production wise?

2 much sampling

Like, dude can't U b original?

does he sample that much yeah? i thought he didnt do that all that much anyway only song i know it from is pump it with the pulp fiction sample.
that song he did for john legend was pretty decent i think

motownlover said:

The songs he did with John Legend r

But he does sample a lot and that's not cool.

Sampling has long been a staple of hip-hop producers. By that standard, it WAS an alternative to mainstream pop/r&b music. Unfortunately, hip-hop has BECOME mainstream music. So producers with a hip-hop background are judged by their skills as MUSIC producers, which they aren't, really.

I think the cat's skills as a hip-hop producer are nothing to sneeze at, but he's not THAT great.

alphastreet said:

Someone should produce a boot in his behind for convincing Fergie to rap.

You know, it got me thinking. I like the sampling a heck of a lot better then, i like the orginal hip-hop beats.

ThePunisher said:

you could guess where this is going right? what do you think of him and mj collaborating?

I just hate him..... I hate his raps, I hate his sampling, I hate his productions, I hate Prince for putting him on stage with him a couple of times.....I just hate him!

i used to like him up until the second album. after that it was all over.
when they took fergy on board it just went from bad to worse. a perfect
example of a good thing going to utter shit.

IstenSzek said:

I want my 'Joints & Jam' back!

overrated.

I think that he is under rated as a producer. I mean, listen to the tracks that he has done for Game's and Nas's albums. He to me is like R.Kelly, he knows how to make the music that is going to sell for a particular crowd and when it comes time to really do something good he does....."Ordinary People", as well as the stuff with Black-eyed Peas, are great examples of the former and latter. As long as one uses samples in a creative way, I see nothing wrong with it. It is when an artist relies on a James Brown sample, is when I have issues with it. Will, is pretty good.

hes cool peeps. hes part of the golden era hiphop. reguardless of how popular he is now.