Right I mean early on he was sort of a junior Muggs but it made sense because he learned how to make beats from Muggs. And Muggs and RZA had some similarities. But Al and Muggs too have both changed their styles since the late 90’s, and at this point I don’t think either one of them sounds at all like RZA.
Alchemist got his style from Muggs not RZA. They all have the dusty sound but he sounds nothing like RZA when you get into the details. Working with Havoc and Mobb is where he made those darker beats. It wasn't a Wu influence. I don't even hear them being compared.
We Gon Make It, Worst Comes to Worst, Tick Tock, or any of his classics aren't like RZA. He's praised because of his own merit and work ethic. Personally I think Madlib is better than Al but he's just not as active. Al has music dropping damn near monthly so that's why he's moved up in the ranks.
Crazy to say Al sounds like or reminds anyone of RZA when Hit Boy is literally copying other producers' styles and doesn't really have one of his own.
Frustrated Nas Stan babble. This might have been the most predictable thread ever. Alchemist washing Hitboy on a 50/50 produced project and Ziggiy coming to the rescue to defend Nas by bigging up Hitboy and talking down on Alchemist in the process. Seen that one coming since the album was announced.
Having said that, I'm not feeling this album.
Mad that people kept saying Nas should work with Alchemist so this album was going to be Hit Boy showing he's as good or better than him. Album dropped and everyone is saying Hit Boy got washed so here we are with the Alchemist slander because the narrative didn't go their way.
We even have someone saying we're just Al stans and love everything he does even though the majority of us have been critical of the experimental, lazy loops, drumless production he's done for Earl, Armand Hammer, Mike, etc. They can literally search those album threads but they'll lie to suit their agenda.
There's no need to look at anything outside of Everybody Can't Go. Go beat for beat and there's an obvious skill gap from the sampling, drums, and mixing.
