 4 The Mood and Summer Breeze so much.
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BEST 1. DJ Quik - "Safe & Sound"
(https://escobar300.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/safe-sounddj-quik.jpg)
BEST 2. DJ Quik - "Quik Is The Name"
(http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/c_limit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_680/baohaymsykqke5a5cjl6.jpg)
BEST 3. Penthouse Players Clique - "Paid The Cost"
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/Paid_The_Cost.jpg)
BEST 4. DJ Quik - "Way 2 Fonky"
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Wm5H75m6zhE/TM8tfmIRDiI/AAAAAAAAAoM/ySo0pzmLO34/s1600/zjw2f7.jpg)
BEST 5. Suga Free - "Street Gospel"
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_yYLI1QmgaTk/S7Y3sIO9_VI/AAAAAAAADGc/hgCBar5CpnM/s1600/Sf.jpg)
WORST ? DJ Quik - "The Midnight Life"
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Awesome how much love Balance and Options still gets. I think it's one of his best as well, yet every time Quik mentions that album, he talks like it's his worst one and he just threw together a bunch of junk to satisfy Arista so he could fulfill his contract and get off the label.
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1. Safe + Sound
2. Balance & Options
3. Rhythm-al-ism
4. Quik Is The Name
^ Those are classics.
5. Trauma (different from quik's usual style, but amazing album)
6. The Midnight Life (unaspected comeback)
7. Way 2 Fonky
8. The Book of David (I listen to "Nobody" almost everyday, but overall not that great)
9. Under The Influence (it needed "Swallow Me", some great songs but this is my least favorite)
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safe n sound
balance n options
rhythmalism
way 2 fonky
quik is the name
under the influence
trauma
midnight life
book of david
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1. Safe + Sound
2. Rhythm-al-ism
3. The Book of David
4. BlaQKout
5. The Midnight Life
6. Quik is the Name
7. Way 2 Fonky
The last two are good albums but do sound a bit dated now, and I don't listen to them as often as the others. They could do with being digitally remastered and released again. Quik's other three solo albums I haven't checked out yet.
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I think the mastering is shit on UDI.
Yes! There's a couple joints on there towards the end where the vocals are way too low in comparison to the beat. Threw me off like a mufucka when I slapped it in the deck a couple days ago.
I've always thought the same & never been able to get into this album as much because of the mastering. Wasn't it said it was done on purpose to get that "analog" sound?
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I think the mastering is shit on UDI.
Yes! There's a couple joints on there towards the end where the vocals are way too low in comparison to the beat. Threw me off like a mufucka when I slapped it in the deck a couple days ago.
I've always thought the same & never been able to get into this album as much because of the mastering. Wasn't it said it was done on purpose to get that "analog" sound?
Bumpin one on one right now, the vocals are low as shit on that 1, woulda been an impeccable joint if not for that .. That's the diff between Dre n Quik, Dre would never let that happen. Bass drownin out the vocals. Sex crimee too, but not as bad .. Most the joints are on point tho.
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I think the mastering is shit on UDI.
Yes! There's a couple joints on there towards the end where the vocals are way too low in comparison to the beat. Threw me off like a mufucka when I slapped it in the deck a couple days ago.
I've always thought the same & never been able to get into this album as much because of the mastering. Wasn't it said it was done on purpose to get that "analog" sound?
Bumpin one on one right now, the vocals are low as shit on that 1, woulda been an impeccable joint if not for that .. That's the diff between Dre n Quik, Dre would never let that happen. Bass drownin out the vocals. Sex crimee too, but not as bad .. Most the joints are on point tho.
This was easily quiks darkest album based on overall mood of the album and the time period in his life...the difference between "well" and "oh well" signifies that so who knows what kind of vision he had for this project... Dre with the production feature is another example especially when 2 years earlier he said "I never put my name on a track that wasn't mine" it's like "oh well" was the feel of the album
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I think the mastering is shit on UDI.
Yes! There's a couple joints on there towards the end where the vocals are way too low in comparison to the beat. Threw me off like a mufucka when I slapped it in the deck a couple days ago.
I've always thought the same & never been able to get into this album as much because of the mastering. Wasn't it said it was done on purpose to get that "analog" sound?
yeah there was somethin about quik mixing this whole record in some spectial way. it was nice change from his typical smooth laid back production style, he went and play with more dynamic ''bigger'' sound on this one and it came out great, at least for me. i dont see it as his most ''dark'' record matter of fact i think that him wanting to experiment with new things just shows it was the time when he got his passion for music back after mausberg death, label fuckin up ''non-ficion'' release and problems with arista (2000-2001). when he hooked back with dre it put him in more positive space away from all the bullshit. oh and uti was recorded in ny like he really wanted to get away from all negative shit that was going on at this time and clear his head
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1. Safe + Sound - the Death Row sound is my favorite sound in hip hop history, and this is his most Death Row-sounding album, so put two and two together...
