If we're talking mainstream Hip Hop, it never really left. Look at the Hypnotize Minds releases from the 90's. Those were fully produced by DJ Paul & Juicy J. Cash Money's releases were fully produced by Mannie Fresh. There were also producer/rapper combos like Missy and Timbaland who continued to work exclusively with each other up until 2003. There's also OutKast who either had Organized Noize lacing their albums or Mr. DJ and themselves producing their albums. There was also The Clipse and The Neptunes.
Who brought the one mc/producer album concept back?
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its never really left the underground. but alchemist in the sorta mainstream has been on a hot streak making these other producers want to do the one on one projects.
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there's always been a camp or crew thing like Hypnotize Minds or CMR (once Mannie left that changed obviously) but for the majority of the decade (at least) the superproducer/illmatic mentality has been the big thing. getting whatever producers are hot at the time and ending up with 10 different producers for an album with 16 tracks
That's still pretty much standard for most albums to have five or more producers on one album. Even the ones with less than 16 tracks are like that. Yeah, Illmatic changed the dynamic of having one producer lace an album. Then Jay's Vol. 2 came out and everybody felt like they had to have every producer that was hot on the same album.
Still, there's been several artists and MC's since Illmatic and Vol. 2 that have stuck to the one producer format.There hasn't really been that album that has been released that's taken Hip Hop back to that exclusively though. It's still pretty much the same as it's been since Illmatic and Vol. 2.
@Morose Zeitgeist, Thank you for reminded me about the Madlib & Guilty Simpson collabo 
...I missed that one
...I missed that one
Alc and 9th are the correct answer. Alc has been going hard the past four or five years.
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so i was right, it was muggs and gza. muggs even went back and remixed grandmasters too. i didn't even think about it, but madlib did the same w/ percee p's album. speaking of 9th wonder, i never really followed the dude until i downloaded his tape w/ access immortal recently.
crazy dope beat/sample:
it makes sense that alchemist started doing those collabo albums, since muggs is his mentor.
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Common and No I.D also. Kurupt & Dj Quik's Blaqkout was a dope album. That "Anniversary" sample flip
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Also Pacewon and Mr Green came out in like 2008 I think, they deserve a mention.
If we go further back, Cannibal Ox was entirely produced by El-P right?
If we go further back, Cannibal Ox was entirely produced by El-P right?
Once artists/producers realised it's a way to get a good buzz it's been popping.
Honestly, the catalyst was Below The Heavens. Took both somewhat nobody's (Exile had a few major label spots) into somebody's. The dude to really take it there was Currensy, his Pilot Talk series then Covert Coupe put him in another bracket. Then the likes of Alc and Fraud saw it as a dope opportunity and it's gone from there.
The foundation of Juicy J's renaissance was the Rubberband series with Luger. No one artist/producer brought it back.
Honestly, the catalyst was Below The Heavens. Took both somewhat nobody's (Exile had a few major label spots) into somebody's. The dude to really take it there was Currensy, his Pilot Talk series then Covert Coupe put him in another bracket. Then the likes of Alc and Fraud saw it as a dope opportunity and it's gone from there.
The foundation of Juicy J's renaissance was the Rubberband series with Luger. No one artist/producer brought it back.