[3] DJ Quik was signed by Profile Records in the summer of 1990, after they heard his 1987 mixtape "The Red Tape".

But along comes Dave from Profile Records looking for me like, ‘Hey dude, I heard your cassette, man.

Come sign with us.’ [laughs] There was a bidding war between Fred Munao at Select Records and Cory Robbins and Profile.

"[1] You're taking this from the man that wrote the synthesizer part to the song that I did released and fucking in 1991, called "Tonite", that's him!

[1] The "Tonite" synth was programmed by LA Dream Team's former member and producer, the Real Richie Rich.

Alex Henning of Rhapsody wrote that "Quik's debut set the groundwork for the G-funk era, largely due to the success of "Tonite."

Much like Warren G, Quik focuses less on violence and more on mind-altering substances, ladies and cold chillin'.

Indeed, by that time, rap had become saturated with numerous soundalike gangsta rappers -- most of whom weren't even a fraction as interesting as such pioneers of the style as Ice-T, N.W.A, and Schoolly D. Nonetheless, rapper/producer Quik turned out to be more noteworthy than most of the gangsta rappers who debuted that year.

Lyrically, the former gang member (who grew up in the same L.A. ghetto as N.W.A, Compton) doesn't provide any major insights.