Honestly speaking AM has seen it all, he has struggled a lot and success didnt come to him in a paltter, he is diverse like R D Burman while he many not have RD's calibre of composing. But he can't be written off. Ye s he has lifted a lot on a career spanning some 20 plus years some 60 songs have been traced to multiple sources, but he does have some better original composition like in Border, Refugee, Aks, Mujhe kuch Kahna hai (there is a song mujhe kuch kahna hai, it is pure shivaranjini), Bazigar and many others.
Coming to his selection of songers, when Nadeem Shravan chose exceptionally K Sanu and mainstream singers he picked up Sonu Nigam for Border, Alisha for peppy numbers and KK in late 90s.
He started off in a time which was dominated by Bappi Lahiri, R D Burman, L-P and later o n Jatin Lalit, but he has survived till now competing against Pritam, Aadeadh and host of others.