pick the BEST producer

LyricalEONS · Post by **LyricalEONS** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:34 am

prince paul for me

LyricalEONS · Post by **LyricalEONS** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 2:35 am

prince paul imo followed by extra p

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:45 am

'street level' is better than the rest of these guys lives...in fact the bassline from superbad might be

kracker · Post by **kracker** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:49 am

clark bent wrote:'street level' is better than the rest of these guys lives...in fact the bassline from superbad might be

Perfectly reasonable and sober opinion.

Went with Organized Noize.

Nl5H · Post by **Nl5H** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:18 pm

went with organized noise because it seems they always did their own thing without looking at what others were doing... maybe i'm naive.

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:59 pm

dilla.

jazzmatazz23 · Post by **jazzmatazz23** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:45 pm

I have no idea how so many of these guys have votes. How the fuck can you vote for the Neptunes? Alchemist is nice, but lets be real there are some of the best producers of all time on this list and you vote for Alchemist. Whoever voted for Neptunes should be not able to vote on any more polls

axel foley · Post by **axel foley** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:46 pm

i'll defend my vote. i picked the neptunes because they're prolific. their catalog is beyond thick and they've managed to remain relevant for over a decade. they know how to write songs and they're versatile. what other producer or duo has had equal success with producing both radio friendly tracks and street shit and actually had the talent to do it well for this long?

stevieebola · Post by **stevieebola** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:51 pm

Neptunes are the antichrist.

kracker · Post by **kracker** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:05 pm

stevieebola wrote:Neptunes are the antichrist.

Have you heard a Clipse record?

stevieebola · Post by **stevieebola** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:50 pm

kracker wrote:
stevieebola wrote:Neptunes are the antichrist.
Have you heard a Clipse record?

Must admit.I thought the funeral was nice.And some of the buster stuff was ok .But the way their production got hyped up like they were super talented geniuses was laughable.Plus they ruined every jay z album they did beats on.

the dead poet · Post by **the dead poet** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:49 pm

dilla
LP
Prince Paul
Dj Quik

Kalistoga · Post by **Kalistoga** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:53 am

it's between Neptunes and Organized Noise for me...

DredScott · Post by **DredScott** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:16 am

went with the live guy with glasses due to him learning directly from the legendary paul c. and lacing too many classics to name...

Mansfield Status · Post by **Mansfield Status** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:44 am

1.) Large Professor
2.) Bomb Squad
3.) Alchemist
4.) Prince Paul
5.) The Beatnuts
6.) Diamond D
7.) Dilla
8.) Kanye West
9.) The Neptunes
10.) Dj Quik
11.) Organized noise

cornsnake · Post by **cornsnake** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:52 am

Bomb Squad
Dilla
The Beatnuts
Diamond D
Kanye West
Large Professor
The Neptunes
Prince Paul
Organized noise
Alchemist
Dj Quik

I cant believe that after all these years i had to put the bomb squad first. and then yancey second-- like polar opposites. but the album that walked away at parties the most was "street level"; i've got two copies on wax and three cd's in fear of not having it handy-- never did see a tape of it again.

anyone got a tape of the beatnuts first ep in good shape they'd trade?

Brougham33 · Post by **Brougham33** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:46 am

Picked Paul cause I've been listening to alot of De La lately.

jazzmatazz23 · Post by **jazzmatazz23** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:05 pm

cornsnake wrote:Bomb Squad
Dilla
The Beatnuts
Diamond D
Kanye West
Large Professor
The Neptunes
Prince Paul
Organized noise
Alchemist
Dj Quik

I cant believe that after all these years i had to put the bomb squad first. and then yancey second-- like polar opposites. but the album that walked away at parties the most was "street level"; i've got two copies on wax and three cd's in fear of not having it handy-- never did see a tape of it again.

anyone got a tape of the beatnuts first ep in good shape they'd trade?

Is this the worst list ever?

jazzmatazz23 · Post by **jazzmatazz23** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:06 pm

If dilla did not die he is not anywhere near the top of these lists

marinville · Post by **marinville** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:35 pm

I'm glad to see that large pro is winning this.

the beatnuts deserve more votes though.

