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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: GangstaBoogy on April 06, 2008, 09:31:33 PM
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He did "Cut Throat" for Young Joc. "Press Play for Snoop. And "Where You At" for Ray-J. None of them have the usual sounds we expect from Quik but they're still dope and somewhat refreshing (I like "Cut Throat" the best).
What do you think of em?
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to be honest not really feeling the ray-j one and cut throat too much. press play was dope though - amazing mixing! more like that please quik. we really need to hear more to know where quiks sound is at right now though...
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honestly havent been feelin his work lately!
which is why I think the west is at all time low
member when he did addictive, put it on me, shit was crackin, now wut???
he releases a wacc album compared to the heat on unda tha influence!
that can you werk wit dat is wacc!
last pieces I was feelin from him was
addictive (one of the best traccs Ive ever heard and hes ever made IMO)
put it on me (that album was bangin)
heres what they think of you (if he made that)
but this new shit is wacc, beyond wacc, and nah the west cant werk wit dat!
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Quik's always been a versatile producer who fucks around with different kinds of sound.
He's successfully branched out to R & B, flipping even disco tunes to perfection.
I can't say I'm feeling the new shit he's been coming out with though.
Tracks like "Can U Werk That" failed to grow on me. Same for "So Good".
The only track that stands out from recent tracks would be that "Worldwide AM" on Midnite Life.
I guess I would need a complete album of his new shit to judge the new direction he is headed to.
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Cut Throat - dope. Sounds like an evolution of the Trauma sound.
Smoke II Much - same
Worldwide AM - BANGER! He needs to take this track for himself, rework it slightly, and make it a single. I can't stand three verses of AMG even over a beat like this
Press Play - more traditional sample flipping than we usually hear from Quik, but it sounds amazing
Ray J track - meh. not bad, but its missing something to set it apart. sounds unfinished.
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I like them all, why not
it's not typical shit, it's good to hear shit from artists regardless
they're good beats, Quik usually can't do wrong with a track
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its not quik´s style but its ok.cant fuck with the old shit tho.
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Is his track on X's new album included? Ram Part Division was it called? Oh yeah and his remix of Rage Against The Machine's Guerilla Radio. That shit was haaaaaaaaaaaarsh!
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Is his track on X's new album included? Ram Part Division was it called? Oh yeah and his remix of Rage Against The Machine's Guerilla Radio. That shit was haaaaaaaaaaaarsh!
Dre did "Put it On Me" whoever said quik did. Can someone show me where it says Quik did WOrldwide AM too? i heard he did Doe and AMG did worldwide am.
Can you please hook up the Rage against the Machine remix...never heard that and sounds interesting? thanks
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oh yeah the xzibit track knocked, dirty bass! as for the fixxers tracks, quik said it was mostly an AMG project and i presume that most the tracks were produced by AMG. quik most probably co-produced some of it though eg. can u werk with that (lended instruments/helped with arrangement and mixing - generally made shit sound dope). there were never any credits though...
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"Press Play"i a fuckin' classic beat!
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he's creative,and alot of fans want to hear the same shit over and over 100 times, even if i don't braille a quik production,i give the equal his props cause he experiments and is always serching to come different, fucc sticc'n to the script, only in hip hop do people do the same old tired shit over and over again,ME PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE QUIK WORK WITH OUTKAST OR A MOS DEF SO HE CAN REALLY COME WITH SOME NEW SHIT,MOST CATS OUT HERE STICC TO CLOSE TO THE SCRIPT JUST KEEP'N IT NETWORTH YELL
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I donno, I have heard most of Quik's tracks since 2005, and I haven't felt em too much. The ones y'all mention are definitely decent beats...but just because it's Quik, who's my favorite producer, doesn't mean I automatically like it. Problem is...people always say "fans never give producers a chance to change...they can't stay doing the same thing over and over, they have to evolve, you have to give them credit" but that's not the problem at all. I could care less if Quik changed his style to sound like DJ Premier or even Lil Jon...if it's dope, it's still dope, regardless. I just think that with these songs, especially the ones that he aims to have a down south style, he fails to sound as dope as the dopest down south producers.
