Best Producer ever

[Gemini aka Gembot]

I'm sure this post has been done before but I can't seem to find it sooo....Given the last ten years and change of tides pertaining to what real hip-hop is considered to be. Who would you say is the greatest producer who ever did it and why. You must facor in creative identity and influence...Infact f*** it no rules, just tell me who and why? I'd like to know from the producers/ beatmakers only though. I wanna see what drives S.A's beat pulse on a universal level.

I'd really have to go with Dr. Dre
For me he always made drums and melodies I respond to without trying consistently. For me he knows what a phat beat sounds like and he knows which elements to pump into a beat. His drum are awesome and his melodies can be magical. I've always dug beats with an element of danger in them, you know like something crazy is about to go down and delivered that shit in spades for me. Premo would come in a close second.

[MrC The Rap God Almighty]

For me it's gotta be Primo hands down. No other producer has made me nod my head like the big homie did. He developed a unique style which most producers really lacked in his era. He was instrumental in defining that grimy hard-hitting hip-hop which we all loved at one point in time. And the drums. Besides Pete Rock, nobody rocked drums like Premo. He was perfectly on time. And then the chopping. He influenced a whole new breed of producers with that.

Plus his sampling was unique in a way. When everybody was using the entire drumloop from "Synthetic Substitution", he just chopped the first 2 seconds and looped that shit for D.W.Y.C.K. Like really who leaves out that last bit from that loop ? That's the best part of that loop.


The best to ever do it.

[rob_one]

For me it's gotta be Primo hands down. No other producer has made me nod my head like the big homie did. He developed a unique style which most producers really lacked in his era. He was instrumental in defining that grimy hard-hitting hip-hop which we all loved at one point in time. And the drums. Besides Pete Rock, nobody rocked drums like Premo. He was perfectly on time. And then the chopping. He influenced a whole new breed of producers with that.

Plus his sampling was unique in a way. When everybody was using the entire drumloop from "Synthetic Substitution", he just chopped the first 2 seconds and looped that shit for D.W.Y.C.K. Like really who leaves out that last bit from that loop ? That's the best part of that loop.


The best to ever do it.

What he said.

[Lord Deacon Of Frost]

dre fails for having a ghost producer

[The Angry Hand of God]

Primo and Pete Rock.

***Waits for a newfag to come in and say Kanye***

[General Ratzinger van Stilzkin]

dre fails for having a ghost producer

producers - melman, scott storch  etc etc

[The CHEF]

Without undermining many, I read thru dis and many never mention Eric Sermon, RJD2 or even Fat Jon. What about Rick Rubin? Those are my pick,ppl who do weird bt dope unobvious shit...

[DaT NiGGa P-DuB]

Without undermining many, I read thru dis and many never mention Eric Sermon, RJD2 or even Fat Jon. What about Rick Rubin? Those are my pick,ppl who do weird bt dope unobvious shit...

Co-sign E-dub - my fav producer

[The Angry Hand of God]

RJD2  Rick Rubin

I actually came back to this thread to modify my post and add these two.

Also add Mike Shinoda, just for his ability to mix different genres so well and make it sound brilliant. He is still new though compared to the others mentioned./

[rob_one]

RJD2  Rick Rubin

I actually came back to this thread to modify my post and add these two.

Also add Mike Shinoda, just for his ability to mix different genres so well and make it sound brilliant. He is still new though compared to the others mentioned./

Yeah, I wouldn't call Shinoda the best ever. Great, but not quite there.

My money? Primo is probably who I'd pick. It'd be close though. Contenders are Erick, Dre, Large Pro, Rick Rubin, JMJ. It's a short list.

RJD2 ain't on there. Again, good, but nowhere near the best. I wouldn't put 9th Wonder, Illmind, M-Phasez or Black Milk there for the same reason.