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If You Like Kanye West, Then Try These Hip-Hop Producers

Thursday May 11, 2006
Hip-hop beats have not sounded the same ever since Kanye West kicked down the industry's door with his sample-heavy opus, The College Dropout. But, you already knew that. What's news to many hip-hop fans is that long before West, the likes of Pete Rock, J Dilla and MF Doom were already at the forefront of the soul-meets-hip-hop fusion wagon. You'll find these 7 hip-hop producers appealing if you like Kanye West.

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February 7, 2007 at 7:48 am
(1) agapito gurl says:

yo

November 21, 2007 at 2:48 pm
(2) hector says:

yo man, kanye has nothing on MF DOOM LET ALONE ON PETE ROCK!!!!!
I GIVE KANYE CREDIT FOR KEEPIN IT REAL, BUT YO DOOM HAS THE SH** ON LOCK,
TRY MY MAN MADLIB TOO,,,,SICK PRODUCTION!!!PEACE YALL

November 21, 2007 at 2:49 pm
(3) HECTOR says:

WHAT UP YALL, KANYE AINT GOT NOTHING ON DOOM!!!! DOOM IS AHEAD OF HIS TIME,
YO SON!, DOOM AND MADLIB GOT IT ON LOCK RIGHT NOW, F THE INDUSTRY BABY!
CK MY MAN DOOM OUT!

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