At one point, Lil Jon and Scott Storch were so tight they worked on some (still-unreleased) beats together. Who knows if they'll ever see the light of day: Both producers are telling the other to step his game up. Jon has even accused Storch of
"I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue." Scott Storch
pilfering from his production playbook.
"Scott Storch is biting my style now," Jon said with a smile a couple of weeks back. "I'm putting it out there on MTV News: Scott Storch is a biter. A lot of them records sound like Lil Jon, but they [are produced by] Scott Storch. Have you heard that? All the singles started sounding like me."
"It's sort of nonsense," Storch responded on Saturday in Miami. "There's a message I have for that: just get on my level. I'm a musician, so I don't know anything about [biting]. I've been doing this for 15 years and I've been innovating and always have been someone who's been a pioneer in creating the new sound.
"I don't see any [similarity] in our music, other than we both like use low-end and bass," he continued. "I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue. This year has been a great year for me: I've had 18 singles that have had nothing to do with each other sound-wise. Each have their own look."
Regardless of Storch's opinion, Jon said he's planning to combat the similarities he's hearing by altering his style.
"If you listen to the new Styles record I produced, 'Can You Believe It,' it don't sound like a regular Lil Jon record," he said. "That's the dope thing about Timbaland, I think: They started biting his style, so he switched his whole thing up and came from another angle and is still doing it. I just go off my vibe and my energy my vibe has changed a little bit, and it's still Lil Jon."
In recent weeks, Jon has been working hard with two of his heroes: Ice Cube and Too Short (see "Lil Jon Jamming On LPs From Trillville, Scrappy -- And Jessica And Hilary"). Jon says he's recorded seven new songs with Cube and is helping him to land a home for the project.
Shaheem Reid
Yeah he is better than Lil Jon no question, but Storch is known for "soaking up" other producers styles and running with them, i.e. the Dre - 2001 sound. Will be interesting to see what he next few tracks sound like, cause I guess Lil Jon is probably basing this opinion on some tracks we are yet to hear.
Scott only "bit" Lil Jon's style on a couple of tracks...like the Mario "Let me love you" remix, and the song Mario has with Juvenile. Otherwise, Scott kinda developed his own style that sounds nothing like Lil Jon.maybe he means that Storch just been doin real simple beats that has taken him no more then 30 minutes to make just like Jonīs extremely simplistic beats. itīs a damn shame to hear the Turn It Up beat coz that shit is so simple that it makes me pissed off knowing that Scott prolly charged like 100k for it. Scott should stick to playin keys for Dre coz thatīs what he does the best.
lil jon shits all over scott storch imowell Storch is in fact more of a super producer then Lil Jon and Scottīs track record proves that coz heīs produced waaaay more hits then Lil Jon.
lil jon is now a super producer in the south every1 wants a beat off him. he makes records that sell