the lack of production on recent efforts.

I know he lost his budgets post-Jive so no Premier/etc type of guys are giving him heat but I still feel like if he actually bolted himself inside a studio & really *tried* rather than just churned out albums to float out there while touring.....even if it was just him & Kenny Parker.

Of course, maybe the BDP Album was like that, I still haven't given that enough of a listen to say.