If this beat is by polow, then this is good news. I no longer think it's IMPOSSIBLE to succeed as a major producer while biting a legend's style. What we need to accept in this forum is that while we may be original to an extent...we're all influenced by 4 producers, who have proven their styles to be money makers.
Dr. Dre
Chad Hugo
Pharell
TIMBALAND
Polow tha Don is a prime example of a new producer biting (or more, embracing) an established style and running with it. Think about his
biggest tracks...
Buttons
London Bridges
Get Buck
Pimpin all over the world (i think)
ALL timbalandesque tracks
There's nothing wrong with being influenced and embracing a style to succeed. The producers I have named have dictated what is commercial, and what sells.
Storch has bitten everybody