who do you think are some of the most underrated hip-hop producers?

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

my list

DJ Uneek (i can't belive he didn't blow up after bone thugs~n~harmony became huge in 96,his style of production was dark, hauntingly errie and beautiful)

romeo antonio (the new jimi hendrix)

DJ Paul and Juicy j (they're the dj uneek of the south)

tony-c

dj yella

battle cat

warren g

pete rock

pm dawn

LT Hutton (in his hay day)

Easy Mo Bee aka Money b (produced temptations by 2pac)

david frank from the system (he,and herbie handcock was timbaland before timbaland was timbaland)

Dame Grease (He produced alot of tracks for DMX.. He's like the DJ U-Neek of the Eastcoast: Mad talented but way underrated)

devante swing

Sir Jinx

dj quik

cold 187 (big hutch from above the law)

The D.O.C

Afrika Islam co-produce most of Ice T's early albums, namely Rhyme Pays and Power

QD3

pimp-c

def jef

Rythem D (remember him?)

EDIT:added some more picks

what are your picks?

[DubipR]

Prince Paul

[blackdragon6]

basically anyone who's NOT! timbaland,kanye west,the neptunes,dj primere,dr dre,and the rza.

[BigJayStudd]

Dr. Dre. Is there any reason to believe he isn't the greatest producer in hip hop history? Dare I say, possibly, one of the greatest producers in MUSIC history? It seems like people are always "forgetting about Dre."

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

Dr. Dre. Is there any reason to believe he isn't the greatest producer in hip hop history? Dare I say, possibly, one of the greatest producers in MUSIC history? It seems like people are always "forgetting about Dre."
Nobody forgets about dre :rolleyes:.half the time he's taking credit for shit he didn't even do.

[BigJayStudd]

Nobody forgets about dre :rolleyes:.half the time he's taking credit for shit he didn't even do.

Examples???

[zombie]

Examples???

There are lots of claims out there about him having ghost-producers. I don't know enough about him and his process to know if they're true or not.

[blackdragon6]

There are lots of claims out there about him having ghost-producers.
i *think* scott storch is one of them.

[Eliot Johnson]

Blackout is easily one of the most underrated producers ever. What he does with the equipment he has is incredible.

The same can be said of K-Rino, who is almost as talented behind the boards as he is the mic.

[Punchy]

J Dilla
RJD2
Madlib
Danger Mouse

[Ayo]

J Dilla
RJD2
Madlib
Danger Mouse

Uh huh.

I will dare to add Aesop Rock to the list. Though not in the same league as RJD2 and Jay Dee and Madlib, he's certainly an overlooked producer.

Most rapper/producers are better known/appreciated for one or the other, not both simultaneously.

Oh, don't forget about Ant.

[ZombieHavoc]

so, i dont understand what a producer is i guess...for NWA, was yella or dre the producer?

[Eliot Johnson]

J Dilla
RJD2
Madlib
Danger Mouse

They're all very good, but I don't think they're at all underrated. They get tons and tons of acclaim.

[Leslie Lee III]

Whoever produces the Diplomats. I really have no clue, I don't think they ever get shout outs.

Dr. Dre. Is there any reason to believe he isn't the greatest producer in hip hop history?

Yes, there are plenty better than him.

[OhMyGato]

so, i dont understand what a producer is i guess...for NWA, was yella or dre the producer?

yella made some tracks and dre made some tracks. The D.O.C. was actually in NWA at the very beginning too, when Cube wrote "boyz in the hood" for eazy. . . .

[OhMyGato]

Whoever produces the Diplomats. I really have no clue, I don't think they ever get shout outs.

they use a bunch of different dudes, including the heatmakers (oh yes), storch, justblaze, and even pete rock did a track off jim jones's harlem joint (g's up).

[Ayo]

so, i dont understand what a producer is i guess...for NWA, was yella or dre the producer?

They both were. My uninformed guess is that Dre handled mostly production/beatmaking and Yella handled the turntable aspect more.

[Tish-the-Scorpion]

yella contributed alot to NWA

[OhMyGato]

has yella done anything SINCE nwa?

[ZombieHavoc]

has yella done anything SINCE nwa?

i feel like i saw a solo album for yella advertised sometime in the 90s, but i cant be positive. really, in my opinion, most of the stuff post-nwa wasnt very good.

the only stuff i really dig on are ice cubes first 3 (and even then amerikkkas was done while he was in nwa) and of course eazy-duz-it, which was also done while he was in nwa. outside of that though i love mc ren's first solo ep and i kind of like eazy's 5150 and the "i hate dre" ep.

the stuff ren put out after kizz my black azz was horrid.

[blackdragon6]

MC Ren is GANGSTA! :D

[Slappy san]

Just Blaze...maybe

[Bruce Wayne Jr.]

DJ Hi-Tek





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[OhMyGato]

outside of that though i love mc ren's first solo ep and i kind of like eazy's 5150 and the "i hate dre" ep.

love that shit.

the stuff ren put out after kizz my black azz was horrid.[/QUOTE]

aint that the truth.