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Originally Posted by Silver Sonya I think Dre is a good example of a good thing creating terrible imitations. All hail Dre, but I can't deal with the imitations.
I want "The Chronic" to be remastered and reissued in 5.1! Ha!
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very well put, a good thing creating terrible imitations. And supposedly Dre's next album will be released in 5.1. Should be very interesting!
Me personally, I love love the sound of all the older hip hop records. Its a lot dirtier and grittier than the more polished sound we have today. I love all the D & D Studios stuff, man some legendary records came outta that place! Joe Quinde did a lot of that stuff. I love the mixes Rich Travali did on Nas' stuff, especially It Was Written. I still listen to all the older classic records all the time. Stuff like Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, B.I.G, Nas Illmatic and It Was Written ,, etc. It was a great time for hip hop during the 90s, a lot of great records were made. But of course it has to evolve which we''re seeing right now. And the period we're in seems to be something like puberty for hip hop. It seems we're growing outta this boring, cookie cutter time and into something else. So the engineering and the sound is evolving with it. Its grown to be a bit more polished and commercial-friendly. But I think there are still a lot of great sounds and mixes out there today, just different from what it used to be.
I think hip hop engineers are underrated honestly. A lot of hip hop producers don't really produce beyond doing the beat. So this falls into the engineer's lap. From producing the vocals while tracking or doing mutes and breakdowns during the mix, etc, these are all things I've had to deal with as an engineer. And I'm not complaining, i like it, but it seems to be more than just engineering.