Joe Pesci · Post by **Joe Pesci** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:11 pm

Large Pro

chump change · Post by **chump change** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:17 pm

jazzmatazz23 wrote:If dilla did not die he is not anywhere near the top of these lists

cornsnake · Post by **cornsnake** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:04 am

chump change wrote:
jazzmatazz23 wrote:If dilla did not die he is not anywhere near the top of these lists

Jay Dee's tracks were pretty much the last stand in the clubs up here before everything went south-literally. living or dead his material is flavor and adventurous.

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 2:02 pm

other than the few songs on labcabin and of course stakes is high what has jay dee ever done that would be deserving of a vote here

his biggest legacy in hip-hop is single handedly ruining tribes sound

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:13 pm

clark bent wrote:other than the few songs on labcabin and of course stakes is high what has jay dee ever done that would be deserving of a vote here

I agree that he could never fuck with Large Professor, Diamond D, Beatnuts, etc, but I still think that he barely makes an all-time top 20 list of producers.

This is just from my Jay Dee instrumental folder:

1st Down - A Day With Da Homiez
ATCQ - 4 Moms
ATCQ - The Love
ATCQ - Pad & Pen
ATCQ - Rock N Roll Yall
ATCQ - Start It Up
ATCQ - 1nce Again
ATCQ - Jam
ATCQ - Stressed Out
ATCQ - World Play
Busta Rhymes - Ill Vibe
Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah Remix
Busta Rhymes - Keep It Movin'
Chino XL - Don't Say A Word
Common Sense - Heat
Common Sense - The Light
Common Sense - The Questions
De La Soul - Stakes Is High
Frank N Dank - Love (A Thing Of The Past)
Frank N Dank - Give It Up
Jay Dee - Circus
Jay Dee - Coastin'
Jay Dee - Dreamy
Jay Dee - Guitar
Jay Dee - Hardcore Flute
Jay Dee - L.L.
Jay Dee - On The 1
Jay Dee - So Far To Go
Jay Dee - U & Ur Smile
Keith Murray - The Rhyme Remix
Mad Skillz - It's Goin' Down
Mood - Secrets Of The Sand Remix
Natives From Da Underground - Whatcha Gonna Do For Me
Pharcyde - She Said Remix
Pharcyde - Bullshit
Pharcyde - Drop
Pharcyde - Runnin'
Phat Kat - Don't Nobody Care About Us
Phat Kat - Microphone Master
Phat Kat - Dedication To The Suckers
Phife Dawg - Thought U Was Nice
Phife Dawg - Ben Dova
Q-Tip - Breathe And Stop
Q-Tip - Let's Ride
Q-Tip - Vivrant Thing
Slum Village - We Be Down
Slum Village - 2U4U Remix
Slum Village - Play It Loud

Not a definitive list of dope tracks, by any means.

Just a legendary producer, any way you slice it.

This Madlib white label track that he produced circa 2000/2001 is incredible. I'd love to find an instrumental for it:

Madlib - Untitled
http://www.zshare.net/audio/8655908d0b80c7/

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:25 pm

but dont legendary producers have to make legendary albums or a whole lot of legendary beats...i just dont see it on his resume...its mostly filled with middle of the road boring hi clap crud

to call him legendary is laughable imo

cornsnake · Post by **cornsnake** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 3:47 am

clark bent wrote:but dont legendary producers have to make legendary albums or a whole lot of legendary beats...i just dont see it on his resume...its mostly filled with middle of the road boring hi clap crud

to call him legendary is laughable imo

it feels like you could throw out his whole tribe and dela work and just listen to "players" and the "hate j dee" section could be over.

its not really suprising that a dude that really didn't give two shits about industry didn't generate the proper time/resource balance to create what you'd call a legendary album. the dude did make music that a lot of talented and influencial people have been influenced by.

when you gauge industry players like neptunes or kanye its pretty fair to look at the amount of work they've put out or how long they've effectively been in business. when you look towards early influencials like pp or extra p i'd say that when they were on blast it was either you dug raps or you didn't; they weren't out there fighting for a listen so of course you heard em and since you listened to rap you probably were gonna love what they did.

quik is still fire live alchemist is raw and kanye's doin his damn thing but all this makes me wonder whos gonna bring the fire.

or can u kick it with peas porridge until infinity.