Safe + Sound

For other uses, see Safe and Sound (disambiguation).

Safe + Sound is the third album by rapper/producer DJ Quik. It was released on February 21, 1995, on Profile Records. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard 200 on March 11, 1995, number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart the same date, and was certified Gold by the RIAA on July 11, 1995. The album was executive-produced by Suge Knight. The album featured the singles "Safe + Sound" and "Summer Breeze".^{[citation needed]} A music video was produced for "Safe + Sound".^{[citation needed]}

Safe + Sound
Studio album by DJ Quik
Released	February 21, 1995
Studio	Skip Saylor Recording (Los Angeles)
Genre	West Coast hip-hop gangsta rap g-funk[1] jazz rap
Length	67:28
Label	Profile
Producer	Suge Knight (exec.) DJ Quik G-One Courtney Branch Tracy Kendrick Robert Bacon
DJ Quik chronology
Way 2 Fonky (1992) Safe + Sound (1995) Rhythm-al-ism (1998)
Singles from Safe + Sound
"Safe + Sound" Released: 1995 "Summer Breeze" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
RapReviews	8.5/10[3]
The Source	[4]
Vibe	(favorable)[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Street Level Entrance"	David Blake	DJ Quik	1:52
2.	"Get at Me"	Larry Blackmon Blake Byron Byrd	DJ Quik	4:07
3.	"Diggin U Out"	Blake	DJ Quik	4:48
4.	"Safe + Sound"	George Archie Blake	DJ Quik G-One[c]	4:48
5.	"Somethin' 4 tha Mood"	Archie Blake George Clinton, Jr.	DJ Quik G-One[c]	5:55
6.	"Don't You Eat It!"	Blake	DJ Quik	1:07
7.	"Can I Eat It?"	Archie Blake	DJ Quik	4:59
8.	"It'z Your Fantasy"	Archie Blake	DJ Quik G-One[c]	4:22
9.	"Tha Ho in You" (featuring Hi-C & 2nd II None)	Archie Darius Barnett Blake Kelton L. McDonald Crawford Wilkerson	DJ Quik	4:44
10.	"Dollaz + Sense"	Blake	DJ Quik	5:52
11.	"Let You Havit"	Blake	DJ Quik	3:40
12.	"Summer Breeze"	Blake Jerome Louis "J.J." Jackson	DJ Quik Courtney Branch Tracy Kendrick[c]	4:33
13.	"Quik's Groove III"	Archie Robert Bacon Blake	DJ Quik Robert Bacon G-One[c]	2:37
14.	"Sucka Free (featuring Playa Hamm)"	Blake	DJ Quik	2:10
15.	"Keep tha "P" in It" (featuring Playa Hamm, Hi-C, 2nd II None & Kam)	Barnett Blake McDonald Craig Miller Wilkerson	DJ Quik	5:24
16.	"Hooray 4 tha Funk (Reprise)"	Blake Garry Shider	DJ Quik	2:12
17.	"Tanqueray" (Hidden bonus track)	Blake	DJ Quik	4:19
Total length:				63:21

• ^{^c} signifies an additional producer.

Personnel

Credits for Safe + Sound adapted from AllMusic.^[6]

George Archie - Composer, Drums, Instrumental, Liner Notes, Multi Instruments, Producer, Background Vocals Del Atkins - Bass Robert Bacon - Bass, Composer, Guitar, Producer Darius Barnett - Composer Larry Blackmon - Composer David Blake - Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Bass, Composer, Drum Programming, Drums, Instrumental, Multi Instruments, Strings, Synthesizer, Talk Box Courtney Branch - Producer Byron Byrd - Composer Warryn Campbell - Electric Piano, Strings Crystal Cerrano - Vocals, Background Vocals George Clinton - Composer Kenneth Crouch - Piano, Electric Piano Alex Al - Bass Dave Foreman - Guitar

LaSalle Gabriel - Guitar Reggie Green - Piano, Background Vocals Charles Greene - Flute, Saxophone J. J. Jackson - Composer Tracy Kendrick - Producer Suge Knight - Executive Producer Dionne Knighton - Vocals K. McCord - Composer Marvin McDaniel - Guitar Kelton McDonald - Vocals Rebecca Meek - Art Direction, Design Garry Shider - Vocals Norma Vega - Background Vocals Crawford Wilkerson - Vocals Bernie Worrell - Piano

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1995) Peak position US Billboard 200[7] 14 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position US Billboard 200[9] 182 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10] 36

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[11]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1995 (U.S.)