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In Quik’s own words, Rosecrans is: “a long ass avenue that goes from the beach to the streets / And it probably ain’t got no potholes in it.” The funny thing is, that sentence perfectly describes his ...

On June 9, DJ Quik and Kurupt's Blaqkout album will turn five years old. Since that time, DJ Quik has released one solo album, Book of David, and a scattered collection of solo songs. The latest, ...

There is no denying DJ Quik’s OG status in hip hop and the work he put in to help build the framework for West Coast rap music. Yet, when it comes to naming some of the most popular and influential ...

DJ Quik has some choice words for Kanye West during a recent interview with the #NOAHTV show. While the legendary producer was promoting his new collaborative project with Problem called Rosecrans, ...

The combination of nostalgia and cultural canonization has, at this point, consistently inundated clubs with veteran guitar bands playing “classic” albums. I use scare quotes partially because I ...

DJ Quik may not have been a member of N.W.A but his contributions to Compton’s legacy is still unheralded, nonetheless. So you can imagine him and his fan’s disbelief that his catalog is omitted from ...

Age is a rapper's worst enemy. Perhaps more than any other genre of music, hip-hop is a young man's game. As hip-hop artists grow old, they tend to lose touch, and often either begin chasing current ...

On a Monday night, behind the door of one of Burbank's unmarked and windowless storefront recording studios, DJ Quik was finishing his first remix in over a decade. Standing at the Little Big Room's ...

DJ Quik confronts social and racial issues that weigh on the black community in his soulful new track “Black Friday,” which the OG Compton rapper released on his SoundCloud. “I wrote this piece ...

Longevity in rap music is rare. By Billboard Staff Longevity in rap music is rare. In a genre that is often unfriendly to veteran acts, DJ Quik has ably maintained a lucrative career for the better ...

Nineties West Coast pioneer DJ Quik has experienced a late-career renaissance on the strength of solo albums like 2011’s The Book of David and 2014’s The Midnight Life, as well as collaborative ...