Misc, Music, News - Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:47 - 72 Comments

The Definitive Discussion: Top 5 Hip Hop Producers

This gets harder and harder with each list…

With this installment, i’m going with the top 5 hip hop producers of all time. This was by far the most difficult list to date. I tried to stray away from simply listing favorites, and challenged myself to list the “best”. Here’s the criteria that i’m going by:

• First and foremost, I’m considering the producer’s influence and legacy. Game changers. Legends. No fly-by-nighters.
• Not including people who are producers in name, like Diddy. The producer has to have shown the technical ability to make music at some point in their career.

That’s it. I kept it pretty simple. And with that, here’s the list (in no particular order):

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