I say the top 5 Producer/Rappers all time are Kanye...

[trasoul82]

When I say producer/rapper, I'm talking about the balance of artistry. In other words, Dr. Dre doesn't make the cut to me because he's never really been a self sustained rapper.


Just off the top of my head I would say:

1) Kanye West
2) Krayzie Bone
3) Q-Tip
4)J Dilla
5) Havoc(?)


I'm really not sure about the last spot, and I'm sure I'm leaving some obvious cats out but I'm trying to think off the top of my head. Who are your all-time favorites?

 

[cocotaso1]

pete rock
large professor
kanye west
rza
the beatnuts

*mf doom

all have worked w/ gfk

 

[kermitthefloer]

Kanye West

J Dilla

RZA

and yeah im not going further than that

 

[JRaW’d]

ALC>>>>>>>>>>> everyone listed

 

[cj863]

In no particular order...

ALC
JUST BLAZE
KANYE
NEPTUNES
MANNIE FRESH

 

[smokey bandit]

Didn't know Just Blaze rapped

, has he produced anything decent in a while?

my list:

1. MF DOOM

2. J Dilla

3. Kanye

4. Rza

5. Havoc

6. Madlib (altough his rapping sucks)

 

[sohi 23]

so we're just gunna forget about Dr. Dre huh.

 

[delete]

my list always changes but as of now i would say


Kanye
Alchemist
Havoc
Just Blaze
RZA


honerable mention : Dr. Dre
Boi-1-Da
S1
Cardiak
Noah "40" Shebib

 

[elchapulincolorado]

Didn't know Just Blaze rapped , has he produced anything decent in a while?
my list:

6. Madlib (altough his rapping sucks)

quasimoto?

 

[antidope]

Eminem produced Moment of Clarity

 

[superblytrife]

Any list that doesn't have DJ Quik on it is null and void.  Sorry folks.  

And half the dudes listed here are mediocre as hell as rappers.  Pete Rock?  

  Dude is horrible at rapping and clearly doesn't even write his own bars.  

 

[alexander2182]

so we're just gunna forget about Dr. Dre huh.

Of all time? Yes.

Top 5 in the 90s? Cant forget about Dre

Almost all the beats he hasn't given to 50/Em have been boring '04 and on

 

[hoosierdaddy317]

Yeezy

Pharrell 

Dilla

Pete Rock

Timbo?

 

[wavycam]

• Ye
• Neptunes
• Dre
• Just Blaze
• DJ Toomp

 

[greezee]

Any list that doesn't have DJ Quik on it is null and void.  Sorry folks.  

Not one person mentioned him. Not one.

 

[k3stacks]

Like I been saying Quik is toooo underrated.
Quik>>>re

 

[HankHill]

In no particular order...
ALC
JUST BLAZE
KANYE
NEPTUNES
MANNIE FRESH

Everyone except for Alchemist

 

[greezee]

Like I been saying Quik is toooo underrated.
Quik>>>re

Homey I've been saying the same thing for the longest. Some people let Dre's commercial success cloud their

judgement. Don't get me wrong, Dre is one of the best to do it, but people ALWAYS leave my man Quik out

when it comes to the production.

 

[deleted]

Any list that doesn't have DJ Quik on it is null and void.  Sorry folks.  

And half the dudes listed here are mediocre as hell as rappers.  Pete Rock?     Dude is horrible at rapping and clearly doesn't even write his own bars.  

No.

Pete Rock
Large Pro
Lord Finesse
Kanye
Q-Tip

 

[superblytrife]

Any list that doesn't have DJ Quik on it is null and void.  Sorry folks.  

And half the dudes listed here are mediocre as hell as rappers.  Pete Rock?  

  Dude is horrible at rapping and clearly doesn't even write his own bars.  

No.

Pete Rock
Large Pro
Lord Finesse
Kanye
Q-Tip

Like I said, null and void.  I'd expect better from a producer, too.  Quik is arguably the first GOOD well known producer/rapper.  And I say "good" because while the production is accepted worldwide as excellent, it isn't like he's Rakim on the mic.  But he's well above Pete Rock (who I love) when it comes to the flows.  And he actually writes his own bars, which Pete has been known not to do.  

I know we all have our preferences in music, but anyone telling me that Pete can flow is outta their damn mind.  I mean, just listen to dude on the mic!  He's choppy as hell and there is no flowing feeling to anything he says--you can almost envision him reading his lyrics off the sheet.  Pete's Soul Survivor album was/is DOPE.....because its Pete Rock.  But say it was someone spitting those struggle bars over someone else's production--nobody would've given that album the time of day.   

Quik

Q-Tip

'Ye

JayDee

Havoc

Honorable Mention:  Evidence, RZA, Finesse, Beatnuts

 

[niquefreak94]

so we're just gunna forget about Dr. Dre not read the OP huh?

fixed

 

[greezee]

In no order off the top I would list

Dj Quik

Havoc

Kanye West

Rza

Jermaine Dupri

 

[mossman1975]

C'mon son my steelo's tight
Cause by far I'm the best producer on the mic-Diamond D

Q-Tip

Large Professor

Lord Finesse

DJ Quik

 

[deleted]

I apologize if it nullifies my opinion but DJ Quik's music does NOTHING for me. It never has and it never will. Sorry. Large Pro was out before him too...not that it really matters.

I never claimed that Pete Rock was a stellar rapper either, It's just that his work on the beats MORE than makes up for his shortcomings on the mic. It's odd that you're poo pooing Pete's rhymes and then listed Dilla in the top 5. Their styles are VERY similar.

If Pete doesn't deserve a top spot because of his rhymes, WHAT IN GOD'S NAME are you doing listing Rza?

 

[smokey bandit]

I should slap myself for forgetting about Diamond D 

great producer but even better rapper IMO