DJ Quik interview on NPR's Microphone Check series

[CHUCK KNOXXX]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/microphonecheck/2015/01/30/381979701/dj-quik-flamboyant-every-now-and-then?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20150130

After 24 years in the music business, the producer and rapper from Compton, Calif., knows what's going on. He told Microphone Check studio secrets, a Rick James story, and all about the funk.

"You gotta get funky to make records that give people the frown face when they hear it," he says. "You know, George Clinton-style. That's what George and them used to do. George and them didn't bathe. So I started doing that. ... It's a different attitude when you go in the studio all fastidious and clean. You don't want to get down. Like, 'Hey. Look at my watch. My shoes are white. I'm not gon' party.' You know what I mean? 'I ain't finna write no song. I'm finna take some pictures of me.' You know, that's them days. But we was in there getting stinky. And it got on the music."

https://soundcloud.com/npr-microphone-check/dj-quik-x-npr

[bigpimpin20]

great interview thanks

[bouli77]

Wow I just read James's autobiography a week ago (brilliant) and I was looking for a QUik interview about his Rick James collabo and couldn't find anything and here it is. RHaven't read the whole interview but it seems like a great read. Thanks for posting it man.

[Mr. Theo]

Definitely, the best DJ Quik interview ever!! 1:35 hr of REAL TALK!! no bullshitt!!

Waiting on that DJ Quik TV One's Unsung Episode . . .

They are filming this ...cameos by El Debarge, Suga Free, Hi-C and more..stay tuned !!!!

[bouli77]

Definitely, the best DJ Quik interview ever!! 1:35 hr of REAL TALK!! no bullshitt!!

Waiting on that DJ Quik TV One's Unsung Episode . . .

They are filming this ...cameos by El Debarge, Suga Free, Hi-C and more..stay tuned !!!!

oh yeah ? that's great but Unsung has really declined in quality. they used to make hour long quality documentaries, but nowadays it's down to barely 30 minutes and they're not very thorough in the way they cover the artists' careers. plus a lot of the artists they chose aren't really "unsung". they fucked up big time with Too Short's unsung. Rick James's unsung was alright but not very thorough either and they didn't interview a lot of people, I wish they reached out to Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Eddie Murphy, Berry Gordy, and touched on his influence on rap with Hammer, Snoop, Quik, 4 Tay, etc.

they should do a E-40 unsung as well but their rap knowledge seems limited. I preferred when they stuck to R&B/Funk acts like LeVert, ConFunkShun or Zapp. Three of my favorite episodes.

[Mr. Theo]

Definitely, the best DJ Quik interview ever!! 1:35 hr of REAL TALK!! no bullshitt!!

Waiting on that DJ Quik TV One's Unsung Episode . . .

They are filming this ...cameos by El Debarge, Suga Free, Hi-C and more..stay tuned !!!!

oh yeah ? that's great but Unsung has really declined in quality. they used to make hour long quality documentaries, but nowadays it's down to barely 30 minutes and they're not very thorough in the way they cover the artists' careers. plus a lot of the artists they chose aren't really "unsung". they fucked up big time with Too Short's unsung. Rick James's unsung was alright but not very thorough either and they didn't interview a lot of people, I wish they reached out to Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Eddie Murphy, Berry Gordy, and touched on his influence on rap with Hammer, Snoop, Quik, 4 Tay, etc.

they should do a E-40 unsung as well but their rap knowledge seems limited. I preferred when they stuck to R&B/Funk acts like LeVert, ConFunkShun or Zapp. Three of my favorite episodes.

That Zapp episode 

[doggfather]

great interview thanks

[Matty]

cheers always love to hear in-depth quik interviews. dude is full of interesting insights

seems like he was involved in busta's 'get you some'. likely the drum sounds - he says where the snare comes from and uses the same samples on 'that niggaz crazy'

[bigpimpin20]

anybody who liked that interview will love this one from couple mounths ago ---> https://soundcloud.com/bullseye-with-jesse-thorn/dj-quik (in case anybody have missed it)

[Matty]

anybody who liked that interview will love this one from couple mounths ago ---> https://soundcloud.com/bullseye-with-jesse-thorn/dj-quik (in case anybody have missed it)

good lookin

more cool info about his drum loop (that one we all know) from the late 90s is also on that 'shackles' joint from 'mary mary'. never even realised and everyone knows that track. again the producer is warryn 'baby dubb' campbell who worked with quik and also used those drums on other records.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/EmKt-EqGJyc" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/EmKt-EqGJyc</a>

[Mr. Theo]

SIDENOTE: Lil' David told me, his album will drop B4 the summer .

David Sr. is on the album too!

New Music!!

[AlerG]

Great interview!!

[makaveliapostle]

thanks for the post.  can't wait to listen to it!!!

[MOBNigga06]

SIDENOTE: Lil' David told me, his album will drop B4 the summer .

David Sr. is on the album too!

New Music!!

Dope news to hear, thanks Mr. Theo for the insider exclusives. I think a full album from him should have a few dope tracks on it. The production at least will be super clean.

[Mr. Theo]

Some good points in this NPR interview

- Quik practiced talk box for 2 years..with the approval of Roger.

- Quik involvement on that 2006 Busta album..is greater than we realize.

- DJ Quik mixed the "Get Involved" track ..Quik have a pass on that Saadiq studio in LA (Remember my Midnight Love,What They Do theory)

- A possible G1 beef at the end of the interview.

- "That's Niggaz Crazy" wasn't badly mixed, was mixed, just to be distorted, purposely.