Balance & Options

Balance & Options
Studio album by DJ Quik
Released May 16, 2000 (US)
Recorded 1999-2000
Genre West Coast hip hop
Length 70:41
Label Arista
Producer DJ Quik
DJ Quik chronology
Rhythm-al-ism
(1998)
Balance & Options
(2000)
The Best of DJ Quik: Da Finale
(2002)
Singles from The Book of David
  1. "Pitch in on a Party"
    Released: 1999
  2. "Quikker Said than Dunn"
    Released: 1999
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Balance & Options is the fifth album by West Coast rapper/producer DJ Quik. It was released on May 16, 2000 on Arista Records (who inherited DJ Quik's contract when they bought Profile Records). The album reached 18 on the Billboard 200 music chart and was his first album not to be certified by the RIAA. It features the single Pitch in on a Party whose video was directed by photographer Patrick Hoelck.

Track listing

# Title Featured guest(s) Sample(s) Time
1 "Change Da Game" Mausberg 4:04
2 "Did Y'all Feel Dat" Mausberg, and Skaboobie 3:27
3 "We Came 2 Play" AMG, and James DeBarge 3:49
4 "Pitch in on a Party" 4:06
5 "I Don't Wanna Party Wit U" 5:04
6 "Motex Records I (Interlude)" 1:03
7 "Sexuality" 4:03
8 "How Come?" 3:53
9 "U Ain't Fresh" Erick Sermon, and Kam 3:54
10 "Roger's Groove" 2:48
11 "Motex Records II (Interlude)" 2:15
12 "Quikker Said than Dunn" "Eazy-Er Said Than Dunn" by Eazy-E 3:44
13 "Straight From the Streets (Interlude)" 3:49
14 "Speak on It" Mausberg, and AMG 3:36
15 "Do Whatcha Want" Digital Underground, and AMG "Let's Have Some Fun" by The Bar-Kays 5:08
16 "Well" Mausberg, and Raphael Saadiq 5:42
17 "Quik's Groove V" 4:58
18 "Do I Love Her?" Suga Free 4:00
19 "Tha Divorce Song" James DeBarge "Nothing's Wrong" by Won G. 3:33
20 "Balance & Options (Outro)" 4:07