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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: doggfather on October 10, 2014, 01:09:39 AM
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Tracklist:
[01:45] 01. Intro
[03:54] 02. That Nigga'z Crazy
[03:55] 03. Back That Shit Up ft. Tay F 3rd, David Blake II
[04:52] 04. Trapped On the Tracks ft. Bishop Lamont, David Blake II
[00:42] 05. El's Interlude 2 ft. El DeBarge
[03:44] 06. Puffin the Dragon
[04:06] 07. Pet Semetary
[04:27] 08. Life Jacket ft. Suga Free, Dom Kennedy
[04:56] 09. That Getter
[03:38] 10. The Conduct ft. Mack 10
[03:13] 11. Shine ft. David Blake II
[05:14] 12. Bacon's Grove ft. Rob 'Fonksta' Bacon
[04:15] 13. Broken Down ft. Suga Free & Tweed Cadillac
[03:38] 14. Why'd You Have to Lie ft. Joi
[03:49] 15. Fuck All Night
[03:13] 16. Quik's Groove
it's leaked, how do you like it?
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Do you have the CDQ-version? Please PM me a link...
Thanks in advance. ;)
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Sounds mostly nice. Quik is too bitter to make this an enjoyable album for me. He's good on funky party sounding stuff, but lyrically it's all bitching and moaning lately
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good album. Aint nothing bitter about quik.he might talk a little hsit but thats whta make it even betetr. talk shit is what hip hop artist do
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good album. Aint nothing bitter about quik.he might talk a little hsit but thats whta make it even betetr. talk shit is what hip hop artist do
I'll give the whole thing a propper listen over the weekend. The tracks were playing out of sequence on my phone
I actually liked angry Quik on BOD but the guy needs to leave his personal life out of the studio and go back to making fun music
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Some good tracks and some really wack shit. Surprised on some of the tracks. I don't know what Quik was thinking but this album is levels below his standards.
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Im enjoying this album, i just didn't enjoy life jacket because the girl messed up the track, she can't sing and for some reason it sounds like it could be mixed better. Other than that Quik is a musical genius as usual, I wish I could meet him one day
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Awesome looking forward to a listen :) on holiday right now anyone mind messaging a homie with some more information on the lp. Proper copy should be on the way when I get home.
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Wack. Trumpets and shit?! Lmfao.
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2,5/5. best songs are puffing the dragon, pet semetary, that n's crazy, fuck all night. the rest ist mediocre to garbage.
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Lifetime Quik fan from day 1... Dude has never disappointed me as a fan.
I'm scooping it.
I'll give it a spin then grab a copy @Q's CD signing at the local record shop on the 16th.
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I was a bit disapointed at first but the more I listen to it, the more i'm liking it!
And Puffin The Dragon is just the best song I've heard this year, this is what I call divine music :o
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Crazy album.
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2,5/5. best songs are puffing the dragon, pet semetary, that n's crazy, fuck all night. the rest ist mediocre to garbage.
Pretty much same as me homie. Sounds like Quik is bored with rap. Production wise he still shines. On every album Quik manages without fail to totally reinvent the tired formula of West Coast beats by sound selection alone. To him every track is a concept track (which I dig) but the song structures are screwy and he's throwing a verse on there and saying DONE rather than refining anything but the sonics (an engineer at heart like Dre).
It also sounds like he puts people on his album as a favour. Not one guest I felt added positively to the album, and most of the featured stuff sounds like leftover grade material at best. I said that Quik sounds bored but the one redeeming track for me is Pet Sematary. Everything vibes right. The music is pure and Quik drops some chill MCing without going in HEAVY on his Pet hates: bitches, betrayers and naysayers.
Overall it's not a disaster. But where Book of David grew on me as an album, I don't except this one to change over time. Individual tracks will stay in rotation tho.
1. Intro: n/a
2. That Nigger's Crazy 7/10
3. Back That Shit Up 5/10
4. Trapped On The Tracks 5/10
5. El's Interlude 2 n/a
6. Puffin The Dragon 7/10
7. Pet Sematary: 7.5/10
8. Life Jacket 6.5/10
9. That Getter 6.5/10
10. The Conduct 6/10
11. Shine 5/10
12. Bacon's Groove 6.5/10
13. Broken Down 6.5/10
14. Why'd You Have To Lie 5/10
15. Fuck All Night 6.5/10
16. Quik's Groove 9 7/10
Album score 5.5/10 (just shy of a ★★★/★★★★★ album)
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^ I agree regarding the featurings (except for Suga Free) and as a "rapper" yes I think he's tired, but not on tracks like "That Getter" or "Broken Down", for example when he talks about his fans turned into Internet critics, good point.
As a DJ Quik die hard fan, I'm so happy he used again the talkbox (The Conduct) and them fonky synths (Broken Down)... I think this is waaay better than Blaqkout and Book of David.
The banjo is pure Quikness! He's one of the few producers to have them crazy ideas.. it reminds me of beats like "Total Auto", genius!
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I think this is waaay better than Blaqkout and Book of David.
BlaqKout is wayyy underrated and some of the best West Coast music in years. I think part of the fan/critical backlash against that album and financial failure, lead to Quik thinking fuck it why put heart and soul into developing rich tracks in the studio. The majority of his stuff since has been either been bitchy and loaded with animosity, following trends (not a good look) or just under developed musically and lyrically.
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i'm gonna have to search for this
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Puffin on Dragon is sick though. Best track IMO. Awesome beat, dope flow and lyrics.
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Plannin to order it.
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It'd be cool if there was a best buy edition with bonus tracks.
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Crazy album.
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what are the best songs??
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what are the best songs??
Those are the best ones
Puffin The Dragon
Pet Semetary
Broken Down
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a link would be greatly appreciated ;D
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Dope album 8)
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a link would be greatly appreciated ;D
Here you go http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Life-Explicit-DJ-Quik/dp/B00N281JIO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413157468&sr=8-2&keywords=dj+quik+midnight+life
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Had to login to say HOLY SHIT THIS IS dope!!!! I like quik talking about his life... Plus he kept it simple with funky beats that are dope as fuck! Puffin the dragon, pet sedementary, fuck all night, broken down.. Suga free drops a classic verse... This is a bit better than BOD to me but i loved that too
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a link would be greatly appreciated ;D
Here you go http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Life-Explicit-DJ-Quik/dp/B00N281JIO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413157468&sr=8-2&keywords=dj+quik+midnight+life
:laugh:
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a link would be greatly appreciated ;D
Here you go http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Life-Explicit-DJ-Quik/dp/B00N281JIO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413157468&sr=8-2&keywords=dj+quik+midnight+life
wow how original. thanks for the lecture bro but i like listening to the album before actually buying it, thanks to the poster who came through with the link 8)
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listened the album all weekend..(via youtube)
Damn the album is good...Trapped on The Track grew on me...same with That Getter,Back Tha Shit Up;
Shine, it's average..like the homie says..Nate Dogg was alive and sang the chorus...or Butch Cassidy ..the song would be better..
Sample?!?!? 2 samples was identified...(Interpolations)
Pet Sematary contains interpolation of Ohio Players..Ecstasy
Puffin The Dragon contains interpolation of Hot Chocolate - Brother Louie, (or maybe Stories cover version)
The Conduct chorus contain a sample...and Fuck All Night probably contains a sample of some 80's song.
PS: After 24 years, Tweed Cadillac got a featuring in a Quik LP
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I Need the complete credits.
Someone post this!!
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I Need the complete credits.
Someone post this!!
