Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers

By Henry Adaso, About.com Guide

1. DJ Premier
2. RZA
3. Pete Rock
4. Eric B
5. Dr. Dre
6. Havoc
7. Hi-Tek
8. Large Professor
9. Bomb Squad
10. Q-Tip
11. Daz
12. Stoupe
13. 9th Wonder
14. Alchemist
15. Easy Mo Bee
16. Necro
17. L.E.S.
18. Marley Marl
19. MF Doom
20. 4th Disciple
21. Kanye West
22. The Neptunes
23. Salaam Remi
24. RJD2
25. DJ Shadow
26. DJ Muggs
27. Trackmasters
28. Johnny J
29. GZA
30. Dave Atkinson
31. Tony Pizarro
32. Timbaland
33. Swizz Beats
34. Will.i.am
35. Hill Inc.
36. D-Flizno
37. Just Blaze
38. Shock G
39. SoulShock
40. Darryl "Big D" Harper
41. Hurt-M-Badd
42. P. Diddy
43. Lord Finesse
44. Stevie J
45. Buckwild
46. The Bluez Brothers
47. QDIII
48. Strech
49. Chucky Thompson
50. Ron Browz

1. DJ Premier
2. Pete Rock
3. Dr. Dre
4. Large Professor
5. RZA
6. Marley Marl
7. DJ Quik
8. Prince Paul
9. J Dilla
10. Rick Rubin
11. Diamond D
12. L.E.S.
13. Kanye West
14. Salaam Remi
15. Lord Finesse
16. DJ Muggs
17. Hi-Tek
18. Timbaland
19. DJ Clark Kent
20. The Neptunes
21. Havoc
22. The Alchemist
23. DJ Jazzy Jeff
24. Ski
25. The Bomb Squad
26. DJ Scratch
27. Da Beatminerz
28. Madlib
29. Swizz Beatz
30. Scott La Rock
31. Stoupe
32. Organized Noize
33. Just Blaze
34. Erick Sermon
35. RJD2
36. MF Doom
37. Grand Master Flash
38. Mathematics
39. Jay "Waxx" Garfield
40. Scott Storch
41. Megahertz
42. Dan the Automator
43. DJ Shadow
44. Trackmasters
45. Easy Mo Bee
46. Q-Tip
47. Buckwild
48. Daz Dillinger
49. Mannie Fresh
50. Battlecat