I’m that much quicker

I missed this when RapRadar first posted it more than a week ago. Around the 1:40ish mark, Quik breaks down how Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield birthed gangster rap. I love BlaQKout so much, I wanna take it behind my middle school and get it pregnant.

Quik links

DJ Quik’s and Kurupt’s collaboration album, BlaQKout, came out today. I’ll go ahead and say it’s a contender for Album Of The Year. Go ahead and cop that as soon as you get a chance. I better warn though that it might take some effort. Being released independently on Quik’s imprint, Mad Science Recordings, the album’s distribution is a little less widespread. My local Target didn’t order any copies, just to give you an idea.

Anyway, some links:

• My review of the album is up @ Examiner. Let me know what you think here, I guess, since Examiner recently switched up their comments section to only allow 1000 characters max in your comments. Pretty soon, you’ll only be able to comment through Twitter. Discourse FAIL.
• Matthew Africa made an excellent ‘Best of DJ Quik’ mix. It’s been looping in my car the whole weekend.
• DubCNN got to chill with the duo over a game of pool.

After the jump, proof of purchase. Because it’s not everyday that I recommend you buy rap and then heed my own words. And yes, this CD comes with fold-out liner notes.