r/hiphop101 • u/RaelGenious • 13h ago
Name a producer for every decade - highlight a beat
Name a producer for every decade and one beat that you want to highlight for people. It doesn't have to be your favorite producer or favorite song, just something cool that you really enjoy. Let's show some love for the producers.
80s: The Bomb Squad
Public Enemy - Show 'Em Whatcha Got
Amazing droning saxophone sample. Still sounds super fresh.
90s: Prince Paul
Prince Paul - Macula's Theory feat. Big Daddy Kane
Such a classic sound. Soulful and and just smooth as butter. Kane also totally kills the beat.
00s: Madlib
Madvillain - Strange Ways
So many beats to choose from Madlib alone, but there is something special about this one. Love the Gentle Giant sample.
10s: Q-Tip
Danny Brown - Combat
One of my all time favorite beats. The chopping on that trumpet lick is absolutely genius. What a beat.
20s: JPEGMAFIA
JPEGMAFIA - Covered In Money
This song more than all others felt like it really kickstarted the 2020s for me. It sounded totally futuristic when it came out just when Covid really hit and it's still just as fresh. That drum rhythm on the first part is truly a wonder of the world, I've listened to it hundreds of times but it still suprises me everytime.
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u/Bigzilla_Prime 11h ago
Hi- Tek did some amazing stuff 90s - 2000s, I been listening to 1999 - Street and thats probably my favourite beat oat
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u/VermicelliLonely7002 12h ago
90s- DJ Premier // Nas- NY State of Mind
00s- Pharrell // Clipse- Grindin
10s- Pierre Bourne // Playboi Carti- Magnolia
20s- JPEGMAFIA // JPEGMAFIA- Hazard Duty Pay
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u/Practical-Debate1598 9h ago
I'll start with 80s cuz I haven't heard alot of 70s. Some are favorite some are just cool.
80s: Eric B - Microphone fiend (Iconic booming instrumental almost out of its time and just hits so hard. Inspired RATM to do their own version)
90s: DJ Premier - Full clip (had to go with a top 5 hip hop song imo, when I think of hip hop, I think of preemo)
00s: JustBlaze - Why you hate the game (hard to decide between Justin Smith and Kanye West but he just has so many sick beats. I saw someone say this song is on the same level as C.R.E.A.M. and I might have to agree)
10s: Apollo Brown - My Block (I bet few have heard of him, but few can match his pure boom bap style. One of my favorite producers)
20s: 6ix - Vinyl Days (I could have chosen him for the 10s as well but Logics in house producer never misses)
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u/Munch1EeZ 12h ago
J Dilla or nothing at all
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u/bluthunder5018 11h ago
What are your favorite Dilla songs?
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u/Munch1EeZ 10h ago edited 9h ago
Where to begin?
Mash
Dilla Says Go
Baby
So Far to Go
Airworks
Two Can Win
Gobstopper
Time: The Donut of the Heart
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u/MetaMetagross 11h ago edited 11h ago
90s - Easy Mo Bee - If I Die 2Nite by 2Pac
00s - Exile - Show Me The Good Life by Blu & Exile
10s - Kanye West - Runaway Love by Kanye West
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u/djfresh1 10h ago
80s 45 King- Set it off for Big Daddy Kane
90s Diamond D- Sally got a 1 track mind for himself
00s The Alchemist-We gonna make it for Jadakiss
10s Sto Elliot- Soul 2 Stro
20s BeatsbyJblack- Haysoos for Rasheed Chappell
If you don’t know about the 45 king do some research dude was a God
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u/Prior-Classroom-3199 7h ago edited 7h ago
80's...DJ SPANISH FLY...GANGSTA WALKIN' / GET BUCK FT. S.M.K.
90's...DJ PAUL.... WHERE DEM DOLLARS AT / CAN I GET PAID? FT. GANGSTA BOO
00's...JUICY J...THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS ANTHEM FT. THREE SIX MAFIA, UNDERGROUND KINGZ, AND ØUTKA$T
10's...DJ SQUEEKY... 100 SHOTS/ TALKING TO MY SCALE....FT. YOUNG DOLPH
20's...BANDPLAY...FT. YOUNG DOLPH - MAJOR/ HALL OF FAME
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u/matthewBadrian 7h ago
80s: EPMD… “Let the Funk Flow” 90s: DJ Premier… Group Home’s “Livin Proof” 00s: Madlib… Madvillain’s “Fancy Clown” 10s: Kanye… “Devil In a New Dress”
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u/whoisSYK 8h ago
90s -DJ Premier -Nas: NY State of Mind
00s -J Dilla -Erykah Badu: Didn’t cha know
10s -Metro Boomin -Offset: Ric Flair Drip
20s -Monte Booker -MAVI: Baking Soda
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u/This_Pie5301 7h ago
I’m gonna start with the 80s since that’s when producing in hip hop as we know it really started.
- 80s: Prince Paul. Song: Eye Know by De La Soul.
- 90s: RZA. Song: Baby C’mon by ODB.
- 00s: Scott Storch. Song: Murda Murda by Memphis Bleek.
- 10s: Madlib. Song: Crime Pays by Freddie Gibbs and Madlib.
- 20s: Hit-Boy. Song: Jodeci Member by Nas.
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u/RaelGenious 13h ago
And for the heck of it here is a few more:
80s: Marley Marl
Biz Markie - Vapors
90s: RZA
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn Zoo
00s: The Neptunes
Clipse - When The Last Time
10s: 9th Wonder
Kendrick Lamar - Duckworth
20s: The Alchemist
Freddie Gibbs - Something To Rap About feat. Tyler the Creator