He could be doing scores too for TV/Film. When you make music for kids with no jobs and then wonder why none of them are paying you for the music when its available for free, you kinda get what you deserve. I've been saying for a while that he should crossover to Jazz and do whole albums of Quik's Groove's instrumentals and start catering his records to adults, who still pay for their rmusic, instead of teenagers who steal the majority of theirs. He has the talent to be doing much bigger things musically. It’s off my resume so no more engineering for these new artists.”ĭJ Quik should've left the rap genre a long time ago. There’s not enough money to warrant sitting in the studio with people and learning your trade secrets for two or three grand, it’s not worth it. Now, there is so little that it’s not important. “Traditionally, I get paid for engineering and mixing people’s records, and there used to be a king’s ransom in that back in the day. “There is a bunch of things that I don’t understand about how this new business works,” Quik said. Quik’s statement was fueled by his discontent with today’s music industry model, which hasn’t paid as well-monetarily or respect-wise-as it once did. He explained that while he still has plans to get rid of his production equipment, he did not rule out producing for “real projects” for established artists. “I wouldn’t call it retirement,” Quik said. XXL spoke with Quik yesterday (October 29) to clarify his career’s status, and while he confirmed that he will no longer be working as an engineer or remixing records for new clients, he hesitates to say that he is retired from rap.

When Compton rap legend DJ Quik announced on Twitter on October 28 that he was selling his production equipment and would no longer be mixing or engineering records, it was speculated that the 43-year-old hip-hop veteran was formally retiring from music.

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