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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Way 2 Fonky
| name = Way 2 Fonky
| type = studio
| type = studio
| artist = [[DJ Quik]]
| artist = [[DJ Quik]]
| cover = Way2Fonky.jpg
| cover = Way2Fonky.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = July 20, 1992
| released = July 20, 1992
| recorded = December 1991-April 1992
| recorded = December 1991–April 1992
| studio = Skip Saylor Recording ([[Los Angeles]], [[California]])
| venue =
⚫
| genre = {{hlist|[[G-Funk]]|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]}}
| studio =
⚫
| length = 42:41
⚫
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[funk]]
⚫
| label = [[Profile Records|Profile]]
⚫
| length = 42:41
| producer = DJ Quik
⚫
| label = [[Profile Records|Profile]]
| producer = Courtney Branch <small>([[Executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>, DJ Quik <small>(also [[Executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>, Tracy Kendrick <small>([[Executive producer#Music|exec.]])</small>
| prev_title = [[Quik Is the Name]]
| prev_title = [[Quik Is the Name]]
| prev_year = 1991
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [[Safe + Sound]]
| next_title = [[Safe + Sound]]
| next_year = 1995
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Way 2 Fonky
| name = Way 2 Fonky
| type = Studio
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Jus Lyke Compton]]
| single1 = [[Jus Lyke Compton]]
| single1date = May 29, 1992
| single1date = May 29, 1992
| single2 = [[Way 2 Fonky (song)|Way 2 Fonky]]
| single2 = [[Way 2 Fonky (song)|Way 2 Fonky]]
| single2date = August 28, 1992
| single2date = August 28, 1992
}}
}}
}}
}}


'''''Way 2 Fonky''''' is the second [[studio album]] by American [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artist and producer [[DJ Quik]]; released by [[Profile Records]] on July 20, 1992. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1991 and 1992. Production was handled by [[DJ Quik]] and was executive produced Courtney Branch and Tracy Kendrick.
'''''Way 2 Fonky''''' is the second [[studio album]] by American [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artist and producer [[DJ Quik]], released by [[Profile Records]] on July 20, 1992. The recording sessions took place during 1991 and 1992. The album was produced by DJ Quik.


The album debuted at number ten on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart on August 8, 1992, selling 120,000 copies in its first week in the United States.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-08-08/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard|date=1992-08-08|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> The album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Gold]] three months after its release on October 9, 1992 by the RIAA.<ref name=RIAA/>
The album debuted at number ten on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart on August 8, 1992, selling 120,000 copies in its first week in the United States.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/1992-08-08/billboard-200|title=Top 200 Albums {{!}} Billboard|date=1992-08-08|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> The album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Gold]] three months after its release on October 9, 1992 by the RIAA.<ref name=RIAA/>
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Two singles from the album were released; "[[Way 2 Fonky (song)|Way 2 Fonky]]" a response to Tim Dog's West Coast diss "[[Fuck Compton]]", and "[[Jus Lyke Compton]]".
Two singles from the album were released; "[[Way 2 Fonky (song)|Way 2 Fonky]]" a response to Tim Dog's West Coast diss "[[Fuck Compton]]", and "[[Jus Lyke Compton]]".


==Critical response==
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r57995|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r57995|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = [[Entertainment Weekly]]
| rev2 = [[Entertainment Weekly]]
| rev2Score = (B) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,311560,00.html link]
| rev2Score = (B) [https://ew.com/article/1992/08/28/way-2-fonky/ link]
| rev3 = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| rev3 = [[Los Angeles Times]]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} [http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-02/entertainment/ca-5909_1_dj-quik link]
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-02-ca-5909-story.html link]
| rev4 = RapReviews.com
| rev4 = RapReviews.com
| rev4Score = {{Rating|8|10}} [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_way2fonky.html link]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|8|10}} [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_way2fonky.html link]
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}}
}}


