found this jolly nice list on about.com -
Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers
In ascending order for that unbeatable suspense...
50 - Ant Banks
49 - Buckwild
48 - DJ Scratch
47 - Scott Storch
46 - Stoupe
45 - Scott La Rock
44 - Dan the Automator
43 - The Beatnuts
42 - Daz Dillinger
41 - Mannie Fresh
40 - Q-Tip
39 - MF Doom
38 - P.Diddy & The Hitmen
37 - Madlib
36 - DJ Jazzy Jeff
35 - DJ Shadow
34 - Grand Master Flash
33 - Jam Master Jay
32 - Trackmasters
31 - Ski
30 - RJD2
29 - Lord Finesse
28 - Erick Sermon
27 - Swizz Beatz
26 - L.E.S.
25 - Organized Noize
24 - Da Beatminerz
23 - DJ Clark Kent
22 - DJ Muggs
21 - Easy Moe Bee
20 - Salaam Remi
19 - The Alchemist
18 - Just Blaze
17 - Diamond D
16 - Hi-Tek
15 - J Dilla
14 - DJ Quik
13 - Havoc
12 - Prince Paul
11 - the Neptunes
10 - Rick Rubin
09 - Timbaland
08 - Kanye West
07 - The Bomb Squad
06 - Marley Marl
05 - Large Professor
04 - RZA
03 - Dr. Dre
02 - Pete Rock
01 - DJ PREMIER
Thoughts? Favourites? Anything missing? Provide youtube evidence please.
For me El-P is the most obvious omission, you can keep all that noisy off-tempo stuff this is my minimalist choice
And personally I'd kick Kanye off the list and bring Madlib way up to the top 10. Not a big fan of good ol'
G-funk these days either but Dre would probably have to stay at least top 20 simply because I couldn't think of any more producers, ha. Also I'd put Pete Rock below the Bomb Squad because jazz rap is already well represented. And where the f*ck is Eric B??
Anyway... sick 'em musicbanter!