Im being facetious with that statement, but really...

I think hip-hop production has transformed into something so far removed from the Dilla aesthetic that its not even feasible to compare.

I mean people rode the Dilla disciple sound till the end after the man passed away (e.i. bit the hell out of it). I haven't heard the all too familiar hard swing, off beat slugging drum programming in YEARS. Chopping a sample into the most intricate pieces then musically piecing back together is out the window now..shit, sampling PERIOD now is damn near extinct.

Even the Oddisee's, Black Milk's, Jake One's of the world have went on to other ways to get their styles across. Cats like Hi-Tek have all but disappeared.

Just like already discussed, all of the innovative stuff going on in beatmaking currently have been on the EDM, Trap and vst software synth revolution of production. Which leaves the 'heads' in a position of endangered species.