On The Str8 Rap Beat Tip: Neptunes >>> Timbaland

[JustCKing]

Clipse - The funeral - YouTube

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Slept on Neptunes banger. I don't know if I'd put it over any rap beat Tim has done, but that's one of their greatest productions.

 

[Homeboy Runny-Ray]

Teddy Riley isn't categorized as a rap producer because he was a member of two huge R&B groups. Many don't associate him with Kool Moe Dee, Wrexx N Effect, or Dougie Fresh like they do Tim w/ Jay and Missy. Timbaland was helming quite a few Hip Hop albums and breaking Hip Hop acts. I'm not sure if Teddy ever fully produced or even helmed a Hip Hop album in the way he did Guy, Blackstreet, and MJ's Dangerous.

Teddy should get much more props than he does as a Hip Hop producer though. Without him, there's no Tim or Neptunes or even a Devante and many other producers. He is one of the producers in Urban music that laid the ground work for "super producer".

let me be clear, im not denying that timbaland is a hip-hop producer. im just noting that most of the people that rate him too high as a rap producer, are including his r&b work. to go further, the r&b songs are usually the main ones on alot of their minds. its like the lines are so blurred now for alot of people.

teddy riley has produced rap albums. and your same point about why teddy isnt considered a rap producer could be used against timbaland as well. alot of newer listeners are more accustomed to timbaland making pop music rather than doing beats for jay-z and missy(who is moreso on the r&b side herself). theyre more accustomed with timbo doing pop rather than rap and even r&b.