Wiki the artist > album and then producer credits and what do I see? It's not even produced by Lex Luger, so cats are not only biting his signature sound, but his tag as well?! Cold-blooded **** right there.Īnyone educated in any form of popular hip-hop/trappy style music wouldn't have been able to avoid that signature rise and should know that if you're gonna sell a beat to a major artist at the very least, don't be biting other people's signature tags/rises, I mean, really? Can you not make your own? Should I make a beat and just throw Just Blaze's tag on it and be done with it? I'm like hmmmm, not heard dude for a while, I'ma checkout what he's been up to lately.

The reason I'm making this thread is on 2 occasions this week, I've been listening to an album where I hear Lex Luger's signature rise. I'm not talking about all of hip-hop of course and certainly not all styles of hip-hop, but seriously, we're approaching a point where producers/beat-makers aren't even studying music anymore (I'm referring to trends/styles etc as opposed to music theory), it's a case of download a ton of sample packs, throw down some unedited loops, slap an 808 on it and your done.

Tm88 making a beat