Give homie his flowers. The results speak for itself no matter how you feel about dude.
No.
JD has a signature style.
The reason it may not seem like it is because people recognize it as Puffy’s style.
JD was doing that stripped down, 80-88 bpm, Jiggy chit first, though...and he didn’t need 6/7 Hitmen.
Post them songsMy favorite producer of all time.
Jermaine Dupri is a biting ass producer
He's talented but he's a biter.
That brother was never original when it came to his Hip Hop shyt
He rode Dr. Dre's style in the 90's. Him and the Da Brat were the bootleg Dr. Dre and Snoop. Da Brat was even rhyming just like Snoop on her first album
He copied Puffy's style for long time too in the 90's.
Now when it comes to his r&b music, he's good there and as a songwriter for r&b.
But his hip hop shyt is was always following whatever sound was popular at the time
JD is a legend and a great producer, bit he hopped on that chipmunk soul wave too:
Damn!!!!!!!!!!!
I ain't know he had produced this joint, I remember the song but I just assumed Kanye had produced it cause it sounded so much like his shyt around that time and like I said, I wasn't listening to no Jermaine Hip Hop produced songs around that time other than whatever singles at the time were on the radio and because it's on the radio.
Only songs that Jermaine was producing around that time (2000's) that I was listening to was his R&B produced joints, stuff like Jagged Edge and the Mariah joints.
Jermaine's R&B production >>>>>>>>>>>>. his Hip Hop production
And Jermaine is a great songwriter when it comes to the R&B shyt
It's just with his Hip Hop shyt, he bites so much and rides the waves of whatever is the "in" sound at the time.
But I remember the 90's vividly, and how he bit Dr. Dre and Puff.
Yeah, "Let Me Hold You Down" was produced by JD and No I.D. Came full circle. He gave Kanye his first major credit on "Turn It Out" on Life In 1472. Then connected with Kanye's mentor for this track.
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Damn, that shyt sound just like a Kanye track from 2003/2004 though.
Same drums and chipmunk fast pace sample
There this one too:
I know Anthony Hamilton was signed to SSD. He had Trina Broussard (got probably the greatest cover of any Mini Ripperton song ever), Mr. Black, ROC and didn't do shyt w/ any of them. I know for sho that ROC and Trina ghostwrote a gang of shyt on SSDAlicia Keys was signed to So So Def in the late 90's. I think "Girlfriend", "Lil Drummer Boy", and the song on the first Men In Black soundtrack is all that came of her time with So So Def. He was instrumental in her success, but making her a star is a reach. "Fallin" made her a star and he didn't produce that song. She was on J Records when that came out.
Post songI know Anthony Hamilton was signed to SSD. He had Trina Broussard (got probably the greatest cover of any Mini Ripperton song ever), Mr. Black, ROC and didn't do shyt w/ any of them. I know for sho that ROC and Trina ghostwrote a gang of shyt on SSD