I'm sorry, but I don't like Hi-Tek at all..........Dr. Dre doesn't appeal to me since I'm in the Northeast where I'm used to the Diggin' In the crates Crew.....so Yes, Dre's not **** to me. He make all the money in the world but that doesn't make him a great producer. if he starts making music for Metallica...then I might consider him a producer..........so please be careful in how you define the word producer.......Dre isn't a producer......he's only taking so ****ing long to come out with his Bull**** DeTox because he's such a "perfectionist" meaning that none of Production whores are bringin' it for him...........Even Scott Storch makes more money than Dre on any GIVEN day(about 100,000 for that jew, right?).....so for dre to brag like he's a producer that's really overstating that fact.......He's not a producer......or rather a beatmaker.........if he conducts how peoples should rap like Puffy does, then YES, he's a producer. Don't get your thoughts twisted about who's a producer and who is a beat maker. I know that Premiere has been a beatmaker for the longest, but motha****as who don't know like to call him a producer.........being a beatmaker isn't so bad..........you can atleast keep your dignity with that