why am i not surprised?
man, dre had too many cooks in the kitchen for him to be greatest then. he's always had a co producer with him. 1st it was yella, then it was daz, then it was sam sneed, bud'da, mel-man, scott storch, mahogany, focus, hi-tek, mark baston etc etc etc
dre's lane is the mixin'. but when it come to beats, it's other nikkas doin' the beats and he just comin' in and cleanin' them up
and while dr. dre might be a producer in the traditional sense, in hip hop, a producer means the nikka who makes the beats
this makes me think back to when suge was interviewed by rolling stone and he was sayin' daz was the one doin' the beats for doggystyle
Suge Knight Reflects on 'Doggystyle' 20 Years Later