![]() ![]() ![]() So it was only right that we took the occasion to talk to him about vintage drum machines and Saturn and Prince and denim and vomit. His just-released ninth album, The Midnight Life, strikes a happier note ( mostly) but still splits a perfect balance between old school G-Funk and futuristic space funk. And even in the midst of that chaos Quik never sacrificed his poise as a producer. Blaqkout, his 2009 effort with Kurupt was about as natural as any collaborative rap record in recent memory while his solo records Trauma (2005) and Book of David (2011) were cathartic masterpieces, filled with acts of familial bridge burning that would make Eminem blush. He's also had an unprecedented, if quiet, late career renaissance as a rapper in this century. That was him manning the boards on 2Pac's All Eyez On Me, those are his drums on 50 Cent's "In Da Club." As a producer and an engineer his sonic fingerprints can be heard on some of the most popular hip-hop records of all time. The Compton-bred 44-year-old is best known for his work as a pioneering gangsta rapper-or perhaps for his uncanny ability to perpetually look and sound like he just stepped off a yacht-but in fact his truest form is that of a studio rat. ![]()
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