I disagree 100%. Anybody that rips a beat is showing their lack of creativity. I believe an artist should be creative and expand the game beyond previous beats that we're hot up to 10 years ago.

Shady lost respect from me long ago for that reason. 50 cent has never and will never gain my respect. I won't comment on Nas with Thug Mansion because I don't know the extent to their beef (none of us really do since Pac's beef with Biggie was false as well).

I'm so tired of hearing played beats, I usually only download beats by the Neptunes because they're unique.