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Safe & Sound

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DJ Quik, along with Daz Dillinger & Warren G, is one of the most underated producers on the West Coast. All you ever seem to hear is Dr. Dre this, Dr. Dre that. Dr. Dre is a good producer but he doesn't even come close to DJ Quik. Quik produces music not just regular hip hop beats. The instruments he uses creates a nicer cleaner feel to the music rather than Dre's board. It simply sounds better and more natural; not just simple beats that any one with a pencil, a desk, and a beatboxer can make. Quik adds many layers to his beat. This creates free flowing instrumental grooves. Add to that a touch of the G Funk style and you have a sound that is so refreshing and satisfying. Suge Knight executive produces this album and he always seems to bring out the best in artists because this is for sure Quik's greatest achievement.

Each song is well crafted and you really can sit and enjoy every single song. If this album had no lyrics it would be one of the best albums EVER in any genre. DJ Quik fills the album with his sex stories, hustling, and G-Rhyming and his breathless flow is smooth as hot butter. Beatmakers should STUDY this album. It's that good. Head nodder after head nodder; Quik is the man.

Safe & Sound is just as flawless as DOGGYSTYLE; and that is saying a lot. He gets at his enemy MC Eiht on Dollarz & Sense, which is one of the best diss records EVER made. He gets all up in Eiht's grill on this song. And the line "E-I-H-T? Now should I continue? / You left out the G cus the G aint in You!" is one of the most cleverest disses I have EVER heard. That line ended MC EIHT's career and the rest of the song just jumped on the grave. Every song is the jizoint; from Diggin U Out to Something 4 Tha Mood, to Summer Breeze, Quiks Groove etc etc. There are zero weak songs.

Safe & Sound is the second best album to come from the West Coast; right after Snoop's Doggystyle. I want to play this at a barbeque so bad but it is too explicit...but if you can find an edited version ( fat chance ) it is perfect for that. This album will help cool that Summer Heat. A Must for any fan of music. 10 stars.

DJ Quik is probably the most underrated talented producer in hip hop. For fifteen years, he's quietly been making some of the best beats and dropping great verses to not enough fanfare. He helped put west coast rap on the map and also ushered in g-funk to the mainstream. "Safe + Sound" is his third album, from 1995, and along with "Quik is the Name", I think it's his best, a little better than 1998's "Rhythmalism". "Safe + Sound" marks two big changes for Quik. His beats move away from the fast, bass heavy loops of his first two albums and more inclined to the low, slow and bouncing g-funk beats that would later define his sound. His lyrics also show progression, instead of the young rags-to-riches Blood from Compton we see a more mature, cocky, and even angry pimp. "Safe + Sound" was Quik's most ambitious album to that point and possibly the pinnacle of his long and successful career.

The album begins with a powerful intro over a good beat, where Quik talks of what he feels is wrong in 95 rap and his career to that point. "Get at Me" is a faster, bass carried beat similar to "Tonite" or "Sweet Black P**sy" with nice horn throws. "Diggin' U Out" contains a slowed down bass and keyboard loop with a scratch from his debut. "Safe + Sound" is a funky, guitar and keyboard beat where Quik chronicles his earlier days and talks of his philosophy. "Somethin' 4 Tha Mood" is a laid back classic with a good hook, and the best part is the instrumentals. You can hear a flute, synth, and the pipes in the last two minutes are excellent. "Can I Eat It" has a good beat with his signature synthed voices, and he raps all about a certain sexual practice he despises. "Itz Your Fantasy" is a very chilled out tune for the ladies. "Tha Ho in You" has a great guitar beat, and you can guess the subject matter. "Dollaz + Sense" is a highlight. It's one of the best diss tracks ever, Quik drops his laidback ladies style to lash out at MC Eiht, and this track ended Eiht's credibility, it's very convincing. The disses continue on "Let You Havit", and "Summer Breeze" is a great summer anthem. This album contains my favorite of the "Quik's Groove" series, and the bonus track is a great, funky party groove.

"Safe + Sound" is a very complete masterpiece. It has a whole range of different songs dealing with different topics and moods. Quik's style really shifts here and it's fresh and new, and his production is untouchable as always. You'll find your head bobbing the whole time. This is one of the best and underrated g-funk albums out there.

Man oh man, how I lived in ignorance. I got suckered in, plain and simple. Like many other casual rap fans, I was tricked into believing that Dr. Dre was the best west coast producer. Luckily, I started to see the light after hearing a lot of Daz's songs. And then Quik came into the picture with his funky, confident "Safe + Sound" single. This song is amazing. I've blazed this at least 200 times, and each time is as good as the last. It has infinite replay value. So multi-layered. Each time you hear it, you notice another quirk. His lyrics actually have coherence, and tell a funny story, beginning to end. After a while I decided to check out the rest of his album, and found in it two other classics. "Somethin 4 the Mood" is nearly as astounding. The thing about Quik is that his lyrics fit perfectly to the beat. Most of Quik's beats are original, and you can tell because he shows off his musical sound with as much enthusiasm as he does his rapping ability. In the last 2 minutes of Somethin 4 the Mood, Quik stops rapping, and hits us with a brilliant musical solo, filled with light pipes. This is the best part of the song. There's nothing in rap that sounds quite like this. The next classic is "Tha Ho In You," a pimp anthem. It's vulgar, even for rap, but is also extremely melodic. With his high-pitched voice, not "hard" at all, and Motown feel, Quik challenges the listener to reconcile his potentially offensive lyrics with his ingenious rhythm. You just have to bob your head, even as you're calling the FCC.

