Industry icons from Rolling Stone to Russell Simmons has heaped praise on Kanye West during his dramatic comeback. But not everyone is impressed with the emotionally disturbed rapper.
One of those people who isn’t impressed, the legendary producer Quincy Jones, was rightfully insulted when US magazine tried to compare him — a gifted musician and symphony orchestra conductor — with Kanye West who plays on a drum machine all day.
Us: Kanye West is similar to you in that he’s the producer everybody wants to work with in the last decade….
QJ: How man? No way. Did he write for a symphony orchestra? Does he write for a jazz orchestra? Come on, man. He’s just a rapper. There’s no comparison. I’m not putting him down or making a judgement or anything, but we come from two different sides of the planet. I spent 28 years learning my first skill. I don’t rap. It’s not the same thing. A producer has to have some sort of skills that enable him to be a producer. It’s totally different to know what to do with 16 woodwinds you know from piccolos down to bass clarinet. It’s a whole different mindset. No comparison. None.
When asked what he thought of Kanye, the 77-year-old producer of Michael Jackson’s Epic album Thriller, said, “I don’t think about him much. He’s a great rapper, but there are a lot of good rappers.”
Well damn!
well tell us how you feel quincy!!!
Good morning Everybody!!!
He is right that musically they can’t be compared.. but just like Quincy in his hey day, everybody wanted YE to produce something for/with them. I think that’s what they are comparing not the musical aspect of it. I think if Quincy had the technology like they do now he would have utilized it too. It’s two different eras.
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Quincy should be pisssed about that wack ass PYT remake! But I feel him tho although I happen to love Yeezys crazy ass
Sampling is not composing. I have to agree with Quincy Jones on this one.
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“He’s just a rapper. There’s no comparison”
Kanye’s twitter rant will commence in 3…..2………1
hey his, wut and er’body else *hits the dougie*
I know some btchs that look just like that turkey in a bikini
HEY WUTWUZINDAT!?
Quincy sounds like an arrogant azz. He should be more worried about that wack azz PYT song with T-Pain….
The question was: Kanye West is similar to you in that he’s the producer everybody wants to work with in the last decade….
Yes Kanye is a PRODUCER. That’s what he was before he was a rapper. Yes most artists would LOVE a Kanye produced track… Nobody asked him about symphonies and shyt. They are two producers that have different methods of producing. Get over yourself azzhole
Quincy Jones needs to sit his dusty, crusty azz down somewhere before he breaks a hip.
Morning. Again.
jazi65 says:
“He’s just a rapper. There’s no comparison”
Kanye’s twitter rant will commence in 3…..2………1
Please believe it!!!
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His_Mommy623 says:
I know some btchs that look just like that turkey in a bikini
And please don’t tell them they ain’t sexy!
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Hello WUT.
Hello Snooki. 
Quincy sounds like an arrogant azz. He should be more worried about that wack azz PYT song with T-Pain….
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Yes that song is dreadful and the other one too. I think it was Secret Garden..You can’t go around an F*** up great songs..
Hey His
yvonne79 says:
Well damn!
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Quincy is right. There is no comparison. Kanye is not the only producer that people want to work with desperately. I don’t even know if he is the most sought after. Swizz Beatz is the man as is Just Blaze, Dre, Neptunes, Ne-Yo, Dream, Brian Michael Cox, Will.I.Am. Really there are too many to name that are in as high demand as Kanye. You could compare them all to Quincy as far as demand, but not skill. Do any of these guys today know how to play instruments? I agree they have the gift of music but they haven’t bothered to master their craft. They’re lazy.
But still, damn Quincy. You ain’t have to clown ole boy like that.
@Truth
He remade Secret Garden???? Say it ain’t so!!!!!!
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TheTruth says:
Yes that song is dreadful and the other one too. I think it was Secret Garden..You can’t go around an F*** up great songs..
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Exactly. Money hungry bastid.
YSoSerious says:
Quincy Jones needs to sit his dusty, crusty azz down somewhere before he breaks a hip.
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@ rene
Yes he did. With Tevin Campbell among others.
YSO ALBOY….WEEVE MY TURKEY WALONE!
Okay now I am gonna have to change it..
*puts on Secret Garden*
I will NEVER accept any other version!
@LADY
Well, he does.
renegadesince1985 says:
@Truth
He remade Secret Garden???? Say it ain’t so!!!!!!
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Yes, I know Usher and Robin Thicke on it but not sure who else. You just can’t remake a song like that..just can’t
@ WUT
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I’s sorry. We love Jennie-O Snooki!
