Monday, March 30, 2009

DJ Quik reunites the West Coast...lasts for about an hour

Went to an amazing DJ Quik performance last night at the Key Club in Los Angeles. The performance is a monthly thing (maybe not anymore) called Quik's Groove. Backed by a live band and tons of all star guests it was crazy. The lineup was Dogg Pound, Lady of Rage, B Real, Raekwon the Chef (yeah, that's right), Soopafly, Sugafree, Westurn Union, and the Ricky Bell from Bel Biv Devoe. That was till about 12:30am...

The entire night Quik had been very picky about too many people being on stage and kept saying to the audience "don't you hate when you go to a show and there are way too many people on stage." I'm guessing this is where the trouble started because people's egos were probably being bruised as Quik kept ushering people off the stage. So as any Quik fan knows, him and Sugafree have been on the outs for a number of years, but inexplicably last night he came out on stage. The fans went crazy and it was cool to see him. Personally, I think Katt Williams owes Suga Free some royalties on his image...or vice versa. Also, although Suga Free is about as misogynistic as is gets, I think it's kind of joke? Anyway, Suga Free was performning and Quik was having a word with some big dude who was on stage loitering...probably saying, "get the fuck off the stage." All of sudden, Quik pulls back and cold cocks this dude right in the face - boxing style. The guys is at least twice the size of Quik...think David and Goliath. As soon as that happens the guy tries to hit back and misses as Quik ducks his punch...and then the body guards break it all up and the shows over.

It would have been cool to see what Quik had in store for the last 45 minutes of the shows. He kept alluding to a suprise he had at the end and I don't think he meant the fight.