Aug 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jason Scott Alexander

Those of us who grew up playing in bands and working with pop, rock or country songwriters are most familiar with the traditional process of producing a song — where the songwriting, pre-production, arranging and tracking each happen at different times and often in different places. But now we're seeing a more homogenous process coming from the hip hop and rap scene, and branching into pop, R&B and other rhythm-based genres, where songwriting is increasingly becoming a part of the beatmaking process.

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