>RE: Primo stayed great with hardly any misses to this day
>RIP Dilla .. undeniably a great
>
>RZA didn't stay the same RZA but he's still gawd level
>
>Pete is untouchable but I didn't like Soul Survivor 2 era
>
>Tim almost always delivers but he threw out alot of filler
>Pharrell ditto
>
>Bomb Squad peaked at FOABP
>
>Dre underdelivered by rarely producing whole lps or he would
>be goat
>
>Soulquarians were dope ..great for what it was but everyone
>branched out
>
>Tip produced 3 masterpieces..
>the other 3 ATCQ weren't as good but BRAL has gotten better
>with age and I still love TLM and Thank You
>
>I never thought Organized was that excellent..not on the other
>names' level at least

Timbo and Pharrell were like the polar opposites to Dre. Too much output vs. too little. There's a middle ground there.

Agree with pretty much everything else you said. Preem had some "lulls" but nothing to the point where I was like "dude's wack now".

Even Pete had "meh" moments.

I think Dilla was and is a technical wizard but maybe wasn't as potent in terms of impact as Preemo, which is the only negative thing I can really possibly say about him. Preem made grimey NYC shit that impacted EVERYONE in hip-hop, from the underground to the mainstream. And like you said, never really fell off.

He's gotta be the standard bearer IMO.

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