Quik Is the Name

by DJ Quik

Overview

The release of DJ Quik's debut album, Quik Is the Name, in 1991 begged the question: does rap really need yet another gangsta rapper? Indeed, by that time, rap had become saturated with numerous soundalike gangsta rappers -- most of whom weren't even a fraction as interesting as such pioneers of the style as Ice-T, N.W.A, and Schoolly D. Nonetheless, rapper/producer Quik turned out to be more noteworthy than most of the gangsta rappers who debuted that year. Lyrically, the former gang member (who grew up in the same L.A. ghetto as N.W.A, Compton) doesn't provide any major insights. His sex/malt liquor/gang-banging imagery was hardly groundbreaking in 1991. But his hooks, beats, and grooves (many of which owe a debt to '70s soul and funk) are likeable enough. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	12/15/1998
Label:	Bmg / Sony Music
UPC:	0886978820426
Rank:	22622

Tracks

1. Sweet Black P***Y
2. Tonite
3. Born and Raised in Compton
4. Deep
5. Tha Bombudd
6. Dedication
7. Quik Is the Name
8. Loked Out Hood
9. 8 Ball
10. Quik's Groove
11. Tear It Off
12. I Got That Feelin'
13. Skanless

Album Credits

Performance Credits

DJ Quik   Primary Artist,Keyboards
AMG   Guest Artist
Stan Jones   Bass,Guitar

Technical Credits

Tracy Kendrick   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Executive Producer
Courtney Branch   Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Executive Producer
Justin Hayward   Composer
DJ Quik   Mixing,Producer
D. Blake   Composer
Liz Sroka   Engineer
Howie Weinberg   Mastering
Dante Blake   Composer
Joe Shay   Engineer
K. Clarence McDonald   Composer
D. Barnett   Composer
J. Lewis   Composer
Greg Jessie   Executive Producer