Does West Coast production need more diversity?

[West Coast Veteran]

"Mainstream" West Coast hip hop recently has been sounding quite similar as of late due to the hiring of the usual suspects of producers: Dr. Dre, DJ Quik, Daz, Warren G, BATTLECAT, Fredwreck, Jelly Roll, Meech Wells, etc. which is cool but I would like to hear some new sounds and a little bit more diversity.

It bothers me that talented producers like DJ Pooh, Bud'da, QDIII, Johnny J, etc. are overlooked when they have produced countless of classic songs and worked on classic albums in the past. I'm glad to see E-A Ski back in the game and hope he produces for other West Coast rappers. Does anyone know what happen to Sam Sneed, I know he had cancer but it was cured, and J. Flexx? They produced classic tracks too.

What do y'all feel about the current situation of the production on the West Coast? I'm speaking for mainstream because I know there's a lot of ill underground producers.

[LAZY]

i think there isnt really a mainstrem west coast produced song out now... except maybe a dre but i cant think of a new song he produced.... but yeah QDIII and Johnny J and DJ Pooh and Bud'da r tite but where have they been n the last few years becuz i cant think of a song either of em did?

[Suga Foot]

I think with the release of Man vs. Machine, and Detox, we will all be hearing some new sounds.

[themovie]

I don't know his name,but the producer of the sixx john's Tha UnXXpected song is very talented.The beat of this song is hella tight,something new for the west coast scene...big props to him for that

[Quadruple OG]

the key here is NEW talent.  Ski, QDIII, Johnny J, DJ Pooh, etc. have all been around for a while and are tight.  Let some new producers in, who haven't been brought out by Snoop or Dre to show their stuff

[CantCme213]

agree the wc need some new producers  who got a own
style.  Peeps like Darren Vegas . but I think Crooked Is
Production team : Triple Seven is maybe going to  make a new
wc sound,  

[King Tech Quadafi]

I think with the release of Man vs. Machine, and Detox, we will all be hearing some new sounds.

[S.G.V.]

if u go to the bay u get different beats...cuz theres so many producers....they got that mob shit, that heavy bass shit or they can come with midwest beats, hell a bay rapper can rip a south beat too....sac town got that dark shit but everyone up their has their own twist...but down in l.a. everyone uses the usual....like wcv nobody uses pooh, buddah, qd III and others like that....its a matter of wanting to sell records with big names....if u said u had an album produced by budda then u said u had an album produced by quik...the people automatically go for quik since hes the big name...id like to hear other people produce....like big hollis is finally getting his recognition...id like to see lynch produce for some l.a. artists....id love to see julio g produce for more people....

[Trauma-san]

I'd like to see the westcoast move in this direction:

Jelly Roll
Scott Storch
Fredwreck
High Tec
E A Ski
Quik
Meechie Wells

were all the producers I've enjoyed recently, and think they're bringing something NEW to the table.  I like the Squeaky Funk the best that Meech, Storch, and Jelly Roll are doing... that's some dope stuff, imo.  

Ski, Fredwreck, and Quik are more into the deep beats, more grimy, less funky.

[LyRiCaL_G]

u know there aint alot of producers from the west who gonna get love, but i feel fredwreck will, mainly cuz he with snoop n snoop been givn the east alot of love lately so he'll get props over ther n dj quik after what he did for truth.................but really ppl like battlcat n shit......other really big westcoast producers aint puttin shit out thats real mainstream n in the publics ears everywhere u know, not even dre no more.........neptunes gettin the airplay.......what we need is someone fresh.......with a addictive sound for all ears to come up in my view.

peace

[That_Cracka_J]

We don't even hear much from some tight west coast producers now

DJ Uneek
Rhythm D (made tight ass beats for ruthless)
Dr. Jam (not well known, but did a lot of ruthless shit)

[West Coast Veteran]

We don't even hear much from some tight west coast producers now.

DJ Uneek
Rhythm D (made tight ass beats for ruthless)
Dr. Jam (not well known, but did a lot of ruthless shit)

Word! I was just thinking about how dope Ruthless's in-house production team was. Those three produced a lot of classic tracks for Eazy and Bone. So many amazing West Coast producers gettin' slept on these days. I wish a rapper would go against the grain and use them but we all know that will never happen.

[Trauma-san]

I never, EVER, felt Eazy's production, unless it was a Dre track.  The stuff on his 187um killa album I thought was real shallowly produced, it was kindergarten compared to dre's Godzilla Chronic production, in my opinion.  

[That_Cracka_J]

I disagree.  I think that producion TOTALLY matched Eazy's style.  In fact, I think E sounded better with Rhythm D and Dr. Jam, IMO.

[That_Cracka_J]

....and Yella of course.  Yella is (was) under-rated.