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Dre - can't front, this dude put the West Coast on and continues eating by letting other dudes do the work, while he gets the credit...
Will.i.Am - hottest in the game right now, if I could get a beat from anyone it would be Will.i.am.. he has the raw hip hop feel, but knows how to make a hit.
Jdilla - Not just listing him cause he passed, this dude is responsible for a big move in Hip-Hop during the 90's.
Kanye West - brought the soul back to hip hop... kinda got on a formula, but still dope as ever.
last but not least... DJ Premier - more of a beat maker than a Producer of records, but this cat has a nice catalogue...
Dammit, this might even be harder than that MC list...
-Dre (If i ever get to meet him and talk to him, I can die peacefully, yeah its that serious!)
-Dilla
-JustBlaze
-Illmind (i just love his style)
-Timbaland
Honorable mentionings: Black Milk, 9th wonder, Rockwilder, Tim & Bob, Nicolay, Premier, Symbolic One, Pete Rock, Erick Sermon, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Kanye West and I can't front on Diddy either with production...
damn i love this site man. yall are really hip hop heads.
only 5? well these are in no order but here are 5 i like on my mind right now.
lets see here....
1. PREMO. he showed me all the wonderful things you can do with a mpc 60. thats what i work with till this day
2. RZA. he created the whole kung fu movie sample style into the beats and used shit like water drops as parts of a beat. thats tuff... also people sleep but RZA started that soul sample voice sample shit. fuck kanye
3. BEATMINERZ. i never heard beats with such a muddy base before them. they would flip the sample like take all highs out and mids to get a baseline. thats the shit
4. 4th deciple. he created the sloppiest drum patterns that somehow was still on beat. i love that sound and style of production. im not really into clean crisp sounding beats.
5. STOUPE from jedi mind tricks. that dude has a good ear for samples and i like how he flips all those spanish cuts and makes them raw.
New School
Kanye West(soul sampling and drum patterns)
9th Wonder(paved the way for me and other vice-versa(software&hardware) producers,)
Just Blaze(drums hi-hats and instruments)
Double 0(soul and sampling)
heatmakerz(for that crazy soul and drum sounds)
Mizell Bros ("Think Twice","Wind Parade"...always hits the spot)
Chief Xcel (WHOLE Maroons lp--peep if you know not)
Pete Rock (two words..."Rather Unique"...niggaz know)
David Axelrod (..come on...)
Prince (i grew up in the 80's and this dude's work it the soundtrack to most of my life)
Marly Marl- The Bridge, Ain't no Half Steppin, The Vapors, The Symphony...Produced for the whole Juice crew. Eric B. and Rakim, MC lyte. One of the first cats to start using james brown samples.
Teddy Riley - You might wanna sleep, but the cat produced "The Show". Doug E fresh and Slick Rick. Add Bobby Brown, Guy, Heavy D, Black Street. Let's not forget a classic "Rump Shaka". Damn I forget Kieth Sweat!
Dr. Dre- Gotta give the Doc his due. NWA the Cronic, Doggy Style, Eminem, 50.
RZA- Wu Tang....say no more
Premier - It's hard to put Premo 5th. Mass Appeal, NY state of mind, the Group Home album, Moment of truth.
Pete Rock - Reminisce, Shut em down remix, Escapeism, The World is Yours, Tru Master. Mudered the SP1200.
I know it's only top 5 but I can't leave out the Soul Brotha
New school cats
Kanye - cant really mess with that dudes resume. Kept Jigga at the top without a doubt.
J Dilla - RIP
9th - dudes ear is sick. Everybody got a record with 9th wonder. My moms is probably in the studio with 9th right now.
Timbaland - any body that can take missy and make hits....
Hi Tech- Cat been steady in Hip Hop for a minute. 1999 one of the hardest beats of the back pack era
in no particular order-
rza
the bomb squad
madlib
kanye
dilla
honorable mention- just blaze, mf doom, danger mouse,kanye, easy moe-b, melle mel, organized noise,hi-tek...
i could go on and on..lots of cats not on the list..
