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.
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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?
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