What's incredible about No I.D. is how relevant he's stayed.
Think about No I.D.'s longevity in the game and his contemporaries. Primo is undeniably a GOAT, maybe even the GOAT, but he hasn't changed his sound much over the years, which is fine. That's his lane. His sound is vintage and one of a kind. But the result is that a lot of these old school producers become more underground as new sounds emerge, even if they can still produce popular songs every now and then.
No. ID somehow managed to adapt to each new wave in hip-hop production, absorbing innovations and developments at the most cutting edge of hip-hop sound and technology, but without turning out mere derivative and formulaic trap beats. He's found a way to incorporate new sounds within his own classic, soul-sample heavy aesthetic, while still pushing the boundaries of that sound.
Whether it's by bringing newer ideas to bear on a classic NY boombap sound on Nas' album, or the way he's chopping up his signature soul samples on Common's album and this album, or exploring entirely new post-trap sonic soundscapes as he does on the Vince Staple's album and on Jhene Aiko's shit, it's all very high quality work. Shit is phenomenal. He's perhaps the most versatile, open minded producer of all time.
And there's no excuse for Jay Elect not making an album right fucking now, because No I.D. is the next best thing to J.Dilla and he's practically in-house.