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Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers
found this jolly nice list on about.com - Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers
In ascending order for that unbeatable suspense... 50 - Ant Banks 49 - Buckwild 48 - DJ Scratch 47 - Scott Storch 46 - Stoupe 45 - Scott La Rock 44 - Dan the Automator 43 - The Beatnuts 42 - Daz Dillinger 41 - Mannie Fresh 40 - Q-Tip 39 - MF Doom 38 - P.Diddy & The Hitmen 37 - Madlib 36 - DJ Jazzy Jeff 35 - DJ Shadow 34 - Grand Master Flash 33 - Jam Master Jay 32 - Trackmasters 31 - Ski 30 - RJD2 29 - Lord Finesse 28 - Erick Sermon 27 - Swizz Beatz 26 - L.E.S. 25 - Organized Noize 24 - Da Beatminerz 23 - DJ Clark Kent 22 - DJ Muggs 21 - Easy Moe Bee 20 - Salaam Remi 19 - The Alchemist 18 - Just Blaze 17 - Diamond D 16 - Hi-Tek 15 - J Dilla 14 - DJ Quik 13 - Havoc 12 - Prince Paul 11 - the Neptunes 10 - Rick Rubin 09 - Timbaland 08 - Kanye West 07 - The Bomb Squad 06 - Marley Marl 05 - Large Professor 04 - RZA 03 - Dr. Dre 02 - Pete Rock 01 - DJ PREMIER :dj: Thoughts? Favourites? Anything missing? Provide youtube evidence please. For me El-P is the most obvious omission, you can keep all that noisy off-tempo stuff this is my minimalist choice :p: And personally I'd kick Kanye off the list and bring Madlib way up to the top 10. Not a big fan of good ol' G-funk these days either but Dre would probably have to stay at least top 20 simply because I couldn't think of any more producers, ha. Also I'd put Pete Rock below the Bomb Squad because jazz rap is already well represented. And where the f*ck is Eric B?? Anyway... sick 'em musicbanter! |
Yeah, no Eric B is a big ommission. I'm a little suprised Dilla isn't higher. Not that I don't think you have it right, it's just that everyone's jumped on his dick since he died.
I'm not a Neptunes fan, so I gotta say that's awfully high. I also think Swizz Beats is too low. And no Ant? No love at all for him? Emancipator would easily make it on my top fifty list, but I guess I could see him being left off a best fifty all time. I would have put Boots somewhere on there, same with Timbaland. Good list. I was just thinking of making one of these recently. Edit: found Timbaland, I'm dumb. |
Yeah, Swizz Beats can make some hot tracks.
Anyway, that list is pretty tight. Flash is wayy low which is weird since everyone loves him or soemthing. |
where's 9th Wonder?
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Not including El-P on this list is downright criminal.
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yeah this guy has it a bit mixed up... El-P definitely belongs in the top 20 for being totally unique and progressive along with the handful of other more recent producers on here I am familiar with.
The top 10 seems to focus on the producers that laid the styles for the modern day which is maybe why Flash isn't there I'm guessing... again why Kanye West is there I do not know, his productions aren't exactly a revelation, whereas Timbaland changed things for better or worse. Rick 'fat beard' Rubin is overrated too, the 'heavy metal/hip-hop fusion' thing being a novelty, so kick him right down the list. It's really interesting that Pete Rock is chosen for number two... I'd replace him with Prince Paul or Eric B :p: |
Dan the Automator at only 44? He deserves to be in the top 10 for Dr. Octagonecologyst and Deltron 3030 alone.
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Tell ya what, you guys go ahead and re-arrange the list according to your own preferences, and it will be just as true as the list you found on about.com.
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Ooooohhhh, I thought this was Molecules list. I don't read.
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edit: i agree with you about Dan the Automator btw Ethan, although he is responsible for stuff like this which would relegate him back to the second league for me |
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I neither know nor care why you're such a belligerent individual, but if you're so concerned about the validity of this thread then either stop posting in it or approach a mod to delete it; either way you've derailed it with you're nonsense. If it's a credibility thing, by all means post your top producers and show THEM how much more well-informed your opinions are, because I am gawn |
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The thread threw me off a bit. Didn't see the point of it that I can now. BTW, Apathy needs to be in the top 10. |
Oh I bet you were.
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Being from the beach I love the Neptunes, but it's comical to have J Dilla below them. Also, no 9th Wonder nor Black Milk makes this list pretty horrible, along with some other omissions.
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Imo, Scott Storch, Swizz Beatz and Jam Master Jay are waaaay too low on that list.
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Nujabes should be on there
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Yep, no El-P is just nonsensical.
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He should be in the top 10 at LEAST.
