Do you care where a beat comes from?

So the Haterz Everywhere beat is similar to that of the Love in this Club beat. The Love in this Club beat was essentially made from two garage band sample loops. But do you care where a beat comes from? Does it matter?

I remember getting pissed off when I first heard Just Blaze's beat for Touch the Sky because it was just a simple four bar loop of Curtis Mayfield's Move on Up. But then I realized I wasn't pissed at how simple the beat was - I was pissed that I didn't make it. I think the same is true with Polow's Love in this Club - anyone could've made it, but he did. So the question we now face is does this make the song better or worse? Or even matter?

Personally, I almost feel like this makes the song even more baller cause it's a total slap in the face to anyone who owns a Mac (excuse me, I need a minute...)


Lastly, to be a good producer you have to do more than just make a beat. I'll never forget an interview in which Hi-Tek told Dr. Dre he better get credited as a producer if Aftermath artists spit on his beats. Dre's response? Than come out to Cali and produce.

Making the beat is only the first part of the puzzle. Being in the studio with the artist, guiding them like a director, and helping craft the hook and the song, is what it takes to be a good producer. What's it matter? It doesn't end with sampling a four bar loop or aligning two sample synths - that's where it begins.



As Polow said in response to the criticism he got for Love in this Club - "I made women want to fuck Usher again." Now that's called being a good producer.