We can do this to most beats that heavily commit to the trends of their time lol

A lot of 2016-2019 or 2006-2011 s*** sounds goofy and outdated bc of how the meta has updated since then but at the time was at the time lol

That Sisqo track woulda been the s*** for a split second in 2001 on 106 and Park lol. So many lil trendy pockets in rap like that over the years

Is it good? No.
Do I prefer idiosyncratic bad stuff like this to a million "type beat" type beats? Yes.

These are so awkwardly made that a weird rapper might make them pop tbh

No we can’t lol. Sure we can say they aged poorly but these are clearly poorly produced songs even for there time that outside of a few spins on 106 and park were quickly forgotten in there own era for a reason. There even bad by the standards ur setting

Production ages over years but it shouldn’t become offensive on the ear like the production here lol. P, timbo and swizz production from this exact era hasn’t aged to the point where it’s nearly unlistenable like the songs in op

Shock value 1

Facts

So many generic "dark vibe" ass trap beats since 2016 because niggas too scared to make s*** like this lol

Make that s*** dark

the snare placement n sound on figadoh got me hollering

They don't have to make 00s beats. But they have a formula they stick to religiously. These beats have personality because this dude clearly did not have the formula down lol

pls tell me all those extra cartoon sounds on can i live is music video exclusive only

Lmaoo niggas laughed at this for years but it subtly became the default rap meta without niggas even having to ask for it

Niggas in the studio making ominous spooky beats by default lmaoo

Lmao

I feel like around this time Teddy got a new MPC and started smacking every sound that came with it.

Bro I'm ngl I keep playing it back while high and I'm actually wondering why Sisqo wasn't bigger 😂 Like maybe the video just dope and eras just changed but this s*** is like a dope af proto Young thug male parallel to what Aaliyah was doing

Lmao like if you change the drums and cadence on this it could be a Slime Season 1 or 2 song

I get what you saying tho, without all that squinting and tilting my head I can also see how niggas would think this beat ass if u played it in a session lmao

My theory is that Method Man was rapping on a different beat than the final product

Thinkin meth rapped to an early Skelton version of the beat, like just drums and bass before all that bullshit got added

@op you give that Can I Live beat to 2000s Busta Rhymes and that song is a hit RT @raps

Nah no saving that. Busta had waayyyy better production than that ol bullshit in this era

At the time this song came out he had already pissed niggas off since a 106 & park interview I wanna say back in 2000 where he said he was better than every male R&B singer of that era (Usher and R Kelly personally was like "lol ayo wassup")

Yeah, people not gon' be rooting for your sophomore album to succeed.

That sisqo beat in op is f***ing horrendous my lord

yh this aint it

bro mustve been off that crackl theres feelling yourself then theres delusion need to see that video asap

this man was really throwing s*** at the wall

linkin park sample fake timbo impression going into a soul 2 soul sample with a mid rap verse. i will say. i have heard nothing like this before. probably for good reason.

this album actually not that bad, its all over the place but its just when teddy tries to lean into rapping instead of singing he suddenly becomes awful

tell me 3 great Timbo songs from 2009-2012 (and I'm sure they all from Shock Value II)