Nobody wants to do things like all the other blogs, but sometimes that’s just the way it is. So sorry if you’ve seen this already, but I’m also going to follow up my Dirty Projectors post with a two-day love letter to DJ Quik.
O, Quik, how do I love thee? Well, OK, let’s see.
The main thing is that you’re still really good. That’s hellllllllla rare in hip-hop. I mean, of course people aren’t always going to be popular, and few people in any genre are a permanent fount of excellence, but in rap, a nine-year run makes you a legend. So Quik: dammmmmn. Still producing AND rapping after 18 years, still good. Maybe it’s because you’ve never made any terrible family films.
In addition (and I’ve covered this before), you show some vulnerablilty on occasion. Sure there’s lots of vulgar talk about ladies’ parts (enough so that it causes suspicion), but there’s also worry, self-doubt, and even when you party it up (like in this song, his first hit), sometimes you end up earlin’ like a mother while you’re grippin’ the toilet.
DJ Quik – Tonite from Quik Is The Name
Bonus Sweatpants
One of the first things I think of when I think of Quik is the line in “Come 2nyte” (at around 1:58) where he brags about still being able to fit in the gray sweatsuit with the burgundy trim from “Tonite.” The backup vocals in this song kill me.
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That bit about Quik protesting too much reminds me of the rapper in “Tropic Thunder” who also raps overmuch in songs like “I Like Tha Pus*y”.