The “D.O.A.” producer speaks on the Death of Albums and the concept he feels “destroyed music.”
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No I.D. is Kanye’s mentor. Where you think Kanye gets his sounds from.
i am not totally agreeing with NO ID
the whole topic is more complex.
but i can relate to what he says fully.
think about it…what are your fav albums.
i dont agree 100 but he makes sense. albums suppose to flow, check relapse for example dr.dre produced most of it and that album goes from sound to sound perfectly! allot of album nowadays just dont flow they are just a compilation of tracks.
but if this is possible with more than 1 producer i dont have a problem with that. but i still never thought that the fact that so much producers on a record was to blame for the album not coming together =\
I understand what hes saying and kinda agree.
Below The Heavens is a perfect recent example of what he’s talking about.
Mixing done by one person has to do with a good cohesive album too. Opinions vary on the album, but I first noticed how much of a difference it makes on Busta’s The Big Bang. Even songs Dr. Dre didn’t produce still had a certain quality to them as long as he was the one mixing. The songs he didn’t mix were the ones that stood out as having a different sound. Not a strictly recent album but I remember that standing out to me at the time.
When I think of my favorite albums: Low End Theory, It Takes a ation.., Dare Iz.. Yea he’s right. Dudes tryna copy the Illmatic blueprint! Thats what happened!
@ MistahZee
Cosign. That’s why I like Em. His albums go from track 1 to 20 in exact order as written/recorded. Most people’s have tracks all over the place of that topic of the album.
Albums have become more a collection of tracks as if they were a greatest hits. There’s this dumb standard that some how pop up that you’re supposed to have a club joint, you’re supposed to have this and that.
@ james
I co-sign that. Not even a club joint, but there’s always this pressure to put out a hit single. I agree with No ID, but an album can be done with more than 1 producer and still be cohesive. For example, Nas had Premo, Pete Rock, L.E.S., Large Pro, Q-Tip, but they managed to deliver a short but sweet album that flowed within the same vein track by track.
Same with Blueprint. Jay had Kanye, Just Blaze, Poke & Tone, Bink, Timbo, and Em. Cohesive, executed, and classic.
My favorite albums had more than 1 producer except paid in full and e.1999 eternal
Common’s album Resurrection was almost fully produced by No I.D. and is definitely Comm’s best album of his career
Remember when Rick Rubin was the only producer for most def jam artists when legends like LL Cool J and Beastie Boyz came out… those albums are classics.. With mainly one producer
NO I.D. is making 100 percent sense on this video. Labels and artists fell into the trap of trying to please too many people and ended up making disjointed albums. Primo, Dre, Organized Noize, RZA, Rick Rubin, Pete Rock, DJ Quik, NO I.D., Mannie Fresh, ATCQ, King of Chill, Howie Tee, Bomb Squad, and Prince Paul, for example, all have classic ALBUMS under their belts, not just classic songs! Also, point well taken, too, that having an album mixed by one person makes sense. Kingdom Come, as disjointed as it was, still has a great mix from the good Dr. Dre.