Only could find this
1. Intro
2. That N****r's Crazy (D. Blake)
3. Back That Shit Up feat. Tay F 3rd & David Blake II (D. Blake, D. Kim, D. Blake II)
4. Trapped On The Tracks feat. Bishop Lamont & David Blake II (D. Blake, P. Martin, D. Blake II)
5. El's Interlude 2 (D. Blake, E. Debarge)
6. Puffin The Dragon (D. Blake)
7. Pet Sematary (D. Blake)
8. Life Jacket feat. Suga Free & Dom Kennedy (D. Blake, D. Walker, D. Hunn)
9. That Getter feat. David Blake (D. Blake, D. Blake II)
10. The Conduct feat. Mack 10 (D. Blake, D. Rolison)
11. Shine feat. David Blake (D. Blake, D. Blake II)
12. Bacon's Groove feat. Rob "Fonksta" Bacon (D. Blake, R. Bacon, Jr.)
13. Broken Down feat. Suga Free & Tweed Cadillac (D. Blake, D. Walker, C. Brown)
14. Why'd You Have To Lie feat. Joi (D. Blake, J. Gilliam)
15. F**k All Night (D. Blake)
16. Quik's Groove 9 (D. Blake)
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I Need the complete credits.
Someone post this!!
(http://hiphop-n-more.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dj-quik-midnight-life-back.jpg)
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I Need the complete credits.
Someone post this!!
(http://hiphop-n-more.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/dj-quik-midnight-life-back.jpg)
no this is the back cover....i wanna that credits in the inside
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Not listening to any leaks. Not even reading the comments. I'm picking this up the day it drops and thats all.
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I'm on the fence whether or not I should just cop this at Best Buy later not having heard any leaks... can't find any good rips so I may just say fuck it and cop it but the mixed reviews make me want to download first
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I'm on the fence whether or not I should just cop this at Best Buy later not having heard any leaks... can't find any good rips so I may just say fuck it and cop it but the mixed reviews make me want to download first
Homie, you're out of your mind if you think a DJ Quik album might not be worth the $14 or whatever they charge at Best Buy.
Buy with confidence, nigga. You won't regret it.
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http://www.wonderingsound.com/review/dj-quik-the-midnight-life-mad-science-recordings/
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DJ Quik Claims The West Was Won With Tha Eastsidaz & Battlecat
http://tsobk.com/dj-quik-claims-the-west-was-won-with-tha-eastsidaz-battlecat/ (http://tsobk.com/dj-quik-claims-the-west-was-won-with-tha-eastsidaz-battlecat/)
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I'm on the fence whether or not I should just cop this at Best Buy later not having heard any leaks... can't find any good rips so I may just say fuck it and cop it but the mixed reviews make me want to download first
Homie, you're out of your mind if you think a DJ Quik album might not be worth the $14 or whatever they charge at Best Buy.
Buy with confidence, nigga. You won't regret it.
I peeped the snippets on itunes and looked for it at Best Buy but they didn't have it :(
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Wow..several DJ Quik interviews yesterday...some new info..let's go..
1 - ON 93.5 KDAY Takeover Quik said Battlecat was present when he made Born In Raised in Compton track.
2 - ON Complex Mag..Quik said he had a little "issue" with Pharrell in the past..because of "Get Nekkid" (Mausberg Song) portion used in Nelly "Hot In Herre"
3 - QUIK SAID HIS NEXT ALBUM, THE 10TH ALBUM WILL BE CALLED "THE MORNING AFTER"(complex mag)
4 - In Bullseye show,(find this on SoundCloud) Quik said he tours always with a hairdresser.
5 - On the same show, he spoke about the "ALL EYEZ ON ME BOOTLEG" incident..Donzelly stole and put the demo in the streets, Quik after was put to the test, with a gun in his chest...
6 - On Top14 Favorites rappers, he put AMG in the list...and said "AMG inspired Biggie".
Is It Quik..always some good new stories!!!
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^ Thanks! I've read the Complex interview and I got something to say about this:
"I’m just glad you like “Pet Semetery.” And I’m glad you hate “Broken Down” because I fast-forward that motherfucker, too."
"Brokend Down" is my favorite song of the album, actually I wasn't expecting Quik doing a song like this, because I know he's being tryin' to repress his fonky soul since 2003 or something (in "Trauma" is pretty clear - great album, though), you can just took for example everything he said on the talkbox in all these years, he went from "I keep it alive for Roger" to never play it again.. but then there it is on "The Conduct" (another track that I love and that most people seem to ignore).
I don't know what the fuck is wrong with Funk music, like we have to hate it because it's played out.. but to me the best tracks of this album are the funky ones (add "That N Crazy", "Fuck All Night", etc).. I hope DJ Quik did them songs because he still love it and not only to please his older fans like me.
Ciao!
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About a year. While I was working on Book of David, I couldn’t hear in my left ear. That’s why I mixed that record, it's mixed all loud for nothing. Just a loud, angry-ass record. When it could have been toned down, pulled back; but I was rapping loud just to hear myself.
With this record, my hearing got fixed, I got to hear what music sounds like again and finally got some real, new fucking technology. The good thing about technology is that it gets better and cheaper. So we got new good headphones, new keyboards, smaller shit that gives us these bigger sounds that we used to have that we don’t have to bring an Escalade full of equipment to the studio. Now that shit’s in your laptop. It’s a little one drum machine, one little controller midi trigger keyboard, and it’s back to that. Hopefully the next record that I want to do is the answer to this record; it’s called The Morning After. This is The Midnight Life, being drunk; and then there’s The Morning After. I see the album cover being me looking up at a big, gigantic toilet.
Morning after, baby. Just fun again, man. That's the album I want Dr. Dre on, Ice Cube on, and me and my musicians are going to write them some not-no-cornball shit. We're going to write some big, heavy music. If you listen to this record again, too, you’ll notice I stayed away from them gangster claps. I’m over that shit. That’s it, bro. I ain’t got nothing else to say. :'( I’m just glad you like “Pet Semetery.” And I’m glad you hate “Broken Down” because I fast-forward that motherfucker, too.
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About a year. While I was working on Book of David, I couldn’t hear in my left ear. That’s why I mixed that record, it's mixed all loud for nothing. Just a loud, angry-ass record. When it could have been toned down, pulled back; but I was rapping loud just to hear myself.
With this record, my hearing got fixed, I got to hear what music sounds like again and finally got some real, new fucking technology. The good thing about technology is that it gets better and cheaper. So we got new good headphones, new keyboards, smaller shit that gives us these bigger sounds that we used to have that we don’t have to bring an Escalade full of equipment to the studio. Now that shit’s in your laptop. It’s a little one drum machine, one little controller midi trigger keyboard, and it’s back to that. Hopefully the next record that I want to do is the answer to this record; it’s called The Morning After. This is The Midnight Life, being drunk; and then there’s The Morning After. I see the album cover being me looking up at a big, gigantic toilet.
Morning after, baby. Just fun again, man. That's the album I want Dr. Dre on, Ice Cube on, and me and my musicians are going to write them some not-no-cornball shit. We're going to write some big, heavy music. If you listen to this record again, too, you’ll notice I stayed away from them gangster claps. I’m over that shit. That’s it, bro. I ain’t got nothing else to say. :'( I’m just glad you like “Pet Semetery.” And I’m glad you hate “Broken Down” because I fast-forward that motherfucker, too.
