>That's cool mayne. Do what the f*ck ya want, & I myself am a
>firm believer in that big "Bang" theroy...
>But uh, yall shouldn't just be taking beats without adding
>The Roots members touches ta it (I understand that ya likely
>still "tweek" & mix the f*ck out the submitted beats, but
>that's not nearly the same as having a part in creating it),
>yall should play sum sh*t on top them at the very least, if
>not being a part of the co-production...

I agree with this. but this is the way of the world in the rap game. is little brother if they dont have a production from 9th? is a tribe track that was produced by someone else really a tribe track if it didnt include ali shaheed? is it really a track by any group if they have a beat submitted by another producer outside of there own boundaries? this is one of the reasons why i dont understand why bands work with producers. are they adding in their two cents?

>Cuz tha new track is not a Roots track at all, as far as
>creation of the work, & acouple tracks from Phren weren't
>either far as I could tell, they were just Trotter rapping
>on the submitted beats... I mean, if Gangstarr all the
>sudden had 2/5ths of the album not produced by Premier at
>all then that shouldn't've been released as a Gangstarr
>album as far I'm concerned. Especially if they tried ta
>kinda hide that fact at first...

again this is a good point, but its the way it works. the roots may play the instruments, they may not. personally i think we should get a BT solo where he raps over beats from other producers, while a roots album should be the band playing tracks produced by the band.