Album
Quik Is the Name
1991Hip-Hop/Rap · Music · Rap · Hip-Hop · Gangsta Rap · Hardcore Rap · West Coast Rap
Breaking ground for G-funk.
Tracks
- 14:21
- 25:23
- 33:25
- 43:43
- 53:46
- 61:32
- 72:46
- 82:50
- 93:29
- 101:48
- 113:46
- 123:38
- 132:55
About this album
On his debut, DJ Quik laid the groundwork for the G-funk sound, pulling from a wide range of soulful samples. “Tonite” leans on “Tonight” by Kleeer and “Tonight Is the Night” by Betty Wright—and still manages to be both spare and danceable. “Deep” lays a razor-fine guitar loop over horns from Fred Wesley. And “8 Ball” dips into, perhaps, the most recognizable funk bassline of all time, courtesy of Herbie Hancock, nestling it among ad-libs and scratched vinyl while Quik kicks his relaxed party rhymes.