WTF Broken Down is one of the highlights of this album for me. Its funny though, he can say fast forward and still put it on the album ;D
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gave this a spin last night after T.I.'s album and was pretty surprised by how good it was based off the comments on here
I'll be buying this whenever I see it in stores
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a link would be greatly appreciated ;D
Here you go http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Life-Explicit-DJ-Quik/dp/B00N281JIO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413157468&sr=8-2&keywords=dj+quik+midnight+life
wow how original. thanks for the lecture bro but i like listening to the album before actually buying it, thanks to the poster who came through with the link 8)
Hey that's the link that I used to BUY the album so just passing it along brother. If you too cheap or too scared to spend $7.99 on one of the best to do it & have to "hear it first" says a lot about you.
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a link would be greatly appreciated ;D
Here you go http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Life-Explicit-DJ-Quik/dp/B00N281JIO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413157468&sr=8-2&keywords=dj+quik+midnight+life
wow how original. thanks for the lecture bro but i like listening to the album before actually buying it, thanks to the poster who came through with the link 8)
Hey that's the link that I used to BUY the album so just passing it along brother. If you too cheap or too scared to spend $7.99 on one of the best to do it & have to "hear it first" says a lot about you.
what's wrong with wanting to hear an album first before purchasing it?
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a link would be greatly appreciated ;D
Here you go http://www.amazon.com/Midnight-Life-Explicit-DJ-Quik/dp/B00N281JIO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1413157468&sr=8-2&keywords=dj+quik+midnight+life
wow how original. thanks for the lecture bro but i like listening to the album before actually buying it, thanks to the poster who came through with the link 8)
Hey that's the link that I used to BUY the album so just passing it along brother. If you too cheap or too scared to spend $7.99 on one of the best to do it & have to "hear it first" says a lot about you.
You're reaching bro... if you check the last cd's you bought thread you'll see i've bought plenty of new shit, but i felt you were trying to be a smart ass by providing a link to buy the cd when it wasn't even out and I was just looking for a link so I could listen to the album. oh, and btw, i bought the album. lol.
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Keep it Fonkey Babay! I knew broken down would be a killer jam when i heard the sampler.Suga Free is in olympic shape it's time for a street gospel part 2.Who's with me ?
To me it's not better than BOD but it's a decent follow up. Songs like shine, trapped on the tracks, that getter they're not the kind i like,too "new west" i guess but it's cool.
Highlights to me: broken down, pet semetary, life jacket, bacon's groove.
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this sounds so crisp on CD in the whip :o
I'd say this one is cohesively better than Book Of David
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To me it's not better than BOD but it's a decent follow up. Songs like shine, trapped on the tracks, that getter they're not the kind i like,too "new west" i guess but's cool.
Yup, those are the same tracks I have a problem with, I'm sure he did those tracks cuz they feature his son and he wants him to appeal to the newer generation but I think if he would have had three more "Pet Semetary"/"Life Jacket"/"That N****r's Crazy" type tracks instead (with or without his son, just better production) I think this one would be up there with some of his best records.
Besides those three tracks the only thing I have a bit of a problem with is "That N****r's Crazy". Maybe I'm just trippin but I feel like El Debarge is all over the place and a lot of times he's singing right on top of Quik and makes it hard to hear what Quik's saying. He needed to get turned down a little, panned hard to the left or right, or just have his singing part arranged differently so that he and Quik both have their own pocket that they're in. Like I said maybe it's just me but El's part almost seems like an after thought, like the track was complete and one day El came through the studio and started singing over the track and Quik said "cool, lets keep it" and it was more of a demo than finished work from El. Maybe I'm just too picky, either way it'a a good track and it's great to hear Debarge back with Quik.
Quik's seems like he really wants to do something else from the stuff he says here and there, like his comment about "Broken Down" whick is another good track. If he wants to try new things, do tracks like "The Conduct", it's not a typical Quik beat but it's tight and he even brought back the talkbox! And the "Gangster Clap", as quik called it, aint never made or broke a song, it's about the completed track. Then he says this about his next album, "That's the album I want Dr. Dre on, Ice Cube on, and me and my musicians are going to write them some not-no-cornball shit. We're going to write some big, heavy music". So how does Quik really feel about this album? Why didn't he and his musicians write some "not-no-cornball shit" for himself, his son, Mack 10, Suga Free, El Debarge, etc.? Why you gotta wait for Cube and Dre? You know if Dre came back with an album full of "Gangster Claps" and P-Funk all over it, a lot of people would be all on that shit, including Quik. Quik needs to just do him and not wait for anybody else, especially Cube; I don't think Quik heard those last couple tracks that Cube released. The he said in one interview "it's an analog record", I hope he's talking about his mixing or mastering process because he also said this about the new equipment he was using on this album, "smaller shit that gives us these bigger sounds that we used to have that we don’t have to bring an Escalade full of equipment to the studio. Now that shit’s in your laptop. It’s a little one drum machine, one little controller midi trigger keyboard, and it’s back to that", so basically a laptop and software/plugins...that's not analog...
I love Quik but it seems like he's going through a musical, mid-life crisis, like he doesn't know what direction to take his music in. And that comment about Dre and Cube on his next album is just wishfull thinking, he wants to do something real big but might feel like he can't do it without them. Quik shouldn't doubt himself, he one of the best to ever do it out of the west coast and in rap music period!
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very good points,
was thinking the same about the analog / new equipment thing.
listened to broken down, and I really don't like it, i don't like the melody. so far I've listened to 4 songs : Bacon's Groove, Pet Semetary, Broken Down and Life Jacket and that's two outta 4 I don't like (life jacket & broken down), i fear for the album, lol.
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album gets better after each listen, only songs I skip really are "That Getter" and "Shine" but those are still like 3/5 joints 8)
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What B.A. said on "That N Crazy" I think is the truth, it's the same for me.. El was there, ok we've got this finished track (please go listen to the live version without El, it's so much better), he started to "freestyle" some "ohhh crazyy.. crazy crazy".. bam, that's it.
I like El DeBarge, but he ruined a GREAT song.. probably my favorite from the album.
Quik clearly made them songs you said as a gift for his son.. I hate "Trapped" and "Shine", but to me "That Getter" is fine until DBII arrives.. Quik's verse is one of best from the album.
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One of the most solid albums I've heard in a few years, logged in just to write this. Last one I can think of this consistent is Xzibit's Napalm. One thing I'm noticing though is those who loved BOD didn't enjoy this as much, and vice versa. I'm in the Midnight Life crowd - love this album but did not like BOD. The $7.99 I spent on itunes for the complete album was the best $8 dropped in a long time!
This album definitely needs to be bumped on a real system to be truly appreciated. Lots of smooth bass, and lots of nice undertones so you need a sub or good speakers to truly appreciate the album. Listening to tracks like "Back that Shit Up" on headphones just won't cut it. There's also a nice variety of joints on the album giving the listener a diverse experience - something for everyone. The Getter to Life Jacket to Fuck all Night to Bacons Groove is quite a range only Quik can pull off.
Top 5 (in album sequence)
That N's Crazy
Back that Shit up
Puffin on Dragons
The Conduct
Fuck All Night
Not Sure of ???
Trapped on the Tracks
Shine
Why'd You Have to Lie
XXL / 4 Stars
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what work Quik did on Raphael Saadiq-Instant Vintage?
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What Ever Happened To Gift Reynolds?
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what work Quik did on Raphael Saadiq-Instant Vintage?
Probably he helped Saadiq on engineering, while hang out in studio. What Ever Happened To Gift Reynolds?
Back to the D or somenthin' .
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Solid fucking music. Then again I wouldn't expect anything less from Quik.
Puffin the Dragon is on a whole nother level. Music like this is especially significant to me after hearing nothing but simple ass music wherever one goes.
It's amazing to me how Quik can blend his old school sound with a new twist.
That's what makes him the music genius he is.
