From a production standpoint, what albums should up and coming producers study?

[semicko82]

Thug Motivation 101
The Blueprint
Only built 4 Cuban Linx
Chronic 2001
Graduation
Get Rich or Die Tryin
All of OutKast’s albums
All of Rick Ross albums
Life After Death
808’s and Hearbreak
The weekend’s ‘Trilogy’ (I know it’s not hip hop but the production is CRAZY)
Michael Jackson’s first 3 albums
Mary J Blige’s first 2 albums
All Mobb Deeps albums

It's not Chronic 2001. It's just 2001

 

[Henny and_ HotWings]

It's not Chronic 2001. It's just 2001

thanks
for the correction…… goofy ass nikka

 

[DaKidFromNoWhere]

Midnight marauders

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[semicko82]

thanks
for the correction…… goofy ass nikka

 

[feelosofer]

Prince - Dirty Mind
Parliament Funkadelic - Maggot Brain
Dr Dre - The Chronic
Pete Rock and CL - Mecca and the Soul Brother
ATCQ - Low End Theory\Midnight Marauders
Michael Jackson - Off The Wall
Herbie Hancock - Crossings (all the Mwandishi albums arguably)

 

[NoirDynosaur]

Study all genres and not just hip hop

This.

 

[null]

Illmatic
It was written
Everything by Dr. Dre
Everything by Kanye
Everything by RZA

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

1999-Prince
What Time is it-Prince


His drum machine programming on the Linn drum