TheBlackSun
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THAT'S what makes him dangerous more than anything. People who don't use logic, or know how to rationalize shyt, and are extremely reactionary. Especially in the case of a dude. He had no pops around.
Andre 3000 spreads rumor that DJ Quik has AIDS
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THAT'S what makes him dangerous more than anything. People who don't use logic, or know how to rationalize shyt, and are extremely reactionary. Especially in the case of a dude. He had no pops around.
TheBlackSun
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How can somebody be blackballed in music these days when you can easily sell your shyt over the internetBlackball him from what?
Not as in today, back in 2002; when that addictive sample didn't clear. Dre could also blackball him from working with certain artist, working on certain projects.It's really easy to get blackballed in the industry; especially when someone is a major gatekeeper. Even with the internet, unless your shyt is incredible, it's extremely difficult to get a major following. And even in todays internet age, many people still come from the mindset that unless you have certain mainstream, or known features, your shyt is not worth supporting. Hell even in todays internet age, Quik is still relatively unknown outside of his niche market, and older westcoast hip hop heads. He also alludes to being blackballed in an interview(I'll have to find it), done a few years back. In the interview he tells the radio host that he would tell younger, newer artist that it's important to "watch what they say, because one day that person could be in a higher position than you, and could really have the opportunity to blackball, and stop certain things." - You can kind of put the pieces together from there...
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Nintendough
#Kliq
Did a whole song about it
Exactly.....He is a genius but he is a weird AZZ dope head.
Yeah maybe to a newcomer or unknown but in 2017 a guy like Quik doesn't need Dre. He can do whatever the hell he wants. Even back in 2002, Quik himself was a gatekeeper, not a major one but a guy that could still put shyt out and put people on if he felt the urge and need to. You're blackballed in music only if you believe in that. Blackballed is all the 32 NFL team owners and GM's agreeing behind closed doors not to sign free agent QB Colin Kaepernick- thus he can't get work anywhere. That's blackballing. These days the music and film industries are the wild wild west because of the internet, cheaper digital equipment available to anybody with a pulse, social media, etc.
CHICAGOrilla
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Neva understood you flabby nikkas infatuation with dude. He a trash faggy lookin dopehead and he may or may not have aids
TheBlackSun
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Perhaps not officially blackballed per say, but Quik did burn a lot of bridges with aftermath being hit with that 500 mil lawsuit. Dre threw him under the rug, even though he was just as comfortable with taking credit for the song. The rest was just bad business dealings, and personal issues that Quik was going through. But please explain to me why he's always kissing Dre's ass in interviews; to the point of undervaluing his own talent. Yet you've never ever heard Dre publically acknowledge Quik to give him his props, or any of the other bigger names he's worked with. Dre is mad talented and has a unique ear for knowing what's hot, but any real music aficionado knows that Quik is technically better; and even Quik himself knows that he's better. He has an ego, and always puts on this false modesty in interviews.Here he even says that he wants to work with more artist, but no one wants to give him a chance, that he gets no acknowledgement; that no one want's to help him.
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TheBlackSun
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Neva understood you flabby nikkas infatuation with dude. He a trash faggy lookin dopehead and he may or may not have aids
The coli is one of the few places where Quik gets real respect, and mad props that he deserves. Dude put in a LOT work insofar as music, and deserves to be credited. He's a real musician, and one that most westcoast true hip hop heads/old heads greatly recognize.
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I'm not the biggest Quik guy so I don't know what the deal is on him. Didn't even know he needed help from industry people
TheBlackSun
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See that's what Im talking about. If not blackballing, then what is it? Maybe he's set in his ways despite modern times, and lacks innovative direction to take a better coarse of action or what...
Depression, maybe financial woes, family troubles, etc.. Be it can't be blackballed when you have your own studio, can drop a album or single on iTunes/Amazon just like a major would do, go on a small tour, start up an entire new crew, etc. The music industry isn't the same as it was 8-12 years ago. Alot of these guys wish it was still about major labels with pull, big budgets, $100,000 dollar videos, your new album in Tower and Warehouse Records, big arena tours, etc. This new internet era has alot of people confused, mixed up, and not knowing what to do. Some of these artists are like guys who wish they were back in high school cause life was so much easier for them
TheBlackSun
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You got a point. Then again, Quik was always leaning on the independent side of the fence, because he knew his audience, core, and subject matter didn't particularly fit into the mainstream. He was at least smart in doing that so the industry wouldn't be able to back him into a corner, with him being strictly at their mercy.
Wasn't he just homeless a few years back or was that a rumor?
TheBlackSun
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LOL Well I don't quite know about that. His net worth is about 2.3 million, and he probably has a lil more via various investments in real estate, royalties, affiliate marketing, and through his sponsorship with Purple Haze Vodka. He has money in the bank, but he ain't ballin' like that by no means. He smart with his money however, and seems to live mainly within his means.
It's funny because Dre is batshyt insane as well but because he's more versatile with his production, people are willing to set aside his issues and work with him. On the other hand the same does not apply to Quik - I think it's because of his mood swings and his beefs with nearly everyone he's teamed up with. No one is willing to deal with a grown ass man who can't decide what personality he wants to be today.
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at Quik selling people car batteries West Coasters, man.