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Originally Posted by Produceher  So how about "Slave for You" by Britney? |
It's not just that song, most Pop smashes wouldnt be hits without the tight productions. If you look at acts like Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys or Nsync.. these people wouldnt have been stars without their producers/writers. I'm picking these acts cause one man was responsible for almost all of their successes, Max Martin.
There have been many boy groups or female teen artists, who wanted to make it. The marketing approach was pretty much the same for every act. What made the difference where the people behind these acts, and I'm not talking about the marketing, management or A&R people, it were the producers/writers. Britney or Backstreet Boys without Max Martin would've been just another teen pop act. And I dont think that Max's songs are all that special, what gives them that certain something, were his productions. At the time (late 90s) it was something fresh and innovating.
So, in pop music it's really all about the producer, and I assume it's the same in rap/RnB. Would've Nelly Furtado had such a big record without Timbaland? I dont think so.