It feels like yesterday that I wrote my “Top 5 MC’s” article.” After some research, I realized it was 2 years ago. Time flies. This time, I asked some of my friends and contemporaries to name the best producers ever. I feel like these lists represent a more realistic representation of who the best are, because this list is made up of artists, not bitter critics and failed musicians. Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to build with the kid. Enjoy.

Lord Finesse legendary producer/MC (@LordFinesseDITC)

1. Quincy Jones

2. Stevie Wonder

3. Prince

4. DJ Premier

5. Dr Dre

Joe Frantz filmmaker/CKY/Jackass http://www.youtube.com/user/JOEFRANTZfilms

1. Bernard Herrmann

Meyhem Lauren Queens MC/Lo-Life (@MeyhemLauren)

Muggs

Rza

Havoc

Preemo

El-P

DJ LORD JAZZ Lords of the Underground (@DJLordJazzLOTUG)

1)Quincy Jones

2)Gamble & Huff

3)Dr Dre

4)Premier

5)J Dilla

Mr. Walt Beatminerz (@Beatminerz)

Quincy Jones

Pete Rock

Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis

The Bomb Squad

Dr. Dre

Rasheed Chappell NY MC (@RasheedChappell)

Quincy Jones

Teddy Riley

Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis

Gamble & Huff

James Brown

Hip Hop

DJ Premier

Pete Rock

Large Professor

Dr. Dre

Marley Marl

F.T. Brooklyn MC/Street Smartz (@StandOutFT)

#1. Timbaland

#2. Dr. Dre

#3.The Rza

#4.Fred Wrek

#5.Just Blaze

Afu-Ra Gangstarr Foundation (@RealAfuRa)

MARLY MARL

DR DRE

DJ PREMIER

NEPTUNES

KANYE WEST

Celph Titled AOTP/Demigodz (@CelphTitled)

DJ Premier

Pete Rock

Timbaland

DJ Quik

Buckwild

Tragedy Khadafi QB Legend (@252Aura)

1. Curtis Mayfield

2. Marley Marl

3. RZA

4. Dr. Dre

5. Quincy Jones

Domingo NY Producer (@BeatsByDomingo)

1. Marley Marl

2. Rick Rubin

3. Quincy Jones

4. Large Professor

5. Sir Jinx

Q-Unique Rock Steady Crew/Arsonists (@Q_Unique17)

1. Rick Rubin

2. DJ Premier

3. Brendan O’Brien

4. Just Blaze

5. Sir George Martin

J-Zone producer/MC (@JZoneDontTweet)

1. The Bomb Squad

2. Quincy Jones

3. Pete Rock

4. Prince Paul

5. RZA

Marco Polo producer (@MarcoPoloBeats)

1. DJ Premier

2. The RZA

3. Large Professor

4. Q Tip

5. Pete Rock

Reef the Lost Cauze MC/AOTP (@LostCauze)

1)Quincy Jones

2)Rick Rubin

3)RZA

4)Dre

5)Primo

C-Lance producer (@CLanceEnemySoil)

1. Dr.Dre

2. Rick Rubin

3. The Alchemist

4. DJ Premier

5. Stoupe

Mr. Len DJ/Company Flow (@TheRealMrLen)

Charles Stepney

George Clinton

Rick Rubin

Prince Paul

Steely and Clevie

Stress the White Boy producer/DJ (@Stress215)

Quincy Jones

Rick Rubin

Lee Scratch Perry

DJ Premier

Ted Templeman

Saalam Remi

Mr. Green producer (@GreenHipHop)

1. Primo

2. Marley Marl

3 Dr. Dre

4 Prince Paul

5. Dilla

Honorable mention:

Rza

Alchemist

Pete Rock

Stoupe

Just Blaze

Kanye West (before he was a rapper)

Ransom Jersey MC (@201Ransom)

1. Premier

2. Marly Marl

3. Dr. Dre

4. Just Blaze

5. Alchemist

Howie Abrams author/A&R (@HowNice)

5. The Bomb Squad – the Shocklee’s and crew floored the hip-hop universe from the first note of “Public Enemy #1,” and kept their foot on your throat with buckets of samples and one of the hardest production styles ever!

4. Sir George Martin – ever heard of The Beatles? Outside of Lennon and McCartney, it’s because of him. His arrangements alone took the Fab Four from great, to legendary.

