Not really true. When the Ummah sound came through viaTribe called Quest on beats rhymes and life ... It was pretty widely considered that tribe had lost a step. This isn't to say that by the time of his death JD wasn't well regarded, but he certainly didn't step in the hip hop production game with every one jocking his style. Even at the time of his passing while we was considered great, he was somewhere between a mad lib and a dj hi tek. Who are super credible super respected all around great producers, but it's really post death that he reached the rarified air...
I don't agree.
You have an argument in regards to the reception of JD as far as 'Beats, Rhymes and Life' and the wider opinion of it. As i said earlier, JD, Cons were the whipping boys in regards to that.
But again, im not talking about the general listeners, critics and worldwide appeal.
Once again, i'm talking about his fellow producers, emcees, the beat community to a lesser extent, which wasn't as much of a thing back then in some respects.
When Amp Fiddler shopped/played him and SV to Q-Tip (and subsequently, Questlove, De La etc) it spread like wild fire in the Native Tongues and subsidiaries.
Nobody was jocking his style, because they didn't know how to, but they damn well were bugging the fukk out off of it. Point blank, period.
His sound and to non-quantize at that stage and to the extent that he did, was akin to the Impressionists using oil paint in tubes and taking painting outdoors in the 1800's. It was completely radical and ushered in a new approach entirely.
In the actual beatmaking community (not fans of beatmaking, but fellow producers) he was a martian, very early on. This is indisputable.
Please elaborate