When I hear "Can u werk with that" and "Cut throat" I say ok, these are decent beats...but it attempts to sound like the major hits in the south, with some of those major hits having MUCH BETTER beats than these. I am not talkin about "Laffy taffy" B.S...but tracks like USDA "White girl" T.I. "What you know about that" and "I'm so hood" have a strong energy to them that makes them much better than Quik's tracks. So in my opinion...I will never like a song more just because my favorite artist did it...and I love hearing them try something different, but it still has to be ahead of the game.
Maybe it's because I've been in the south for 5-6 years, and I hear so much of their music, I can judge how dope a good Down South beat is. I think Quik's tracks are decent/good, but they only stand out to us because we are fans of West Coast music. Most people in the south wouldn't be on these tracks nearly as hard.
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I donno, I have heard most of Quik's tracks since 2005, and I haven't felt em too much. The ones y'all mention are definitely decent beats...but just because it's Quik, who's my favorite producer, doesn't mean I automatically like it. Problem is...people always say "fans never give producers a chance to change...they can't stay doing the same thing over and over, they have to evolve, you have to give them credit" but that's not the problem at all. I could care less if Quik changed his style to sound like DJ Premier or even Lil Jon...if it's dope, it's still dope, regardless. I just think that with these songs, especially the ones that he aims to have a down south style, he fails to sound as dope as the dopest down south producers.
When I hear "Can u werk with that" and "Cut throat" I say ok, these are decent beats...but it attempts to sound like the major hits in the south, with some of those major hits having MUCH BETTER beats than these. I am not talkin about "Laffy taffy" B.S...but tracks like USDA "White girl" T.I. "What you know about that" and "I'm so hood" have a strong energy to them that makes them much better than Quik's tracks. So in my opinion...I will never like a song more just because my favorite artist did it...and I love hearing them try something different, but it still has to be ahead of the game.
Maybe it's because I've been in the south for 5-6 years, and I hear so much of their music, I can judge how dope a good Down South beat is. I think Quik's tracks are decent/good, but they only stand out to us because we are fans of West Coast music. Most people in the south wouldn't be on these tracks nearly as hard.
i can dig that my equal yell
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I agree with the press play jam, but he needs to stay away from that south bullshit
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I donno, I have heard most of Quik's tracks since 2005, and I haven't felt em too much. The ones y'all mention are definitely decent beats...but just because it's Quik, who's my favorite producer, doesn't mean I automatically like it. Problem is...people always say "fans never give producers a chance to change...they can't stay doing the same thing over and over, they have to evolve, you have to give them credit" but that's not the problem at all. I could care less if Quik changed his style to sound like DJ Premier or even Lil Jon...if it's dope, it's still dope, regardless. I just think that with these songs, especially the ones that he aims to have a down south style, he fails to sound as dope as the dopest down south producers.
When I hear "Can u werk with that" and "Cut throat" I say ok, these are decent beats...but it attempts to sound like the major hits in the south, with some of those major hits having MUCH BETTER beats than these. I am not talkin about "Laffy taffy" B.S...but tracks like USDA "White girl" T.I. "What you know about that" and "I'm so hood" have a strong energy to them that makes them much better than Quik's tracks. So in my opinion...I will never like a song more just because my favorite artist did it...and I love hearing them try something different, but it still has to be ahead of the game.
Maybe it's because I've been in the south for 5-6 years, and I hear so much of their music, I can judge how dope a good Down South beat is. I think Quik's tracks are decent/good, but they only stand out to us because we are fans of West Coast music. Most people in the south wouldn't be on these tracks nearly as hard.
Cut Throat sounds westcoast as fuck to me. if it wasnt given to joc im sure we woulda got a tighter song out of it
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that ray j tracks pretty crap... press play is awesome and that cu throattrack is OK... pretty hard beat but doesnt have a wow factor like press play..
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I donno, I have heard most of Quik's tracks since 2005, and I haven't felt em too much. The ones y'all mention are definitely decent beats...but just because it's Quik, who's my favorite producer, doesn't mean I automatically like it. Problem is...people always say "fans never give producers a chance to change...they can't stay doing the same thing over and over, they have to evolve, you have to give them credit" but that's not the problem at all. I could care less if Quik changed his style to sound like DJ Premier or even Lil Jon...if it's dope, it's still dope, regardless. I just think that with these songs, especially the ones that he aims to have a down south style, he fails to sound as dope as the dopest down south producers.
