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I'm quite thrilled by this, to be honest. Luke isn't as formulaic as everyone pretends. Yes, there are certain aspects of his tracks that are carried throughout most of his work, and certain songs seem more like copy-paste jobs than others, but all producers are guilty of recycling. For some reason, I don't remember people raising the same sort of stink when RedOne's sound was still en vogue and he peddled the same beats and synth work off to 30 artists. I can't hate him for doing so. It sounded amazing at the time and I ate it up. I don't remember the same stink being raised over Timbaland's constant beat recycling, back when people were still clamoring to work with Timbaland. And how many times did long-time Rihanna collaborators, Stargate, rework "Irreplaceable" (and it's predecessor "So Sick") before anyone called them on it? Didn't they just give Sean Paul "Rudeboy 2.0" a few months back? Presumably, most Rihanna fans would be excited for her to work with Stargate again. (I know I am.) But, yeah, Dr. Luke is just the only self-plagiarizing asshole in the industry. He's the pits.
And all that said, Luke is guiltiest of repeating himself when working with members of his posse (Katy, Ke$ha, and the gang). For outside collaborations with big names, he's more inclined to come up with something a little more distinctive. Aside from "Till the World Ends," (I don't think of Britney as one of "his" girls, others would disagree) his contributions to Femme Fatale, while being true to his style, don't seem like retoolings of his past hits, (and even TTWE doesn't sound a whole lot like his other hits, it's just very Dr. Luke-esque) and virtually nothing he's produced in 2011 has sounded like "Tik Tok" or "California Gurls," which seems to be the most common complaint around these parts.
I look forward to hearing what he contributes to this album. There's a certain crispness to Luke's productions that I think will tie in nicely with the crispness/simplicity that Calvin brings to his productions. I don't want to jinx anything, but I think we're on track to have one wonderfully cohesive album.
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