B. Cox and J. Owe look back at Compton rap icon DJ Quik's 1991 debut classic album Quik Is The Name, an early adopter in the G-Funk sound which would come to define Southern California hip-hop in the early 1990s. It was a project that would combine references to urban Los Angeles/Compton hood culture and fun-loving times on the West Coast.
Show Notes:
Mid90s: DJ Quik: Born and Raised in Compton
https://www.mid90s.com/blog/quikisthename
Hip-Hop Album Debate: DJ Quik's "Quik Is The Name"-Classic, Dope, Regular or Garbage?
https://www.hiphop-album-debate.com/2018/04/26/tbt-90s-dj-quiks-quik-is-the-name-classic-dope-regular-or-garbage/
NPR Microphone Check-DJ Quik: Flamboyant? Every Now and Then
https://www.npr.org/sections/microphonecheck/2015/01/30/381979701/dj-quik-flamboyant-every-now-and-then