3. Dr. Dre – if you need this explained to you, tie the noose, put ya’ head in and jump off the chair!

2. Phil Spector – his “wall of sound” changed the game dating back to the 60’s and his work with folks like The Ronettes, The Beatles, Ike & Tina, the Righteous Brothers and others will forever stand the test of time.

1. Rick Rubin – whether or not he’s “in the room” enough, is up for debate, but bottom line – Rick not only changes the sonics, but more importantly, culture. Beastie Boys, Slayer, RUN DMC, Johnny Cash, Danzig… Unprecedented!

DJ Kwestion JMT (@DJKwestion)

-Rick Rubin

-DJ Premier

-Marley Marl

-Dr Dre

-DJ Muggs

Apollo Brown Detroit producer (@ApolloBrown)

DJ Premier

Pete Rock

DJ Muggs

Rza

Da Beatminerz

Slaine Boston MC/LCN (@SlainesWorld)

Dr Dre

DJ Premier

RZA

DJ Muggs

Havoc

Rakaa Iriscience Dilated Peoples (@TheRealRakaa)

Rick Rubin

The Bomb Squad

DJ Premier

Lee “Scratch” Perry

Dr. Dre

Spit Gemz MC/Lo-Life (@SpitGemz)

1.Rza

2.Primo

3.Havoc

4.Dame Grease

5.Large Pro

Diamond D DITC MC/producer/legend (@DiamondDITC)

Diamond D (shameless plug but fuck it)

Arcitype Boston producer (@TheArcitype)

John Hammond Sr.

Rick Rubin

Questlove

Dr. Dre

DJ Premier

Scott Vogel lead singer, Terror (@TerrorHardcore)

1. Premo

2. Dr. Dre

3. Rick Rubin

4. Showbiz

5. Chad Gilbert

Chip-Fu (@ChipFu)

1. Premier

2. Pete rock

3. Ali Shaheed Muhammad

4. Rick Rubin

5. Teddy Riley

G-Mo Skee Cali MC/INF Gang (@G_Mo_Skee)

Dr. Dre

Diggin in the Crates Crew (DITC)

Enemy of Mankind

RZA

Eminem

Gem Crates producer/DJ (@GemCrates)

1. Marley Marl

2. The 45 King

3. DJ Premier

4. The Bomb Squad

5. Pete Rock

Block McCloud MC/AOTP (@BlockMcCloud)

Timberland

Premier

Jimmy Page

Danny Elfman

Ruben Blades

Colombeyond producer (@ColomBeyond)

1. Pete Rock

2. Primo

3. Large Professor

4. Alchemist (Muggs/Havoc credited)

5. Quincy Jones

Other Notables: Marley Marl / Paul C / K Def.

Stu Bangas producer (@Stu_Bangas)

1) DJ Premier

2) Dre

3) Pete Rock

4) ALC

5) Lord Finesse

Sicknature producer/Snowgoons (@Sicknature)

Premo

Rick Rubin

Rza

Dre

Stoupe

Yes Alexander singer/songwriter (http://yesalexander.com)

Sylivia Robinson

Linda Creed

Sylivia Moy

Ellie Greenwich

Cordell Jackson

Sean Price Heltah Skeltah/Boot Camp MC (@SeanPrice)

1) AGALLAH

WHEN NO ONE WAS FUCKING WITH ME AND EVERYBODY WAS SUCKING ROCK DICK

AG WAS THE ONLY ONE TO GIVE ME BEATS HE DID MY DEMO AND ONE OF THOSE SONGS WAS RISING TO THE TOP WHICH GOT PLACED ON GTA3 AND THE SEAN PRICE SAGA BEGAN LOVE THAT NIGGA FOR THAT

2) 9th wonder and the soul council

I will always fuck with these guys they the reason I’m getting a house built

I remember me telling people I was going to NC TO FUCK WITH THEM AND SOME OF MY PEEPS WAS LIKE THE FRUITY LOOP NIGGA?!?!?! I ain’t even know what fruity loops was all I know he had heat stop hating nigga lol!! And I’m the reason Khrysis smoke weed and rap lol!!

3) PF cuttin

Like agallah he was the one of the 1st dudes to gimme a shot

He’s a good friend and he’s my DJ

Lazy tho he should produce more he has the talent and he damn sure has records

ALEJANDRO!!!!!

