For years people like 2ND II None, AMG, Hi-C, and others played a huge part in the career of DJ Quik, as they were featured on his projects and vice versa but not many know that the Gold Selling group PentHouse Players Clique played a huge part in the early stages of DJ Quik’s come up.
The Penthouse Players Clique (Playa Hamm and Tweed Cadillac) were signed to Eazy-E’s Ruthless Records and in 1992 dropped the Gold album “Paid the Cost” which features two singles and videos for “Explanation Of A Playa” and “PS Phuk U 2.” The album did good enough to get a plaque, but everything wasn’t good between PPC and DJ Quik.
While on Prezident Bejda’s Murder Master Music Show, Tweed Cadillac spoke on comments that Quik supposedly made made where he claimed the studio was unsafe and that is why another PPC album was never mad.
“It hurt my feelings in a way, too many gangstas, killaz, and dope dealers were around, but that wasn’t the case. We were living at Hamm’s Mother’s house and she was kind enough to live us a 4 bedroom house and go live in a condo to leave us to do what we had to do and Quik was living with us and he was in a safe environment. Quik lived with us in South Central for years and he was protected for him to say that it was kind of discerning to say the least.
When asked about certain songs that Penthouse was cut from Tweed had this to say
“I was on the original Tonight song and he took me off. I was on that track when the keyboard solo part comes in that was me. He changed the names around. It was some twists goin’ on. I was actually on the song “Bomb Bud” and wrote a verse and he took me off and spit my verse himself. My hand was in all of that shit, I was there!.”
Before Quik signed to Profile, he put out the infamous Red Tape and when asked if he had appeared on it Tweed has this to say
“No but I helped fund that. It was a strategic move. We was trying to get money. We bought cassettes and let him distribute that gangbangin’ shit in Compton to bring some money back to the table for what we was trying to do. I had my hand in that as well. It’s a long story, this ain’t about Quik it’s about Penthouse. Quik knows the moves he’s made, my line has always been open I’ve had the same number for over 20 years. If you wanna talk to me you can holla at me. We know people that know people who know people. I don;t even think about Quik until somebody bring his name up in my career.
When asked about first meeting Quik and how the music started Tweed had this to sa
“Yeah he was making music, but I’mma keep it real. I met Quik’s sister and we had a 976 party line number called Penthouse Players and I met Quik’s sister over that party line. At the time we were in search of a DJ and she said…Well my brother is a DJ, and we met him. He was only 19 and we asked him to come kick it in South Central with us and Hamm’s Mama bought us an SP12 and he would stay home there all day long just coming up with beats and hits. Me and Hamm was doing what we was doing and we left the beats up to him and he left the rhymes up to us. The shit was explosive! We allowed him to have that time to master that SP12 and build on his craft, so in a way I had actually discovered him, and if you want to be technical I influenced his life in alot of ways just by bringing him to the situation we was in. He didn’t have no job. Basically I discovered Quik if you want to be technical about it. I have done interviews and I don;t want to bash the brother, I got kids and Quik ain’t never even seen my kids. That ain’t how we set out to be. To this day I’m not mad at Quik! ”
Later Playa Hamm called into the show
“We practically changed that cat’s style because when he came to the table he wasn’t even rappin’ homie! I basically showed that young man how to put his words together and schooled him form my perspective. Me and my loved ones around me looked out for him because he was a baby when he came to the family, but he had a gift and a talent. When he came to the table it was open arms and embracement. That first album was basically produced in the Penthouse. That first Quik album was 80% Penthouse Players Clique.”
Playa Hamm speaks on how Quik didn’t really want to fuck with 2nd II None
“When 2nd II None came around Quik didn’t want to fuck with his loved ones from his neighborhood because we stayed in a different neighborhood. When 2nd II None came around Quik didn’t really want to work with them and I know Dee and K will vouch for that. I had to tell him….You gotta fuck wit your homies they got some talent do some music for them!”
Playa Hamm says Quik was a part of PPC but left
“D.O.C. and Suge Knight had a label called Funky Enough Records and we were signed together and it was me, Tweed, and Quik as PPC but they didn’t really work with us so we stepped off in our own independent direction and when we did that Quik decided to step off in another direction.”
Penthouse Player’s Clique Interview was on
The Murder Master Music Show of UGS Radio
Interviewed by Prezident Bejda
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