>If they on tour, they'll get replacements for they slots. If
>D in the studio, trust, they gonna be sniffing around with
>they hands out.

That's a good thing right! he's got some cats around him that believe in his music and the place he wants to take it!

I don't know how preceptive Dre is but i hope
>he knows how slick cats will get. Maybe Dre in this stage of
>his illustrious prduction career, don't have much left in the
>tank? Was 'Imagine' a hot track?

Are we talking beat wise or d' vocal wise? cuz i am NOT feeling d's vocals on that track, the beat except for the corny string part is ok, but i think Dilla made beats like that 7 years ago and to hear the same damn piano on at least 2 "kingdome come" tracks makes me think that Dre just discovered "the piano" and made a whole bunch of tracks with it!

Maybe Dre will let those
>hanger ons come in and run roughshod over this project. I know
>the Good Doctor that cut The Chronic would never let nothing
>go down like that.

HOPE SO!

>To me, it reads that 15 just wants to get $$$ of those
>scrapped tracks that him and D cut. That's his stakes in it.
>Realistically, it seems that D'angelo ain't even in that
>miserable space anymore, when those were cut. Besides, that
>Joe Texan, Funky Drummer and them others, sound like some
>serious 8th grade talent show bush.

So you think this is a $$$ issue that still goes back to them Voodoo days? 15 needs to run to the Lady...get them 800 2" reels out of storage and import them into protools and share the whole thing with OKP...he can make some serious $$$ off of that ish!

>To my young ears, Funk & R&B ain't 15's forte. Hip Hop
>drumming is. Not soul & R&B. When 15 drums on a track, his
>influence is so felt that i can't hear the artist. Mama's Gun,
>i never listen to, Voodoo, please, i can't name you 3 songs
>off of it.

You lost me with this comment??? I think people dig 15's input he has on projects he's involved in. and the albums you mentioned did all become classics in their own right! Pharrell and AL seem to like his style and that's MJ soul and oldskool soul! OK so he might not have the funk down? he can learn from the yoda's!