Top 50 Greatest Producers In Hip Hop and Rap

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1. Dj Quik top ten… ever.

2. …And spell his name right stupids ahaha

3. alchemist, dilla, doom and madlib- the only producers that really matter. “j dilla changed my life.” rza is dope too.

4. Umm, personally, i’d put Dr. Dre in #1, cuz he basically created Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem and turned 2pac from a good rapper to a superstar (even if 2pac hated him).

5. I think J.U.S.T.I.C.E league should get a shout

6. Lol. No Lord Finesse?

7. oops, he is 36. my bad

   Btw. Exile is going to be on that list. Check him out.

   • i agree, exile is dope

8. They got my top 5 in the top 10 what what

   RZA
   Premo
   Pete Rock
   Havoc
   Q-Tip

9. Dj Quik 47th, Timberland 5th something is wrong here

10. WTF is this bull shit timbaland over dre WTF Tim does songs with Miley Cyrus and albums with Justin timberlake while dre does songs with PAC and albums with people like snoop and em ….

11. yo
    why is jazzy jeff so damn low

12. YU stupid idiots… DR Period is on the damn list twice…

13. Love the posts but have to agree with those who say move Marly Marl up the list…definitely.

    I’d push Timbaland down the list as well.

    What about Tony D? In his heyday with PRT and YZ and them, the work was solid.

    And though his track record was short-lived and way back…Mantronik was nice back then. But that’s my old school showing.

    -Martay

14. Amp live from Zion I…way doper than lotta these cats

15. my top 5 producer|dr dre-rocwilder-alchemiks-just blaze-scotch torch

16. Paul C isn’t on this?
    50 spots and he aint here?
    Blasphemy

17. what about Thes One?

18. the first 6 are cool but not in that order @ all. whom ever put the list together needs to check themselves into a basement with those producers work, then re-do the list & they’ll see that Dr. Dre, Premier & Dilla are 1,2 & 3. IN THAT ORDER .Check the bodies of work.

19. How are you going to put Large Professor, Havoc, Diamond, Showbiz ahead of Just Blaze. Not to mention, if you really listen to their records, Pete Rock, RZA, Prince Paul – these guys don’t have HARD Drums. They might be gritty, but they aren’t sonically powerful. Not to mention the the samples they flipped were not taken in the most creative routes possible. This list contains a lot of over-rated names

20. It an abomination that the list doesn’t even mention Stoupe.

21. No Howie Tee, are you guys crazy!

22. Jake One should fit somewhere on there

23. Ummm, yeahhhhh. DJ Battlecat anybody?

24. What no Crazy C. from Houston. He was one of the rap-a-lot heavy hitters. He also did some hot remixes in the 90’s like the wu-tang clan method man rmx, the outkast elevators remix and naughty by nature’s craziest. Speaking of Naughty K-gee isn’t here. Ya’ll are buggin’ ….. to use an old school phrase

25. Your crazy how u don’t got swizz beatz in this list I expected him to be atleast on top 5 and max top 10!

    You better make this list again

26. What about Scott Storch!?!?

27. Needs Danger Mouse on there.

28. No Daz Dillinger, wtf! DJ Quik should be in the top ten to!

29. DJ Quik at 47 this list is a joke and no Daz. Before you make a list listen to the pioneers of the G-funk era when producing tracks was the main part of the records. Listen to any of DJ Quiks albums and its easy to see his talent the greatest musician ever in the hip hop.

30. I can tell this site is ran by NY niggaz. Timbo and Dre should be 1 & 2. Underground music is underground for a reason, it doesn’t reach the masses. Great producers reach the masses and crosses color lines. Dre’s shit is bumped by the hood niggaz and radio that’s a sign of a great producer. The top 4 producers on this list is a JOKE, most people don’t even know who these guys are or their music. GET real, this list is BullShit!

    • LOL@”reach the masses.” Please, that’s nonsense. Real heads couldn’t care less about whether or not their fave producer reaches the masses. This is about making dope beats. As great as Dre is, he doesn’t work enough. Besides, he assembles work from other producers, adds his own touches and gets the credit on a lot of his work. Daz and other producers have accused him of stealing their work. For this Detox album, he’s having producers submit beats so he can rework ’em. LOL…Ever see Premo do that?

      And Timbaland doesn’t do enough hip hop tracks to make a fair judgment. His strength is his drum programming and crazy sounds, but hell, Pharrell is better at that than he is all day long.

