Dj quik safe and sound zip3/14/2024 ![]() Musically “Safe + Sound” is leaps and bounds above all of Quik’s work that preceded it, which isn’t to take anything away from either of his earlier albums in the slightest. In ’95 the rap-listening public was tuned into the distinct sounds of Compton, Long Beach, Oakland, and Vallejo, and Quik’s long-awaited third album once again placed him among the hip hop elite. In fact, the Compton native’s first two go-rounds were two of the albums that inspired the mid-90s West Coast explosion, during which major labels scrambled to sign established acts from as far south as San Diego, as far north as Sacramento, and everywhere in between. Thus begins DJ Quik’s third album “Safe + Sound.” In 1995, DJ Quik was practically a household name on the West Coast, becoming a platinum-selling artist with his 1991 debut “Quik Is the Name” and following it up with 1992’s “Way 2 Fonky,” both of which established him as California’s premier rapper/producer not named Andre Young. “I don’t give a fuck, my attitude is GottiĪnd I’m hard to love, ’cause I don’t love nobodyĪ fifth of Remy Martin and some big fat checks” ![]()
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