>EASILY one of the GOAT Hip-Hop producers to me; the sound he
>had in that era may sound dated to the crate-digger crew
>looking for "dusty" fusion- and prog-loops but if you are old
>enough to remember how fucking RAD (LOL!) Run DMC and Whodini
>etc. sounded in the context of the time, you know. And I for
>one still think the best shit holds up just as well as any
>later, more "sophisticated" or (insert buzzword) Hip-Hop...

The one thing too that I don't think gets mentioned or at least emphasized is his music fluency. He went from a strong hard rock driven sounds with a great emphasis on electric guitar with RunDMC, to a very deep R&B/soul stirring sound with a greater emphasis on bass with Whodini.

Who else in Hip Hop has been able to flip the script between sounds like this within the genre and be just as great with one as he is with the other?