''Way 2 Fonky'' received generally positive reviews from [[music journalism|music critics]]. [[Jonathan Gold]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that "Way 2 Fonky" is a great-sounding rap record, with a giant, Jeep-worthy bottom and high, articulated, almost [[reggae]]-inflected rhyming. His lyrics celebrate the fun side of the mythical Compton experience where [[N.W.A.]]'s dwell on what could go wrong; his sleek, '70s-soul-style grooves, which he produces himself, swing, well . . . way fonky. And though he's easily as obscene as any of his peers, he seems actually to like women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-02/entertainment/ca-5909_1_dj-quik|title=DJ Quik Celebrates Compton and Women : ***1/2 DJ QUIK "Way 2 Fonky" Profile|last=Gold|first=Jonathan|date=1992-08-02|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> Havelock Nelson of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that Unlike those other rap quasars from Compton, N.W.A, DJ Quik doesn't just give us frightening images from Black Cali alleys. This near-platinum poet may involve himself in verbal gunplay and narrate a few violent street adventures, but on his sophomore set Quik is more concerned with getting paid and laid than with gang wars and bloodbaths. As he declares in "America'z Most Complete Artist," ''I don't go toe to toe, I go ho to ho.'' Quik's nasty, but he's no fool; he practices safe sex, '''cause HIV don't give a f--- about me.'' He's even willing to experiment musically and lyrically. Witness the sexually playful reggae track "Me Wanna Rip Your Girl," where he adopts a Jafakean (fake Jamaican) accent. On the album's other tracks, he throws his thin yet effective countrified voice against sampled grooves that for the most part bounce and shake like hard-core Jell-O.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/08/28/way-2-fonky|title=Way 2 Fonky {{!}} EW.com|website=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> [[Ron Wynn]] of ''[[Allmusic]]'' wrote that DJ Quik proved his mettle with "[[Jus Lyke Compton]]," a definitive bit of regional touting that proclaimed West Coast rap the style-setter and all others followers. Whether or not you bought the line, you were hooked by the rap. Nothing else on the disc matched this single's intensity and wit, but it helped him earn a second straight gold LP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/way-2-fonky-mw0000083015 |title=Way 2 Fonky Allmusic Review |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |date=1992-08-28 |accessdate=2013-08-23}}</ref>
''Way 2 Fonky'' received generally positive reviews from [[music journalism|music critics]]. [[Jonathan Gold]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that "Way 2 Fonky" is a great-sounding rap record, with a giant, Jeep-worthy bottom and high, articulated, almost [[reggae]]-inflected rhyming. His lyrics celebrate the fun side of the mythical Compton experience where [[N.W.A.]]'s dwell on what could go wrong; his sleek, '70s-soul-style grooves, which he produces himself, swing, well . . . way fonky. And though he's easily as obscene as any of his peers, he seems actually to like women.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-08-02-ca-5909-story.html|title=DJ Quik Celebrates Compton and Women : ***1/2 DJ QUIK "Way 2 Fonky" Profile|last=Gold|first=Jonathan|date=1992-08-02|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> Havelock Nelson of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' wrote that Unlike those other rap quasars from Compton, N.W.A, DJ Quik doesn't just give us frightening images from Black Cali alleys. This near-platinum poet may involve himself in verbal gunplay and narrate a few violent street adventures, but on his sophomore set Quik is more concerned with getting paid and laid than with gang wars and bloodbaths. As he declares in "America'z Most Complete Artist," ''I don't go toe to toe, I go ho to ho.'' Quik's nasty, but he's no fool; he practices safe sex, '''cause HIV don't give a f--- about me.'' He's even willing to experiment musically and lyrically. Witness the sexually playful reggae track "Me Wanna Rip Your Girl," where he adopts a Jafakean (fake Jamaican) accent. On the album's other tracks, he throws his thin yet effective countrified voice against sampled grooves that for the most part bounce and shake like hard-core Jell-O.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1992/08/28/way-2-fonky|title=Way 2 Fonky|website=Entertainment Weekly's EW.com|access-date=2016-04-18}}</ref> [[Ron Wynn]] of ''[[Allmusic]]'' wrote that DJ Quik proved his mettle with "[[Jus Lyke Compton]]," a definitive bit of regional touting that proclaimed West Coast rap the style-setter and all others followers. Whether or not you bought the line, you were hooked by the rap. Nothing else on the disc matched this single's intensity and wit, but it helped him earn a second straight gold LP.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/way-2-fonky-mw0000083015 |title=Way 2 Fonky Allmusic Review |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |date=1992-08-28 |accessdate=2013-08-23}}</ref>


