CiTY BoYS GET BUSY

10. Scott Storch
9. Wyclef Jean
8. The RZA
7. Swizz Beatz
6. Jermaine Dupri
5. The Neptunes
4.Timbaland
3. Kanye West
2. Sean “Puffy” Combs
1. Dr. Dre

FRoM THE STANDPoiNT oF SoMEBoDY WHo MAKES BEATS AND WHo UNDERSTANDS THE TECHNiCAL ASPECTS oF PRoDUCTioN FRoM START To FiNiSH JUST BLAZE BELoNGS oN THE LiST oF MERiT ALoNE iN CoMPARiSoN To HiS PEERS WHo HAVE SiMiLAR oR LESS iMPRESSiVE BoDY'S oF WoRK. WHAT SEPARATES JUST FRoM EVERY oTHER NAME oN THAT LiST iS THAT YoU CANT PiCK A BiGGER HiPHoP HEAD oUT oF THE BUNCH. THATS HiS "HiNDERANCE" iF YoU WANNA CALL iT THAT. ALL oF THESE DUDES FRoM oNE To TEN HAD To JUMP GENRES oR SCoRE MoViES To FiND A REAL CHECK LET ALoNE MAiNSTREAM ACCEPTANCE. DUDE SURViVED, CARVED HiS oWN NiCHE AND EVEN STooD oUT AT A TiME WHEN ALL ANYBoDY WAS TALKiNG ABoUT WAS KANYE (CiRCA 2000-2001). JUST BLAZE WAS THE B TEAM. ANoTHER THiNG THAT WoRKS AGAiNST JUST BLAZE iS HiS PLACE iN THE RoC-A-FELLA GRAND SCHEME oF THiNGS. HE WAS AN iN HoUSE PRoDUCER. HE CAN BE LooKED UPoN AS JUST ANoTHER GEAR iN A WELL oiLED MACHiNE. YoU CANT BLAME A MAN FoR FiNDiNG HiS PLACE, KNoWiNG WHAT WoRKS AND SEEiNG THE BiG PiCTURE. BUT iT SEEMS U CAN PUNiSH HiM FoR iT. ALL oF THESE MEN CoME FRoM SiMiLAR SiTUATioNS AND THEiR MoVEMENTS EiTHER LoST STEAM oR CoULDNT KEEP iT ToGETHER. JUST BLAZE HAD No NEEDS To Go ELSEWHERE. EXCLUDiNG KANYE HE WAS MoRE iMPoRTANT THAN ANY RoC-A-FELLA ARTiST AT THE TiME. HiS CoNSiSTENCY ALSo WoRKS AGAiNST HiM BECAUSE HE SEEMS To HAVE No LACKLUSTER PRoDUCTioN iN HiS DiSCoGRAPHY To CoMPARE HiS SUPERioR WoRK To. THERES No CURVE To GRADE AGAiNST AND AS GURU PUT iT "DUDE iS A CHAMELEoN" U CANT PUT HiM iN A BoX, HES VERY EFFECTiVE AND THAT TAKES AWAY FRoM HiS "GREATNESS". JUST BLAZE LETS HiS MUSiC SPEAK. JD, RZA, AND WYCLEF MiGHT BE THE HUMBLEST PEoPLE oN THAT LiST AND THATS A STRETCH. JUST BLAZE iS NoT A PRoMoTER, HES A STUDio RAT. WYCLEFS MAiN ATTRACTioN RESUME WiSE oVER THE LAST 5-10 YEARS WAS THAT SHAKiRA SoNG AND HE HAD To SELL HER oN THE FACT THAT iT WAS A GooD iDEA. AND THATS ALL iT WAS "A GooD iDEA" HiS iNPUT oN THAT SoNG WAS MiNiMAL GiVEN THE SAMPLE AND THE CALiBER oF ARTiST HE HAD To WoRK WiTH. JERMAiNE DUPRi HAD MULTiPLE SUPERSTARS AT HiS DiSPoSAL FRoM MARiAH, To USHER AND EVEN JANET LATER oN. SURE HE MASTERMiNDED THE KRiSKRoSS AND THE BoW WoW CRAZE BUT HE ALWAYS HAD AN iMAGE To WoRK WiT AND THE iMAGE CAME FiRST. RZA HoNESTLY SHoULD NoT BE oN THE LiST. RZA'S CREATiViTY AND HiS SoMETHiNG FRoM NOTHiNGNESS SETS HiM APART BUT HES HAD No SUCCESS oUTSiDE oF THE WU AND iS SURViViNG oFF oF QUENTiN TARANTiNo'S Co-SiGN. LiKE THE RZA HoWEVER WHEN U HEAR A JUST BLAZE BEAT YoU KNoW FoR THE MoST PART WHERE iT CAME FRoM WiTHoUT HEARiNG THE NAME. HoW MANY oF THESE DUDES GoT So BiG AND So BUSY WiTH RUNNiNG LABELS AND BEiNG MoDELS AND GoiNG oN ToUR THAT THEY HAD To Go oUT AND PUT ToGETHER A PRoDUCTioN TEAM To BACK THEM? 7 oUT oF 3, WiTH THE EXCEPTioNS BEiNG RZA, SCoTT SToRCH, AND KANYE (NoT CoUNTiNG THE SoLo ALBUM STUFF WiTH JoN BRYoN). oR EVEN BETTER. HoW MANY oF THESE DUDES HAVE CHANGED A SNARE oR A BASSLiNE oN SoME YoUNG PRoDUCER APPRENTiCE CoMPoSiTioN AND PUT THEiR NAME oN iT? iF THE BP3 LEAKS HAVE TAUGHT US ANYTHiNG iTS THAT JUST BLAZE iS NoT JUST ANoTHER BRiCK iN THE WALL. HE iSNT JUST MiSSiNG FRoM THE TRACKLiST LiKE A NAS FEATURE. HES "NoTiCEABLY ABSENT." THAT SPEAKS FoR iTSELF.

JUST BLAZE CoULD EASiLY REPLACE ANYBoDY FRoM 10-6, #4 TiMBALAND BASED oN oRiGiNALiTY AND #2 DiDDY oN MUSiCALiTY BiGCiTY:BiGCiTY

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