>But yeah, feels like a lot of folks we listen to are solely
>for production...especially cats like Wiz and even Dom to me.


it's not about the quality of the beat though.
i mean you listen to a track you're going to hear the beat one way or another. regardless of who produced it.

but putting (prod. by ___) on the file name or on the back of your damn album?

wtf type of backwards business is that for a rapper trying to make a career for himself?