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Wanted to bump the album a few times straight through before commenting.
To me, it's very similar to Book of David: it has a hand full of songs that easily qualify as some of the best music Quik has EVER made.
Life Jacket, That Niggaz Krazy, Fuck All Night, Pet Sematary, and Puffin Tha Dragon = 5 of the best songs Quik has ever made, on par with all the classics from Rhythmalism and Safe & Sound. The quality of these five songs is high enough to make the album one of Quik's best regardless of others.
Tha Conduct, That Getter, Back That Shit Up, Broken Down = solid album tracks. Good production and Quik's verses outshine every guest by miles.
Bacon's Groove & Quik's Groove 9 = excellent instrumental tracks. Dope shit.
Trapped on the Tracks = growing on me with time. I kinda like it now.
Shine = the only wack song on the album. Just pure wackness here.
Why'd You Have to Lie = would have been better with Quik verses on it. Boring track as it is.
El's Interlude 2 = should have been longer.
On the whole, my opinion is that this is an excellent album, which could easily have been a CLASSIC album if a few things were different: replace Shine with a G-Funk track; have Quik rap on the Joi track; have more Quik verses and fewer guests; and maybe add a song or two. Album feels kinda short. The flaws in this album all come from Quik's vanity and random musical whims: he liked Joi's voice, so he wanted to give her a whole track on the album (dumb decision); he runs into an old friend and puts him on the album; he wants his son all over the album on some current sounding music; he wants El DeBarge to sound like Marvin Gaye, etc.The album would have been better if Quik had somebody around him to tell him that some of his ideas are bad. If Quik had a smart executive producer like Suge Knight around him, this album could have been Quik's best.
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Anyone know what the first week sales of the album are?
It obviously won't be very high, considering that even rappers with platinum singles nowadays do first week album sales of around 7,000 units (like Sage the Gemini).
Hope the Quikster sells enough of this record to earn back what he put into it. That should encourage him to do it equally big for his tenth album.
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Game only did like 20K so I can't imagine this breaking 5-8K
fuck it, I copped both
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Man the beat to "That Getter" is so fuckin cold. This is a typical Quik mistake, he waisted that beat, should've passed that a commercial artist instead of letting his son show us that talent is not hereditary.
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Man the beat to "That Getter" is so fuckin cold. This is a typical Quik mistake, he waisted that beat, should've passed that a commercial artist instead of letting his son show us that talent is not hereditary.
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The album cover looks genric and cheap . Quik fell off . Let's wait and see what MC Eiht's new album Which Way Iz West sounds like .
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I wasn't feeling this album , maybe 3 or 4 songs were alright , the rest is filler My opinion . I wish he still sounding like the Safe and Sound and Rhythm a lism DJ Quik .
2.5 STARS outta 5
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The album cover looks genric and cheap .
that's true. :'(
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The album cover looks genric and cheap . Quik fell off . Let's wait and see what MC Eiht's new album Which Way Iz West sounds like .
The reason the cover is like that is because quick said his looking at the city as if its a big toilet/sewer.
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The album cover looks genric and cheap . Quik fell off . Let's wait and see what MC Eiht's new album Which Way Iz West sounds like .
The reason the cover is like that is because quick said his looking at the city as if its a big toilet/sewer.
LMAO Quik so full of bullshit :D
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the album art looks much better when you have the actual CD in hand as opposed to seeing it online lol but I agree to an extent
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whats the status of Street Gospel 2?
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look what arrived earlier 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/U2b7A9e.jpg)
was just bumping the grouprip last night but will give it some more spins and drop a proper review/comments later.
edit: one thing i know is 'puffin the dragon' seems to be the best track! a lot of the instrumentals are dope, particularly 'broken down' & 'fuck all night'.
and for mr theo or anyone who wanted to see the full credits...
(http://i.imgur.com/T6ziY4l.jpg)
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Whos singin in That Nigger's Crazy?
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Whos singin in That Nigger's Crazy?
James Debarge...not credited..look what arrived earlier 8)
(http://i.imgur.com/U2b7A9e.jpg)
was just bumping the grouprip last night but will give it some more spins and drop a proper review/comments later.
edit: one thing i know is 'puffin the dragon' seems to be the best track! a lot of the instrumentals are dope, particularly 'broken down' & 'fuck all night'.
and for mr theo or anyone who wanted to see the full credits...
(http://i.imgur.com/T6ziY4l.jpg)
Props Matty!!!!!!! Peace
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Quik sold 5.000 units...these muthafuckers only consider itunes, amazon, best buy..
Quik sold at least more 10.000 units in California small stores...fyi..amoeba..and etc..
FINAL BILLBOARD NUMBERS...(doubtful) but the info is here...
DJ Quik - Midnight Life = 5100 units.
Billboard 200 - #63
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums - #11
Top Rap Albums - #7
Independent Albums - #11
Tastemakers - #9
Virtually the same positions of The Book of David, but less units sold...
The industry is fucked up...no one got platinum this year...in 20years records sales will end.
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Meh, it's OK. Suga Free's verses were not the best on this either.
"I'm so cold I nut ice cream". haha classic.
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Props for the credits, I will recieve my copy in the next days from Amazon.. I'm still waiting to listen to it in cdq!!!
Good to see Rob Bacon is on "Quik's Groove 9" too.
Regarding album sales, they really don't matter no more... 5k, 10k.. it's all a shame, the industry is collapsing... props to Quik for doing another album!
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Quik sold 5.000 units...these muthafuckers only consider itunes, amazon, best buy..
Quik sold at least more 10.000 units in California small stores...fyi..amoeba..and etc..
FINAL BILLBOARD NUMBERS...(doubtful) but the info is here...
DJ Quik - Midnight Life = 5100 units.
Billboard 200 - #63
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums - #11
Top Rap Albums - #7
Independent Albums - #11
Tastemakers - #9
Virtually the same positions of The Book of David, but less units sold...
The industry is fucked up...no one got platinum this year...in 20years records sales will end.
The numbers aren't bad by today's standards. Between the physical copies sold, the iTunes sales, and the live performances, Quik is probably making a good deal of his money back.
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the only song i like is Broken Down. That N-word's Crazy has been musically ruined. Still listen to the live version though.
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just in case anyone wanted to see quik's thank you's:
http://www.4shared.com/photo/DQVI2X1qce/IMG_5954.html
i found it interesting that his son played the keys and programmed the drums for "that getter" and "shine." also thought it was kool that eboni foster (from the death row background vocal days) was featured on "the conduct." and he thanked dave aron (also from the death row engineering days who still tours with snoop as his front of house engineer).
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This album is garbage real talk , i took another listen today and it's confirmed for me . Maybe 2 or 3 alright songs and the rest is pure nonsense . The midnight Life is his worst album by far . Book Of David was kinda wack too .
Quik lost his mojo and creativity in his beats and his lyrics are boring and lame .
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What u said but Quik rarely sounds like he's enjoying himself with rappin (rather than boring/lame)
BOD was angry but it was coherent and had a focused energy to it
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hiphopdx said this: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.2368/title.dj-quik-the-midnight-life
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hiphopdx said this: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/album-reviews/id.2368/title.dj-quik-the-midnight-life
I agree with some of their points. I'm still trying to figure out how I rank this album. Listened to it through 3 times thus far.
