Quik Is the Name

Quik Is the Name is the debut studio album by American hip hop artist and producer DJ Quik, released by Profile Records on January 15, 1991.^[1] Recording sessions for the album took place during 1990. Production was mainly handled by DJ Quik along with his executive producers Courtney Branch and Tracy Kendrick.

The album debuted at number twenty-nine on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 50,000 copies in its first week in the United States. The album was certified Gold four months after its release on May 30, 1991 and Platinum four years later on July 26, 1995.^[2]

Background

DJ Quik was signed by Profile Records in the summer of 1990, after they heard his 1987 mixtape "The Red Tape". He was the most expensive signee that Profile had ever acquired and was also the first artist to have got a six figure deal on the label.^[3] In 1998, the album was listed on The Source's list of the 100 greatest Rap albums of all time list.^[4]

Singles

Four singles from the album were released; "Born and Raised in Compton", "Quik Is the Name", followed by "Tonite", by far the most successful single off of the album and finally, "Sweet Black Pussy".

Track listing

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Sample credits

• "Sweet Black Pussy" contains a sample of "The Incredible Fulk" by Blowfly.
• "Tonite" contains a samples of "Tonight Is The Night" by Betty Wright.
• "Born and Raised in Compton" contains samples of "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" performed by Isaac Hayes, "Hardcore Jollies" performed by Funkadelic, "She's Not Just Another Woman" performed by 8th Day, and "Compton's N the House" performed by N.W.A.
• "Deep" contains samples of "Between Two Sheets & "Four Play" performed by Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns.
• "Quik is the Name" contains a sample of "I Just Want to Be" performed by Cameo.
• "Loked Out Hood" contains samples of "Do You Like It" performed by B.T. Express and "Pumpin' It Up" performed by P-Funk All Stars.
• "8 Ball" contains a sample of "Chameleon" performed by Herbie Hancock.
• "Quik's Groove" contains a sample of "Without Love" performed by Peter Brown.
• "Tear It Off" contains samples of "Once You Got It" performed by B.T. Express, "You Got to Have A Mother for Me" performed by James Brown, and "Husbands And Whores" performed by LaWanda Page.
• "I Got That Feelin'" contains a sample of "A Feeling Is..." performed by Emotions.
• "Skanless" contains a sample of "That's Enough for Me" performed by Patti Austin.

Personnel

Credits for Quik Is the Name adapted from Allmusic.^[5]

Charts

References