Rap & Hip Hop: Who are your top 10 producers?

Question

I'm trying to make a general list, not just top 10.

Here's some preliminary stuff.

DJ Premier
RZA
Dr. Dre
Pete Rock
Large Professor
Prince Paul
Erick Sermon

I think all these guys would make my top 10 for sure. I'm consdering:

DJ Quik
The Neptunes
Buckwild
Trackmasters
Rick Rubin
Kanye West
Madlib
J Dilla
?uestlove
Diamond D
Easy Moe Bee
Marley Marl
Da Beatminerz
ATCQ
Grandmaster Flash

People who I don't think make it who you might:

Just Blaze
9th Wonder
The Alchemist
Dan The Automator
Havoc
The Bomb Squad
Kno
El-P
Lord Finesse
Mannie Fresh
DJ Screw
Biz Markie
Organized Noize
Swizz Beats
Timbaland

Ok, so gimme some feedback.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:American_hip_hop_record_producers&pageuntil=Jake+One%0AJake+One#mw-pages

I hit up that list and left out some people who I felt weren't unique enough to be mentioned as having a chance for the list (a notable omission is Salaam Remi).

What do you think?

Answer 1

You've mentioned just about all my favorite's except :



Marco polo

Statik selektah

Hi-Tek

DJ Scratch (My 1st favorite with EPMD)

JR & PH7

DJ Honda

Kev brown



Jake one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=W8q-75BqpDM



^^This beat by jake one is classic



And plus : Another one I forgot his name, and did a few

tracks for The beatnutz



Also as a reminder 9th wonder is one of my main faves and he to me

should be on the top 10

Answer 2

1. DJ Premier

2. RZA

3. Dr.Dre



The Rest are in no order:



Pete Rock

Kanye West

Rick Ruban

Large Professer

Erick Sermon

Salaam Remi

Lord Finesse

Answer 3

Madlib

DJ Paul

DJ Screw

J Dilla

9th Wonder

Zaytoven

DJ Quik

DJ Premier

RZA

Nujabes

Answer 4

Well, I finally got around to answering this.



I don't really see what I can offer here (especially as far as a top 10 or 20 goes), apart from perhaps a random assortment of primarily instrumental artists I feel like shortlisting.



Boom Bip

DJ Krush

DJ Shadow

DJ Spooky

Fat Jon

Flying Lotus

Meaty Ogre

Nujabes

Omid

RJD2



Oh yeah, I think Trackmasters should be in with a shout as far as the top 20 goes. I wouldn't necessarily have them there but I think they're often slightly overlooked and get lost in the mix with the more obvious candidates.

Answer 5

I'll say (no particular order) :

# DJ Premier

# Dr. Dre

# Madlib

# Pete Rock

# Large Professor

# J Dilla

# RZA

# DJ Quik

# Buckwild

# ATCQ

#

Answer 6

rza

dj premier

j dilla

9th wonder

after this any of these guys can be number 5

mannie fresh

kanye

large pro

pete rock

jus blaze

marley marl

Answer 7

Madlib is definite to me. Erick Sermon not so much. I mean I like his stuff a great deal, from his work with EPMD to his solo to his stuff for other artists (particularly Redman). He does have a very solid a*s discography, but some of it isn't as exceptional as others and I don't think he's made any real game changing joints as far as production goes (well, not as game changing as some of the others you left off your list).

Answer 8

In no order:

Dan The Automater

DJ Muggs ( prod. for Cypress Hill, why is no one mentioning him???)

The Bomb Squad

Roots Manuva

Danger Mouse

Pete Rock

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That's all I can think of at the moment.

Answer 9

kanye

madlib

dilla

40

t minus

boi 1da

just blaze

rza

lex luger

####LAFLAME####

Answer 10

Mike will made it is a good producer. Check him out.

Answer 11

Salaam Remi is better than any1 u mentioned

Answer 12

RZA