The 20 greatest West Coast hip-hop albums of all time

#15 Quik Is the Name by DJ Quik (1991)


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Perpetually overshadowed by Dr. Dre, the debut album from the Compton-based producer/rapper helped introduce the kind of elastic basslines and smoothed-out production style that Dre would take to the mainstream a year later. An early 90s classic that established Quik and helped change hardcore hip-hop’s musical approach.


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