DJ Quik Confirms "U Ain't Fresh" Was A Dr. Dre Diss

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DJ Quik reveals that his 2000 track "U Ain't Fresh" was actually aimed at Dr. Dre.

Although the mainstream may have never given him his just dues, DJ Quik is perhaps one of the most venerated and innovative emcees and producers to hail from the west coast. But on his recent retrospective mixtape with LA Leakers The Audio Biography Of David, the legendary Compton artist revealed that at one time, he was going for the neck of his California compatriot and "Put It On Me" collaborator Dr. Dre.

Quik explains on the outro of "Youz a Ganxta" that his 2000 song "U Ain't Fresh" was intended as a diss at the Good Doctor. He says that he felt Dre had dissed him on the Xzibit and Eminem-featured song "What's the Difference" with the line about the N.W.A. reunion, and decided to respond. Quik went on to say, however, that it was Xzibit who helped mediate and squash their feud before it could materialize.

"At this point...I was mad at Dr. Dre," confessed Quik. "I thought he dissed me on the record 'Between Me and You' when he was like, talking about a N.W.A. reunion. I thought he just shitted on me, so I let it marinate for a long time. I can't just take no diss, because at that point I was trying to work with Dre and I was sending messages to him and it was like he was ignoring them or [his] people just weren't giving him the messages, so I did this record like fuck Dr. Dre. I was really mad. I was pissed, so I was like fuck it, who gives a fuck?

"Ultimately, Xzibit told me I was wrong, like 'No man, he wasn't talking about you," he said. "That wasn't even about you.' It's not like he was shitting on me, it's just that with the whole N.W.A [reunion], because I wanted to Eazy-E's part if they had ever done an N.W.A. reunion...so X cleaned it all up and let me know I had jumped the gun and was tripping. I don't even know if Dre heard the song, this shit was probably so far under his radar that it didn't matter...but I was wrong. I ain't perfect. Then Dre...called me and we ended up working together. So I had to pout and scream like a spoiled brat and damn near diss the man to get in the studio with him. Funny how life works."

DJ Quik's Book of David is due April 19.

[V2DHeart]

This was known back when Under The Influence was released... New that he thought What's The Difference was was a direct diss to Quik though. Everyone thought it was towards someone else

[BakinSodaFree]

I thought he "dissed" MC Ren in that verse?
But then again kinda strange to put Ren on the same album

[Smackdog]

Dis is wack

[Gamestarr]

I thought he "dissed" MC Ren in that verse?
But then again kinda strange to put Ren on the same album

yeah those exact words Ive heard a lot dudes say.

but now we know

[D Breezy]

I thought he "dissed" MC Ren in that verse?
But then again kinda strange to put Ren on the same album

it was ren, supposedly ren had said somethin in an interview that dre got mad about. if u listen to the demo version of whats the difference he says "talkin like they ruthless". guess they worked it out tho cuz dre sensored the 'ruthless' part on the song and featured him on the album

[4dgspot]

U Aint Fresh is still fire.

one of the top diss songs ever

[BiggBoogaBiff]

11 years later... i still dont care... much luv and peace 2 both of em tho, they need 2 collaborate more, not battle

[awol22222]

I thought he "dissed" MC Ren in that verse?
But then again kinda strange to put Ren on the same album

it was ren, supposedly ren had said somethin in an interview that dre got mad about. if u listen to the demo version of whats the difference he says "talkin like they ruthless". guess they worked it out tho cuz dre sensored the 'ruthless' part on the song and featured him on the album

Ren would've destroyed Dre.

[Sir Petey]

dre would have just had some new hungry nigga write his verse...dre would have came out victorious.

[thegooddoc]

Imagine that Quik was jealous of somebody and dissed them.  I love his music, but it is no wonder why he could never enjoy the success of Dre.

I'm really feeling his new stuff though, and think he should stick to making good music instead of making a fool out of himself.

[Elkoizm]

Thanks for the transcript of the story he told in less than a minute on the mixtape.

[GangstaBoogy]

Who the fuck was dre talking to on "what's the difference"?

On the original he said "then I got these crab ass niggas I first blew with, claimin they non-violent talkin like they ruthless"

Was it cube?

[Jcnn13]

from what I read, MC Ren was talkin about how he was real pissed that Dre let the NWA reunion album fall apart, and so Dre got word of it, and dissed him. But sometime between when he recorded that verse, and the actual album dropped, they made up, so they censored the word "Ruthless", so that the diss was less intelligible.

[Elkoizm]

from what I read, MC Ren was talkin about how he was real pissed that Dre let the NWA reunion album fall apart, and so Dre got word of it, and dissed him. But sometime between when he recorded that verse, and the actual album dropped, they made up, so they censored the word "Ruthless", so that the diss was less intelligible.

This is probably the most accurate story.