if you a up and comin' hip hop producer, what hip hop albums should you study for influence?

[I love Latina women]

 

[Ohene]

not about what to study but who to study

DJ Paul and JuicyJ

 

[Corndog]

RZA
DJ Quik
Erick Sermon
Organized Noize
Paul & Juice fasho

Basically anything any of them put in work on. Lol RZA gets you both the dos and the donts

 

[soulfuljah]

It all depends on what type of music you like. Me personally, I would say my influences are

Dilla (hearing Runnin for the first time back in the day is what made me want to make beats)
Old Dre
Al Eaton
Quik
T-Mix
Cain (If you were born in Birmingham before 87, you know about him)
Pete Rock
Preemo
KLC
Manny
The Legendary Traxster
ALC
Organized Noize
Juicy J
DJ Paul
Danger Mouse
and the list goes on

 

[RichYung]

Let me put Him in this now before he's left out.
Havoc.

And yeah it depends on their music/sound

 

[lowkey0z]

j dilla
havoc
the alchemist
madlib
trackmasters
mannie fresh

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

Doesn't matter about the music because you should be creative. It depends on what you want your mixes to sound like. If you like polished stuff then Babyface or David Foster but rough and rugged then I'll recommend RZA or something.

 

[360dagod]

you should really study as much non hip hop stuff as possible...

in saying that

mannie fresh
havoc
large professor
organized noize
dj toomp
premo
dj paul/juicy j
t-mix from suave house
bomb squad

 

[Ohene]

the reason i say Paul and Juice is because of their longevity and influence on whats very popular nowadays.

They're not my favourite producer but the music they made has birthed many different types of music and their styles/sounds/kits are still being used to this day

 

[Piano Reevez]

DJ Quik -Rhythm-al-ism

IMO, the only "real" perfect album in rap music.

 

[str8up]

This is just who I study

DJ Quik

Kanye - For getting an ear for songs to sample

Premo - How to sample

Pete Rock

Large Professor

Q-Tip

 

[Why-Fi]

all of them, anything you have time to listen

 

[Prince Mongo]

Depends on your sound. If your're a Trap/Southern producer; of course DJ Paul & Juicy J (the basic template to all trap production), DJ Squeeky (EXTREMELY underrated legengary Memphis producer), Zaytoven, any producer on the TM 101 tracklist, Mannie, Southside, Metro, Lex Luger, ect. But don't just listen to hip hop producers, branch out and listen to producers of other genres, especially R&B. Many R&B producers have a lot more musicality in their work than hip hop producers

 

[Yehuda]

If I want dude to sell records in this day and age I'll tell him to study whoever's hot right now.

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

None. Form your own sound, all that "studying" will just turn you into a struggle version of the producer your listening to.