HipHop Producers, The New DJ or the New MC? |
 Dec 30 2005, 06:49 AM
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Twenty years ago, people listened to a song because of the artist; the emcee. There wasn't a stress on who was in front of the soundboard because all eyes were on the person(s) in the booth.
Today, producers are as big as artists, probably even bigger. Some say that this takes away from the poetic element of hiphop and furthers the genre into a state of mainstream 'pop.' To name a few producers: KanYe West, Dr. Dre, Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, Play N Skills, Skillz, Missy Elliot Timbaland, Jermaine Dupri, David Banner, Lil John & the Eastside Boyz, Jazzy Pha, The Heatmakerz, Mannie Fresh, Baby, 9th Wonder, DJ Danger Mouse, DJ Muggs, The Alchemist, Needlez, RZA, DJ Premier, Mixmaster Mike, DJ Z-Trip, The Neptunes, Madlib, Ant, DJ Quik, Eminem, Scott [BITER] Storch, Wyclef Jean, 88 Keyz, Alicia Keys, etc How do you think this redirected attention is helping/hurting hiphop? Discuss. 
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BrandonSaunders HipHop Producers Dec 30 2005, 06:49 AM
nightmare4taki I don’t necessarily think that it’s a bad thing or... Jan 22 2006, 11:52 AM mzkandi Yeah, Brandon I deleted that deliberate double pos... Jan 22 2006, 12:08 PM not_your_average I think that what the emcee says is far more impor... Jan 22 2006, 01:30 PM
yo pusha i been saying this forever - producers deserve mos... Jan 22 2006, 06:24 PM  |
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