Most Underrated/Overrated Producers

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I figured I would start a thread paying homage to some of the more under"appreciated" producers, current or all time.

I know this is an opinion thread, so try not to turn this into some ad-hominem argument. Debating is cool as long as you can be objective!

For me...

My most underrated producer is ...

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Large Professor aka Extra P

Large Pro, to me, was a pioneer.. An overlooked legend who played second fiddle (undeservedly) to Primo. (Maybe 3rd or 4th even to guys like Pete Rock and a few arguable mentions)..

Dude just got the most out of limited hardware for a still relatively new genre of music and was just dumb creative with it. He was a loop and lace type of guy but his drum programming was bananas and he was a mster of time stretch. He also was a mentor of sorts to the legendary Primo. They are cats around the same time who surpassed him (Erick Sermon comes to mind) but in 1990 he introduced the hardest sound and really changed the game.

Honorable Mention: Ski, Beatminerz, Jake One, DJ Khalil



Most Overrated Producer.......

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Ahhhhhhhhhh.... How many people saw this one coming? LOL

To be fair, of course the BIGGEST household name usually gets the "Most Overrated" lable by default. And let me exclaim that I am in NO WAY stating that Kanye lacks talent!... He does indeed have talent...

The reason why he is labeled MO to me is because of a few reasons...

1 - While he IS a progressive artist.. He refuses to let his music do the talking for him. Instead he decides to go into the lab and recreate himself and then feels the need to sell it to people through his own glorification. "This IS the next amazing thing in Hip Hop and NOBODY has done **** like this before, EVER" - Yea, I'm sure nobody has.. But who cares if it is progressive if it really isn't that good.. And in terms of his latter material, I really am not that impressed at all.

2 - He just rode the hype machine for all it was worth. He could do no wrong in a musical sense. The aura of invincibility makes you criticize his work that much more. For me, his original sound was what compelled me to really dig the dude.. And his LESS compositional was better and his MORE compositional work was less impressive. When you combine that with the fact that he uses session artists for instrumentation almost exclusively makes you question his #1 billing and if deserves his merit. Snare for Snare and Kick for Kick a guy like Tim, while still highly billed, is a cut above. I have to mention Kayne JUST niched Dr.Dre for MO.

Honorable Mention - DJ Premier, Dr. Dre, (this kills me) J Dilla (Yes, I know.. but to me , HE IS!!), Polow Da Don, Alchemist
 
Most Underrated

Eric Hudson
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C'mon-- dude's work is CRAXXY. True, he's mostly a sampler-- but his immensely diverse style and great music taste ensures that everything he touches turns to 'banga'.

Most Overrated

Jermaine DuPri
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This is Jermaine's formula for a beat: cheap-ass sounding 808 kick + generic bells + guitar sample + LOOP LOOP LOOP LOOP

(PS: JD, if you're reading this I wuz just playin, fam... gimme a call)
 
Man, yall trippin. JD tha truth. I don't even know who Eric Hudson is, so forgive me if I should.
 
Gallant. said:
Most Underrated

Eric Hudson
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C'mon-- dude's work is CRAXXY. True, he's mostly a sampler-- but his immensely diverse style and great music taste ensures that everything he touches turns to 'banga'.

Most Overrated

Jermaine DuPri
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This is Jermaine's formula for a beat: cheap-ass sounding 808 kick + generic bells + guitar sample + LOOP LOOP LOOP LOOP

(PS: JD, if you're reading this I wuz just playin, fam... gimme a call)
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E Hud is a dope musican and a dope producer. Musically he has the potential to be the next Quincey
 
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definitely gotta say DJ Quik and Battlecat are the most under-rated producers. They're musicians with talent that most in the hiphop game lack.
Most overrated gotta be swizz beats. Back in the days he used throw out bangers easily, but now i dont know what he's thinkin wit some tracks. and the professionalism and mastering in his craft doesnt seem there anymore
 
Underrated: Daz

Overrated: Not significantly overrated but a little bit for sure
 
k.e. on the track is underrated
he produced alot of bangers this year but all people on fp like to talk about is old sample based producers
 
yeah dupri is overrated as hell haha...hudson is dope though...Polow is dope too..overrated ..WHAT!?? he is dope as ****..
 
Underrated: E. Hudson

Overrated: Timbaland (YEAH I SAID IT!)
 
underrated = Amadeus this niccaz track record is long, with artist from the top and bottom, multi platinum cats from 50 to papoose. Not only that dude is versatile he dabbles in RnB also, i almost never hear anybody mention amadeus and dude probably has mad plat plaques. Idk how he flys under the radar but dude is very low key. he produced camrons "take em to church" and talib kwelis "A game".


Overrated = Dr Dre yea i said it, dre is mad overrated.
 
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underrated: Oddisee... son... dude is too nice.

overrated: Never liked Scott....
 
swagg said:
k.e. on the track is underrated
he produced alot of bangers this year but all people on fp like to talk about is old sample based producers
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he aint underrated hes only been around last year or 2 tho so u gotta give him some more time thing is with him hes inconsistent it will b garbage garbage crazy banger garbage garbage and so on
 
Gallant. said:
Most Underrated

Eric Hudson
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C'mon-- dude's work is CRAXXY. True, he's mostly a sampler-- but his immensely diverse style and great music taste ensures that everything he touches turns to 'banga'.

Most Overrated

Jermaine DuPri
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This is Jermaine's formula for a beat: cheap-ass sounding 808 kick + generic bells + guitar sample + LOOP LOOP LOOP LOOP

(PS: JD, if you're reading this I wuz just playin, fam... gimme a call)
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I don't think Eric Hudson us underrated....He just needs a little more time...remember he is young..1st major known hit was Entourage...I use to play wit him in high school...he is a beast on anutha level...but i give it about 3 years and he'll break thru all doors in da industry...
 
wow at some of these responses.

most underrated imo
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Most overrated
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Scotts an awesome keyboard player and hes dope melodies but his drums bore me. I am shocked at all the jermaine dupri mentions. JD is about hit records who cares if he loops up a sample. If it sounds good it is good.
 
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