The rest of the album is solid as well. A near classic is "Keep tha P in It," where the parliament influence is very obvious. At the end of the song, he asserts that "we represent that p funk." And he sure did, both in this album and in his others throughout the 1990s. Other memorable songs are "Bonus Track 1," "Dollaz + Sense" (which is a bit overrated in my opinion, but still good). What sets this album apart even more goes back to what I was describing with "Somethin 4 the Mood," where Quik lets the beat become the star. "Quik's Groove III" is a funky original track with no lyrics, perfect for sampling. How many rap albums have even attempted to do something like this? 50 cent is just a rapper, Quik is a musician. If you are a fan of funk, g funk or original, groundbreaking MUSIC, pick this one up now!

Damn, this album is so hot, I can listen to this one 24 hours a day. I was a big Death Row fan ( not anymore since everybody left ) and this album sounds like a Death Row disc. Every song is phat, but my favourite tracks are "Somethin' 4 Tha Mood", "Get at Me" and "Dollaz + Sense". But again, every track sounds very good. Even the shout outs blew my mind, cuz he thanks all the Death Row inmates. The only thing that is missing, is that nobody of the Death Row crew features, but second II none, Playa Hamm, and HI-C flow very nice too. So if you like some nice West Coast funk, than buy this one.

I've said it time and time again that west coast rap is one of my favorites. A lot of the albums that dropped in '94 and '95 were some of the best I've heard since I've been listening to rap music. Why? Because the west has came out with some of the most creative music at times. DJ Quik's third album "Safe & Sound" can be added to the classics that dropped back in '95, especially after the brilliant album Way 2 Fonky back in '92. I personally enjoy his west coast production, as it is something you can just groove with. Every song on this album is very unique in it's own way with it's outstanding production. As with a lot of songs he has made in the past, he talks a lot about getting some females in songs like "Diggin' U Out". Then there is a funny song about not going down on females on the song "Can I Eat It?". A personal favorite of mine is "Summer Breeze" as it's just a chill back type of song. Quik gets at his Compton rival MC Eiht on a couple of songs "Dollaz + Sense" and "Let You Havit". The fomer song also appeared on the soundtrack Murder Was the Case as Quik really showed Eiht what was up (hey I love Eiht as well, but Quik had the upper hand on that song). There are a few party tracks on here like "Tha Ho In You" and "Keep Tha 'P' In It" featuring various members like Hi-C, 2nd II None, Kam, Playa Hamm, and others. The bonus track is "Tanquray" as Quik rhymes about getting drunk at a party. And "Quik's Groove III" is part 3 of Quik's instrumentals series, another chill back track.

Anyting bad? None. I serouslly believe that there is not one wack track on this album.

Safe & Sound is a masterpiece in my opinion, and I rarely use the word "masterpiece". Filled with G-funk production and great rhymes can easily make it a summer soundtrack to bounce to. I personally recommend you listen to this, especially if you're a fan of west coast rap music like I do. Personally, It's albums like this that make me wish I lived in Cali. Peace!!

Lyrics: A+

Production: A++

Guest Appearances: A

Musical Vibes: A+

Top 5 Tracks:

1. Summer Breeze (personal favorite)

2. Dollaz + Sense

3. Keep Tha 'P' In It (featuring Hi-C, Playa Hamm, Kam, 2nd II None, and 2-Tone)

4. It'z Your Fantasy

5. Tha Ho In You (feautring Hi-C, 2nd II None, Sexy Leroy & The Chocolate Lovelites )

Honorable Mention Tracks:

