Now you know that we at HHDX have our ears to the ground. One of our covert operatives, Abraham “Big Poppa” Beltran was on point at the LA Sunset Strip House Of Blues on 21 September 2002 and witnessed the end of an era for West Coast Booty-shaking rap.
DJ Quik after completing a slammin’ set featuring AMG, Hi C, Suga Free and Capital I (from The Mexicans) to an ovation from the crowd stepped to the mike and looked out over the audience and announced “Yo’ on the real tip…I got something to say…I’m 32 years old and I can’t be singing ‘Sweet Black Pussy’ all my life and especially now that I got a daughter…it’s time for me to be David Blake again.”
The audience’s immediate reaction was a unified chant of “No, no, no!” Quik, then stepped further up on stage and with a misty-eyed look saluted his fans, slammed the mic to the stage, shattering it with a high-pitched feedback squelch and turned his back and marched from the stage to new, much louder chants of “Quik! Quik! Quik!”
The crowd continued to chant until AMG and the rest of the crew returned to the stage to perform an encore…Quik or should I now refer to him as Mr. Blake remained in the foreground…not to approach the mic for the remainder of the night and perhaps never again.
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Upon contacting E-Factor, Quik’s tour and publicity manager at Bungalo records, he confirmed that “Yeah, Quik has decided that it’s in his and his families best interest that he quit the performance aspect of his career and concentrate more on producing. Any further comment about this will have to come directly from Quik.”
Quik is moving in a new direction and his impressive discography includes that includes a new album “Pitch The Party” and production and collaboration credits with Tupac (“All Eyez On Me”), Raphael Saadiq (“Let’s Get Down”), Deborah Cox (“One Wish”), and R. Kelly (“It’s Like Everyday”), not to mention several top selling soundtracks including “Above The Rim,” “Murder Was The Case” and “Life.” His work has helped sell nearly 30 million records. So, whatever his future plans, he will be a continuing force in Hip Hop.
