“U Ain’t Fresh” brings Kam and Erick Sermon back together again after their collaboration (along with Ice Cube) on Erick’s 1993 track “The Ill Shit” from his debut solo album No Pressure. This song features some bouncy production but Quik uses the soundscape to throw some subliminal disses at Dr. Dre.

Quik explains:

At this point…I was mad at Dr. Dre. I thought he dissed me on the record ‘Between Me and You’ when he was like, talking about a N.W.A. reunion. I thought he just shitted on me, so I let it marinate for a long time. I can’t just take no diss, because at that point I was trying to work with Dre and I was sending messages to him and it was like he was ignoring them or [his] people just weren’t giving him the messages, so I did this record like ‘Fuck Dr. Dre.’ I was really mad. I was pissed, so I was like ‘Fuck it, who gives a fuck?’