Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[Fresh Tendrils]

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I've been out of "the loop" for a good bit. Aside from El-P and Killer Mike, what else has been good the past year or two?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Oh, I figured that's what it was.

In that case....

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Kanye

What else would they be called? Hip Hop Specialists?

I've been out of "the loop" for a good bit. Aside from El-P and Killer Mike, what else has been good the past year or two?

Depends on what you like, honestly.

K.R.I.T has dropped alot of dope stuff this year though, I will say.

[UWfan206]

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So who are everyone's Top 5 All Time Rap Producers?

Or Top 3 if you can't think of 5.

1. Johnny J
2. Beats By The Pound
3. Dr. Dre
4. Mannie Fresh
5. Kanye West

[Fresh Tendrils]

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What else would they be called? Hip Hop Specialists?


Depends on what you like, honestly.

K.R.I.T has dropped alot of dope stuff this year though, I will say.

You know it pretty much begins and ends with OutKast, haha.

But then of course Wu-Tang, BDP, Mos Def, El-P, MF Doom, Atmosphere, Madlib, Cypress Hill, etc.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I know there was a Wu-Tang/D-Block collab joint that dropped about a month or so ago but I never checked it out to see how it was.

[areobee401]

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Based from your favorite producer list, I'd recommend the following to get you started...

Action Bronson – Dr. Lecter
Murs & Ski Beatz – Love & Rockets Vol.1 : The Transformation
Oddisee - People Hear What They See
The Roots – Undun
Phonte – Charity Starts At Home
eLZhi - Elmatic
CunninLynguists – Oneirology

My list covering a 2 year period would be too damn long. lol

I know there was a Wu-Tang/D-Block collab joint that dropped about a month or so ago but I never checked it out to see how it was.

That was actually a bootleg. The real project comes out October 9th.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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Murs is still kicking around? The last time I listened to him was Murs For President.

[areobee401]

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Murs is still kicking around? The last time I listened to him was Murs For President.

Since then he has released 2 solo albums, collaborative albums with 9th wonder and Terrance Martin, and he has an upcoming collab album with Fashawn.

He's been busy. lol

[jmood88]

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Since then he has released 2 solo albums, collaborative albums with 9th wonder and Terrance Martin, and he has an upcoming collab album with Fashawn.

He's been busy. lol

Whatever you do, don't listen to the Murs/Terrace Martin album. That thing is pure trash.

[Jukeman]

I think the correct term would "songwriter, beatmaker, composer" because technically Diddy is a producer and he would be at the top of my list along with Dre it we was going by technically

But damn I like too many to only name 5. From samplers to non samplers.

I'll say Jus Blaze, Ski Beatz, RZA, DJ Toomb, Primo, Dilla, Kanye are guys who stand out to me the most but I can really go on and on. Too many unique guys like Alchemist out there to only name 5

[MMurda]

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fav producers....

Dr Dre
Alchemist
Harry Fraud
Mannie Fresh
Premier

[DukeC]

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What else would they be called? Hip Hop Specialists?

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Beat makers?

I thought a producer was someone who helped construct the concept of the album...

[Jukeman]

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Beat makers?

I thought a producer was someone who helped construct the concept of the album...

Yea pretty much.

If making music was a 9-5 job, a producer would be the supervisor.

Guys like Lex Luger who send out beats (I dont know what he's doing now) are really not producers as they was never at the session. Techically, Kanye was the producer of HAM and Lex was a songwriter like Jay and Kanye.

[Fly3]

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Beat makers?

I thought a producer was someone who helped construct the concept of the album...

Whoever made the beat is always the producer on track lists.

[UWfan206]

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Beat makers?

I thought a producer was someone who helped construct the concept of the album...

Isn't that what you call executive producer?

To most hiphop fans producers are beatmakers...