One year on: DJ Quik's 'Book of David'

[BiggBoogaBiff]

It's overrated


I like some of it but it's definitely overrated.  Granted I probably haven't heard it since o5' but even from before then until then it was.  "Safe N Sound" is still Quik's best album

[doggfather]

still like it.

[rhythmalism]

Been banging it consistently since it came out. The intro is still my shit. 

[papa-smurf]

Album would of bee better if he would of put fresherthen me on there.can't believe he left that song out & I wished he would of did so compton by his self.tht beat is so classic.but book of david is cool.quik still one of the greatest

[Cavvy]

its solid but without the replay value of safe and sound

[ICHI THE KILLER]

didnt play it since last time i hear it and it was just after it dropped - disappointing album

[makaveliapostle]

i think the book of david was the best album that came out last year besides the weeknd's echos of silence.  in regards to how it holds up to the rest of his catalouge, i would say it's my third least favorite just ahead of quik is the name and way 2 funky.  i love those two albums, but i really dig the sound that quik developed during and after safe + sound.  while i do think there are some definite skippers on b.o.d. ("babylon," "poppin," etc I do think overall the album is pretty solid and quik came pretty correct on most of the other verses and beats.  "ghetto rendezvous", "flow for sale", quik's groove", "so compton", etc were really incredible production-wise.  i also think the mixing on this album is very superior and doesn't dissappoint as usual.  perhaps that is the most consistent part of this album.  but none the less, i still love this album and listen to it on a very regular basis.

[Black Excellence]

It's overrated


I like some of it but it's definitely overrated.  Granted I probably haven't heard it since o5' but even from before then until then it was.  "Safe N Sound" is still Quik's best album

'we still party' better than the whole book of david. real talk !!!!!!!

[dnjp4life]

The sequence of Nobody - Boogie Till You Conk Out - Flow For Sale - So Compton is the best sequence on any rap album ever, fuck what ya heard.

Yeah it's definitely up there  The second half of the album is when it really comes into its own. 

It's funny because the album doesn't really have a consistency in terms of an overall sound, and I usually don't like albums like that, but TBOD is an exception.
I'm not that big a fan of Babylon or the other one with Bizzy, and I suppose Hydromatic could have been left off, but these songs don't hurt the album overall. 

I wish the Groove could have been a separate track as well, I don't like having to fast-forward 3 minutes of silence to finally hear it.

[Jay_J]

i only liked "nobody"...
i respect and appreciate his work but
book of david is the worst quik album ever...

[gfunkin2]

I still bump So Compton, Nobody and Luv of my Life but that's about it. Usually Quik albums have incredible replay value. I didn't realize how great joints like "Change Da Game" or "Do I Love Her?" on B+O were for a while.

Now new "discoveries" on BoD.

[V2DHeart]

It sucks. I liked 4 tracks - So Compton, Luv of My life, nobody, and the instrumental at the end. There's a lot of skippers

Not on the level of his earlier work

[Mo-D]

Am i the only one who thinks "Do Today" is pure brilliance?

Jon B on the hook and the best summertime beat i have heard since the 90's.

Flow for Sale is also sick.

Fire and Brimstone is awesome.

Real Women is a banger.

There are some mediocre songs, like Babylon and Across the Map. Didn't feel these at all.

Overall a good album, probably 3.5/5.

It is pretty clear his fans have a certain type of Quik that they love - the "So compton", "We still party" type of vibe. An album full of these would be epic.

[Sir Petey]

This album grew on me over long car trips...has a few skippers but not a bad addition to his catalog


His music lacks something we've grown to love in DJ quik production and that is a good flute player...

[V2DHeart]

Am i the only one who thinks "Do Today" is pure brilliance?

Jon B on the hook and the best summertime beat i have heard since the 90's.

Flow for Sale is also sick.

Fire and Brimstone is awesome.

Real Women is a banger.

There are some mediocre songs, like Babylon and Across the Map. Didn't feel these at all.

Overall a good album, probably 3.5/5.

It is pretty clear his fans have a certain type of Quik that they love - the "So compton", "We still party" type of vibe. An album full of these would be epic.

Real Women, Flow for sale. I forgot about those ones. I'd include these too. Fire and brimestone, and do today are good as well, but I just found myself skipping to these 5-6 tracks everytime, comparing it to the likes of Rhythm-alism, quik is the name, balance and options or Safe & sound, it didn't really have that consistency through out the album. The good tracks are scattered, which means you can't just put it on, and leave it on. Quik built up a reputation for putting out solid work for years - albums that were Westcoast classics without ever loosing his touch, but now it seems as if he dilutes his albums and fills half of them up with either experimental garbage (see: Blaqkout) or commercially advertising music to reach out to current artists. That last part I have no issue with, as he needs to demonstrate his diversity to get work, but damn, at least bring the fans one more solid album, or just drop that double CD of lost tapes during the Safe& Sound - Balance & option era - Arguably his greatest period