When I hear "Can u werk with that" and "Cut throat" I say ok, these are decent beats...but it attempts to sound like the major hits in the south, with some of those major hits having MUCH BETTER beats than these. I am not talkin about "Laffy taffy" B.S...but tracks like USDA "White girl" T.I. "What you know about that" and "I'm so hood" have a strong energy to them that makes them much better than Quik's tracks. So in my opinion...I will never like a song more just because my favorite artist did it...and I love hearing them try something different, but it still has to be ahead of the game.
Maybe it's because I've been in the south for 5-6 years, and I hear so much of their music, I can judge how dope a good Down South beat is. I think Quik's tracks are decent/good, but they only stand out to us because we are fans of West Coast music. Most people in the south wouldn't be on these tracks nearly as hard.
Cut Throat sounds westcoast as fuck to me. if it wasnt given to joc im sure we woulda got a tighter song out of it
The elements in there may be West Coast, but it was definitely a typical down south tempo. I would even say it may have that Midwest sound that Twista and Bone used to get on back in the 90's.
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I donno, I have heard most of Quik's tracks since 2005, and I haven't felt em too much. The ones y'all mention are definitely decent beats...but just because it's Quik, who's my favorite producer, doesn't mean I automatically like it. Problem is...people always say "fans never give producers a chance to change...they can't stay doing the same thing over and over, they have to evolve, you have to give them credit" but that's not the problem at all. I could care less if Quik changed his style to sound like DJ Premier or even Lil Jon...if it's dope, it's still dope, regardless. I just think that with these songs, especially the ones that he aims to have a down south style, he fails to sound as dope as the dopest down south producers.
When I hear "Can u werk with that" and "Cut throat" I say ok, these are decent beats...but it attempts to sound like the major hits in the south, with some of those major hits having MUCH BETTER beats than these. I am not talkin about "Laffy taffy" B.S...but tracks like USDA "White girl" T.I. "What you know about that" and "I'm so hood" have a strong energy to them that makes them much better than Quik's tracks. So in my opinion...I will never like a song more just because my favorite artist did it...and I love hearing them try something different, but it still has to be ahead of the game.
Maybe it's because I've been in the south for 5-6 years, and I hear so much of their music, I can judge how dope a good Down South beat is. I think Quik's tracks are decent/good, but they only stand out to us because we are fans of West Coast music. Most people in the south wouldn't be on these tracks nearly as hard.
Cut Throat sounds westcoast as fuck to me. if it wasnt given to joc im sure we woulda got a tighter song out of it
The elements in there may be West Coast, but it was definitely a typical down south tempo. I would even say it may have that Midwest sound that Twista and Bone used to get on back in the 90's.
Can a tempo really be attributed to a specific coast?
by the by, I always thought alot of bone and twista's stuff sounded influenced by the westcoast sound at the time... traxter's sound was really different from no ID and other chi town producers
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"Cut Throat" was fuckin great, even though it doesn't sound like an Quik beat.
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it sounds similar to his loyal to the game remix beat. it reminds me alot of some of his trauma stuff as far as mood
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I donno, I have heard most of Quik's tracks since 2005, and I haven't felt em too much. The ones y'all mention are definitely decent beats...but just because it's Quik, who's my favorite producer, doesn't mean I automatically like it. Problem is...people always say "fans never give producers a chance to change...they can't stay doing the same thing over and over, they have to evolve, you have to give them credit" but that's not the problem at all. I could care less if Quik changed his style to sound like DJ Premier or even Lil Jon...if it's dope, it's still dope, regardless. I just think that with these songs, especially the ones that he aims to have a down south style, he fails to sound as dope as the dopest down south producers.
