After the lackluster sales of only 400,000 units of his fifth album, he was dropped by Arista Records, which had bought Profile Records. He produced for Kurupt, Big Syke, Janet Jackson, and Won G. He produced on "Made (soundtrack)" in 2001. That year also saw Suge Knight try to get Quik as the in-house producer for Death Row Records. In 2002, he released "Under tha Influence" under Ark 21 Records which sold only 200,000 units. He also produced Truth Hurts' only Top 10 pop hit "Addictive" that year. However, he had sampled a Hindi song by the name "Kaliyon ka Chaman"(Garden/Row of Petals) originally sung by the legendary hindi singing prodigy Lata Mangeshkar on the record, and the copyright holders Saregama Music eventually filed a $500 million lawsuit against Truth Hurts' label, Aftermath Entertainment, that was amicably resolved by Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre. The song instrumental was sample in the Jamaican dancehall beat "". DJ Quik also produced and appeared on another track on Truth Hurts' debut LP, "Truthfully Speaking", titled "I'm Not Really Lookin". He worked with Talib Kweli, Will Smith, and Shade Sheist that year.