I loved the ridiculous videos of him producing when he first came out. I still LOVE the video of him making "Sometimes" for Cassie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNiZ0xYnqbw
Seeing him on the grand piano for the bridge of that and "Addiction" was dope to me.

A few songs still hold up on the first two albums..."Valentine", "IRINA", "Zodiac".

Instead of going further down the route of presenting himself as a modern R&B songwriter/producer, he decided the best path for him was making extravagant music videos for uninspired swag music with his own rapping, and start a "Lifestyle" brand.

I thought he had it in him to make a front to back album of great melodic R&B without one-note synth beats and brag raps, either for himself or another artist, but seems like he has zero interest.