DJ Quik

Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 24 May 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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[r] Jesse Thorn talks to DJ Quik - one of the most prolific figures in West Coast hip hop. They'll talk about why a leaked record and a couple of guns made Quik realize he needed a new circle of friends, why he never wants to stop making pretty beats for his records and his inspiration for his awesome, awesome hairstyles over the years. Plus comedy from Michael Ian Black and Jesse explains his love for the airplane gadget catalogue parody, SkyMaul.

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0:00.0	Bullseye with Jesse Thorn is a production of MaximumHun.org and is distributed by NPR.
0:12.8	I'm Jesse Thorn.
0:13.8	Before DJ Quake ever wrapped, he was a producer.
0:16.6	He's still one of the most respected producers in hip hop.
0:19.2	Ten years or so ago, he made a record for the singer Truth Hertz.
0:23.2	It was based on a sample and the sample wasn't clear, so they ended up getting sued.
0:30.4	It turns out Quake didn't clear the sample because he didn't know what it was.
0:35.2	He recorded it off of an Indian TV channel with a VCR.
0:39.0	I always kept it locked and loaded in case I saw something on TV.
0:42.0	I was brushing my teeth and heard some great music coming, you know, going onto my bedroom.
0:46.6	I turned around and looked at the TV and saw a Bollywood thing happening.
0:52.4	I just pushed record, you know, and then I took the VCR tape and the VCR to the studio.
0:59.0	I just extracted it off the VCR's machine.
1:04.4	What I want to know is what did the engineer show you think when you just showed up with a VCR under your arm?
1:10.0	Do you mind if I plug this into the board?
1:12.0	No, even Dr. Dre used the VCR to do the remix.
1:15.6	I gave him the tape and he used the VCR in the studio to extract the rest of the music for the remix.
1:20.6	It's funny.
1:21.8	Hey man, you never know where you get inspiration sometimes.
1:24.4	It just, you know, take it where it comes.
1:26.2	It's Bullseye.
1:28.6	This week I'm joined by DJ Quick.
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