It's hard to find a mentor as qualified as Dr. Dre when it comes to producing West Coast beats, and when Mel-Man found himself in that position during the inauguration of Dre's Aftermath label circa 1996, his career suddenly looked promising. His work on Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath proved futile as that album ultimately ended up being a disappointing and forgotten effort, but Mel-Man continued his affiliation with the king of West Coast beats in 1997 on the debut album by a supergroup of New York rappers led by Nas called the Firm.
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