TOP 10 HIP HOP BEAT MAKERS
1. DJ Premier Hip Hop Producer - Beat Maker
Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966 in Houston, Texas), better known by his stage name DJ Premier, is an African-American record producer and DJ, and the instrumental half of the duo Gang Starr, together with vocalist Guru. Born in Houston, he has lived in Brooklyn, New York, for much of his life since childhood and professional career. Premier is hailed as an architect of " East Coast hip-hop known by its heavy drums and sparse loops.
2. RZA - Hip Hop Producer - Beat Maker
Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, better known by his stage name RZA (pronounced /ˈrɪzə/; born July 5, 1969), is an American Grammy winning music producer, author, rapper, and occasional actor, director, and screenwriter. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has produced almost all of Wu-Tang Clan's albums as well as many Wu-Tang solo and affiliate projects. He subsequently gained attention for his work scoring and acting in films.
He has also released solo albums under the alter-ego Bobby Digital. In addition to the Wu-Tang Clan and his solo releases, RZA was also a founding member of the rap group Gravediggaz where he used the name The Rzarector.
In 2009 he released The Tao of Wu, a book detailing the philosophy of the Wu Tang and his worldview. He is currently working on a kung-fu movie, entitled Man with the Iron Fist, the second in which he is writing, directing, as well as starring in. He has made cameos in several movies including Coffee and Cigarettes, American Gangster, Gospel Hill, Life Is Hot in Cracktown, and Funny People.
3. Dr. Dre - Hip Hop Producer - Beat Maker
Andre Romelle Young (born February 18, 1965), primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records, also having produced albums for and overseeing the careers of many rappers signed to those record labels, such as Snoop Dogg and Eminem. As a producer he is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats.
Dr. Dre began his career in music as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru and he later found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A with Eazy-E and Ice Cube which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life. His 1992 solo debut, The Chronic, released under Death Row Records, led him to become one of the best-selling American performing artists of 1993 and to win a Grammy Award for the single "Let Me Ride." In 1996, he left Death Row to found his own label, Aftermath Entertainment, producing a compilation album, Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath, in 1996, and releasing a solo album titled 2001, in 1999, for which he won the Grammy producer's award the next year.
During the 2000s, he focused his career on production for other artists, while occasionally contributing vocals to other artists' songs. Rolling Stone named him among the highest-paid performers of 2001 and 2004. Dr. Dre has also had acting roles in movies such as Set It Off, and the 2001 films The Wash and Training Day. In the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, it is rumored Carl Johnson (the main character) is inspired by him.
Dre is known for his production ability, and for helping many underground rappers become popular, such as Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent and The Game, producing beats for them. He is focused on producing for other artists and rarely producing for himself. The only productions he made for himself were The Chronic and 2001, two of the most influental and essential hip hop albums of all time.
4. Pete Rock
5. Large Professor
6. DJ Quik
7. Bomb Squad
8. Marley Marl
9. Q-Tip
10. Kanye West
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