4) Alchemist and Evidence

They the best NUFF said

5) The BEATMINERZ

Where would I be without them

Love them guys

They have a different way of making beats that I have to get used to

But we will be working again

Rasul Allah 7 Lost Children of Babylon (https://www.facebook.com/RasulAllah7)

DJ Premier

The RZA

Dr. Dre

J. Dilla

4th Disciple

Planet AOTP/OPG (@PlanetaryAOTP)

Premier

Rza

The Beatnuts

Prince Paul

Erick Sermon

Poison Pen Brooklyn MC (@PoisonPenBK)

Primo

Rza

Dre

Neptunes

Rick Rubin

Sabac Red Non-Phixion (@SabacRed)

Quincy Jones

Rick Rubin

Primo

Phil Spector

Large Pro

Alchemist

Havoc

Todd Terry

Stimulated Dummies

Show Biz

Maurice Starr

Pete Rock

Randy Burns

Big Left LCN (@BigLeftMusic)

1. Premo

2. Pete Rock

3. RZA

4. J Dilla

5. Joe Meek

R.A. the Rugged Man MC/Journalist/Filmmaker (@RAtheRuggedMan)

LARRY SMITH: This is your favorite producers favorite producer, from icons like DJ Premiere to basically any producer who knows the history. I’m positive if you asked Dr. Dre or Timberland or any of the biggest names about Larry Smith’s work they would all agree he is one of the GOAT’s. He is the man behind the Golden Era’s greatest HipHop records from Run DMC to Whodini to the Fat Boys to Kurtis Blow. Even producers who may not know Larry Smith’s name have been influenced heavily by what Larry Smith has contributed to HipHop music.

45 KING: Is the champ, underrated King. He was the backbone behind the entire Flavor Unit which was one of the most lethal crews of MC’s ever. He also helped blow up Queen Latifah and Naughty by Nature commercially and also kept it underground by producing some of the greatest HipHop records in history like Chill Rob G’s ‘Court is in Session’, Lakim Shabazz ‘All True and Living’, Markie Fresh ‘The Mac of Rap’ and then later in his career he ended up producing smash hits like Hard Knock life for Jay-Z and Stan for Eminem.

TEDDY RILEY: Teddy is probably my favorite producer of all time. He was a musical prodigy out of Harlem at 16 who helped produce one of the greatest beats ever ‘The Show’ for Doug E Fresh and Slick Rick, the biggest records in the legendary Kool Moe Dee’s career and some of the biggest records in the Legendary Heavy D’s career too. He worked with a prime Big Daddy Kane and also produced HipHop smashes like Rap’s new Generation for classical two. He’s best known for producing some of the biggest hits ever recorded for Bobby Brown, Michael Jackson, Blackstreet, etc. Not to mention the first GUY album is my favorite album of all time. But because he is associated with big R&B records his name doesn’t come up as much as it should in HipHop discussions.

MARLEY MARL: The entire Juice Crew catalog, Kane, Kool G-Rap, Masta Ace, Mc Shan, Tragedy, Roxane Shante… He resurrected LL COOL J’s career and help blow up a prime untouchable Rakim, Marley is a KING.

PAUL C: some of HipHop’s most legendary producers from Large Professor and Pete Rock were both students of PAUL C, He influenced countless iconic HipHop producers. the production and mixing on Critical Beatdown is some of the most influential in HipHop history. Paul’s production on Super Lpver Cee and Casanova Rud’s album is some of the best in history as well from HipHop’s Golden Era. Way ahead of his time with beat making and EQ’ing drums like no other. He was shot and killed at the young age of 24 thats why we didn’t get to hear more form him.

Vinnie Paz

I couldn’t trim it down to just 5. there’s a lot of amazing producers who have influenced my work. These are personal favorites:

DJ Premier

Don Fury

DJ Muggs

Pete Rock

Phil Spector

RZA

Dr. Dre

Necro

Rodger Bain

Large Professor

Paul C

Brian Wilson

Prince

The Beatnuts

R. Kelly

L.G. (Lawrence Goodman)

Diamond D

Pytten

Rick Rubin

Lord Finesse

45 King

Lee Scratch Perry

Scott Burns

Ski

The Alchemist

Quincy Jones

Marley Marl

Erick Sermon