...the point is that he went from the greatest production team ever assembled on like water from chocolate, to using kanye here and pharell there, to an entire album produced by the neptunes. makes you wonder what the rationale for the change was. i mean no i.d. has production credits on jay-z's black album and the blueprint 3, why would common switch up his sound and dumb down his lyrics. wouldn't you expect a backlash from loyal listeners who aren't trying to bring bac dookie chains and racoon hats. we know good music, and that ain't it