In 96-99 he collaborated with all the different big NY names (Ruff Ryders, Bad Boy, Murder Inc camps, Foxy, Kim, Capri), had them featured on his albums and blessed them with his verses. Also alotta of Swizz, Premier, Gotti beats
In about 2000 (maybe starting with Vol.3) he started cutting ties with everyone and only focused on pushing Bleek and Beans (not a stupid thing per se), not giving a shyt about NY anymore and rather focused on features by Southern rappers (Juve, UGK, Outkast, Scarface), big pop names (Kravitz, R Kelly, Linkin Park, M.Carey), Timbaland beats, building his own ROC producer team and declaring himself an icon
In about 2000 (maybe starting with Vol.3) he started cutting ties with everyone and only focused on pushing Bleek and Beans (not a stupid thing per se), not giving a shyt about NY anymore and rather focused on features by Southern rappers (Juve, UGK, Outkast, Scarface), big pop names (Kravitz, R Kelly, Linkin Park, M.Carey), Timbaland beats, building his own ROC producer team and declaring himself an icon