It's May 23, 2024, 07:40:48 AM
I remember reading that part of it was because he was never officially signed to Death Row, he signed some producer contract as D. Blake or something to skirt the legality since he already had a performer contract with Profile. I think he was doing a lot of stuff for Death Row under the table and getting paid under the table and as a result, Death Row couldn't legally credit him for the stuff he was doing because he'd be breaking his current contract with Profile. He was using studio time paid for by Profile to work on stuff for Death Row, which i know isn't that unusual to use studio time to work on other projects, but still. Quik had this arrangement and at the time it benefitted him because he was getting double paid. Now 25 years later, after these songs blew up, he realized he should've went at it in a different way. You think if these songs never blew up, he'd be whining that he wasn't getting credit? No....he realized he shot himself in the foot and is now trying to get his just due. I don't fault the man for wanting his credit, but he did it in a sneaky way and now it's coming back to haunt him.
Quik ain't wrong for this . Y'all always on his ass too when he calls out the industry. Give the man the same respect you give Dre
I knew Quik had something to do with King Kunta... I could literally hear it. So obvious. Quik and Suga Free are all over that.
Quik had nothin' to do with it. "King Kunta" samples Mausberg's "Get Nekkid".
Right... but who produced Get Nekkid?
thats called sampling. and its written in credits on booklet.
Isn't sampling a part of producing?My point here is that Quik did in fact have something to do with King Kunta if that song was inspired by Get Nekkid, which was produced by DJ Quik. If A = B and B = C then A = C. That's all I'm saying. Also, Suga Free was clearly the inspiration behind Kendrick's flow on the song as well. Free spoke on that during a Vlad interview where he said, "I heard myself." None of this meant to knock Kendrick, it's just interesting to see how people reinvent beats and rhymes.
I agree, his beat was sampled and properly credited. So i don't know what more Quik wants, like every time Kendrick does an interview, he's supposed to break down and start kissing his ass and say he'd be nothing without Quik allowing him to sample his beat?Quik is a legend, and most people who know hip hop realize that. He's never going to break into mainstream, but even Dr. Dre isn't very mainstream anymore. His obsession with wanting to be like Dre is getting old, just be yourself.