you guys are so conservative!!!
Eminem, Eric B, Beatnuts,Dizee Rascal...
I mean, come on guys, you hip hop producer fans are so conservative. in this thread ..I love hip hop but I don't live it and breathe it so much that I consider J Dilla to be underrated...not well known in the mainstream, maybe, but not underrated...Same with most of the cats you brought up...
'9thwonder,manie fresh,suave house,alchemist,havoc,Hi-Tek,m.o.b.,organized noise,RZA & dj quik.'
How can anyone say with a straight face that Rza is underrated...Like every white record critic doesn't gush over his every release...
Look I aint hating, really I am not, but lets dig a little deeper into other genres or if not, let's look at those that don't ordinarily get any props at all...
Like Eminem...love or hate his productions and what he has become, who would have thought that he had that many original productions inside of him? Once DRE pulled away, he managed to hold the fort admirably...
For a true original, in his own sonic world, never seen since, Eric B...No one has ever produced quite like him...I can't believe he wasn't mentioned before...
And like Eminem, rappers that can produce...The Beatnuts...As producers these guys are seriously underrated...Their productions seriously are in a league of their own...got that old school Prince Paul feel, but without the silliness, darker with more soul..
Dizzee Rascal...Probably the best producer ever under 20, and an MC as well...grime may not be your thing, but you can't deny the talent on Boy in Da Corner....
Other great producers you may not know about: Rick Rock (hyphy), Stuart Price (les Rhythmes Digitales, Zoot Woman, Madonna), Tim Goldsworthy (DFA), Monolake, Armani XXXchange, Vitalic, Jamie Lidell (Super_Collider, and solo), Bill Laswell, Four tet, Jimmie Tamborello (Postal Service, Dntel, Figurine), Morgan
Geist, Al Jourgensen, Jack Dangers (Meat Beat Manifesto)....okay, a little dance heavy, but track some of these guys down if you havent heard them...
I would love to see what happens when one of you hip hop guys samples like Monolake for example...