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10 Influential Producers (A THREAD)
These are a selection of producers that shape the sound of Hip-Hop the way we know today.
These are just selections and not a ranking and let me know if I should do a part 2.
RTs are appreciated
These are a selection of producers that shape the sound of Hip-Hop the way we know today.
These are just selections and not a ranking and let me know if I should do a part 2.
RTs are appreciated
1. Rick Rubin
He has been producing since the 1980s and a major influence for a lot of producer making groundbreaking creative sounds from the Rock-Meshed sound of Run DMC to Beastie Boys. Also the genius mind behind Def Jam's success.
He has been producing since the 1980s and a major influence for a lot of producer making groundbreaking creative sounds from the Rock-Meshed sound of Run DMC to Beastie Boys. Also the genius mind behind Def Jam's success.
Notable Rick Rubin works:
LL Cool J - Radio
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
LL Cool J - Radio
Run DMC - Raising Hell
Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill
2. The Bomb Squad
Notable for their hard pounding productions that would be influential to producers such as El-P or to the way they influence multi-sample productions, The Bomb Squad was ahead of its own time. They can go from Public Enemy to Bell Big Devoe
Notable for their hard pounding productions that would be influential to producers such as El-P or to the way they influence multi-sample productions, The Bomb Squad was ahead of its own time. They can go from Public Enemy to Bell Big Devoe
Notable Works:
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
3. DJ Screw
Memphis City legend, DJ Screw was ahead of its own time with Chop and Screw. It would cement himself as an Avant Gardist at that time and a legend for the Chop and Screw sound we all know from the Southern sound and the gentrified Slow and Reverbed.
Memphis City legend, DJ Screw was ahead of its own time with Chop and Screw. It would cement himself as an Avant Gardist at that time and a legend for the Chop and Screw sound we all know from the Southern sound and the gentrified Slow and Reverbed.
Notable Work:
DJ Screw - All Screwed Up (Vol II)
DJ Screw - 3 'N the Mornin'
DJ Screw - Leanin' on a Switch
DJ Screw - All Screwed Up (Vol II)
DJ Screw - 3 'N the Mornin'
DJ Screw - Leanin' on a Switch
4. The Neptunes
During the 2000s, two duos interfere the scene and made a huge explosion in the industry for their unique form of style mixing Hip-Hop with Alternative sounds influencing modern Alt HH sound such as Tyler the Creator. Chad and Pharrell are monoliths of Hit makers
During the 2000s, two duos interfere the scene and made a huge explosion in the industry for their unique form of style mixing Hip-Hop with Alternative sounds influencing modern Alt HH sound such as Tyler the Creator. Chad and Pharrell are monoliths of Hit makers
Notable Works:
N.E.R.D. full discography
Clipse - Hell Hath Fury
The Neptunes - The Neptunes Present Clones
N.E.R.D. full discography
Clipse - Hell Hath Fury
The Neptunes - The Neptunes Present Clones
5. Nujabes
One of the most influential Producers of all time. Breaking the racial division and making a bridge between Asian and Black culture combining Hip-Hop with Japanese Animation. His aesthetic ethereal productions would influence 'Lo-Fi beats' term we know today.
One of the most influential Producers of all time. Breaking the racial division and making a bridge between Asian and Black culture combining Hip-Hop with Japanese Animation. His aesthetic ethereal productions would influence 'Lo-Fi beats' term we know today.
Notable Works:
Nujabes - Modal Soul
Nujabes, Fat Jon and Force of Nature - Samurai Champloo OST
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music
Nujabes - Modal Soul
Nujabes, Fat Jon and Force of Nature - Samurai Champloo OST
Nujabes - Metaphorical Music
6. DJ Paul
Another icon from the Southern Coast. Proud member of the Three 6 Mafia, he is one of the blueprint of Trap we know today. Sure there are Tommy Wright III and Toomp but the way how DJ Paul produce was revolutionary and his style is the influence of trap today.
Another icon from the Southern Coast. Proud member of the Three 6 Mafia, he is one of the blueprint of Trap we know today. Sure there are Tommy Wright III and Toomp but the way how DJ Paul produce was revolutionary and his style is the influence of trap today.
Notable Works:
Three6Mafia - Mystic Stylez
DJ Paul - Vol. I: Da Beginning
Three6Mafia - Underground Vol. 1
Three6Mafia - Mystic Stylez
DJ Paul - Vol. I: Da Beginning
Three6Mafia - Underground Vol. 1
7. Madlib
A voyager of sample using, Madlib is a genius. From the abstract sampling technique to the way how he produces extends the bar high for other producers to have an abstract path to experiment while making an amazing eclectic beat.
A voyager of sample using, Madlib is a genius. From the abstract sampling technique to the way how he produces extends the bar high for other producers to have an abstract path to experiment while making an amazing eclectic beat.
Notable Works:
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata / Bandana
Quasimodo - The Unseen
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib - Piñata / Bandana
Quasimodo - The Unseen
8. Kanye West
What you get after locking yourself in a room making 5 beats a day for 3 summers? A legend. Ye as we all know is an aeture of an artist influencing a lot of artists from his revolutionary style of 808s to inspiring big names such as Drake to Juice.
What you get after locking yourself in a room making 5 beats a day for 3 summers? A legend. Ye as we all know is an aeture of an artist influencing a lot of artists from his revolutionary style of 808s to inspiring big names such as Drake to Juice.
Notable Works:
Ye's whole discography
Common - Be
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
Ye's whole discography
Common - Be
Jay-Z - The Blueprint
9. J Dilla
An MVP of MPC, a one in a million expert with a golden ear that influence a lot of household names for Hip Hop from 9th Wonder to Ye himself. None can do it like Jay Dee especially with the unique Time Signature to sample the unsamplable.
An MVP of MPC, a one in a million expert with a golden ear that influence a lot of household names for Hip Hop from 9th Wonder to Ye himself. None can do it like Jay Dee especially with the unique Time Signature to sample the unsamplable.
Notable Works:
J Dilla - Donuts
De La Soul - Stakes is High
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
J Dilla - Donuts
De La Soul - Stakes is High
Slum Village - Fantastic Vol. 2
10. Dr. Dre
The real G of synthesiser and mixing. The man who changed Hip Hop since the age of N.W.A. and now a huge money making machine, Dr. Dre has master a lot of production styles and perhaps one of the most important producers to influence artists from Ye to Snoop and Em.
The real G of synthesiser and mixing. The man who changed Hip Hop since the age of N.W.A. and now a huge money making machine, Dr. Dre has master a lot of production styles and perhaps one of the most important producers to influence artists from Ye to Snoop and Em.
Notable Works:
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Eminem - Marshall Mathers LP
Snoop Dogg - Doggystyle
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