Eric Guenther's blog

So; this is how it works -

Producers sell rappers beats. Someone sold Nas this beat, probably for thousands of dollars since Nas is such a big name with a budget to spend and a name to uphold… The dude is tough enough to talk shit about jay-z for shits sake. This video shows how deep the producer for “Hero” went into tweaking the synth hook…

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Pretty lame that it takes 60 seconds and a stock synth preset that everyone with Native Instruments’ (very popular) Massive plug-in has to recreate a high-profile single… I think Nas is one of the better hip hop artists around, too bad that he got ripped off.. I would be embarrased, but, what do I know.