(Jersey fist pumps like crazy)
Now please, log out of your Gravatar account. Right now. Please.
With Tevin Campbell
I thought Tevin campbell was Dead
@Brown…i love Secret Garden. And I love Quincy for discovering Tamia.
Kanye is similar to Quincy whether he recognize it or not. Quincy had to start at some point and then build his career as well. He didn’t start by producing and composing for symphonies or producing Mahogny or Color Purple.
Oh well….him and Etta need to get over it
Although I was a little disappointed in Kanyes new cd I am still a fan/stan all the same
I met Quincy Jones a few yrs back he was on my plane to LA.
I like the Secret Garden remix, but no way does it compare to the original
“I don’t think about him much. He’s a great rapper, but there are a lot of good rappers.”
I smell a bytch fit coming off this comment right here
Did anybody see what Quincy posted on his blog? He tried to clean it up.
“I’d appreciate it if people didn’t take my comments about Kanye West ( @KanyeWest ) or anyone else for that matter out of context to contrive a story. I have nothing but respect for my little brother Kanye and what he has achieved in his young career and I look forward to watching his evolution as an artist. There is a reason why we put him on the new We Are The World 25 for Haiti – he’s a great rapper. But having been in the music business for more than 60 years and having been fortunate to accomplish what I have over that time, it’s not unreasonable to put a comparison of Kanye at this time in his career and myself into the proper perspective. This is not dissing Kanye, this is simply trying to express that I’m not a rapper! I don’t need to take anyone else’s props away from them. Let’s all just try and keep the record straight.” – Quincy D. Jones – 11/22/2010
CFREE says:
I like the Secret Garden remix, but no way does it compare to the original
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WOW you like the new Secret Garden… man that sh** sucks.
Quincy is a COMPOSER. Kanye is a PRODUCER. Huge difference. I like Ye but I’m with Quincy on this one.
After Googling his image, he looks like he died somewhere around “Can We Talk”? and no one told him to lie down somewhere.
ALBoy says:
With Tevin Campbell I thought Tevin campbell was Dead
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LOL, He still around.
Hey therapist
YSoSerious says:
@ ALBoy
After Googling his image, he looks like he died somewhere around “Can We Talk”? and no one told him to lie down somewhere.
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I was going to say gay as ever…well he look that way
@LADY
He meant what he said at first and he should stand by it. Bitch azz.
YSoSerious says:
@ WUT
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I’s sorry. We love Jennie-O Snooki!
(Jersey fist pumps like crazy)
Now please, log out of your Gravatar account. Right now. Please.
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YSoSerious says:
@ ALBoy
After Googling his image, he looks like he died somewhere around “Can We Talk”? and no one told him to lie down somewhere.
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Dam it almost made me pee my self!!!
Quincy just sealed the deal..
that was for all u new birthing babies #None
@Thetruth, don’t get me wrong its nothing to write home about. I don’t think was garbage either, or maybe I was just excited to hear LL & tevin
LL COOL J <<<<
@ WUT
Thank you. And you’re welcome.
CFREE says:
@Thetruth, don’t get me wrong its nothing to write home about. I don’t think was garbage either, or maybe I was just excited to hear LL & tevin
LL COOL J <<<<
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yea that was it..
@ CFREE
Did LL rap? Tell me he didn’t rap on “Secret Garden”.
Yes, I know Usher and Robin Thicke on it but not sure who else. You just can’t remake a song like that..just can’t
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Let me guess, Robin did El’s part????
YSoSerious says:
@LADY
He meant what he said at first and he should stand by it. **** azz.
He shouldn’t be a punk about his chit..Don’t throw stones and then hide your hands
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@BROWN
If Q was gonna fukk with a classic he should have gone all out and let Robin do Barry White’s part. Go hard or go home.
BROWNSUGAPOET says:
Yes, I know Usher and Robin Thicke on it but not sure who else. You just can’t remake a song like that..just can’t
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Let me guess, Robin did El’s part????
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I really don’t know.. I couldn’t get by the first 10min of the song
@LADY
Exactly. I mean, surely such a legend in the business isn’t AFRAID of being CHECKED by anyone, is he?
LL rapped on the new version?????
Q must be on that shyt!
YSoSerious says:
@ CFREE
Did LL rap? Tell me he didn’t rap on “Secret Garden”.
Yes, he did
Thetruth32 says:
CFREE says:
@Thetruth, don’t get me wrong its nothing to write home about. I don’t think was garbage either, or maybe I was just excited to hear LL & tevin
LL COOL J <<<<
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yea that was it..
