This right here.
I've been a fan of Madlib since the early Lootpack days, but he's nowhere near in the same league as Dilla.
That's just two different levels of production. One of my boys found all the samples to Madvillany and remade the beats, just for fun. You could barely tell the difference between his and Lib's. Ain't nobody gonna be able to remake any of Dilla's sh*t. Dude was way too prolific. You could have all the records and drum sounds he used for a beat, and you still won't be able to do it like he did it. You can't recapture the feeling. He was too soulful with it.
When you hear legendary producers speak on Dilla, you hear how much of a genius that dude was. Or if you've ever made beats, you can hear how intricate he was with chopping and even just with his drum programming. We'll never see another producer like him again. The real heads spoke on this way before his death. He was that special out the gate.