      • Come on Tony, Pharrell better than Timbo? When was the last time you seen Pharrell on the charts? ALL producers have help putting tracks together, be it a friend, dj, engineer or hired help. There are alot of producers who buy tracks and then redo them, hell that’s what sampling is all about, taking one song to make another song. Yes dre doesn’t work enough I’m with you on that, but premo is only hot to niggaz who like that boom bap shit. To be a great producer you have to move forward with the times and the top 4 guys are still doing the same shit they were doing 10 yrs ago.
        Tell them niggaz that it’s 2010 not 1988. Timbo and Dre should be 1 & 2.

    • Eh bud your an absolute moron. To tell you the truth you would have sounded much more intelligent if you didn’t write anything at all. Saying that beats that reach the masses are the best? That in fact is so wrong i could knock you over the head with a 2×4. Underground is underground because people like you live in this world that listen to brainwashing shit music that tells you to go get rich have 50 cars, 20 sluts by your side and million dollar chains and rings. Underground is REAL hip hop. It is the only hip hop left in this world. It is people speaking their minds about important and actual relevant things taking place in the world today, i.e. illuminati, poverty, struggles of the hood/projects, etc. You are just another ignorant asshole who probabaly thinks kanye west should be in the top 10 too. DJ Primier is by far the best producer of all time. Dre was amazing too, but should be second on every list because Primo should be first on every list. After them i’d probably throw RZA, Marley Marl, etc. Use your brain you uneducated douche bag.

31. what about ZAYTOVEN! this is rubbish

32. Man this is a haters list you got all these no names over the DOC. Who are all these no hit wonders getting more credit than Dre. Yall list is fraudulent. Lol. On the real make a true list.

    starting

    DR Dre
    scott storch
    Runners
    Mike Dean
    Scott Larock
    battle cat
    Premier
    Havoc
    Organized Noize
    Timx (Cash Money)
    Eric Sermon
    tone capone
    marely marl

    Hit Makers

33. WTF PERSONALLY I THINK THIS IS BULLSHIT …WHERE IS DJ STOUPE THE ENEMY OF MANKIND ..IN MY OPINION HE SHOULD BE IN THE TOP 5!!

34. wtf? Dr should be num 1!

35. Wth, why isn’t Johnny J on the top 3, did all of y’all forget about tupacs # 1 producer ???? Dr. Dre ripped him off many times by claiming his beats and work. This is fact tupac & daz brought this info to the light. Plus a lot of these big name producers just buy some low level producers beat, and tell an engineer to change it up a bit, and then they put there name on it.

36. not impressed with the list, just my opinion though. you dont have mannie fresh who made cashmoney records billions of dollars. KLC who done the same for No Limit Records. What about Polow Tha Don? i mean i see Kanye West on there..which i dont claim to be that great of a producer (compared to the other ppl on the roster) but come on now..what about shawty redd? who makes banging tracks. shew!

    • u aint lying about cashmoney but to my opinion i do think is some BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he made them billions of dollars. lyk what the fuck yo!!!!!!!!!!!

37. where’s sir jinx, Oh No, Trakmasterz, True master, Swizz Beats. Rockwilder, Allah Mathematics, T-Ray, Clark Kent, LES, Khrysis, E-Swift, Larry Smith, Howie Tee, Nicolay, Nottz and Domingo? and you gotta rank Madlib much higher!

38. 9th wonder ranked 30th? Hell no…

39. Yo man it seems that they only put east coast producers in the top ten. If your going producers that changed hip hop you have to put dr.dre in that along with mr. West. And quik and what about battle cat. His production is un touch when it comes to using different sounds. I just hate it when they do this type of list. Same when they did top wrappers most of the top ten was east coast. They should give respect to those who really deserve it and not basing it on where they are located.

40. Im new to the site!Im KontraX. Im a music producer, among other things. As a lover of music, I appreciate this list of producers.. Im from the midwest. Cincinnati, Ohio to be exact. Our music scene and history, consists of funk and r&b. We haven’t really made our mark in the hip hop world of music. Our most successful hip hop artist is Hi Tek. I see he made the list so I cant complain. Its a pleasure to be amongst the likes of true hip hop heads and music lovers! Peace and blessings to all!

41. i think this is good so people can actually know how we got our rappers.

42. what about slick rick. he da truth lyk 4 real. this list is a ripe off!!!! wtf!!!!!

43. what about slick rick. he da truth lyk 4 real. this list is a rip off!!!! wtf!!!!!

44. kev brown ?

45. you got dr period on here twice.. 48 & 34

46. how the hell is 9th wonder at 30?

47. Stope? Jake one?

48. you are the dumbest out there u aint gott nottz on the list

49. How do you not have Russell Simmons and Diddy on this list?

50. The top 6 is in a good order in my opinion. Some of you commenters need to learn more about Hip Hop. 9th Wonder should be higher though. And Rockwilder, Statik Selektah and Daz Dillinger all need to be up there.

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