So when I go in there and see my equipment gone and our house had been ransacked-what kind of shit?! When you've got bars on the window, how do motherfuckers still get in your house and steal your shit? This motherfucker broke in my mama's house and stole my equipment. 'This motherfucker named Leroy-we used to call him Skillet, Barbecue, because he was so black and ugly. “'Born and Raised in Compton,' it was cool to be able to vent because the reality was, when we moved out of my mom's house in Compton I had left some equipment there, and my records there, and I was trying to find a place to live. Dre and Ren they never got on me about it. And Eazy E and them didn't have a problem with it they never sued me. Straight Outta Compton album and just scratched 'Born and Raised in Compton' because I felt entitled to use it. “So I went on ahead, and even though I'd already moved out of Compton by 1987-I was living in Los Angeles, South Central as they used to call it-I wrote it in 19, I was just depicting what I remembered from Compton. And at the same time I was watching N.W.A. It was just something about that track that moved me. Even though it wasn't on the radio, even though I didn't have a record deal. And that track in particular, it just made me feel like a god. We just sampled all the records that we liked. And it wasn't even thinking about commercial success or nothing.

Until now, that is.Īs told to David Drake ( when sampling became all the rage, even before Biz Markie got sued for it, we just sampled everything we could. And second, his impact on hip-hop history is both truly profound and largely unappreciated. After this epic interview, two things become quite clear: First, Quik is an open book with a very precise memory. Dre helped him deal with some of the tragedies he’s witnessed over the years. Quik even spoke on the money, the girls, and the street drama that surrounded him throughout his music career, and how his work with Dr. Quik broke down everything from his sudden superstardom with the song “Tonite” to his mid-career collaborations with artists ranging from 2Pac to El Debarge, and even some of his little-known contributions to massive hits by the likes of 5 0 Cent and Rakim. “I don’t even talk to my mom this long,” Quik quipped as he went deep, connecting what he was doing musically to some of the key moments in his own remarkable biography, going into detail about what equipment and techniques he used, and speaking on all the people, places, and especially his own mindset during each recording session. While he may not be the platinum hitmaker he was during the 1990s, he’s still a passionate sonic artist who's blazed a creative path that allowed his music to evolve into a very personal sound. Quik’s gone through several distinct phases, working both in the spotlight and behind the scenes, and Complex caught up with him last week to speak about all of it in detail. Compton-born DJ Quik has been a force in hip-hop since the late 1980s.

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