When I hear "Can u werk with that" and "Cut throat" I say ok, these are decent beats...but it attempts to sound like the major hits in the south, with some of those major hits having MUCH BETTER beats than these. I am not talkin about "Laffy taffy" B.S...but tracks like USDA "White girl" T.I. "What you know about that" and "I'm so hood" have a strong energy to them that makes them much better than Quik's tracks. So in my opinion...I will never like a song more just because my favorite artist did it...and I love hearing them try something different, but it still has to be ahead of the game.
Maybe it's because I've been in the south for 5-6 years, and I hear so much of their music, I can judge how dope a good Down South beat is. I think Quik's tracks are decent/good, but they only stand out to us because we are fans of West Coast music. Most people in the south wouldn't be on these tracks nearly as hard.
Cut Throat sounds westcoast as fuck to me. if it wasnt given to joc im sure we woulda got a tighter song out of it
The elements in there may be West Coast, but it was definitely a typical down south tempo. I would even say it may have that Midwest sound that Twista and Bone used to get on back in the 90's.
Can a tempo really be attributed to a specific coast?
by the by, I always thought alot of bone and twista's stuff sounded influenced by the westcoast sound at the time... traxter's sound was really different from no ID and other chi town producers
Being a producer and DJ...it can to an extent. Tempo has a lot to do with the feel of a song, along with the instrumentation and all of that...so it makes it obvious that someone is attempting a particular style if they use certain elements and use a certain BPM. I do think the elements in "Cut throat" do sound more West than the usual down south song, but it definitely had the typical down south tempo and bounce to it. Swizz Beatz "Money in the bank" had a regular tempo that could be seen as East, West, or even South to an extent...but the elements in there were of a straight hyphy beat.
I don't want anybody to think I'm knockin him for doin this style of beat, either...that's not at all what I'm saying. I just think it's obvious that he was going for a down south style track, or at least a track that a south artist could sound comfortable on. It's a solid beat, but it just ain't f'kin with the best beats I've heard in the south.
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Quik is the shit... he produced a platinum album on himself at the age of 19. Name anybody else who did this, in any genre.
I dig all of his new stuff, although that Ray J track was predictable. My top Quik tracks are as follows (in no special order):
Tonight
Rip your girl
safe and sound
something for the mood
dollar and sense
we still party
bombud 2
youz a gansta
the whole fucking balance and options
ladies and thugs
jet set
world wide am
Cant forget:
Up in da club (musically the shit, lyrically shitty)
Addictive
I'm not really looking (that is the equivalent to R. Kelly's Step in the name of love)
there she goes
loyal to the game
john doe
well
I'm curious to know what happened to the track he did with korn/suga ray/ etc.
I'm also waiting for homeboy to start a fucking band!!!!!!
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Quik is the shit... he produced a platinum album on himself at the age of 19. Name anybody else who did this, in any genre.
I dig all of his new stuff, although that Ray J track was predictable. My top Quik tracks are as follows (in no special order):
Tonight
Rip your girl
safe and sound
something for the mood
dollar and sense
we still party
bombud 2
youz a gansta
the whole fucking balance and options
ladies and thugs
jet set
world wide am
Cant forget:
Up in da club (musically the shit, lyrically shitty)
Addictive
I'm not really looking (that is the equivalent to R. Kelly's Step in the name of love)
there she goes
loyal to the game
john doe
well
I'm curious to know what happened to the track he did with korn/suga ray/ etc.
I'm also waiting for homeboy to start a fucking band!!!!!!
I thought I was the only one who was feelin "I'm not really lookin" like that....I bought Truth Hurts album because of that song, definitely not because of Addictive. I still bump it from time to time...when I come back to L.A., I might try to get that into club rotation if people respond to it right.
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In my opinion "I'm not really lookin" is one of best Quik's production!!!!
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yeah man,
The song is the shit... Bassline is crazy a fuck, rhythm guitar sweet, other acoustics are warm, keys are just right for the song.
I had the instrumental to this and would put that on repeat for hours. They fucked up by not making it a follow up single.
I would love to hear some more of this type of production from Quik. It's a timeless song. I'm going to bump it right now.
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quik is the best
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Quik is the shit... he produced a platinum album on himself at the age of 19. Name anybody else who did this, in any genre.
Jermaine Dupri did
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very underated....i fucks wit quik
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i love all of DJ Quik's recent productions, especially "where you at"