| The Greatest Producers of All-Time #10-1 | November 15, 2011 |
See Also: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-1 The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mention 10. Prince Paul Prince Paul didn’t just expand the definition of what hip-hop could and should sound like – he took the Hip-Hop dictionary tore it up and then recorded a skit about it. Whether playing as part of […]
| The 50 Greatest Producers of All Time #20-11 | November 14, 2011 |
See Also: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-1 The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mention 20. Mike Dean Kanye West might not have the best eye for fashion and we know his choice in artists is up for debate, but he’s unimpeachable when it comes to cherry-picking talent to help him behind the boards. […]
| The 50 Greatest Producers of All Time: #30-21 | November 11, 2011 |
See Also: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-1 The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mention 30. The Alchemist Overlook the Beverly Hills roots for a second, no producer represents raw underground material better than Alan Maman. Stepping on the scene with Cypress Hill affiliates Soul Assassins, the young Alchemist got his feet wet supplying […]
| The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #40-31 | November 10, 2011 |
See Also: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-41 The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mention 40. Battlecat At the risk of excluding forgotten pioneers, you can trace the local roots of LA hip hop production to five names: Dr. Dre, Joe Cooley, Egyptian Lover, Arabian Prince, and DJ Battlecat. The latter broke in as […]
| The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-1 | November 9, 2011 |
Yesterday, I realized that everything was out of whack. There were Honorable Mentions that should have replaced people in the Top 50. The order of this list was all wrong. Why is Rashad Smith on it? Should DJ Screw have been eligible even if he never produced anything? How many of those classic Fresh Prince […]
| The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part III | November 8, 2011 |
I scream, you scream, we all scream.. Actual list starts tomorrow. Previously: The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part I The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part II Clifton “Jiggs” Chase Often left out of the shuffle when considering hip hop’s early production pioneers, Jiggs was enlisted by Sylvia Robinson to be Sugar […]
| The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part II | November 4, 2011 |
Part II. Hoverboards don’t work on water unless you’ve got MPC-1200s. See Also: The Greatest Producers of All Time: Honorable Mentions, Part I The Greatest Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions, Part III Bink! Naming yourself “Bink!” leads one to assume that you were a founding member of Harlem World, not a certified head cracking producer […]
| The Greatest Hip Hop Producers of All-Time: Honorable Mentions | November 4, 2011 |
Next week, Passion of the Weiss will be counting down the 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time. Before then, we’re highlighting some of the best to ever yell at people for labeling them “beat makers.” (It’s better than the excessively pause-worthy, “knob twiddlers.)” Before you ask, #1 is going to the guy who made the beat […]
