DJ Khaled has come under fire for comments he made on Hot 97 back in 2015 regarding how Hip Hop production has changed for the worse with the introduction of various digital software.
“Producing changed. They made Logic, they made Fruity Loops,” Khaled said at the time. “It’s called: too easy. It’s called: you tell a computer what to program. That’s why you see everybody is a producer and a DJ now.”
“But it takes a great producer like me to tell them, ‘The sounds is garbage, they’re fake, don’t fall for the trap,'” he added.
Many producers spoke up and took a stand against Khaled, includingHit-Boy, who explained that he actually used FL Studio (Fruity Loops) to produce some of the We The Best mogul’s biggest hits.
“I produced ‘theraflu’ and ‘wish you would’ for khaled and kanye fully off FL studio,” the King’s Disease producer wrote on Twitter on Monday (November 28).
Cardo, who’s best known for producing Drake’s “God’s Plan” and Travis Scott’s “goosebumps,” among other hits, also chimed in and went directly at DJ Khaled. “N-gga shut up,” he tweeted. “He don’t know shit he talking about.”
The criticism kept on coming for Khaled as many in the industry called him out for working with acclaimed producers who used such programs to create hit records for him.
“he’s worked with hit-boy, sonny digital, boi-1da, &mike will made-it who all use or have used fruity loops. also willing to bet he doesn’t consider how a beat was made when he’s scouting for them he’s just chatting,” journalist Andre Gee wrote, while radio host LowKey added: “Some of his biggest records came from FL Studio tho….”
However, there was one artist in DJ Khaled’s corner as CyHi The Prynce defended his assessment of the modern Hip Hop production landscape.
“Hit boy knows how to use fruity loops but it’s clearly multiple videos of him producing on a keyboard Khaled was talking about programming,” the former G.O.O.D. Music affiliate argued.
“I’m just saying I can tell as a artist if you hand painted it or it’s a print,” he added in response to a tweet from producer Charlie Heat. “ain’t nothing wrong with McDonald’s my n-gga if you a McDonald’s n-gga!!!! But I’m a 5 star Michelin Restaurant n-gga!!! To each it’s own.”
It’s unclear if DJ Khaled stands by his words seven years later as he hasn’t reacted to the criticism publicly. Check out more reactions to his comments below.
Hiphop is wack now. The sound. The characters. The culture. The websites. The DJs. The producers. The promoters. The radio stations. The fashion. The messaging. All wack.
That’s why I listen to Hiphop from over seas. Melodic, and if you research the content, you can steer away from the degrading artists, which is hilarious bc I can’t understand words from other languages, but it’s got the hip hop feel. Internationally, hip hop isn’t being pumped. The artists that do mimic U.S. are just doing that in terms of wanting to be in the now. I can go on and on. I agree with you. People should open their minds and discover new music. It’s not hard. White corporate (but I can’t say the people that do so…bc I’ll get Kanye’d out) are pimping the game and dictating what’s hot and in. Break away from the matrix, and stand tall finding other genres, artists and even positive content. There’s so much above this imagined glass ceiling. Fight the power!
this shit is seven years old … woooooowwww
.. i guess people aint got shit else to do
DJ Khaled doesn’t DJ. Doesn’t make beats. Doesn’t rap. Doesn’t sing. What the fuck is this clown famous for actually DOING?
I agree. I would say he is just a curator: gathering artists on some songs with some beats to find nice alchemy. Nothing more.
that’s called producing lol
2015. Why bring it up now?
He knows you can’t get above Michelin 3 stars, right?