Jermaine Dupri is so ill with the beats
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This is a huge reason why he's underrated. JD didn't start reppin Atlanta until AFTER Outkast and Goodie blew up. I know people cite those So So Def Bass compilations, but the first one didn't drop until 1996. Jermaine says he put the world up on Magic City, but Kast was talking about Magic City back in 1994. JD had the opportunity to put several Atlanta rappers including Ludacris. Before JD even dropped "Welcome To Atlanta", there was a skit with the same title on Kast's debut. He made a "Welcome To Atlanta" remix with NO Atlanta rappers besides himself.
Jermaine Dupri is a great producer and songwriter, but he jumps on bandwagons AFTER it blows instead of introducing us to these trends BEFORE they pop off. Crunk blew up in 2003, so he scoops up Bone Crusher and Youngbloodz (they appeared on Life In 1472, why not sign and push them then). Lil Jon was kind of discovered by JD, but all we got from Jon's So So Def days was Ghostown DJ's "My Boo". DJ Toomp was around that camp too.
I mean I won't deny the fact that he did jump around from style to style but it aint like we aint know he was from ATL and making noise. True he wasn't waving ATL pom poms but back then like 3K said they didn't really have an identity.
I grew up on booty shake we did not know no better thing
So go 'head and, diss it, while real hop-hippers listen
Started by African Bambaata, so you and your partner
Gather your thoughts
So go 'head and, diss it, while real hop-hippers listen
Started by African Bambaata, so you and your partner
Gather your thoughts
It is kind of a slight because even when Luda was a DJ, he ended up on Timbaland's song "Phat Rabbit" and that was when people knew Luda could rap. Luda was networking while he was a DJ. I'm sure JD was familiar with Luda, but we didn't get a JD/Luda song until Luda dropped Incognegro.
Usher just dropped another track today
https://www.thecoli.com/threads/ush...lla-mai-dont-waste-my-time-bad-habits.699294/
Wait on it
Hell most of ATL wasn't taking Chris Luva Luva serious as a rapper back then anyway and even if they did I'm sure they were weary about how to promote him. Sometimes it's hard to get that stain off of you and JD's track record was with younger rappers who he mostly wrote for and R&B (again what he mostly wrote for). I don't take it as a detriment to JD like most, I just see it as not being the right fit back then and it ended up working out for both of them.
I love JD as a producer with every fiber of my being
he's way too humble IMO
yes and know...dre doesnt have a sound that u can say or thats a dr dre beat..like u can mike mosely or dj quik..
jermaine has never been an original.
he will wait to see what's hot and jump on it.
Dre: The West Coast sound is his.
Premier: Pretty much the Gawd of back pack rappers.
Timbaland: Hands down the most original producer in HIPHOP.
Pharrell: you know it's a Pharrell/Neptunes beat....no question.
dupri had hits but he has no signature sound.
but jermaine has bit styles...
his early stuff once kris kross got older ... he was jackin quik and death row sound...
money aint a thang...if u jus listen to it...u would swear quik did it
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
Life in 1472 is an underrated great album
Cat piss martini
Veteran
Dre will recreate a loop with live instruments
but you cant tell me that you dont know a beat
is Dre's when you hear it.
Quik has his own sound for sure.
