DJ Quik On “People’s Party With Talib Kweli”

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In this episode of “People’s Party With Talib Kweli”, Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh sit down with rapper, songwriter, DJ, record-producer, and West Coast icon:

DJ QUIK

Here’s what they got into:

  • The essential role that Quik played in the success story of Talib and Hi-Tek
  • Quik’s approach of getting the best out of everyone while building in the studio
  • Powering through a show the same night he took a spill off his motorcycle
  • His Compton, California upbringing, and being the youngest of 10 kids
  • Navigating the gang violence in community, trying to stay creative
  • What made P-Funk so influential to the West Coast sound
  • Being raided by the cops three times and tensions with his sister
  • Never wanting to join a gang even though all his friends were Bloods
  • The impact of his infamous ‘Red Tape’ sold locally before his record deal
  • The genius and charisma of Eazy-E and his friendship with Quik
  • Creating the Eazy-E tribute track, “Quikker Said Than Dunn”
  • How the iconic track, “Tonite”, came together over a weekend of partying
  • The signature “Quik’s Grooves” that became a tradition for years
  • Quik’s love for St. Louis after making it a second home while touring
  • Stumbling across Talib and Hi-Tek’s “The Blast” while on a mushroom trip
  • A machine gun put to his face during a dispute over a 2Pac bootleg tape
  • Performing the MC Eiht diss track, “Dollaz & Sense”, at the Source Awards
  • Progressing to making “You’z A Ganxta”, and his ‘Rhythm-Al-Ism’ album
  • Deciding to stop touring over having to wear bulletproof vests at shows
  • Suge Knight having Pac and Quik to settle their differences in the weight room
  • Suga Free’s cadence on stage and and connecting him to Richard Pryor
  • Quik’s ‘Balance & Options’ and why he has a hard time revisiting the album
  • The greatness of Tony! Toni! Toné!’s Raphael Saadiq and his conceptualism
  • Finding out that D’Angelo is a beast on the basketball court
  • Quik and Raphael Saadiq recording “Let’s Get Down”
  • Recording to analog vs. digital and the magic of magnetic tape
  • Using the natural reverb from claps in the bathroom for “We Still Party”
  • Talib and Quik’s mutual love for A Tribe Called Quest and Ice Cube
  • Quik’s chef hand and how he likes to hook up his Gumbo
  • What we can expect next from DJ Quik

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