For the record, I'm not a producer on any level. But I always half-blamed the pirating of FL for the decrease in quality, to me, of early Aughts hip-hop.

Any other ones?

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People don't even have to have rhythm anymore. You can play a note salad and your tech will organize the notes into something cohesive according to the chosen tempo. Same with autotune and note correction for vocals. It's no wonder that live singing has suffered so much.

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Days like this I miss Sha Mecca

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