3. "I wouldn't blame it on the flood or fire" In response to Reply # 0
There are plenty of producers from that era still making music that didn't lose their collection in a disaster and their new music isn't as good as their prime era. When you're responsible for making some of the greatest albums of all time it's hard to top that. Happens to all of the greats.
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4. "RE: Did losing their beat collection in a flood/fire affect RZA & Q-Tip..." In response to Reply # 0
RZA - probably Qtip - no
RZA's most of best stuff was before the flood. Didn't change his production style afterward by using more keyboards, synths Qtip has produced classics after the fire
Qtip tells a funny story of running into KRS directly after the fire on his Red Bull sessions
8. "Do we know the actual date/year of the RZA flood?" In response to Reply # 0
The most consistent story is that they lost the original Tical in the flood and had to redo it.
I’ve also heard they lost Deck’s album in the flood and that could’ve been the same timeline assuming Deck was getting ready to drop around or shortly after Meth.
If the Tical timeline is correct then I don’t know how anyone can say it hurt RZA’s production for the worse considering he made Cuban Linx, Liquid Swords and Ironman right after.
12. "The impact of things like this is overstated, IMO" In response to Reply # 0
I guess if RZA wanted to go in a different direction, the flood could have been a good nudge in the new direction, but it was probably coming regardless.
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mainly because it assumes that everything would have played out in a prescribed way had it not happened...when in actuality, infinite possibilities exist...
>I guess if RZA wanted to go in a different direction, the >flood could have been a good nudge in the new direction, but >it was probably coming regardless.
...like this.
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15. "I don't think it hurt them, per se, but we, as fans, missed out" In response to Reply # 0
Like, those fires happened during their primes, so we probably missed out on a Tical that possibly meets the expectations that many people had of Meth's first album. And we get more hotness from Q-Tip.
But both producers had cemented themselves as artists and were likely well established in their creative process, so outside of familiarity with their production tools, I don't get the sense that either producer radically changed their style post-fire.
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