It's June 14, 2024, 07:18:59 AM
Quiks legacy is that he won't release dope shit because he feels underappreciated and underrated (which he is) compared to how much he put in. DR sound wouldn't be the same without him and who knows where his career would've been if people had actually known and he wasn't signed as David Blake instead of DJ Quik.
Quik was the in house engineer and a lot of the beats you hear had his uncredited production hallmarks all over them as he added in extra layers and generally bought beats to life. Its why so many tracks on DR all had that "jazzy" sound and swing, no matter who produced them, because Quik was at work behind the scenes, and this created a house sound like how Motown had before. Most people to this day don't have a clue about how important he was to the label. In terms of talent and pure technical ability he makes Dre look like a beat biting peon who relies on other peoples ideas which he hones into hits whilst Quik does it all by himself and freely shares his talent without caring about the props. Listen to In Da Club by 50 - that's Quik's work as he retooled what Dre had done to turn it into what we know, same thing he did at DR - laced it with sprinkles:Compare that to Dre's usual production from the era and its easy to spot what he did. Thing is Quik needs someone to reign him in as he usually just keeps on adding layers and layers of stuff to his beats until they're overproduced as he's never satisfied its enough. Him and Dre are really alike in many ways except their processes are totally different.
LOL who do you think was doing all of the percussion work on Dazs tracks at DR? Why have Dazs solo beats never hit that pinnacle again and the closest he ever got was working with Mike Dean (who is almost as talented/multi proficient as Quik). This is what Daz actually produced, minus the Quikstrumental:Mike Dean is actually responsible for ghostproducing hits and elevating so many other producers jams but unlike Quik he doesn't stay quiet about it and admitted it online before. There's no point arguing this with you people (you people?) because its obvious from the fake wannabe Dre beats and how you people (you people?) respond you haven't got a clue about production and don't really know how to listen to whats in front of your ears. Keep believing the hype. You people are all the same.