I actually thought the beats were pretty good... But in any event WHAT DOES PRODUCTION MATTER? This is why the super-producer ruins hip-hop because people are either looking for the same type of beat or are into the beat more than the lyrics. Call Budden fans Stans all you want but the reality of the situations is Budden fans don't give a**+@! about beats because we're so stuck on the lyrics. Like allen was saying take those same beats and give them to anybody else and you won't even be able to listen. Beats mean nothing to a true hip-hop fan and we're focus strickly on content. All of me production is nothing special but I KNOW IT'S BETTER THAN ANYTHING ON LUPES ALBUM!
The fusion of lyrics and a musical beat is what separates an artist from a rapper. You can't call it great music if the beats are trash.I'm a lyrics 1st person as well but you never ignore the beat like it doesn't matter. If thats the case you might as well go listen dudes spit in thestreet. This is why technically there'll never be anybody on Big's or Pac's level again the balance of both made for great music too many dudeswant to rule out one or the other. The content and lyrics on this are superb but im not gonna deny it coulda beeen much better if the beats were just as uniqueas the rhymes. Now aside from just being an artist to get into somethin I personally dont care about but does matter to the artist is if this was an album itwouldn't sell at all and not to say he has to make club joints or mainstream friendly songs but if ppl dont like the sound(cuz most ppl listen to beats1st) the artist will never be a success.