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I'm surprised no one's mentioned this, but the whole "groove" thing is a little much. I love the Quik's grooves and think those should continue on. But this one's got Bacon's groove, and El's Interlude. Plus an entire song Quik isn't even on. I'm not really interested in hearing a bacon's groove and an El's interlude on every album though. I did like the Divorce Song that El did on Balance and Options but this interlude is really nothing. Other than that, this album's awesome. 5 or 6 songs from there are on repeat like crazy. Pet Sematary and Broken Down are my two favorites. The Conduct and Puffin the Dragon are great too. Glad Quik brought the talkbox back on the Conduct. That song sounds like it came straight from 1996, and that's a good thing! That Niggaz Crazy and Fuck All night are just a notch below those, but still awesome. Like everyone else, not feeling the D Blake II songs, but i'm not really into the 'new sounding' rap these days. Probably just a notch below Book of David due to so many filler songs, but still worth a buy for sure. Too bad he couldn't get a PPC reunion on this one, he's had Playa Hamm and now Tweed Cadillac on separate songs, just gotta get them together. Glad he's still got Suga Free on his albums, I wish Street Gospel II would drop.
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ok listened to it front to back enough times now, short review:
its a dj quik album so i like it. unless dude goes deaf and forgets how to mix and produce records i am always going to like it. the record sounds super sharp and clear and he's doing a lot of different sounds on this one. gotta say from the getgo i still prefer book of david. track by track -
that n****r's crazy - live version was awesome, album version ruined by the singing in the background, really gets in the way and can't hear quik properly at a few points. crazy in a bad way, shame cause the rest of the track is gold.
back that shit up - really dope. if quik is gonna do the 808 beats then i'm fine when they sound like this, loads of bounce and funky sounds. david jr seems to fit in well with the goofy delivery.
trapped on the tracks - don't like it, it's another 808 beat but instead of being bouncy and funky it's this monotone kind of grind. too downtempo for me.
els interlude 2 - it's like a whole new record just came on, this is just a tease. maybe the nicest 40 seconds on the album, super smooth sounds, conga drums, guitar licks and that classic debarge vocal.
puffin the dragon - whole other level to the earlier tracks - mature, cinematic sounding banger with mellow piano, crisp drum track. quik raps sharply, more introspective. classic one here.
pet semetary - west coast sounds, booming bass, horns, guitar licks. that jazzy r&b number, trademark quik. awsome track.
life jacket - interesting beat, quik's verse is great but the rest seems a bit all over. dom kennedy raps a dope verse but would have sounded better on one of the other tracks. i woulda prefered it as an instrumental, the sounds are kinda overpowering.
that getter - dark, gloomy beat, shits sounding nice. quik drops a great verse, one of his best on the album. david jr i'm not feeling so much on this one.
the conduct - sounds great, again the sounds are kinda all over the place but it works this time. big jazzy, funky beat, heavy drums and voicebox/guitar are sweet as.
shine - dope for this type of beat. real eerie and mellow, not sure david jr does it justice, a lot of rappers would have killed this.
bacon's groove - classic guitar, not sure about the bass that comes in and out, but it's still super smooth.
broken down - crisp, funky instrumental. nothing seems off here, suga free is alot better than on life jacket. the whole thing is funky and jamming.
why did you have to lie - nice enough, smooth joint but doesn't really grab me.
fuck all night - easily one of the best instrumentals, everything comes together perfectly. top track.
quiks groove 9 - crisp drum track with rob bacon jammin', dope way to end the album.
summary - it's nice but i much prefer the book of david, which itself wasn't quite on the level of his best LPs (though very strong). quite a few tracks just don't sound right to me, kinda to do with the mixing and the way it's blending together. there are a handful that really work (puffin, pet semetary, broken down, fuck all night) but the rest it's not really hitting the spot. overall i preferred the sounds on blaqkout or book of david. it definitely has more in common with the former, with the variance in quality. the annoying thing is how the last album there was g-one, this time time it's rob bacon/el debarge...the thing i wanna hear most is quik relinking with these dudes for a whole record. el's interlude sounds like a teaser for a potential rhythmalism 2. it's annoying when you have to cherrypick the best tracks and he's going off on these directions that don't work so well.
rating 7/10 - great sounding record but not a classic and far from quik's strongest. like will said, book of david was more coherent and this feels like a step down. and it's obvious quik hates the internet comments, but dude should chill, we're all gonna like different records more than others...
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I'm surprised no one's mentioned this, but the whole "groove" thing is a little much. I love the Quik's grooves and think those should continue on. But this one's got Bacon's groove, and El's Interlude. Plus an entire song Quik isn't even on. I'm not really interested in hearing a bacon's groove and an El's interlude on every album though. I did like the Divorce Song that El did on Balance and Options but this interlude is really nothing. Other than that, this album's awesome. 5 or 6 songs from there are on repeat like crazy. Pet Sematary and Broken Down are my two favorites. The Conduct and Puffin the Dragon are great too. Glad Quik brought the talkbox back on the Conduct. That song sounds like it came straight from 1996, and that's a good thing! That Niggaz Crazy and Fuck All night are just a notch below those, but still awesome. Like everyone else, not feeling the D Blake II songs, but i'm not really into the 'new sounding' rap these days. Probably just a notch below Book of David due to so many filler songs, but still worth a buy for sure. Too bad he couldn't get a PPC reunion on this one, he's had Playa Hamm and now Tweed Cadillac on separate songs, just gotta get them together. Glad he's still got Suga Free on his albums, I wish Street Gospel II would drop.
This pretty much sums it up for me too. Album is a bit short with the intro & all the songs without Quik rapping on. A solid album but a notch under Book of David for me.
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ok listened to it front to back enough times now, short review:
its a dj quik album so i like it. unless dude goes deaf and forgets how to mix and produce records i am always going to like it. the record sounds super sharp and clear and he's doing a lot of different sounds on this one. gotta say from the getgo i still prefer book of david. track by track -
that n****r's crazy - live version was awesome, album version ruined by the singing in the background, really gets in the way and can't hear quik properly at a few points. crazy in a bad way, shame cause the rest of the track is gold.
back that shit up - really dope. if quik is gonna do the 808 beats then i'm fine when they sound like this, loads of bounce and funky sounds. david jr seems to fit in well with the goofy delivery.
trapped on the tracks - don't like it, it's another 808 beat but instead of being bouncy and funky it's this monotone kind of grind. too downtempo for me.
els interlude 2 - it's like a whole new record just came on, this is just a tease. maybe the nicest 40 seconds on the album, super smooth sounds, conga drums, guitar licks and that classic debarge vocal.
puffin the dragon - whole other level to the earlier tracks - mature, cinematic sounding banger with mellow piano, crisp drum track. quik raps sharply, more introspective. classic one here.
pet semetary - west coast sounds, booming bass, horns, guitar licks. that jazzy r&b number, trademark quik. awsome track.
life jacket - interesting beat, quik's verse is great but the rest seems a bit all over. dom kennedy raps a dope verse but would have sounded better on one of the other tracks. i woulda prefered this as an instrumental, the sounds are kinda overpowering.
that getter - dark, gloomy beat. shits sounding nice, quik drops a great verse, one of his best on the album. david jr i'm not feeling so much on this one.
the conduct - sounds great, again the sounds are kinda all over the place but it works this time. big jazzy, funky beat, heavy drums and voicebox/guitar are sweet as.
shine - dope beat for this type of beat. real eerie and mellow, not sure david jr does it justice, a lot of rappers would have killed this.
bacon's groove - classic guitar, not sure about the bass that comes in and out, but it's still super smooth.
broken down - crisp, funky instrumental. nothing seems off here, suga free works way better than on life jacket, the whole thing is super funky and jamming.
why did you have to lie - nice enough, smooth joint but doesn't really grab me.
fuck all night - easily one of the best instrumentals, everything comes together perfectly. top track.
quiks groove 9 - crisp drum track with rob bacon jammin', dope way to end the album.
summary - it's nice but i much prefer the book of david, which itself wasn't quite on the level of his best LPs (though very strong). quite a few tracks just don't sound right to me, kinda to do with the mixing and the way it's blending together. there are a handful that really work (puffin, pet semetary, broken down, fuck all night) but the rest it's not really hitting the spot. overall i preferred the sounds on blaqkout or book of david. it definitely has more in common with the former, with the variance in quality. the annoying thing is how the last album there was g-one, this time time it's rob bacon/el debarge...the thing i wanna hear from quik more than anything is relinking with these dudes for a whole record. el's interlude feels like a teaser for that type of thing. it's annoying when you have to cherrypick the best tracks and he's going off on these directions that don't work so well.
rating 7/10 - great sounding record but not a classic and far from quik's strongest. a step down from the book of david. like will said, it was more coherent sounding. and it's obvious quik hates the internet comments, but dude should chill, we're all gonna like different records more than others...
