Blaqkout
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Released | June 9, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008-2009 | |||
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Length | 41:53 | |||
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Blaqkout (stylized as "BlaQKout") is a collaboration album by
Background
While putting the finishing touches on
Critical reception
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URB Magazine | 2009 |
Blaqkout received widespread critical acclaim from contemporary
Commercial performance
The album debuted at number sixty-one on the
Accolades and legacy
BlaQKout appeared on several critics' year-end top albums lists.
Later DJ Quik said he's very pleased with the album: "I love Blaqkout. We only sold a measly 30,000 records, no marketing. No international distribution because Fontana doesn't have that, my distributor. That record was done for the sake of art. Not even hip-hop, just art. New gear, new Pro Tools system. New recording technique. New microphones, new samples. Let's go! If you don't mind, it's not going to be a gangster rap record. It's going to be eclectic, and avant-garde, and enigmatic and all this weird shit. It's just gonna be some funky new shit. He (Kurupt) was like, 'Push the button.' Every time I pushed the button, we'd be in there quirk-ing out, funking out. And I kept my sound; it's still raw, still funky. At the same time, Kurupt sounds great, I sound pretty good I think. We did a record that is for the sake of music. It makes sense."[16]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length | |
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1. | "BlaQKout" |
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| DJ Quik | 3:34 |
Total length: | 41:53 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Bees to the Honey" |
| DJ Quik | 3:58 |
Total length: | 45:51 |
- Notes
- Sample credits
- "Do You Know" contains samples of "Anniversary" by Tony! Toni! Toné! and "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" by Soul II Soul
Personnel
Credits for Blaqkout adapted from liner notes.[17]
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Charts
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References
- Allmusic.
- ^ a b "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/14/2009". Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ "DJ Quik and Kurupt BlaQKout Coming June 9th".
- ^ "Dj Quik & Kurupt Album in the Works".
- ^ "DJ Quik & Kurupt talk Tupac and 'BlaQKout'". 19 June 2009.
- ^ Blaqkout Reviews – Metacritic
- ^ "BlaQKout - DJ Quik, Kurupt | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ "DJ Quik & Kurupt: BlaQKout". The A.V. Club.
- ^ "The Phoenix > CD Reviews > DJ Quik and Kurupt | BlaQKout". Archived from the original on 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
- ^ a b c d e "BlaQKout - DJ Quik & Kurupt". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
- ^ "Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 6/21/2009 | Get the Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales | HipHop DX". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ^ "DJ Quik Tells All: The Stories Behind his Classic Records". Complex Networks.
- ^ The 25 Best Albums of 2009 Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Referenced July 31, 2010
- ^ "The Top 50 Albums of 2009 - Page 3". Pitchfork.
- ^ "The Top 30 Albums of 2009: # 15".
- ^ "DJ Quik Tells All: The Stories Behind his Classic Records". Complex Networks.
- ^ "BlaQKout - DJ Quik, Kurupt | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.