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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: dnjp4life on May 06, 2012, 09:37:15 AM
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So it's been roughly a year since The Book of David came out, and now that it's had some time to sink in, how do people rate it in terms of Quik's discography?
For me it's definitely up there with Safe + Sound and Rhythm-ail-ism in terms of great beats, minimal guest spots and replayability. Lots of different types of tracks on this one too, which makes it a solid effort in my opinion. I hope Quik makes at least one more solo joint.
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I'm listening to "So Compton" right now lol
For me there's a lot of tracks that are good, but I just skip for some reason. To me safe and sound and rythmalsism are stand out albums, then B&O, then all the others are on the same level.
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Thought it was hit and miss.
Production wan't that rich, and Quik was rappin slow and simple stuff like he was imitating the current sound. I liked the track dissin the shit out of his sister, but it felt like his head wasn't right on a few tracks and the vibe overall was less chill than his older stuff.
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the book of david and common's cd were the only ones i bought last year and the only ones worth my money! CLASSIC
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i still think that it is maybe one of his worst albums ... :o
i would give it a 2,5/5
killa dope is the only song that i still bump from time 2 time
the few beats on trauma and blqkout were just incredible :-\
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The album is good, but the problem is that 'So Compton' is so great that I usually skip all the other songs.
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i still think that it is maybe one of his worst albums ... :o
i would give it a 2,5/5
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I never could get into this album. The real gold behind Quik is that not only is he one of the sickest producers ever, but he's also an underrated rapper. Dudes lyrics are usually sick and witty. The lyrics on this album were just trash. Don't know if he fell of, was unmotivated, or if he was trying to mimmick these new rappers flow, but in any even this is one of his worst albums along with Way 2 Fonky.
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i need to give this album another try. the production sounds polished but the overall product sounded uninspired & boring too me. only songs I really dug were Nobody and the outro with Quik's Groove. I think that Way 2 Fonky is light years ahead of this album.
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I'm still diggin it! My favorite song is "Killer Dope". The rest of the album is pretty good, but there are some skippers. It's not his best album, and the songs he left off the record sounded better than most that were left on. It was definitely a step ahead of Trauma and Blaqkout for me though.
Hope he makes another one soon!
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i hope he makes another one in the vein of safe & sound and rhythmalism. all the old elements in place.
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I think niggaz on this forum need to get their ears checked!
The Book of David is, in my view, DJ Quik's best album, on par with Rhythmalism and better than Safe & Sound.
Every track on BOD is excellent and worth listening to, with the exception of Babylon and Poppin. Every other song should be heard. Many songs on this album have entered my Top 25 most played songs, up there with classics from Pac, etc.
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.
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3 songs is missin from the retail..
from what i remembered from 2011s sxsw listenin party..
fresher than me still hasnt seen the light of day...
gift reynolds is trash...
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Rythmalysm is so overrated #justsayin
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Rythmalysm is so overrated #justsayin
rhythmalysim had more replay value...i useta know her..no doubt...thinkin bout u the only skippable songs imo..thinkin bout u coulda been instrumental.
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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
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still like it.
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Been banging it consistently since it came out. The intro is still my shit. 8)
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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
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its solid but without the replay value of safe and sound
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didnt play it since last time i hear it and it was just after it dropped - disappointing album
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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.
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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 !!!!!!!
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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 8) 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.
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i only liked "nobody"...
i respect and appreciate his work but
book of david is the worst quik album ever...
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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.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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
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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
'Do Today' is pure brilliance yes. i'd take a whole album of that sound ten times over.
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lmao @ anyone rating book of david lower than blakquot...blakqout is THE blemish in quiks discography...
and book of david still bumps..despite the 2 or 3 terribly weak tracks (hydromatic...ugh)
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imo the biggest blemish in dj quiks catalog is a tie
trauma or unda the influence...those albums didnt do much for me. neither imo is as good as book of david, i cant explain it this shit grew on me...ive been traveling alot lately and it was in my deck for a week or more straight and i got to liking it.
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the fixxxers was awful too but that never really came out did it?