Great Matty!!
Let's see how "Midnight Life'' it will sound in three years.
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3 years from now people will say his 10th album is not on the level of The Midnight Life.
I really think this is better than BoD and Blaqkout... it's just my opinion but:
- Quik's original voice is finally back... try to hear this album and then the others, you will hear the difference.
- Quik ain't scared no more to sound really funky, I mean roger-troutman-funky.. in terms of lyrics and beats (Broken Down, That N Crazy and The Conduct for example).
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Is Quik dissing AMG on "The Conduct"? There's a line at the end talking about people bragging they're "Ballin Outta Control" but then work at a train station and have to reapply for their job every year. I know AMG's album was titled "Ballin Outta Control", so I thought it might have been a jab at him.
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Is Quik dissing AMG on "The Conduct"? There's a line at the end talking about people bragging they're "Ballin Outta Control" but then work at a train station and have to reapply for their job every year. I know AMG's album was titled "Ballin Outta Control", so I thought it might have been a jab at him.
Quik disses lots of people on this album in those kinds of lines. Like in That Niggaz Krazy he says:
I'm the star, you can only be a co-star here
That should be cool, considering that you weren't shit last year
There's lots of people this line could be dissing: AMG, 2nd II None, Gift Reynolds, Jon B…
Quik enjoys resurrecting old people and discovering new people and helping them…but he is then very sensitive to ingratitude, clearly.
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I think setting and method of delivery for this album is going to make the experience better or worse.
- When I first gave the album a listen though my macbook speakers in my dreary Seattle house where I was distracted, it didn't really impress me that much.
- This afternoon, I'm at my moms palatial house in sunny CA, knocking the album through an amazing Onkyo system and chilling on my back porch, working on my tan off a couple phenergan and codeine pills. The listening experience this time is amazing. The physical pleasure of the warm sun and drugs mixed with the top notch mixing and mastering work that is any DJ Quik record has resulted in pure chill and appreciation.
- TL;DR - Don't listen too hard, relax and do something that you enjoy and this album will be amazing.
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Wow..several DJ Quik interviews yesterday...some new info..let's go..
1 - ON 93.5 KDAY Takeover Quik said Battlecat was present when he made Born In Raised in Compton track.
2 - ON Complex Mag..Quik said he had a little "issue" with Pharrell in the past..because of "Get Nekkid" (Mausberg Song) portion used in Nelly "Hot In Herre"
3 - QUIK SAID HIS NEXT ALBUM, THE 10TH ALBUM WILL BE CALLED "THE MORNING AFTER"(complex mag)
4 - In Bullseye show,(find this on SoundCloud) Quik said he tours always with a hairdresser.
5 - On the same show, he spoke about the "ALL EYEZ ON ME BOOTLEG" incident..Donzelly stole and put the demo in the streets, Quik after was put to the test, with a gun in his chest...
6 - On Top14 Favorites rappers, he put AMG in the list...and said "AMG inspired Biggie".
Is It Quik..always some good new stories!!!
thats very dope interview 8) http://maximumfun.org/bullseye/bullseye-jesse-thorn-dj-quik
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BEST SONG ON The Midnight Life = PUFFIN THE DRAGON 8) 8) - This song is dope i can't front , the beat is saucy and dope and the lyrics are dope on this track Vintage DJ Quik . To bad the rest of the songs are weak or average .
1. Puffin The Dragon = Dope
The rest is either average or weak .
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BEST SONG ON The Midnight Life = PUFFIN THE DRAGON 8) 8) - This song is dope i can't front , the beat is saucy and dope and the lyrics are dope on this track Vintage DJ Quik . To bad the rest of the songs are weak or average .
1. Puffin The Dragon = Dope
The rest is either average or weak .
it's a close call between this one, pet semetary and fuck all night for me. starting to enjoy some of the other tracks more too 8)
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you guys still got this in rotation? cause i certainly have...but i messed with the ordering and removed some tracks...
back that shit up
els interlude
puffin the dragon
pet semetary (can anyone explain the meaning of the spelling error?)
life jacket
that getter
the conduct
shine
broken down
fuck all night
quiks groove 9
bacons groove (optional)
whyd you have to lie (optional)
this is pretty much how i'm listening to it, nothing breaks up the flow except for maybe shine, that'd be the only other one i'd take off but i do appreciate the beat. so a good amount of dope music. i stand by the ones i said as the strongest, only 'the conduct' and 'back that shit up has crept up a bit in my opinion. the conduct is a crazy one but it does work really well, insane bass, just a shame some of the sounds are kinda in the background. but it is an insane mix, very futuristic. 'back that shit up' is just perfect for the type of track..it gets real good at like 2:05 where the funky sounds are getting more hectic and then the beat switches up for the last verse.
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Some good tracks and some really wack shit. Surprised on some of the tracks. I don't know what Quik was thinking but this album is levels below his standards.
You said everything right except for the some good tracks part , this album is not very good at all . DJ Quik's worst album so far , his last 3 or 4 albums have been average to borderline wack . Quik is not the same with the beats and the funky grooves like in the 1990's . To tell the truth his last vintage Quik album was Rhtym al Lism , Balance & Options had some good songs on it but it wasn't very good . And everything after Balance & Options has been weak . Some ok songs on some of the newer Quik albums but nothing special .
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Some good tracks and some really wack shit. Surprised on some of the tracks. I don't know what Quik was thinking but this album is levels below his standards.
You said everything right except for the some good tracks part , this album is not very good at all . DJ Quik's worst album so far , his last 3 or 4 albums have been average to borderline wack . Quik is not the same with the beats and the funky grooves like in the 1990's . To tell the truth his last vintage Quik album was Rhtym al Lism , Balance & Options had some good songs on it but it wasn't very good . And everything after Balance & Options has been weak . Some ok songs on some of the newer Quik albums but nothing special .
K
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Some good tracks and some really wack shit. Surprised on some of the tracks. I don't know what Quik was thinking but this album is levels below his standards.
You said everything right except for the some good tracks part , this album is not very good at all . DJ Quik's worst album so far , his last 3 or 4 albums have been average to borderline wack . Quik is not the same with the beats and the funky grooves like in the 1990's . To tell the truth his last vintage Quik album was Rhtym al Lism , Balance & Options had some good songs on it but it wasn't very good . And everything after Balance & Options has been weak . Some ok songs on some of the newer Quik albums but nothing special .
K
Balance & Options is a classic to my ears.
