San Quinn
Fillmore District rapper and Get Low Playaz member who came up with JT the Bigga Figga, scored a local anthem with “Shock the Party,” and has recorded steadily since 1993.
From Oakland to the Fillmore
Quincy Adams Brooks was born in Oakland, California, and moved to San Francisco's Fillmore District at age three, later attending George Washington High School. He started early: at 12 he made his first rap appearance opening for 2Pac and Digital Underground, and he recorded his first album at 15.
Get Low Playaz
Brooks came up alongside JT the Bigga Figga, D-Moe and Seff tha Gaffla in the Get Low Playaz, the crew around JT's Get Low Recordz. He appeared on JT's “Don't Stop til We Major” (1992) and “Playaz N the Game” (1993) and released his own debut, “Young Baby Boy (Don't Cross Me),” in 1993. His 1996 album “The Hustle Continues” included “Shock the Party,” a JT the Bigga Figga production built on Whodini's “One Love” and promoted on a Get Low 12-inch distributed by Priority Records. Its video was shot at the now-defunct Buena Vista Plaza East towers in the Fillmore. That year he also appeared on Rappin' 4-Tay's album “Off Parole.”
Done Deal and beyond
In the 2000s he released music through Done Deal Entertainment and SMC Recordings. “I Give You My Word,” issued December 14, 2004, was produced mostly by Tone Capone and featured E-40, Juvenile, C-Bo and Keak da Sneak. It reached number 61 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, number 23 on Independent Albums and number 27 on Heatseekers. Later albums include “The Rock: Pressure Makes Diamonds” (2006), “From a Boy to a Man” (2008), “89” (2018) and “Quinndomania” (2021).
Collaborators
He is a cousin by marriage of Messy Marv, and also a cousin of Stevie Johnson and Ya Boy. He has recorded often with Messy Marv, as well as with Keak da Sneak, C-Bo, Berner and The Jacka.
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Discography
Studio albums 14
Collaborative albums 32
EPs & mixtapes 1
Compilations 1
Albums on Breakbeat Archive
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