dj quik always gets the dr. dre "jr" treatment, but where does he really rank among dre, rza, premo?

[Left.A1]

to keep it funky quik was already doin the gfunk sound at 16-17 yrs old before dre even got with hutch cold 187...

the redtape in 88 was already what dre came n did with the chronic n nikkaz4life...

quik is the name is his nikkaz4life.. then safe n sound is his chronic...

rhythmalism...is his 2001

his 36 chambers/ob4ql = 2nd ii none 1st album and street gospel..

Like i said you nikkas are just naming solid albums … no one is going to take that away from quik he has solid albums and that’s nice …hell there’s not even anything to argue about when it comes to him being a pioneer for gfunk music …that’s all love give him his just due ..but beat for beat he simply doesn’t have anything that holds up next to a OB4CL or Chronic …


We can do a poll in here ..you can go to other producers on other platforms ..shyt you can ask the nikkas themselves and I doubt Quik himself would say something like that … just naming albums doesn’t make them comparable in quality ..you got dudes comparing an underground mixtape to an NWA album lol this makes quik fans look unhinged

 

[O.Red]

Rza peaked with Wu Tang Forever to be honest. Somebody's probably gonna mention Supreme Clientele but he didn't even have the best beats on that album

Compared with the other producers mentioned RZA doesn't come close in terms of volume after his peak

But this a Wu Tang forum so nikkas about to call blasphemy

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

Rza peaked with Wu Tang Forever to be honest. Somebody's probably gonna mention Supreme Clientele but he didn't even have the best beats on that album

Compared with the other producers mentioned RZA doesn't come close in terms of volume after his peak

But this a Wu Tang forum so nikkas about to call blasphemy

Who has the volume?

It’s sure as shyt not fukking dj Quik

 

[Left.A1]

Rza peaked with Wu Tang Forever to be honest. Somebody's probably gonna mention Supreme Clientele but he didn't even have the best beats on that album

Compared with the other producers mentioned RZA doesn't come close in terms of volume after his peak

But this a Wu Tang forum so nikkas about to call blasphemy

Rza was producing entire albums for a 9 man group his commercial output alone from 93-98 is more than most producers (even the great ones) can claim fame to ..especially the caliber of shyt his was putting out. nikka dropped what… arguably 4-5 bonafide classic albums to the neck in a 5 year run. I ain’t never seen no shyt like that ..maybe Mannie Fresh? It’s not a surprise bruh ran out of steam… that’s an incredible workload.

 

[Left.A1]

@shopthatwrecks I will give you Street Gospel tho as an album that may be on par with some of Dre and Rza’s best work … There’s no faking on that album … Quik was completely in his bag.. to me his best most consistent body of work

 

[O.Red]

It’s not a surprise bruh ran out of steam… that’s an incredible workload.

True

It's also a case of me believing RZA was carried by his sampling, which he was elite at

Rza original, non sampled beats are trash to me

 

[Left.A1]

True

It's also a case of me believing RZA was carried by his sampling, which he was elite at

Rza original, non sampled beats are trash to me

That’s a stylistic preference that definitely should be brought up everybody can’t do dope samples and original stuff ..that’s true

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Quik is all of NWA in one

Dr. Dre’s most impactful work is reinterpolations of classic funk music from 20 years prior played out by session players in world class studios, this combined with a penchant for perfectionism is Dr. Dre

Quik is the same but he also writes his own raps

This is different than music producers that are entirely self-contained making music on an MPC

See…

 

[R=G]

RIP Johhnny J

 

[Awesome Wells]

legendary g-funk and west coast producer. He's not up there with greats imo.

This here.

Is Quik a legend? Definitely.

But he doesn't have the catalogue to be named up there with the greats. We're talking about dudes who have done some of the best music ever made period. Not just in Hip Hop. Quik complains a lot about being overlooked, but he's never done anything as remotely classic or impactful as Hip Hop's greatest producers have. A classic track here and there doesn't cut it, when you're comparing him to dudes like Dre, RZA and Primo. There's just way too many levels to this sh*t.

 

[Complexion]

If Death Row could have actually signed Quik legitimately and promoted him and his work openly instead of keeping him virtually hidden in the background due to contractual obligations his legacy would be seen as different. Especially if he'd dropped an album in that time as we never truly got to hear his version of Chronic/Doggstyle/AEOM/Dogg Food even though all of those joints had his presence stamped all over the sound without credit.

 

[Greenhornet]

cats are wild for saying his body of work and use of real artists and instruments

cant compare to boom bap drums and the same contrived remixes etc

I dont know what Quik hasnt done/cant do/cant play/hasnt worked with

if you're comparing Dre you gotta talk about all the people behind the scenes he's mixing

like that one dude said, Shock G and Quik are actually making the music ... yall brought up ant banks... he's actually making and playing music too
alot of these other dudes yall are bringing up are in a different category ... they arent even the same, styles dont even match when you compare

 

[Chris Cool]

Random coli nikkas say quik ain't on that level. His peers say otherwise. Quik don't on Dre's level, but Dre has used quik and his shyt multiple times.

 

[Boonapalist]

I’d rather listen to the instrumental to Somethin 4 Tha Mood than any beat from Dre, Premo, RZA, etc etc etc.

 

[Complexion]

Like I said Quik was simply too musical/jazzy for the casual listener to get it. Dumb it down a bit, turn up the drums and do more with less for the single cuts to lure them into the album.

With Suge's ear executive producing (20% elbow on shoulder tax included) I'm certain we'd have seen this as you can say what you want now but everything he stamped knocked and was sequenced perfect.