If it's a good rap over a good beat it's a good song. Besides, plenty of artists that people tend to get put on the producer side of the producer vs. beatmaker debate still adhere to the standard I described. It's not like Dr. Dre is writing dynamic compositions for his hits... it's easy to grasp hip hop beats.

Even Kanye, his digressions seem to be tacked on at the end of songs and the truth is probably no one would miss them if he ditched them.