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 1 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.)