This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
In these days of endless samples, Puff Daddy ’80s remakes and rappers more concerned with bank notes than musical notes, L.A.’s DJ Quik is an anomaly.
He not only plays on this album; on more than half these 16 tracks, he plays all the instruments — bass, drums, guitar, keyboards. And not only can he make like Prince, he can also spew gangsta rap like Snoop Dogg or tear the roof off the mother with a P-Funk groove a la George Clinton. And he doesn’t dilute his chronic cuts with wack skits or endless guest vocalists. Like they say, if you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.