So yeah something other people mentioned which is a positive on this - Quik is back with some super funked out sounds, the funkiest we've heard in a while. That's why I was so dissapointed we didn't get the 'Fresher Than Me' before cause that was sounding mighty funky too. mainly its 'The Conduct' & 'Broken Down' for the funk, one on some futuristic zapp ish and the other a simple, crisp piano laced groove. potentially we could throw 'back that shit up' in there for its wild synth and 'fuck all night' for a more signature bassline.
the other thing was his vocals which also was mentioned before...his voice is sounding clearer and higher in parts, more like a younger quik. in the hook of 'puffin the dragon' you can really hear that old vocal tone.
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Some good tracks and some really wack shit. Surprised on some of the tracks. I don't know what Quik was thinking but this album is levels below his standards.
You get it .
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@thisis50: http://dogg-n-roll.blog.hu/2014/11/26/_interju_dj_quik_thisis50
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this albums dope, still bumpin it
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gave this a spin last night after T.I.'s album and was pretty surprised by how good it was based off the comments on here
I'll be buying this whenever I see it in stores
thats what happens when you read a will review...he was the main one trashing the album in the first couple pages. nothing seems to impress mi bloc nowadays. a lot of people simply don't understand that music is situational. you cant critique it scientifically, like some people here be doin. it's a good album, bottom line. classic quik sound mixed with some new shit and a couple experimental tracks, as usual. shit goes.
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What B.A. said on "That N Crazy" I think is the truth, it's the same for me.. El was there, ok we've got this finished track (please go listen to the live version without El, it's so much better), he started to "freestyle" some "ohhh crazyy.. crazy crazy".. bam, that's it.
I like El DeBarge, but he ruined a GREAT song.. probably my favorite from the album.
Quik clearly made them songs you said as a gift for his son.. I hate "Trapped" and "Shine", but to me "That Getter" is fine until DBII arrives.. Quik's verse is one of best from the album.
thats not el debarge
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https://www.youtube.com/v/adV_RaeayRc
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https://www.youtube.com/v/adV_RaeayRc
We are still waiting for that DJ Quik & MC Eiht collabo album called "The Legends Of Compton " 8) 8) 8) 8)
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After listening to the Midnight Life for weeks, and then also relistening to Book of David.....I must say Book of David is Waugh betterr
I like tracks on both, but the good ones on book of David have better beats and lyrics which I now appreciate even more.
Still have both on shuffle daily though!
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After listening to the Midnight Life for weeks, and then also relistening to Book of David.....I must say Book of David is Waugh betterr
I like tracks on both, but the good ones on book of David have better beats and lyrics which I now appreciate even more.
Still have both on shuffle daily though!
Book of David is def a grower
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After listening to the Midnight Life for weeks, and then also relistening to Book of David.....I must say Book of David is Waugh betterr
I like tracks on both, but the good ones on book of David have better beats and lyrics which I now appreciate even more.
Still have both on shuffle daily though!
Book of David is def a grower
this is a grower too, i'm appreciating the crisp sound quik went for and you can just crank the bass up and it sounds great. bet it sounds really good on those beats headphones. having said that, if book of david is a 8/10 this is still a 7, 7.5 at best.
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After listening to the Midnight Life for weeks, and then also relistening to Book of David.....I must say Book of David is Waugh betterr
I like tracks on both, but the good ones on book of David have better beats and lyrics which I now appreciate even more.
Still have both on shuffle daily though!
Book of David is def a grower
this is a grower too, i'm appreciating the crisp sound quik went for for and you can just crank the bass up and it sounds great. bet it sounds really good on those beats headphones. having said that, if book of david is a 8/10 this is still a 7, 7.5 at best.
For me
BOD 6/10
Midnight Life 5.5/10
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After listening to the Midnight Life for weeks, and then also relistening to Book of David.....I must say Book of David is Waugh betterr
I like tracks on both, but the good ones on book of David have better beats and lyrics which I now appreciate even more.
Still have both on shuffle daily though!
Book of David is def a grower
this is a grower too, i'm appreciating the crisp sound quik went for for and you can just crank the bass up and it sounds great. bet it sounds really good on those beats headphones. having said that, if book of david is a 8/10 this is still a 7, 7.5 at best.
For me
BOD 6/10
Midnight Life 5.5/10
seems like being a big quik fan equates to an extra 20% enjoyment of these albums :laugh: :coffee:
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After listening to the Midnight Life for weeks, and then also relistening to Book of David.....I must say Book of David is Waugh betterr
I like tracks on both, but the good ones on book of David have better beats and lyrics which I now appreciate even more.
Still have both on shuffle daily though!
Book of David is def a grower
this is a grower too, i'm appreciating the crisp sound quik went for for and you can just crank the bass up and it sounds great. bet it sounds really good on those beats headphones. having said that, if book of david is a 8/10 this is still a 7, 7.5 at best.
For me
BOD 6/10
Midnight Life 5.5/10
seems like being a big quik fan equates to an extra 20% enjoyment of these albums :laugh: :coffee:
20% more Quik baby :cheers:
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the album and the song life jacket have really grown on me.
i HATED life jacket at first.
sleeper gem of the album is jois song why did you have to lie.
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^yea, that bitch can sing......life jacket is still the whackest on the album for me, wit that hoe singin off key n shit
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the chorus gets stuck in my head at work...then as soon as i get to the car i jam that shit.
its got a really clean sound that didnt quite hit me over computer speakers. i had to hear it in the car and in the lab. that talk box doe.....
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yea, not guna lie, shits catchy as fuck....and its not the worst, i still play it from time 2 time. but that bitches singin abilities, smh....sounds like one of them reality star bitches who try out singin (ficcaz wit fees will know what im talkin bout)
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^yea, that bitch can sing......life jacket is still the whackest on the album for me, wit that hoe singin off key n shit
Keep it real , ya'll know The Midnight Life was a bad album meaning not good . Life Jacket is a decent song from this album , that song and Puffin The Dragon stood out for me , the rest is filler .
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life jacket is the song i like least from the album...the album is dope. duno what ur goin on about, but the production is on-point all the way through.
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The hook on Life Jacket is off but the song is classic otherwise.
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the chorus gets stuck in my head at work...then as soon as i get to the car i jam that shit.
its got a really clean sound that didnt quite hit me over computer speakers. i had to hear it in the car and in the lab. that talk box doe.....
8)
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THROOOOOOOW MEEEEEEEEEEE A LIFE JACKET A LIFE JACKET THROOOOOOOOOOOOOOW MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LMAO ;D ;D ;D
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life jacket is the song i like least from the album...the album is dope. duno what ur goin on about, but the production is on-point all the way through.
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still can't get into 'life jacket', though it's sounding better than before. talking of talkboxes...
sho nuff i said there's too much wretched shit goin on aroun here yeeah...baby 8)
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^pretty sure the lyric is "ratchet" g lol
shit slap tho
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^pretty sure the lyric is "ratchet" g lol
shit slap tho
you sure i listened to that quite a few times to try and hear the lyric...'wretched shit' is what i hear and it makes more sense...what does ratchet mean in that context?
anyone else wanna weigh in....wretched or ratchet shit? :laugh: 8)
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Keep it real , ya'll know The Midnight Life was a bad album meaning not good . Life Jacket is a decent song from this album , that song and Puffin The Dragon stood out for me , the rest is filler .
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i gave the album another go today i find "back that shit up" brilliant ; i use poweramp (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&hl=fr) on my smartphone it equalize just right imo
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i gave the album another go today i find "back that shit up" brilliant ; i use poweramp (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&hl=fr) on my smartphone it equalize just right imo
Back that shit up ? Shit is terrible , really . That song is very unoriginal and reptitive .
