well not everyone uses fruity loops, as a matter of fact not too many of the big guys do, reason is more widely used by the bigger names, like marly marl n so on, 9th wonder still rocks fruity loops and now pete rock is into it...most of the southern pros use a motif or a triton to do their tracks...and of course the mpc2k is a multipurpose item, ive made my own dirty beats using a motif rack and a mpc in less than 5 minutes...they seem easier to make, but for guys like cool n dre and JD and big boi, its a little tougher cause they get mad experimental for their craft...im a drums man, if i can flow on the drums, then i ride with the samples or sounds...