Timbaland
Neptunes
Swizz Beatz
Just Blaze
Timbaland revoultionized drum patterns with "one in a million." and who will ever forget the crazy mind it took from the Neptunes to make "grinding"? Swizz is hot too and so is Just Blaze. I'd have to agree with an earlier post about Dre though: his beats is hot as **** but his patterns dont stand out. Dre has a specific pattern style that you can always identify, but he the **** cuz despite that his beats still is the mother****in bomb ****. And I TOTALLY have to disagree with anyone who puttin Kanye West. I still like him as a producer but he lost a lot in my eyes when I found out: 1) he don't play most the instruments in his songs besides the piano and 2) he overuse one particular drum (snare) sample waaaaay too much. The one thats in "Through the wire" and "New workout plan" and "Never let me down" and "spaceship" and one of the beats he did for Brandy on her Aphrodisiac CD (but not "Talk about our love" though) and "H to the Izzo" if I'm not mistaken. If you've heard those songs you know what I'm talking about. If not check em out and you'll get the picture. And if they not the same sample then they too close for comfort for me to differentiate em or even care to want to. Plus he has a tendency to use similar-soundin hi-hats (althought thats me being nit-picky). Feel free to disagree but thats my take on this.
Neptunes
Swizz Beatz
Just Blaze
Timbaland revoultionized drum patterns with "one in a million." and who will ever forget the crazy mind it took from the Neptunes to make "grinding"? Swizz is hot too and so is Just Blaze. I'd have to agree with an earlier post about Dre though: his beats is hot as **** but his patterns dont stand out. Dre has a specific pattern style that you can always identify, but he the **** cuz despite that his beats still is the mother****in bomb ****. And I TOTALLY have to disagree with anyone who puttin Kanye West. I still like him as a producer but he lost a lot in my eyes when I found out: 1) he don't play most the instruments in his songs besides the piano and 2) he overuse one particular drum (snare) sample waaaaay too much. The one thats in "Through the wire" and "New workout plan" and "Never let me down" and "spaceship" and one of the beats he did for Brandy on her Aphrodisiac CD (but not "Talk about our love" though) and "H to the Izzo" if I'm not mistaken. If you've heard those songs you know what I'm talking about. If not check em out and you'll get the picture. And if they not the same sample then they too close for comfort for me to differentiate em or even care to want to. Plus he has a tendency to use similar-soundin hi-hats (althought thats me being nit-picky). Feel free to disagree but thats my take on this.