What do you think of the mix on Yung Jocs “Its Goin Down”?
I think it sounds good. I know whose ear it was because I trained under that person’s ear for a long time. I also think a lot of people are doing things in Pro Tools now and one of the things I really miss now is the warmth in the songs. I think the Yung Joc is more on the bright side. I don’t think it’s a bad mix. I think it’s one of the better mixes out right now. Puffy’s got one of the greatest ears. The reason I wanted to work there and why I pursued getting a job there early on was because of the way the Bad Boy records sounded. From ’98 to 2000, there was not a better sounding album out. He had the best engineers. Puffy might not be the guy tapping on the MPC but his ear is incredible and he knows what to pick out of a record. With all the Pro Tools and home studios, can the engineer eventually be phased out? I don’t think so. I think it’s going to come back full circle. There will always be a need for quality. A lot of records used to be mixed at The Hit Factory and now it’s clo