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50 - The LOX
49 – Squarepusher 48 – DJ Q-bert 47 - RJD2 46 - Trackmasters 45 – Diamond D (only for Pharcyde work) 44 – The Neptunes 43 – Rick Ruban 42 – Dan the Automator 41 - Timbaland 40- The Beatnuts 39 – Dilla J 38 - Buckwild 37 - Boots 36 – Q-Tip 35- 9th Wonder 34 – The Bomb Squad 33- Kanye West 32- The Alchemist 31 – Daedelus 30 – Aphex Twin 29 – Kid Koala 28 – The Bomb Squad 27 – MF Doom 26- Boxcutter 25 – DJ Scratch 24 – Scott Storch 23 - Chyskillz 22 – Jam Master Jay 21 - LES 20 - Beatminerz 19 - Nujabes 18 – DJ Quick 17 – Large Professor 16 – Prince Paul 15 – Marley Marl 14 – Swizz Beatz 13 - Havoc 12 - Dr. Dre 11 – El- P 10 – Madlib 09 – Black Milk 08 – J Dilla 07- RZA 06- Emancipator 05- Ant 04- Blockhead 03 - Bonobo 02 - DJ Premier 01 – Pete Rock |
Bonobo at 3? Blockhead at 4? lmfao that is a horrible list. After the first two [and I'd put Preme at the top] your list went downhill in a gigantic ****storm.
1.DJ Premier 2. Pete Rock 3. RZA 4. J Dilla 5. Dr. Dre 6. Prince Paul 7. Marley Marl 8. Large Professor 9. Easy Mo Bee 10. Kanye West 11. Erick Sermon 12. DJ Jazzy Jeff 13. Rick Rubin 14. ?uestlove 15. Ali Shaheed Mohammad 16. Just Blaze 17. Diamond D 18. DJ Muggz 19. Timbaland 20. Madlib 21. Buckwild 22. Dan The Automator 23. Hi Tek 24. Q-Tip 25. Warren G That's not even including production teams such as organized noise, DJ Paul and Juicy J, neptunes, etc. The fact people want El-P top 10 is mind blowing to me. The list above mine is painful to see. |
His list looks fine to me. You even listed some of the same producers.
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He has people top 5 that shouldn't be in the top 50. That's a pretty big difference. And no offense, but you said El-P should "AT LEAST" be top 10, so I'm assuming you two have the same line of thinking.
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But the guy that has Warren G, Ali Shaheed Mohammad, and Just Blaze ahead of producers like Black Milk, Ant, Havoc, Swizz Beats, El-P, and Emancipator shits on my list? 'The fuck outta here homie. |
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And Black Milk will easily be top 15 or higher by the time he's done, but right now you can't put him that high. And I'll gladly put those 3's titles against the one's you listed. Putting Blockhead who is basically known solely for working with Aesop as top 5 is a joke. You're an idiot who knows nothing. |
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And do you not listen to Blockhead's solo jaunts? They're nothing short of amazing. Listen to his stuff from Insomniac Olympics. And please do put heads like Just Blaze's work up against the one's I listed. Maybe his DMX work will carry him. Or those bombs he dropped on Jadakiss, Foxy Brown, and Mariah Carrey. He shines every once in a blue moon, and his stuff for Talib and Doom was good. But you've got this head as the 16th best producer of all time?? As far as Ali goes, he's just never been a favorite. I think his beats are boring and flat. |
The Neptunes make some mainstream listenable. They deserve to be listed. I'm kinda on Pharrell's jock for no apparent reason though... Clever as hell. I even like him as an MC- crazy?
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Hmm, I don't really follow who produces what that often so my list is pretty much limited to producers who are very prominent. But it reads something like..
1. EL-P 2. Madlib 3. RZA 4. Alias 5. Dangermouse |
Just Blaze
YouTube - Fabolous - Breathe (HD) YouTube - Touch The Sky - Kanye West YouTube - juelz santana-second coming http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFzzV4M42PI YouTube - Rhymefest- Dynomite (old song) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nm3LKtX0g0 YouTube - JAY-Z "Show Me What You Got" KINGDOM COME 11.21.06 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR8TeTdVAhA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUg7G3CPos0 YouTube - Hostile Gospel [Deliver Us] Jesus Remix [can't find the original, but that's the beat] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ1G0-ddAiA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p60n1m8idfA YouTube - Saigon ft. Jay-Z - Come On Baby (Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFVf2pjOhIo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dm2UbrE-_8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OOAdSi3s84 I could go on, but I'll see what you got since you wanted to compare. |
Haha, you're pretty salty about this, huh?
I'm blocked from youtube so I can't reciprocate. I know I could up some of the great beats I've always associated with JB though. |
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I did search Blockhead's insomniac olympic stuff up, and while good it does nothing to have me put him in a top 20 or 30 list. But if you want to up some stuff I'm more than willing to listen. |
I didn't do anything, I'm on a military network that blocked Youtube.
I really do wish I could join though, cause you're actually saying Just Blaze's stuff is better than a Bonobo or Black Milk, I just don't see it. Even his Jay-Z work wasn't that great. What are you defining as "great" production? It seems like it's quantity over quality with your list, and I'm just going by what I know of who you put. Not much groundbreaking and nothing really proggressive. It's all fairly stagnent, straight-forward bass high-hat beats. But they're famous and catchy. Although I did forget about ?love when I was making my list, so props on that. |
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