Looking back on some of those beats neither Storch or Mannie are elite.
Apart from the odd one like Still Dre I was more impressed with Storch Rnb efforts, and he really is just a keys man.
A lot of his production in retrospect sounds dated, and not in a good way either, while I can play for example ‘What We Do’ or I really mean it’ by Just Blaze and while it reflects of a sound of yesteryear it doesn’t sound corny or archaic like Just a little bit for example.
Saying that looking back on it, although a better hip hop producer, a lot of Mannies beats sounds similar and archaic as well and it really drummed home to me that this guy was the southern version of Swizz, they both have hits, both were the main producers for million pound make it huge hip hop movements, but both aren’t quite the elite like A Kanye or a Just Blaze etc.
Swizz and Mannie would have been a good pairing, because in terms of hits Scott Storch blows Mannie out the water.