Swizz Beatz a SUPER producer....and with that, he had his own sound, which was commercial enough to give him those #1 selling albums but still allowed him to get his hood on. I'd never heard beats like I did on his albums, and although most of it sounds dated/trendy/bland now, it was BANGIN then.

Him over MOP's production would have meant he was only as big as MOP...maybe a bit bigger, but you get what I mean. I do think PK, Dame, and Shok had some silly ass beats...barely any sound good now, so with album cuts, I agree. But DMX's singles were DOPE....even the shit with Sisqo had a fire beat at the time.