There's Many Greats In Terms Of Hip Hop Artists, But Why Not Producers?

[Prince.Skeletor]

why is that list so short?

Preemo
Pete Rock
Madlib
Havoc....
J. Dilla
RZA
Mannie Fresh
Large Professor


I cant think of anyone else... Just 8, and this is of all time too not just current.
What's up with that?

Is it just math? Because it's often a one to many relationships, as one producer makes beats for many rappers so there's always more rappers than producers?

 

[The Ruler 09]

Marley Marl?

 

[The Ruler 09]

Dr Dre?
Johnny J

There's a few that spring to mind to me personally as greats.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Marley Marl?

You know it striked me right clicking on create thread, or whatever the button is.
For sure man, he started the James Brown sampling.
maybe eric sermon too?

Dr Dre?
Johnny J
There's a few that spring to mind to me personally as greats.

I would never put Dre there, not because his beats weren't great but because I don't believe he made the large majority of them, even in the beginning.
He's too much of a question mark.

If I hold rappers to these standards and bash Kanye and Drake for using ghostwriters I gotta do the same to producers.

 

[Nostalgic]

Alchemist
Poke and Tone
Just Blaze
Eric Sermon
Timbaland
Q-Tip
Large Proessfor
Dj Quick
MF Doom
Bink
No ID
9th Wonder

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

on another note to the old heads does anyone know why back in the days when rappers were rapping it sounded like they were rapping in a room with strong echo acoustics, like a bathroom or something.
Like the mic was different and mouth closer to the mic, anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[Deltron]

you can only think of 8?

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

why is that list so short?

Preemo
Pete Rock
Madlib
Havoc....
J. Dilla
RZA
Mannie Fresh
Large Professor


I cant think of anyone else... Just 8, and this is of all time too not just current.
What's up with that?

Is it just math? Because it's often a one to many relationships, as one producer makes beats for many rappers so there's always more rappers than producers?

DJ Quik
Ant Banks
El-P
DJ Paul
Swizz Beatz
Beats By The Pound
Timbaland
Organized Noize
Alchemist
No ID
Prince Paul
Black Milk
9th Wonder
Mike Dean
Neptunes


Not to mention the literal 100s of local legends throughout the country like

Tone Capone
Rob Lo
Nick Peace
Dan The Automator
Khayree
Rick Rock
Oh No
FlyLo
Ski Beatz
Diamond D
Buckwild
Cold187um


And that's not even getting into the new generation.

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

I KNEW IT!!!
I knew people would dilute the thread of the greats with posts of the good but not great.
I knew ppl would mention NO ID and Swiss Beats....

Thread is "GREATS" not "Great-ish" or "GOOD"

 

[FruitOfTheVale]

The new generation got a lot of producers who are doing big things...

Clams Casino
Harry Fraud
Drumma Boy
Zaytoven
MikeWiLLMadeIt
Joe Wax
The Invasion
Block Beattaz
Boi1da
Cardo
DJ Mustard
JuneOnnaBeat
Metro Boomin
DJ Fresh
Young Chop
Bobby Johnson
Ryan Hemsworth
BSBD

2000s had a ton of legends as well (Shawty Redd, Lex Luger, J.U.S.T.I.C.E League, Kanye West, etc).

 

[doct3rdr3]

Noah "40" Shebib

 

[Indiglow Meta (R$G)]

Noah "40" Shebib

No. Great engineer...production is extremely lacking and easy to duplicate.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

No mention of The Neptunes?! Blasphemy!

 

[Professor Polo]

No one in this thread mentioned Just Blaze?!?!

 

[Ohene]

op didnt even mention dj paul and juicy j
terrible thread
many greats out there