Safe & Sound - 2022 UK Be With Records Reissue 16-track 2LP Set

With 1995’s Safe+Sound, his third album, DJ Quik scaled new levels of musical magnificence with his signature new age P-Funk/laconic G-Funk.

A quintessential, sun-scorched LA album, this is pretty much essential. Less reliant on samples and more focused on live instruments, Safe+Sound elevated Quik from producer to fully-fledged composer. This is an album of full-blown masterpieces. Rich soundscapes and masterfully arranged orchestrations with dense layers of sounds, intricate rhythms, and well-balanced songwriting.

This 2022 Be With double LP re-issue has been mastered for vinyl by Simon Francis, cut by Pete Norman and pressed at Record Industry. Unusual for the time, Safe+Sound was originally pressed as a double, so all that was missing was the CD’s hidden bonus track “Tanqueray”, so we’ve fixed that.

The original vinyl release never got a picture sleeve, so we’ve recreated the original’s promo-style silver-sticker and plain black jacket. A subtle cover for a wonderfully unsubtle record.)

Tracklisting:

Side 1.
1. Street Level Entrance   1:52
2. Get At Me   4:08
3. Diggin' U Out   4:48
4. Safe + Sound   4:49

Side 2.
1. Somethin' 4 Tha Mood   5:55
2. Don't You Eat It !   1:07
3. Can I Eat It ?   5:00
4. Itz Your Fantasy   4:23

Side 3.
1. Tha Ho In You   4:44
2. Dollaz + Sense   5:53
3. Let You Havit   3:40

Side 4.
1. Summer Breeze   4:30
2. Quik's Groove III   2:37
3. Sucka Free   2:11
4. Keep Tha "P" In It   5:25
5. Hoorah 4 Tha Funk (Reprise)   2:11