1. Quik's Groove III (only because it's an instrumental)

2. Get At Me

3 years after his second classic dropped and quik was back for another. Now, if you bought his first and was amazed, then bought his second and was amazed with that too. When you get this it's like putting the first two together and being blown away and you think ''OH M GOD!!'' that this was the quality of what quik had reached in 95. Quik was already known at this point for being a tight producer for people like 'second 2 none', 'Hi-c', 'AMG' and 'penthouse players' and more. Aswel as being known for being a compton rapper with the maddest skills in the west. This was easily my best out of all his albums to date (2005). And it's quik at his peak which made this album the classic that it is. Every single track on this album is heavy, start to finish. The samples again are used in a way that no one else could even comprehend at the time, and he does also have real instruments(bass,flute etc) being played which is mad skills in the art of production and making your tracks have that certain feeling which a lot of people overlook. He has stepped it up to the highest level and this is an album that should represent gangsta rap of 95, even the 90's altogether!. His rapping is more on point than ever and the beats sounding sicker than ever. He comes back for mc eiht after his weak disses on ''we come strapped'', and quik puts him in place more than he ever did before with a couple of tracks, one of being more direct by the name of ''dollaz & sense'' which was a straight classic with a tight beat using bricks 'Dazz' sample and making it into a hardcore diss track. I'm sure everyone here and who has heard it knows the lyrics off by heart. But theres so much to be said about this album, its just got so much in it and is bursting with quality. I really miss the days when this style was the sound going. Sadly quik had changed his game a bit after this album and was not the same in 98, he still came with a good album, and then after that he fell off. And this was just left back as a treasured classic work. If you don't have this, you really are listening to the wrong things, you need to understand the work that was put into this album and admire it. This is what decided who was my favourite rapper distinctively out of the billions of other people out in 95. Much respect to Quik for taking it to this level and making one of my all time favourite albums. buy this, keep it safe and don't let it slip. Peace!

Dj Quik tells it how it is, the life on the streets with this album. I remember him saying how this is something he did not want to put out, but something he HAD to put out. It's something I'm glad he put out. The whole album is banging from intro to outro. Summer Breeze is the type of jam you listen to chillin at the park with the homies and reminisin. What makes Dj Quik's lyrical style tight is how he raps like he's telling a story, like he's actually living the moment as he did in that song. Dollarz & Sense was a clever diss towards MC Eiht (Givin yourself a bad name with your mispelled name, E-I-H-T now should I continue, you left out the G cause the G ain't in you...). Glad that rivalry is over with though, but it just shows you how clever this guy is. Not to mention his Quik's Groove 3. A Dj Quik album isn't a Dj Quik album without the Quik's Groove and this one is definitly his best (either this one, 5 or 7). A real jazzy feeling with the clever use of the flutes. I actually played this groove and a few others as dinner music at some of the weddings and people even asked me who this jazz artist is. Somethin 4 Tha Mood is like a clubbin jam for the hoes. The album is bangin throughout with other tracks such as Safe & Sound, Diggin U Out, Get at Me and many more. Quik beats always sound fresh and cleaner, especially with his nice guitar rhythms, than those of other producers such as Dr Dre, Timbaland, JD and everyone else. With the variety of styles Dj Quik can make beats for from Hip-Hop, G Funk, Jazz, Soul, R&B, and even Reggae, you know you can expect something new and fresh with his beats.

I'm not surprised to see this rated so high with 44 reviews. I still to this day ride around listening to this CD. one of the hottest of it's time. I still think Dj quik is one of the most underated rappers out there. this guy is sick and the reviews show it.

#1.I don't really rate intros,but he airs out buissness:10/10

#2.About shootin' em up:7.5/10

#3.Classic Slow joint 2 play with ya female:10/10

#4.Classic about problems with family and friends:10/10

#5.Classic LayBack Joint:10/10

#7.About avoiding eting the box:8/10

#8.Classic always play when I'm in the crib with my gurl.1of my all time favorites:10/10

#9.Classic joint 4 the hoes:10/10

#10.Classic Dis Record 2 MC Eight:10/10

#11.Shoot em up joint:9/10

#12.Classic LayBack track.1 of my favorites.All about the Summer:10/10

#13.Classic Quik instrumental:10/10

#14.Can't ever focus:6/10

#15.Keep the P In It:10/10

This album is Quik's best, and one of my all time favorites. His 3rd album came out 2 and a half years after his second so the demand & standards were high for another Quik album and he met and exceeded expectations. From his days on Death Row he made this one. The production is great by Quik with help from G-One & Robert Bacon. His beats as always are great and he tells some stories and some lines that'll make you laugh you ass off. Features some classic tracks, great, funky beats and his old homies. It has 4 classics, 4 near classics and no song that I'd even think about skipping over. One of my top 15 favorite rap albums definitely and I have over 625. A must have album.

#2 - 9.5

#3 - 10 (classic song about pus*y)

#4 - 9

#5 - 8.5 (another one about pus*y)

#7 - 9 (funny song about why not to eat pus*y)

#8 - 8.5 (one more about what else? pus*y)

#9 - 9.5 (mellow song about pus*y - f/ D (of 2nd II None) & Hi-C who has one of the funniest verses ever)

#10 - 10 (classic dissin MC Eiht)

#11 - 10 (another classic w/ a great beat - gettin on MC Eiht)

#12 - 10 (classic about his days growin' up)

#14 - 9 (by Playa Hamm)

#15 - 9.5 (f/ II Tone, Kam, 2nd II None {KK & D), Hi-C, AMG)

#17 - 9.5 (about gettin' fu*ked up off Tanqueray)

b. David Blake - 1/8/70 - Compton, CA

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