2. Quik is the Name - Really enjoyable, can be listened to straight through with no skipping, sounds a little dated these days, but has nostalgia going for it, is a little short, too
3. Rythmalism - A very colorful album, probably Quick's most trademark album as far as being able to use it to pinpoint what Quik's core sound is, the subject matter gets a little monotonous after awhile tbh
Honestly, the rest are a blur and I haven't listened to all his albums tbh. I wouldn't say I'm a hardcore fan by any means, especially once you get deep into his career. I'm from New Jersey, and his sound never truly translated over to the East.
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I think the mastering is shit on UDI.
Yes! There's a couple joints on there towards the end where the vocals are way too low in comparison to the beat. Threw me off like a mufucka when I slapped it in the deck a couple days ago.
I've always thought the same & never been able to get into this album as much because of the mastering. Wasn't it said it was done on purpose to get that "analog" sound?
yeah there was somethin about quik mixing this whole record in some spectial way. it was nice change from his typical smooth laid back production style, he went and play with more dynamic ''bigger'' sound on this one and it came out great, at least for me. i dont see it as his most ''dark'' record matter of fact i think that him wanting to experiment with new things just shows it was the time when he got his passion for music back after mausberg death, label fuckin up ''non-ficion'' release and problems with arista (2000-2001). when he hooked back with dre it put him in more positive space away from all the bullshit. oh and uti was recorded in ny like he really wanted to get away from all negative shit that was going on at this time and clear his head
Interesting about it bein recorded in New York .. Def has a less smooth feel to it than most his other work
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NEWS: Rosecrans: The Album is in Brian "Big Bass" Gardner hands!
Mastering.....
It's gonna be a hot summer!
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NEWS: Rosecrans: The Album is in Brian "Big Bass" Gardner hands!
Mastering.....
It's gonna be a hot summer!
Are you saying it's almost done?
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NEWS: Rosecrans: The Album is in Brian "Big Bass" Gardner hands!
Mastering.....
It's gonna be a hot summer!
Are you saying it's almost done?
yeaH .
it's done
this rosecrans album probably will be that scrapped "The Recipe EP" + the new recent tracks post Rosecrans
i'll make a topic about this...
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1. Quik Is The Name
2. Balance and Options
3. Safe & Sound
4. Rhythm-al-ism
5. Way 2 Fonky
6. Book of David
7. Blaqkout
8. Under The Influence
9. Trauma
10. Midnight Life
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if we're taking liberties with what constitues a quik album, then:
1. Rhythmalism
2. Safe and Sound
3. Balance and Options
4. Street Gospel
5. Under the Influence
6. Classic 220
7. Book of David
8. Blaqkout
9. Way 2 Funky
10. Trauma
11. Quik Is the Name
12. Second II None
13. Midnight Life (Fixxers version)
14. Midnight Life
strictly albums under quik's name:
1. Rhythmalism
2. Safe and Sound
3. Balance and Options
4. Under the Influence
5. Book of David
6. Way 2 Funky
7. Trauma
8. Quik Is the Name
9. Midnight Life
my top three can alternate depending on mood/time of day/season, but most often they end up in that order. definitely think those albums are on a whole nother level; quik at his peak. UTI is more remenicent sonically of those three albums than any of his others imo, hence it's high ranking. i too find it interesting that quik doesn't think much of b&o. he recently said in an interview that back when he was making the record, he saw it as an album where "nobody was watching," inferring he didn't put much effort into it and didn't think highly of it. i couldn't disagree more. midnight life would fit that category moreso than any other. great thread btw 8)
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if we're taking liberties with what constitues a quik album, then:
1. Rhythmalism
2. Safe and Sound
3. Balance and Options
4. Street Gospel
5. Under the Influence
6. Classic 220
7. Book of David
8. Blaqkout
9. Way 2 Funky
10. Trauma
11. Quik Is the Name
12. Second II None
13. Midnight Life (Fixxers version)
14. Midnight Life
strictly albums under quik's name:
1. Rhythmalism
2. Safe and Sound
3. Balance and Options
4. Under the Influence
5. Book of David
6. Way 2 Funky
7. Trauma
8. Quik Is the Name
9. Midnight Life
my top three can alternate depending on mood/time of day/season, but most often they end up in that order. definitely think those albums are on a whole nother level; quik at his peak. UTI is more remenicent sonically of those three albums than any of his others imo, hence it's high ranking. i too find it interesting that quik doesn't think much of b&o. he recently said in an interview that back when he was making the record, he saw it as an album where "nobody was watching," inferring he didn't put much effort into it and didn't think highly of it. i couldn't disagree more. midnight life would fit that category moreso than any other. great thread btw 8)
Balance and options is my favorite quik album so I strongly disagree with him,always have....he gets too apprehensive and critical about his music I think he's better when he says fuck it and drops whatever he comes up with ✊🏼