Is Pharrell number one for longevity as a top producer in the game?

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Those chatting about Rick rubin in here is disgusting. Dude is overrated and came in at the right time when people/bands were making great music regardless and he came in and told them to turn the volume up on the guitar or drums and became a 'super producer' laying on sofas being a muse.

I been said this few years ago:

Rick Rubin Producing skills

Rubin is a nontraditional producer. He doesn’t play any instruments, and he can’t operate a mixing board or a Pro Tools setup. In fact, he seems to be actively uninterested in spending much time in a recording studio. Instead, Rubin is best known for his talents as a listener, with his ability...

www.thecoli.com

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Hold up, P & Chad produced and wrote this

Yep. It was their first big hit

 

[TheDarceKnight]

Those chatting about Rick rubin in here is disgusting. Dude is overrated and came in at the right time when people/bands were making great music regardless and he came in and told them to turn the volume up on the guitar or drums and became a 'super producer' laying on sofas being a muse.

I been said this few years ago:

Rick Rubin Producing skills

Rubin is a nontraditional producer. He doesn’t play any instruments, and he can’t operate a mixing board or a Pro Tools setup. In fact, he seems to be actively uninterested in spending much time in a recording studio. Instead, Rubin is best known for his talents as a listener, with his ability...

www.thecoli.com

Yep. I always got big time grifter energy from Rick Rubin

 

[L. Deezy]

Those chatting about Rick rubin in here is disgusting. Dude is overrated and came in at the right time when people/bands were making great music regardless and he came in and told them to turn the volume up on the guitar or drums and became a 'super producer' laying on sofas being a muse.

I been said this few years ago:

Rick Rubin Producing skills

Rubin is a nontraditional producer. He doesn’t play any instruments, and he can’t operate a mixing board or a Pro Tools setup. In fact, he seems to be actively uninterested in spending much time in a recording studio. Instead, Rubin is best known for his talents as a listener, with his ability...

www.thecoli.com

naw...

This the Coli hating cuz he white.

 

[ShaDynasty]

I'm confused about the Rick Rubin shyt. He hasn't really been involved with Hip Hop since he did 'Going Back To Cali' 36 years ago.

Are we saying he didn't make beats in the 80s? I know other people were involved - JMJ, Beasties were involved in their production too, but I never heard any of them say he did nothing.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Pete rock and Common just dropped one of the best albums last year. Does Pharell pre-date Pete Rock? Q tip produced LL's album last year. Does Pharell pre-date Q tip?

 

[beenz]

Those chatting about Rick rubin in here is disgusting. Dude is overrated and came in at the right time when people/bands were making great music regardless and he came in and told them to turn the volume up on the guitar or drums and became a 'super producer' laying on sofas being a muse.

I been said this few years ago:

Rick Rubin Producing skills

Rubin is a nontraditional producer. He doesn’t play any instruments, and he can’t operate a mixing board or a Pro Tools setup. In fact, he seems to be actively uninterested in spending much time in a recording studio. Instead, Rubin is best known for his talents as a listener, with his ability...

www.thecoli.com

I agree, he's like the white dr. dre. cuz they both have similar approaches to making music and seemingly aren't too hands on.

 

[desjardins]

Alc was the obvious answer in my head
But I'm surprised no one mentioned Mike Dean
A lot of the shyt he did between 2000-2004 I wasn't really listening to so I can't speak on if it was good but dude predates Neptunes and has a WAY bigger impact on the sound of hip hop in the last decade compared to Pharrell

 

[mrvaughn]

Pete rock and Common just dropped one of the best albums last year. Does Pharell pre-date Pete Rock? Q tip produced LL's album last year. Does Pharell pre-date Q tip?

Couple of good calls there.

 

[Patrick Kane]

Alc was the obvious answer in my head
But I'm surprised no one mentioned Mike Dean
A lot of the shyt he did between 2000-2004 I wasn't really listening to so I can't speak on if it was good but dude predates Neptunes and has a WAY bigger impact on the sound of hip hop in the last decade compared to Pharrell

I think of Mike as more of a sound designer. He can definitely make beats/produce well but he’s a master engineer at heart and just creates beautiful soundscapes with his records. The stuff he’s done with The Weeknd/Travis Scott/Ye are otherworldly sound wise

 

[JustCKing]

But I don’t think many will look back at that record and think of it as a classic ‘Hip Hop’ album.

I wanted to mention this before, but how is Supa Dupa Fly not a classic?

We wouldn't even be discussing Clipse or The Neptunes without that album. In regard to Hip Hop, Supa Dupa Fly launched Virginia into orbit as a hub for futuristic Hip Hop before The Neptunes actually found their sound. Supa Dupa Fly was really otherworldly. Sonically, nothing sounded like it. Nothing sounded or looked like Missy Elliott as a rapper. Even though Kelis isn't Hip Hop, do we even get her without Missy. Does her album sound like that without a Missy Elliott? Do The Neptunes sound like they are from planet Other without Timbaland and Missy planting the flag in 1997? Compare "Use Your Heart" from 1996 to "Lookin At Me" in 1997 to "the futuristic "Superthug" in 1998.

From Lil' Wayne to Drake to Nicki Minaj to J. Cole to ASAP Ferg to Slump God to Brent Faiyaz, they all drew inspiration from that album.

Even on the new album, does "So Be It" sound like that without a "Get Ur Freak On". I know that's from a different album, but still it and ""Big Pimpin" set off the Bollywood and Middle Eastern infatuation in Hip Hop and music as a whole.

 

[Rozay Oro]

Rick Rubin was on Lil Uzi Verts 'Pink Tape' which dropped last year.

In the 2010's he was on:

Kanye West – Yeezus
Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Wu-Tang Clan – A Better Tomorrow
GoldLink – And After That, We Didn't Talk
Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
Eminem – Revival


The answer is Rick Rubin.

Rick has no technical talent though lol

 

[Theflash]

No.1 fakkit

 

[FS4LFE]

This is a ridiculous thread. He made one good project that y’all like. His beats before were phoned in and past his prime for years. Also a lot of y’all are not giving Chad Hudo enough credit. The Neptunes wasn’t just Pharrell.

 

[Plankton]

Rick has no technical talent though lol

Yet he still won a Grammy in 2021 for being the only producer of The Stokes album "The New Abnormal." Started in 1984, won a Grammy in 2021. That's 37 years, longer then any other Hip Hop producer you can name with merit on paper, so my comment still stands. Rick is the top producer with the longest longevity. You say he has no technical talent but he won a Grammy 4 years ago for being a producer. So who am I going to believe?