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I liked the album, So Compton, Flow for Free, Nobody, Do Today, Real Women, Killer Dope, The End & Time Stand Still are the best tracks. I felt like the Ice Cube joint could've been replaced by the Remix version of it, that was added on his Mixtape. Also, i would've replaced Babylon and would've added G-Shit ft.KK and the Quik Groove as a regular track. One last thing, So Compton could've been better imo with DJ Quik verse and maybe Suga Free
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the fixxxers was awful too but that never really came out did it?
i thought the fixxers album was pretty good. it was really different than quik's typical style, but he said he was going for his version of the dirty south sound (aka dirty west). i thought it was a great attempt at showing the south how to make their sound more musically inclined, melodic, and overall with a higher integrity. but you're right, the full album was never released through interscope officially (the single and video were, however), but has since been released on itunes in it's entirety.
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i would give it a 2,5/5
Pretty inconsistent... lotta the Bizzy features were WACK like Michael FAGsen and Will Bs love/hate relationship
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i would give it a 2,5/5
Pretty inconsistent... lotta the Bizzy features were WACK like Michael FAGsen and Will Bs love/hate relationship
LMFAOOOOO Notorious M.I.K.E. :laugh:
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i'm a long time fan of quik's music and this shit is not jammin' at all. usually when i'm anticipatin' somethin' from quik it's high standard and flawless. this album has no businesss being mentioned in the vein of safe&sound and rhythmalism or even balance and options and trauma. this album is chops !!!!!!!!! i hope he truly goes back to his older productions when creatin' some new shit. back to g one and rob bacon and etc.
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better than trauma, that album didn't have much longevity after the years passed. don't think i'll be saying the same thing about BOD, tho inconsistent for parts.
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It is a great mature sounding album. I know it's not Rhythymalism or S+S but I would rather him put something together new and run the risk of it being an average album than re-creating a sound more than 10 years old.
Still gets played but I'm a Quik stan so it's a bias opinion.
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Seriously? Trauma is a dope album imo. Fandango, Black Mercedes, Til Jesus Comes, California, Ladies and Thugs, Get Up were dope tracks
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Seriously? Trauma is a dope album imo. Fandango, Black Mercedes, Til Jesus Comes, California, Ladies and Thugs, Get Up were dope tracks
thats right!
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Seriously? Trauma is a dope album imo. Fandango, Black Mercedes, Til Jesus Comes, California, Ladies and Thugs, Get Up were dope tracks
thats right!
of course its dope (all quik albums are) but i think BOD has the superior cuts overall. 'Do Today', 'Luv Of My Life' and 'So Compton' for example are better than anything on Trauma, the kind of material i always wanna hear from Quik. Trauma is good but like Quik himself said, the production is more barebones. Depends if you like that or his warmer, more lavish soundscapes.
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I agree that So Compton beat is better than the whole trauma beats, but imo Trauma had better songs, i disliked Luv Of My Life
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lmao @ anyone rating book of david lower than blakquot...blakqout is THE blemish in quiks discography...
and book of david still bumps..despite the 2 or 3 terribly weak tracks (hydromatic...ugh)
lol @ Quik spending a shyt load to clear the intro to that song. He could have spent the money he spent on clearing that intro on hiring a flute player, together with someone who can play saxaphone for a number of sessions to provide better songs for the album
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lmao @ anyone rating book of david lower than blakquot...blakqout is THE blemish in quiks discography...
and book of david still bumps..despite the 2 or 3 terribly weak tracks (hydromatic...ugh)
lol @ Quik spending a shyt load to clear the intro to that song. He could have spent the money he spent on clearing that intro on hiring a flute player, together with someone who can play saxaphone for a number of sessions to provide better songs for the album
this.
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I can still remember Quik hyping the shyt out of Hydromatic and on this grease sample, and my initial thoughts were that this would be a pop release with single and video, and was expecting a catchy pop release, and what we got was an average track with an annoying "HIIII - dromatic" over it, and a cringing outro.. Waste.
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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
'Do Today' is pure brilliance yes. i'd take a whole album of that sound ten times over.
I feel the same way. Do Today and Nobody are my jams.