Thetruth32 says:
CFREE says:
@Thetruth, don’t get me wrong its nothing to write home about. I don’t think was garbage either, or maybe I was just excited to hear LL & tevin
LL COOL J <<<<
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yea that was it..
@BROWN
I don’t know. I refuse to Google that fukkery. But he doesn’t sing so I just did the process of elimination with that one.
At least T-Pain wasn’t involved this time.
Why so cantankerous, Q? The interviewer told him they way in which they were similar and instantly he got combative. Relax! Too old for all that.
He went on talking about how great Ludacris is because he’s college educated. Luda went to college but did not graduate – like Kanye West. Who is going to have more a cultural impact? Kanye West.
Give other people their due. Sounded like one big pat on his own back.
so kanye didnt re release college dropout with an orchestra? quincy produced the way he did because he had 2. they didnt have prologic and protools and mpcs back then and im sure if they had tables reversed kanye would have a easier time adjusting to the old school way then quincy to the new school way. i do think its too soon to compare him just because of what quincy has done but if u compare them both at the same point in their career then kanye would be pass quincy its just up to kanye to see if he can do it for decades.
@eastpoint I see where you are coming from but I am not sure I agree. Although I respect Kanye as an artist, I feel like back then you truly had to know music- you had to know how to read music and understand harmonies. I don’t think to day you really have to do that as much, not saying that Kanye doesn’t- but I don’t think it would have been easier, just different.
Well damn! –>
that was all I came up with as well. Waiting for ye’s response .. would be nice if he doesn’t respond with words but some musical masterpiece.
no thats not true because there are many musicians who are not classically trained. prince or stevie wonder not classically trained but can put together some of the best music of the time. if you have an ear for melody and harmonies then you jst have it is a gift. i see what he saying because there are some producers who can make a beat but dont really have an ear for music but kanye is not one of them and if you listen to kanye album you know this not to be the case. another would be doctor dre, they have an acute sense of sound and how they want things to be and thats what make them great producers in the same vein as a quincy.
I never said classic trained, but Prince and Stevie Wonder made sure they understood music- that’s what I am getting it. I feel like today its not instruments its just beats. I am not taking anything away from Kanye, but I was getting at your point things would have been a lot easier for him and I don’t think that’s true!
sorry for the typos, trying to write a lit reivew
Hey Truth
therapist1911 says:
Hey Truth
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How you doing today?
i say it would be easier for kanye because he is not a beat machine artist. if he wants a particular sound he gonna bring somebody in to play that sound. if you want a piano or violin he gonna bring those people in and record that into pro tools and produce that sound. its the same as back in the day its just you are recording directly to the tape the only difference is its all digital now and going back to analog is a smaller step than going from analog to digital. thats what i mean when i say it would be easier. and i understand what u saying for a lot of people it is just beats but the attention kanye pays to a song its not just a beat to him. he mastered power 3 times before he got the sound he wanted. overall in music now i can see what Q talking about he just picked the wrong target.
@Truth…I’m maintaining. Busy day assessing students. Taking a break right now. How are things for you?
ok @east, I can agree with you on that!
therapist1911 says:
@Truth…I’m maintaining. Busy day assessing students. Taking a break right now. How are things for you?
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I’m doing good. Trying to finish up this work so i can leave early today. I see you got the same pic from FB.. I like
NOBODY CAN SING EL’S PART ON SECRET GARDEN BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!!! hmmph
Well said my e-brother East ..
Quincy must have missed the memo, Kanye is a Prodcer before he is a Rapper. I think his Prudction skills trump his Rap skills any day! He produces great music and many Artists today want to get on a Kanye track so why is Quincy mad??
And yes, he should be ashamed of letting an Artist like T-Pain re-make a classic! *hmph*
LMAO! Get his azz Q. It’s about time somebody dropped some truth to this fool. I got tired of reading about Jay Z and Russell Simmons holding Kanye’s dyck and folks standing around not saying ish.
Agree with PP that said Ye ain’t the ONLY sought after producer right now. Back in the day, EVERYBODY wanted Quincy. No shade.
Also agree with momma that basically said comparing Ye and Q is like comparing apples to oranges. Ye does beats (and a WHOLE LOT OF SAMPLING); Q is a composer. Frankly, without Q, Ye wouldn’t be here (check his catalog…) TRUE musicians (not the shyt we have out today) know how to read and play music. They don’t go in to the studio with a beat machine and a few keyboards…
Q was justified in his rant–I wouldn’t want to be insulted/compared to a producer of today’s music either…