==Accolades==
==Accolades==
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| extra8 = DJ Quik
| extra8 = DJ Quik
| length8 = 1:56
| length8 = 1:56
| title9 = Only Fo' Tha Money
| title9 = Only fo' tha Money
| note9 = featuring 2nd II None
| note9 = featuring 2nd II None
| writer9 = {{hlist|Darius Barnett|Blake|McDonald|Reeves|[[Russell Simmons]]|Smith|Spicer}}
| writer9 = {{hlist|Darius Barnett|Blake|McDonald|Reeves|[[Russell Simmons]]|Smith|Spicer}}
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==Personnel==
==Personnel==
Credits for ''Way 2 Fonky'' adapted from [[Allmusic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://allmusic.com/album/way-2-fonky-r57995/credits|title = Way 2 Fonky - DJ Quik &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|website = [[AllMusic]]}}</ref>

{{col-begin}}
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{{col-2}}
* [[2nd II None]] - vocals
* [[2nd II None]] - vocals
* [[AMG (rapper)|AMG]] - Vocals
* [[AMG (rapper)|AMG]] - vocals
* Robert Bacon - Vass, freakboards, guitar, producer
* Robert Bacon - bass, freakboards, guitar, producer
* Courtney Branch - executive producer
* Courtney Branch - executive producer
* [[DJ Quik]] - arranger, engineer, executive producer, freakboards, mixing, producer
* [[DJ Quik]] - arranger, engineer, executive producer, freakboards, mixing, producer
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!Position
!Position
|-
|-
|US ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]<ref>{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=dj quik|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums}}{{Permanent dead link|date=August 2022}}</ref>
|US ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]]<ref>{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=dj quik|chart=R&B/Hip-Hop Albums}}{{Dead link|date=August 2022 |fix-attempted=yes |url=}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|64
| style="text-align:center;"|64
|}
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==Certifications==
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Platinum |relyear=1992|certyear=1994|artist=DJ Quik|type=album|title=Way 2 Fonky|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1994|artist=DJ Quik|type=album|title=Way 2 Fonky|refname="RIAA"}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}


Latest revision as of 00:34, 21 November 2024

Way 2 Fonky
Studio album by
DJ Quik
ReleasedJuly 20, 1992
RecordedDecember 1991–April 1992
StudioSkip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length42:41
LabelProfile
ProducerDJ Quik
DJ Quik chronology
Quik Is the Name
(1991) 		Way 2 Fonky
(1992) 		Safe + Sound
(1995)
Singles from Way 2 Fonky
  1. "Jus Lyke Compton"
    Released: May 29, 1992
  2. "Way 2 Fonky"
    Released: August 28, 1992

Way 2 Fonky is the second studio album by American hip hop artist and producer DJ Quik, released by Profile Records on July 20, 1992. The recording sessions took place during 1991 and 1992. The album was produced by DJ Quik.

The album debuted at number ten on the US Billboard 200 chart on August 8, 1992, selling 120,000 copies in its first week in the United States.[1] The album was certified Gold three months after its release on October 9, 1992 by the RIAA.[2]

Background

[edit]

DJ Quik was beefing with rapper Tim Dog during this time who dissed him on three tracks "Fuck Compton", "Step To Me",and "DJ Quik Beat Down (Skit)" on his album Penicillin on Wax. He responded to Tim Dog with disses on "Way 2 Fonky" and "Tha Last Word". He was also beefing with MC Eiht; the two had already been beefing for a few years at the time.[3] Tim Dog responded to DJ Quik with "I Don't Give a Fuck" and "Breakin' North" (which is the same shout-out type song like "Tha Last Word") on his second album Do or Die.

Singles

[edit]

Two singles from the album were released; "Way 2 Fonky" a response to Tim Dog's West Coast diss "Fuck Compton", and "Jus Lyke Compton".

