DJ Quik - Safe & Sound (1995)

01. Street Level Entrance
02. Get at Me
03. Diggin' U Out
04. Safe + Sound
05. Somethin' 4 Tha Mood
06. Don't You Eat It!
07. Can I Eat It?
08. Itz Your Fantasy
09. Tha Ho in You (Ft. Hi-C and 2nd II None)
10. Dollaz + Sense
11. Let You Havit
12. Summer Breeze
13. Quik's Groove III
14. Sucka Free (Ft. Playa Hamm)
15. Keep Tha P In It (Ft. Kam, Hi-C, Playa Hamm and 2nd II None)
16. Hoorah 4 Tha Funk (Reprise)
17. Tanqueray (Bonus Track)

Some say "Safe & sound" is Quik's best album. I disagree with them, cause in my opinion there is one better, but... hell yeah, it's still piece of magnificient, pure g-funk. It's hard to tell which songs are the best, cause all of them are masterpiece. There's everything - "Street level entrance" sounding like good ol' p-funk straight from Parliament/Funkadelic projects, smooth and laid back "Something 4 tha mood" and "Itz your fantasy". There is also another diss song (like on his last album) called "Let you havit", this time Quik stings his words into MC Eiht. Last, but not least, notice what is Quik doing with talkbox - it's excellent Roger Troutman school (by the way auto-tune isn't even competition, can only eat a dick).

DJ Quik - Safe & Sound (Video)

DJ Quik - Way 2 Fonky (1992)

01. America'z Most Complete Artist
02. Mo' Pussy
03. Way 2 Fonky
04. Jus Lyke Compton
05. Quik'z Groove II
06. Me Wanna Rip Your Girl
07. When You're A Gee (Ft. Playa Hamm)
08. No Bullshit (Ft. KK of 2nd II None)
09. Only Fo' Tha Money (Ft. 2nd II None)
10. Let Me Rip Tonite
11. Niggaz Still Trippin' (Ft. AMG, 2nd II None, JFN, Hi-C)
12. Tha Last Word

Dolla bill y'all, dolla bill y'all, dolla dolla dolla dolla dolla bill y'all!

It's again DJ Quik in tha house! And it's another dynamic funky shit. Just one year after debut, David Martin Blake released next album called "Way 2 Fonky". What you will find here is a title track, "Way 2 Fonky", which is a diss song aimed at rapper from Bronx, Tim Dog (in respond for his "Fuck Compton"), some hood anthem in "Jus Lyke Compton", smooth ballad called "Let me rip tonite". There's even a reggae song "Me wanna rip your girl" (which in fact is nothing new, cause Quik already made year ago reagge song on debut album named "Tha Bombudd").
Funky ass productions and Quik on the mic supported again by 2nd II None, Hi-C and AMG, that's just the way how g-funk should look today.

DJ Quik - Way 2 Fonky (Video)
DJ Quik - Jus Lyke Compton (Video)
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DJ Quik - Quik Is The Name (1991)

01. Sweet Black Pussy
02. Tonite
03. Born & Raised In Compton
04. Deep (Ft. 2nd II None, AMG)
05. Tha Bombudd
06. Dedication
07. Quik Is The Name
08. Loked Out Hood
09. 8 Ball
10. Quiks Groove
11. Tear It Off (Ft. AMG)
12. I Got That Feelin
13. Skanless (Ft. 2nd II None, Hi-C)

1991, mista David Blake, one of the most important west coast producers all time, release his first album called "Quik is the name". Produced mainly by DJ Quik (only "8 Ball" is produced together by Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch, DJ Quik and Tracy Kendric) album "quickly" became classical composition. In 1995 "Quik is the name" went platinum and it still remains his best selling album. But it shouldn't surprise you - there are joints, which simply kick your head. Although heavily sampled, "Born & Raised In Compton" (sample from "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes) and "Tonite" (sample from "Tonight" by Kleer) are just must-known songs. Be sure that you won't miss "Quiks groove" too - in future it will become Quik's trademark.

DJ Quik - Born & Raised In Compton (Video)

DJ Quik - Tonite (Video)

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