Is it just me. Or is just blaze a tad bit overrated?

[Rominati]

Superb producer. But all this top 5 talk?


Keeping it real G. Kanye a better and more versatile producer than Just Blaze.

I put Just Blaze more along the lines of the extremely talented one trick pony producers, like 9th wonder and em. Imo Lex Luger, Mike Will >>> Just as far as producing popular mainstream music.



JB in my top 15. But top 5? Nah


RZA
DRE
Timbaland
Neptunes
Kanye West
3 6 mafia
Lord Finesse
The Alchemist
Bink
DJ Tomp
Dj Premier
The Hitmen ( )
Daz
Dj Quik
No ID
Shawty Redd
Lex Luger


And I know im missing some more too

 

[BlackDiBiase]

I think most his beats are over cooked, and never have rated him highly.

 

[zoo]

I used to be a massive fan.. but lately his beats bore me. 'Compton', 'Lord Knows', they sound glossy and dope but none of them thrilled me.

Edit: his discography for 2011/2012 is

 

[mortuus est]

Heatmakerz>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.justblaze

 

[Patrick Kane]

He definitely has a gang of classic records, so he is up there as a top 10-15 producer of all time but I do feel like he is a bit overrated. You hear a few beats from him a year on a big name artist record and it's like okay, that was dope but that's 3-4 records you getting from Just a year. Alchemist is doing complete projects with artists like Action Bronson, Curren$y, Domo Genesis, ect, and doing records with a number of artist and putting out much more quality music.

 

[Patrick Kane]

I used to be a massive fan.. but lately his beats bore me. 'Compton', 'Lord Knows', they sound glossy and dope but none of them thrilled me.

Edit: his discography for 2011/2012 is

The beat kinds of sound dated. Like a dated Just Blaze sound. I don't feel like he's truly evolved as a producer. There's no risk in his music.

 

[Zach Lowe]

He has lots of classic records from the Roc-A-Fella days but you're right he's overrated

his latest beats have been pretty average

 

[Tom Foolery]

He needs to switch his style, especially now that we are in a very digital sounding era.

 

[Rominati]

Glad I wasnt the only one who felt this way


JB needs to switch the style up, his sound his starting to sound dated. Which is ironic because alot of producers still cook up crack with jus samples. Harry Fraud for example. I think Just Blaze tries to do too much with a beat, its not neccessary.


Exhibit A & C tho

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

He is technically gifted but not as creative as Kanye. He has classics tho... what we do is crazy.

 

[OnlyInCalifornia]

I didn't think people ranked him all that high for him to be overrated.

I think hes talented but pretty much echo everything that has been said in here. He hasn't switched it up much. He's getting DJ Premier status.

 

[Doctor Wily]

This is the first time ive ever heard of him being top 5

 

[jerzboy]

I used to be a massive fan.. but lately his beats bore me. 'Compton', 'Lord Knows', they sound glossy and dope but none of them thrilled me.

Edit: his discography for 2011/2012 is

This..

He was very dope when he started.. But dude is just lazy or something. Even Jay commented on this in his Black Album doc.

 

[THE 101]

I agree to an extent.

I'd say his top 10-20 beats would stack up fairly well to most producers.

But his discog ain't really deep enough. The dude is coating with 2-3 beats a year and a lot of the time he's just recycling shyt (Compton is dope but it's like the most typical Just Blaze "BANGER" i've ever heard).

He's never held down a full project (I guess you could count Saigon but that shyt was a let down IMO).

His run in the mid-2000s was undeniable but he's become a bit too predictable these days.

 

[L&HH]

Yea if he can start producing like he did on exhibit A, it will do wonders for his credibility. One of my fave producers but yeah his sound is kind of dated. But to say Lex Luger and Mike Will>>>mainstream maybe today but JB has produced 5 U.S. top ten hits (oh boy, cant let you go, breathe, show me what you got, live your life) idk if Lex or Mike has done anything thats charted past top 30.