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[L0NZ.]

What are the eras of Hiphop/R&B of the 2000's? Like break it down into 3 or 4 and what do you think are examples of the "sound" or innovation of that era

[Barbie Dangerous]

Well first, if you break down by producers:

Porkchild
Neptunes
Timbaland
Scott Storch

Did every other producer/sound fall under each one of them?

[Annie]

I would add a category for that Be Without You and Ne-Yo (So sick, Mario's Let me love you) sound making an introduction in 04/05

[Annie]

Well first, if you break down by producers:

Porkchild
Neptunes
Timbaland
Scott Storch

Did every other producer/sound fall under each one of them?

Yes Murder Inc & So So Def would be part of it as well

[L0NZ.]

Well first, if you break down by producers:

Porkchild
Neptunes
Timbaland
Scott Storch

Did every other producer/sound fall under each one of them?

I can see there being Neptunes and Scott eras. What sound would you categorize each as? Are we doing Scott/Middle Eastern sounds and Neptune/melodic keys/soundscapes?

I dont see Tim as much as those 2 in a 2000's rap/R&B convo.

[L0NZ.]

  Rodney is too versatile to relegate him to a sound.

[L0NZ.]

I would add a category for that Be Without You and Ne-Yo (So sick, Mario's Let me love you) sound making an introduction in 04/05

omg YES

[Lazarus]

I would add a category for that Be Without You and Ne-Yo (So sick, Mario's Let me love you) sound making an introduction in 04/05

Brian Michael Cox
Stargate

[Lazarus]

I'll throw Swizz Beatz in there.

I wanna say Tricky Stewart as well.

[Lazarus]

Examples of Stargate sound

Jordin Sparks - Tattoo
Chris Brown - With You
Beyonce - Irreplaceable
Rihanna - Hate That I Love You
Rihanna - Unfaithful
Ne-Yo - So Sick

A lot of artists during the mid 2000s rode that alternative R&B wave.

[L0NZ.]

Wow yea, a lot of waves huh, Neptunes kinda getting the boot, I see them more 90's anyway

[Harlem]

The Neptunes sound def was a 2000s staple as well, that's when they got mainstream attention with Luda, Jay, NORE, LL Cool J, Snoop, The Clipse, Kelis, Slim Thug, Usher...

But I'll throw Lil' Jon in the 2000s mix of sounds and can't forget when OG Kanye came and took over

[𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉]

The early 00s were generally a bit more pop sounding. Then as the years passed more KNOCK and unconventional styles were added to the productions. Lonz already mentioned those Middle Eastern samples. I personally think mid-00s R&B was very diverse. You had a song like Goodies and 1 Thing and they both sound completely different yet they're both R&B. And then somehow it got very electronic by the end of the 00s.

Timbaland def influenced a lot of his peers in the 00s. Darkchild got a bit more edgy and grittier with Lose My Breath for example.

[Lazarus]

I was gonna say Lil Jon but his sound was a part of that Crunk&B and Snap movement

[Barbie Dangerous]

B. Cox, Kanye, Lil Jon!!

I think it's a little difficult to categorize that time into 4 eras because they were all so different and each producer era overlappped.