Snoop Dogg "You & You" (AUDIO)

[Black Excellence]

far from naive over here sonny. dope beats and rhymes is what counts believe that.

[Lunatic]

this is dope

[BOX5 the best poster on this site yell]

its deeper than that. a beat is just a skeleton. its not a foundation to a great song.
its what u make out of it, and it also depends on the artist performin on teh beat. a "dope beat" might be a "dope beat" per say, but a beat is  also a musical platform n it suits diffrent artists individually. song-construction is more important than a "dope beat" imo
this is how i look at it, take it or leave it

I agree I agree, think home sweet home by ras, the joint was cool, but jada on it made it a classic. Yell

[Will_B]

First and foremost you need a good beat for the rapper to feel ....otherwise he's only gonna be smoothing over the cracks at best.

However that's not saying only good beats make good completed tracks (that's what would be niave).

[crapboy]

2.29 min

[Black Excellence]

no one said that a dope beat is the end all be all of a song. a great song starts wit a hot beat then the rest falls into place.

[Darkwing Duck (The Reincarnation)]

First and foremost you need a good beat for the rapper to feel ....otherwise he's only gonna be smoothing over the cracks at best.

However that's not saying only good beats make good completed tracks (that's what would be niave).

na,
u dont need a great/perfect/dope beat to make a good song. song-composing is ideas and creativity, and is not tied to a looped hiphop-instrumental

an  artist need a beat taht suits him/her, whether its "so-so", "meeeh", and "really dope" (per say), n then they can take it from there.
Brotha Lynch Hung rapped on some wack ass beats (generally speakin), but the shit works for him n his style, n he can run wit it, n create somethin that matches musicaly

[Black Excellence]

i would rather listen to a emcee rhyme over a great beat than over some average or wack shit. a great beat will allow an artist to take a song further and make for great results. example: kam's made in america album had outstanding production and lyrically and concept wise he shined.

[HighEyeCue]

dopest Snoop has sounded in a while

[nad45]

Dope track! But it could have been better
Too many pauses in his flow. He didn't go hard enough
But it's dope
Please Dre, make an album with snoop. Only you dare to tell him that his verse is wack or missing something.