Who Was The Better Roc Producer: Kanye or Just Blaze

[Waterproof]

You’re fronting if you don’t say Kanye. Just Blaze has bangers but not of that magnitude.

The Booth Stays frontin

 

[Waterproof]

Just Blaze Me

 

[SnowflakesByTheOZ]

This is probably the only question that I can't give a definite answer for.

 

[Street Knowledge]

There’s nothing that Kanye has done by himself (not surrounded with 4 other co producers) that puts him above just blaze

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Just Blaze is Rocafella.

 

[Heavy_Handz]

Overall for every ROC artist I’d have to put Just Blaze ahead of Kanye. Kanye had the solo albums but Just Blaze had so many bangers for every artist on The Roc over the years.

 

[MurderToCassette]

I know Kanye is mad easy to dislike right now, but I'm not gonna act like Just Blaze's 01-04 run was messing with what Kanye did. I still can't overlook the biting aspect either. Even Buckwild says he was getting bitten while on Roc management.

"Buck explained that he may have been involved in some of what would become Roc-A-Fella Records’ trademark sound at the top of the new millennium. “I was under the Roc management before Just [Blaze] and Beanie [Sigel]. It was between The Blueprint and Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter. It was during the time of The Truth and Bleek’s first album, Coming of Age. I remember during Beanie’s first album we cut like 12 records. A couple of them had the same samples that were on The Blueprint. I had the same Tom Brock sample that was used in ‘Girls, Girls, Girls.'”

Buckwild Recalls Roc Management Days, Beanie Sigel's "What A Thug About"

 

[spliz]

Look. Just Blaze was the literal MAIN Roc producer. He was literally producing everybody shyt on The Roc.

 

[dubsmith_nz]

Just Blaze, he was all over all of the Roc projects and he really felt like their in house producer. Ye would focus mainly on himself and Jay with a beat or 2 on other projects.

 

[Ziggiy]

If you say strictly Roc-A-Fella its REALLY close but factoring in Kanye’s own albums you gotta give it to Kanye.


Just Blaze being a copy cat is complete bullshyt however and Just owes Kanye a fade for him saying that bullshyt

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Just Blaze winning the poll?

Just Blaze produced 1 album in 20+ years and that was The Greatest Story Never Told.

West had like 3 or 4 albums better than that

Seems like the thread is about the Rocafella era though

 

[Alvin]

Just did a lot of legendary songs during that '00-'05 Roc run, that being said Yeezus always had that soul sample style and was cohesive, Just had some beats that sounded like throw away, Swizz or Rick Rock production from that period.

 

[Tom Foolery]

A lot of Kanye's older beats sound very dated too.

Remember when Kanye would have those congo drums in his beats.

 

[Alvin]

People are mad at 'Ye this week, lol. So the opinions are going to be emotional.

He and Just are about even on solely Rocafella projects, with the beats. But I would say Kanye did better work, because College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation, and MBDTF all dropped on the Roc and were masterpieces that he was at the helm for. Just did a lot of loosies, but he never oversaw a whole classic project on the label. Kanye was giving them back to back classics 4-5 albums in a row. He was also writing hooks and bridges for classic shyt on a lot of Hov's albums and for Beans too. I think he's Top 10 behind the boards, for that reason alone. I would have a hard time trying to fit Just in there for Top 10, all-time.

Kanye's Roc resume, which also includes his own albums, is about as accomplished as it gets for a producer. Dude was untouchable during that run.

Very good point, not sure why OP didn't include Kanye's albums.

 

[phonthought3000]

Very good point, not sure why OP didn't include Kanye's albums.

I was goin for the basis of them battling as producers for the rest of the roc. Focusing on that prime/peak Roc-A-Fella as producers.