BlaQKout

BlaQKout
Studio album by DJ Quik and Kurupt
Released June 9, 2009
Recorded 2008-2009
Genre West Coast hip hop
Length 41:08
Label Mad Science, Fontana Distribution
Producer DJ Quik
DJ Quik chronology
Trauma
(2005)
BlaQKout
(2009)
The Book of David
(2011)
Kurupt chronology
Same Day, Different Shit
(2006)
BlaQKout
(2009)
Streetlights
(2010)
Singles from BlaQKout
  1. "Hey Playa (Moroccan Blues)"
    Released: May 5, 2010[1]
  2. "Whatcha Wan Do"
    Released: May 5, 2010[2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2009
The AV Club (B+) 2009
The Boston Phoenix 2009
HipHopDX.com 2009
Pitchfork Media (8.2/10) 2009
RapReviews.com (8.5/10) 2009
Robert Christgau 2009
Vibe (Favorable) 2009
URB Magazine 2009

BlaQKout is a collaboration album by rapper/record producer DJ Quik and rapper Kurupt. It is completely produced by DJ Quik. The album debuted at #61 on the Billboard 200, selling 8,800 copies its first week.[3]

Rhapsody (online music service) deemed it the 20th best album of 2009.[4]

Background

While putting the finishing touches on Snoop Dogg’s acclaimed Ego Trippin album in early 2008, DJ Quik had an idea. The rapper-producer-musician-entrepreneur wanted to do a full-length album with Kurupt, the Dogg Pound member and Snoop Dogg affiliated-rapper he’d known since Death Row Records’ mid-1990s heyday and had worked with sparingly over years. The inspiritation for the name of the album was taken from the Method Man & Redman collaborational albums Blackout! and Blackout! 2 since this was indeed a collaboration album. It was modified to include the letter Q to represent DJ Quik and the letter K to represent Kurupt.

Track listing

# Title Performer(s) Sample(s) Length
1 "BlaQKout" DJ Quik, Kurupt 3:01
2 "Cream N Ya Panties" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Tre Mak 4:05
3 "Do You Know" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Desiree Anderson "Anniversary" performed by Raphael Saadiq, "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" performed by Soul II Soul 3:28
4 "Whatcha Wan Do" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Problem, Yo-Yo 3:33
5 "Ohh!" DJ Quik, Kurupt 3:15
6 "Fuck Y'all (2nd II None, AMG & Hi-C Diss)" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Puff Johnson 3:14
7 "Hey Playa (Moroccan Blues)" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Tai "Missy" Phillips 4:21
8 "Exodus" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Desiree Anderson 3:02
9 "9x's Outta 10" DJ Quik, Kurupt 2:55
10 "Jupiter's Critic & the Mind of Mars" DJ Quik 2:28
11 "The Appeal" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Desiree Anderson 3:37
12 "Problem: The B Stands for Beautiful" Problem 1:20
13 "Whatcha Wan Do (Alternative Version)" DJ Quik, Kurupt, Problem, Yo-Yo 3:34
* "Bees to the Honey"
(iTunes bonus track)
DJ Quik, Kurupt 3:58

References