When Rappers Break Up With Their Producers

Clipse can still rap their asses off, but there is something noticeably missing from the new Clipse Presents: The Re-Up Gang album, which dropped today. That something? Good beats. You see, we fucking love Pusha T and Malice over Neptunes production. But over Sleepwalkers (very apt name, btw) tracks? Eh…not so much.
Which got us thinking: this isn’t the first time a rap act has carved out a dope sound with a certain producer and then parted ways to dismal effect. After the jump, check out our compilation of those rappers and their respective before/after track records.

As if the ridiculous number of posthumous Biggie and Tupac albums wasn’t enough, country music icon Johnny Cash is now next in line for a makeover. 
We heard that Snoop loved video games, but we had no idea what a “gadget hound” he was. The fact that he has three cellphones isn’t all that shocking, it’s that they’re all different that’s puzzling. For us, the Pearl was hard enough to master, but Snoop rocks an iPhone, Blackberry, and Sidekick. Check out the interview and see what other gizmos the Doggfather covets.