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i gave the album another go today i find "back that shit up" brilliant ; i use poweramp (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maxmpz.audioplayer&hl=fr) on my smartphone it equalize just right imo
yeah shits dope, especially the last verse where the funky sounds get more wild and the beat switches up. some casual listeners and a few peeps on other forums were really feeling that track too. one of the more innovative productions to my ears, on an album that isn't short on fresh sounds either.
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^pretty sure the lyric is "ratchet" g lol
shit slap tho
you sure i listened to that quite a few times to try and hear the lyric...'wretched shit' is what i hear and it makes more sense...what does ratchet mean in that context?
anyone else wanna weigh in....wretched or ratchet shit? :laugh: 8)
lol its an american thing, brodie...when he sayin "quit showin your ass" he talkin to the ratchets
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^pretty sure the lyric is "ratchet" g lol
shit slap tho
you sure i listened to that quite a few times to try and hear the lyric...'wretched shit' is what i hear and it makes more sense...what does ratchet mean in that context?
anyone else wanna weigh in....wretched or ratchet shit? :laugh: 8)
lol its an american thing, brodie...when he sayin "quit showin your ass" he talkin to the ratchets
lol cool makes sense then. still gonna be hearing 'wretched' though :P
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one thing about the album i dont like is on pet cemetary the roll over on your stomach take a dildo till you vomit line is such a disgusting couplet put up against some beautiful production lol
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don't facetime at night that's blair witch :stir:
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one thing about the album i dont like is on pet cemetary the roll over on your stomach take a dildo till you vomit line is such a disgusting couplet put up against some beautiful production lol
Thats Quik homie! He borderline ruins his production a lot lately
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back that shit up is among my favorite tracks off the album, sounds really crisp and modern with a vintage westcoast twist.
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i'm on my way to edit the song "that n*****s crazy". that would be the album version mingled with the live version. what u think ?
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I gotta tell y'all that I've grown to PREFER the album version of THAT NIGGAZ KRAZY over the live version.
The vocals from James DeBarge are fucking dope. They make the track truly crazy and they give it unparalleled energy.
The song is an expression of Quik's genius and his vision. He's making music for humans in the next centuries, once our ears have evolved.
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This is album is Brilliant, And u should be grateful that Quik still puts out awesome music. Compared to the one way bandwagon garbage we get today.
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I gotta tell y'all that I've grown to PREFER the album version of THAT NIGGAZ KRAZY over the live version.
The vocals from James DeBarge are fucking dope. They make the track truly crazy and they give it unparalleled energy.
The song is an expression of Quik's genius and his vision. He's making music for humans in the next centuries, once our ears have evolved.
yup..he really do sound like a crackhead
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one thing about the album i dont like is on pet cemetary the roll over on your stomach take a dildo till you vomit line is such a disgusting couplet put up against some beautiful production lol
Thats Quik homie! He borderline ruins his production a lot lately
lmao will got so excited when p had somethin negative to point out
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i'm on my way to edit the song "that n*****s crazy". that would be the album version mingled with the live version. what u think ?
i loved that electric guitar so much in the live version that i had to do a re-work of the track. it's a bit messy but i enjoy listening to it. a lot more than the lp version. feel free to D/L it and tell me what u think:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/8bygkh
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i'm on my way to edit the song "that n*****s crazy". that would be the album version mingled with the live version. what u think ?
i loved that electric guitar so much in the live version that i had to do a re-work of the track. it's a bit messy but i enjoy listening to it. a lot more than the lp version. feel free to D/L it and tell me what u think:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/8bygkh
damn, good lookin out. u should start your own seperate thread for this.
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thanks for the feedback. u should all consider this a xmas gift and download the track :D
https://www.sendspace.com/file/8bygkh
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Is Quik dissing AMG on "The Conduct"? There's a line at the end talking about people bragging they're "Ballin Outta Control" but then work at a train station and have to reapply for their job every year. I know AMG's album was titled "Ballin Outta Control", so I thought it might have been a jab at him.
Donzelly Ru diss.
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Is Quik dissing AMG on "The Conduct"? There's a line at the end talking about people bragging they're "Ballin Outta Control" but then work at a train station and have to reapply for their job every year. I know AMG's album was titled "Ballin Outta Control", so I thought it might have been a jab at him.
Donzelly Ru diss.
Haha, Donzelly Ru works at a train station? Damn, Mr. Theo, how do you know shit like this?? Share your sources with the world, homie.
Who else is Quik dissing on The Midnight Life?
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Finally got it. Given it a few listens in the car, sounds good with the sun blazing down. I think Quik released it at the wrong time because his stuff always sounds better when the weather is good 8)
I really like it, only a couple of throwaway tracks on here. My favourites are 'Life Jacket', 'Fuck All Night', 'Pet Sematery' and 'Puffin The Dragon' but all the other tracks bang too. It's up there with 'The Book Of David' but may rank just below for me.
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now that the weather is nice out here on the east and it's been a few months since I bumped this I may have to bring this album back out for the ride today 8)
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1. "Intro" David Blake DJ Quik 1:45
2. "That Nigga'z Crazy" Blake DJ Quik 3:54
3. "Back That Shit Up" (featuring Tay F 3rd & David Blake II)
4. "Trapped on the Tracks" (featuring Bishop Lamont & David Blake II)
5. "El's Interlude 2" (featuring El DeBarge)
6. "Puffin' the Dragon"
7. "Pet Semetery"
8. "Life Jacket" (featuring Suga Free & Dom Kennedy)
9. "That Getter" (featuring David Blake II)
10. "The Conduct" (featuring Mack 10)
11. "Shine" (featuring David Blake II)
12. "Bacon's Groove" (featuring Rob "Fonksta" Bacon)
13. "Broken Down" (featuring Suga Free & Tweed Cadillac)
14. "Why'd You Have to Lie" (featuring Joi)
15. "Fuck All Night"
16. "Quik's Groove 9"
Same as his last album Book of David, there's about half of it that's wack and can be scrapped. You can combine those 2 albums and have 1 solid album, instead of this experimental, repetitive mixtape quality crap
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i think i said everything i wanted to already, but just to add, yeah, agree that the release timing wasn't great. quik's albums, being so bright and musical, should ideally drop in the summer.
everytime i listen to the album, 'fuck all night' always stands out for me, such a dope instrumental 8)
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I still thinkit was a cheesy move to name the album "midnight life" after the whole fixers debacle.
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i was hopping for a better album
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1. "Intro" David Blake DJ Quik 1:45
2. "That Nigga'z Crazy" Blake DJ Quik 3:54
3. "Back That Shit Up" (featuring Tay F 3rd & David Blake II)
4. "Trapped on the Tracks" (featuring Bishop Lamont & David Blake II)
5. "El's Interlude 2" (featuring El DeBarge)
6. "Puffin' the Dragon"
7. "Pet Semetery"
8. "Life Jacket" (featuring Suga Free & Dom Kennedy)
9. "That Getter" (featuring David Blake II)
10. "The Conduct" (featuring Mack 10)
11. "Shine" (featuring David Blake II)
12. "Bacon's Groove" (featuring Rob "Fonksta" Bacon)
13. "Broken Down" (featuring Suga Free & Tweed Cadillac)
14. "Why'd You Have to Lie" (featuring Joi)
15. "Fuck All Night"
16. "Quik's Groove 9"
Same as his last album Book of David, there's about half of it that's wack and can be scrapped. You can combine those 2 albums and have 1 solid album, instead of this experimental, repetitive mixtape quality crap
i thought Back That Shit Up was one of the highlights of the album. the production is insane and they all came correct. even Quik's son sounded surprisingly fresh and dope.