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kendrick has that big label budget for the right producers. before that he just had a great ear and whatever TDE afforded him.
but as it relates to West coast production and sounding modern, they just took old West Coast formula and added trap drums, something that harry fraud kinda does for NY, but people have such a firm idea of NY rap being boom bap that they hear rolling hi hats and 808s and they get rhe unfair criticism of NY copying Atlanta which everyone is guilty of if the only prerequisite is melody, 808s and hi hats.
Right, that's a fair point. I do think NY artists have that added hurdle with the unfair criticism they receive anytime they rap over something that sounds remotely nonnative.