>Eh, this is the thing - Dre almost never seems comfortable
>with dropping anything that's indisputably under a 4/5. While
>you would say he doesn't take risks, others would say he's a
>perfectionist. It's all based on perception, I guess. Again,
>Dre seems like the type to drop only heaters and work behind
>what he trusts, instead of just dropping something that some
>would see as "solid" that he doesn't fuck with. He's a "my way
>or the highway" type of cat, it seems. Some would say it's
>restrictive, others would say it's quality control. But I can
>almost guarantee that quality dropping for you is completely
>different for quality dropping in his mind, you know?
>

I'd agree but that wouldn't explain why he drops singles to radio and when nobody gives a fuck he pulls the 'it's not mixed' card


>I'm not saying it's all on the artist, either. Some of those
>artists may just not have been a good fit with Dre; music is
>creative, so that happens. I don't think that's one person's
>fault; it's just not what was meant to be. ... And other
>artists just didn't really have the star quality that
>justified an entire album, but were good role players that
>could ably fill the spaces on albums. And that's not placing
>blame on the artist, either; but you don't get mad at a sixth
>man for not averaging 30 points a game.
>

and that's fine in my opinion, and I do think quality control is something we should see more of out of everyone, but the thing is you don't sign an artist then never work with them directly, especially after you say you've giving their work your attention 1oo%


>Again, some people would see "not taking risks" as having
>discipline that sends other producers into dud territory.

his current sound is exhibit A-you get kick-snare-kick-snare pretty much every beat and some sort of bass hit and keys/synths
niggas act like everything he does is divine but get mad at Primo for scratching hooks and using piano samples and shit, it's ridiculous