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link
Entertainment Weekly(B) link
Los Angeles Times link
RapReviews.com link
The Source link

Way 2 Fonky received generally positive reviews from music critics. Jonathan Gold of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Way 2 Fonky" is a great-sounding rap record, with a giant, Jeep-worthy bottom and high, articulated, almost reggae-inflected rhyming. His lyrics celebrate the fun side of the mythical Compton experience where N.W.A.'s dwell on what could go wrong; his sleek, '70s-soul-style grooves, which he produces himself, swing, well . . . way fonky. And though he's easily as obscene as any of his peers, he seems actually to like women.[4] Havelock Nelson of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Unlike those other rap quasars from Compton, N.W.A, DJ Quik doesn't just give us frightening images from Black Cali alleys. This near-platinum poet may involve himself in verbal gunplay and narrate a few violent street adventures, but on his sophomore set Quik is more concerned with getting paid and laid than with gang wars and bloodbaths. As he declares in "America'z Most Complete Artist," I don't go toe to toe, I go ho to ho. Quik's nasty, but he's no fool; he practices safe sex, 'cause HIV don't give a f--- about me. He's even willing to experiment musically and lyrically. Witness the sexually playful reggae track "Me Wanna Rip Your Girl," where he adopts a Jafakean (fake Jamaican) accent. On the album's other tracks, he throws his thin yet effective countrified voice against sampled grooves that for the most part bounce and shake like hard-core Jell-O.[5] Ron Wynn of Allmusic wrote that DJ Quik proved his mettle with "Jus Lyke Compton," a definitive bit of regional touting that proclaimed West Coast rap the style-setter and all others followers. Whether or not you bought the line, you were hooked by the rap. Nothing else on the disc matched this single's intensity and wit, but it helped him earn a second straight gold LP.[6]

Accolades

[edit]

Chris Rock ranked "Way 2 Fonky" twenty-fourth on a 2005 list for Rolling Stone on the Top 25 Hip-Hop Albums of all time.[7][8]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."America'z Most Complete Artist"
DJ Quik3:30
2."Mo' Pussy"
DJ Quik3:40
3."Way 2 Fonky"Blake
  • DJ Quik
  • Rob "Fonksta" Bacon[c]
3:20
4."Jus Lyke Compton"
  • Rob Bacon
  • Blake
  • DJ Quik
  • Rob "Fonksta" Bacon[c]
4:10
5."Quik'z Groove II (For U 2 Rip 2)"BlakeDJ Quik2:32
6."Me Wanna Rip Ya Girl"BlakeDJ Quik4:37
7."When You're a Gee" (featuring Playa Hamm)
DJ Quik4:07
8."No Bullshit" (featuring K.K.)
DJ Quik1:56
9."Only fo' tha Money" (featuring 2nd II None)
DJ Quik3:58
10."Let Me Rip Tonite"
  • Barnett
  • Blake
  • Bonner
  • Jones
  • McDonald
  • Middlebrooks
  • Morrison
  • Napier
  • Noland
  • Pierce
  • Webster
DJ Quik4:16
11."Niggaz Still Trippin'" (featuring 2nd II None, AMG, Hi-C & JFN)
  • Barnett
  • Blake
  • Davis
  • Johnson
  • Jason Lewis
  • McClein
  • Najar
  • Peters
  • Phillips
  • Smith
  • Spri
  • Crawford Wilkerson
DJ Quik4:07
12."Tha Last Word"BlakeDJ Quik2:28
  • ^c signifies an co producer.
Sample credits

Personnel

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Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[9] 10
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[9] 13

Year-end charts

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Chart (1992) Position
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[10] 64

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[2] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ "Top 200 Albums | Billboard". Billboard. 1992-08-08. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  2. ^ a b "American album certifications – DJ Quik – Way 2 Fonky". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ Bullant (2007-03-08). "Streets On Beats: Battle On Wax - MC Eiht Vs DJ Quik". Streets On Beats. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. ^ Gold, Jonathan (1992-08-02). "DJ Quik Celebrates Compton and Women : ***1/2 DJ QUIK "Way 2 Fonky" Profile". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  5. ^ "Way 2 Fonky". Entertainment Weekly's EW.com. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  6. ^ "Way 2 Fonky Allmusic Review". Allmusic. 1992-08-28. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  7. ^ "Chris Rock's Top 25 Hip Hop Albums". Rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  8. ^ "Top 25 Albums". chrisrock.com. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  9. ^ a b "Way 2 Fonky - DJ Quik | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  10. ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/dj-quik/chart-history/r%26b/hip-hop-albums[permanent dead link‍]
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