DJ Quik says Kanye West’s celebrity outweighs his talent, while speaking on The Life Of Pablo.
Compton musician DJ Quik posed a series of questions about Kanye West and the rapper’s The Life Of Pablo album, during an appearance on NoahTV. In regards to one particular question, whether or not Kanye’s celebrity supersedes his talent, DJ Quik responded with “yes.”
He also referred to Kanye as “a Kardashian.”
“Kanye so scared he don’t know what to do with the fuckin’ Life Of Pablo,” DJ Quik said. “Let’s just keep this all the way fuckin’ 100…Do you think it deserves all the hype though? Is this the kind of album that you would really want to go buy to listen and go home to and just [be bragging] to everybody? So, his celebrity supersedes his talent right now? Yes. Come on, he’s a Kardashian now. What the fuck?”
DJ Quik later went on to clarify that he wasn’t dissing Kanye with his comments, and was instead issuing a challenge to the Windy City wordsmith
“This is a challenge. This ain’t a diss. It’s just a challenge. Make your best music. Because fans aren’t stupid. They’re just not,” he said.
DJ Quik is expected to release new music of his own in the very near future. Both DJ Quik and Problem are scheduled to release their collaborative EP, Rosecrans, later today (April 20).
Video of DJ Quik speaking on Kanye West’s celebrity outweighing his talent, can be found below.
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I don’t know Quik…I think you’re underestimating the stupidity of fans big homey. They’re pretty stupid.
tell you what…if kanye tried to diss Quik…Quik would kill em lyrically and most deff. production wise…and you cant tell me otherwise
Quik Told The TRUTH!!!!… Come on Quik!!!!!
100% Truth DJ Quick has payed his dues he is a top 5 to 7 rap producer of all time he has knowledge about the game
Lol kanyes gonna go on another infamous twitter rant
Quik is the man period! True producer period!
As Quik said so elequently in his song, “Sweet black p@ssy always talk about it because I love it.”
As Quik said so elequently in his song, “Sweet black p@ssy always talk about it because I love it.”
So true. People tend to give Kanye Kardashian to much credit.
IM A KANYE FAN BUT QUIK IS RIGHT KANYE MUSIC NOW IS GARBAGE EVERY SINCE HE START FUCKING WIT DEM KARDASHIAN BITCHES AND MAKIN UGLY ASS SHOES HE FELL DA FUCK OFF
ironically ive never been a kanye supporter but TLOP was dope.
who really cares about who he marries? I only f!ck with his music not his personal life…some niggaz are so obsessed with celebs lives, forgetting their own
Some n i gg az… like kanye??
Kanye has never been a wordsmith, he has always had songwriters. He used to make beats until he hired people to make music for him. This was bound to happen with Kanye, with him not being an MC and leaving the beat making duties to people he hires. Also, thinking that he is a music genius caused it too. He used to make good beats when he was actually producing, but most of his samples were from well known songs. Wasn’t like he was sampling little known records or album cuts
he ain’t lying
he ain’t lying
TLOP was dope. I’m just mad because I submitted 2 years worth of beats for TLOP and Kanye didn’t use any
Nice try dummie, its DJ QUIK not ‘DJ QUICK’. Hip-hop culture is rife with decadence. I like Kanye (before he started making pop music) but dude has nothing on Quik. Kanye claims he’s changing up the game but only conforms with auto-tune and those shitty trap 808s while collaborating with trash rappers. If anything, at the moment he is good at making POP music. While Quik has stayed true to the culture and maintained his integrity. Quik’s discography is crazy! Its musicianship beyond Hip-hop, everything from the arrangements to the mix and he’s still very active. Never sleep on dude. Quik is truly a low key GOAT and a mad scientist on the boards, its a shame that he’ll only be appreciated properley posthumously like J-dilla. But for those who know, know! Other underrated producers: Battlecat, Focus…, Hi-tek, Bink!, Nottz, DJ khalil, Mel-man, Khrysis, Rick rock, Buckwild, True master, Ty fyffe, Black milk, Young rj. So many to name but appreciate them while they’re still here!
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He is definitely right. As much as I love listening to Father Stretch My Hands pt. 1 until the end of the first hook, Kanye’s verse is what ultimately ruined the song (Bleached asshole reference. Like seriously?). That song basically describes the whole album: It has its great moments while unfortunately also having quite an amount of horrible cuts (or rather concept decisions? Nobody wanted the Max B skit or the total waste-of-time Low Lights) He still has great musical ideas, Ultra Light Beams, FML and Real Friends are legitimately good tracks. Nothing insane but very solid.
Overall the album shows lots of insecurity and just seemed unfinished/unfocused. And even after updating the album the overall quality hasn’t increased much. While the mixes are better, one of the song changes remains very very very questionable. Maybe its just me, but the new/old “Wolves” features the worst, most generic and corny Vic Mensa performance I have ever heard. Like lets keep it real, it was garbage. Also what the F*CK is up with those toms!? Fucking “On Sight” is easier to listen to!
Word I respect DJ Quik for this, the album has its moments but that shit just leaves you wanting more, and it’s not even raps that are relatable anymore, I go thru the whole album wishing the shit woulda been way better
Word I respect DJ Quik for this, the album has its moments but that shit just leaves you wanting more, and it’s not even raps that are relatable anymore, I go thru the whole album wishing the shit woulda been way better
About time someone tells the truth i hate people who just dick handles just because of who it is
Im not a fan of the the “updates” on his album, Im mean wtf….. Let me make some changes after releasing it and hearing some reviews?? Maaaaaaan just put your best out,,, bring back the remix if anything, But I’m no hater, Kanye is def a dope artist but i do hate to say the hype is affecting him.
One can be creative for so long… Kanye should just hang it up, because we havent heard anything decent from him in the last 8 years…
First of all… why “fuckHHDX” and then come here on this website?
Second, his music has fallen off in recent years… it’s still decent, but not as good as it used to be.
Third, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” is his best album. It was 6 years ago, not 8.
People need to stop acting like any of this shit is genius. The whole genre is based on a lot of sampling or trying to make a club cut while rhyming together words that are elementary when you look at it through the scope of real poetry. It’s just whether people want to hear what you’re talking about anymore and whether they like your sound. For Kanye, that time has passed. It passsed a long time ago for Quik who haardly can criticize since I could pick a beat out of his from a mile away 99% of the time. Some more people will do it and try to reinvent the wheel, but it will always come down to if people want to hear your story. Kanye made it because people wanted to hear his story after his car accident and sampling soul songs. That’s not his life anymore, and he ran out of soul samples, so next. This is the game. Stop trying to make it into rocket science like any of these dudes are deep or so dope.