Or the worst?

I'll throw Kool Keith out there for having one of best ears for beats ..

and Ricardo Ross........lol..........Action Bronson comes to mind as well..........but Kool Keith, tho?......I dont know, bruh

but Kool Keith, tho?......I dont know,
>bruh

Durant And Westbrook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRLPR0zDmBk

The Flow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmCnR67EM7I&index=13&list=PLbSzkmn6nQcKVi7OWaFDVlBYZwJofE99U

I Want My Dick Sucked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-1wIlS_ZGk&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DO-1wIlS_ZGk&has_verified=1

Old Keith bangers

Wanna Be A Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibkzx5k6k38&list=PLFovY8fju3T-ELU0j1G_LHatzoBHY44AQ

Clifton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNkfi0uR9VU

Fat Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cULrTrt0cq0

Sly We Fly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOVYFueJRuA

Talk To The Romans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpTQQHWkXsM&list=PL17DvmzWcKx7cwvfUJI9AXokxIcXjWDRw&index=3

Backstage Passes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asCVx_ojAp8

Half Shark Alligator Half Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6lgzqsVslA

Neighbor's Next Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taH3hwx4J00

Keith's always had ill beats

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a lot of good ones said (Drake, Curren$y, Ross, Bronson, etc.)

A few others:
Dom Kennedy
Blu
Game
Mac Miller

some others: Scarface, Bun B, Ludacris, WC, Freeway, Buckshot

Picks not only dope beats, but unusual ones that don't/won't sound good if another person picked it.

but his beat game is tight.

TI got beats as well.

dj khalil, SAP, pretty much all the guys that work with dre are damn good on their own

He may be annoying with all of his name dropping but dude's ear is undeniable.



Since 1976

Have you rocked a Group Home album after Livin' Proof?

It was a joke.

Although not on the level of their Premo production.....

the majority of Group Homes' beat selection
HAS been pretty dope and hardcore since their 1st LP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06S6SEl2GJw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEFyX3BMk_w

Them dudes got good ears....

Especially Lil Dap on his solos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7eOvntJKBU

I bet he rarely gets told "go to the next one" lol

Lol

Yeah probably...Jay Z probably gave him a reality check - " you ain't infallible, nigga"

Jeru said in the interview back in the day that he turned down quite a few beats during the making of ‎"The Sun Rises in the East"

I doubt he gets challenged as much as maybe he should...but I'm speculating with no idea of the truth so I'll sit down now

@rob_starrk

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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

Allied State of the National Electric Beat Treaty Organization (NEBTO)

If nothing else, in the past I've respected Game's ear for beats, but that "Blood of the Wolf" album was straight basura on the lyrics and beats front.

now i'd say currensy, nipsey hussle , kendrick, slim thug & freddie gibbs

Fuck your fort!

Fuck your fort!

Dope lyrics don't make a great album when the beats are severely lacking.



Since 1976

You can't name another MC with more great individual songs over the course of their career than Nas. He has picked some bad beats that didn't work for him but that doesn't discount ALL of the great music he has put out over the past 20+ years.

This "Nas can't pick beats" agenda is an ignorant one.

over the course of their career so your point is mute.

Fuck your fort!

So your point is fucking dumb.

Sorry but Nas' ear is real sometimey. When it's on point, it's really on point. Unfortunately, most of the time it ain't on point and we get hit with horrible and or boring beats.




Since 1976

He's picked enough good ones to have more great records than any other MC so therefore he can't be the worst.

Not sure what's hard to understand.

So he'll have a high volume of both hits and misses. The lows are pretty low, though, and not short in volume, either. Nas is down there with the worst of rappers' ears for beats, though, which has no bearing on his obviously all-time-great level lyrical ability.

But I think the most salient point to make for this argument is Ether's beat. I mean, he knew how big and important that song would be, and he could not have picked a worse beat. I still find myself shaking my head at that choice to this day.

Love me some Nas, though, don't get me wrong. But man he's picked some stinkers in his day.

One ear's good the other one's bad

Worst: Nas

Outside of Liquid Swords and that Grandmasters project with DJ Muggs, the beats for his albums have been a snooze fest.

I hope his future projects prove me wrong.

Interesting that as soon as I was done reading this another Wu member of Ghost flashed immediately in my head. Strange to see that gulf between two crew members.

Stringplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM1yhOHqK2o

I can't imagine people getting amped up to go in the booth to a beat like that

>Stringplay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM1yhOHqK2o
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>I can't imagine people getting amped up to go in the booth to
>a beat like that



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I don't like the beat anymore because its just a loop. ALC didn't FLIP IT ENOUGH!

Flip it enough? Flip these. Flip off. Go flip some f*cking burgers.(c)Kno

Allied State of the National Electric Beat Treaty Organization (NEBTO)

...that Canibus has a knack for picking as well. I don't understand it. You'd think those two had never heard of any of the ill beats from the early to mid '90s that had flavor to them when you hear them rhyming over plain sounding joints like that.



Since 1976

That's why I hated Wyclef's production on Can-I-Bus

Trackmasters were the kings of this...and post Biggie Bad Boy has a bunch of em

It's hard to put into words but you know exactly what I mean...beats like Eminem's productions (Say Goodbye To Hollywood comes to mind)

Those boring flavorless beats that have no distinctive qualities to make them stand out. They are just there. Even wack beats have something about them that makes them stand out; even if what makes them stand out is terrible. Those generic beats drain me for some reason. I'd rather listen to pop radio because at least the wackness on there is a lot more tolerable.

If beats were food, the dope stuff would be the scrumptious, well seasoned meals; the wack stuff would be the stuff that's too salty, over seasoned, or overcooked; and the generic stuff would be the foods that have the potential to be good if they had the right seasonings added but since they don't, they're just bland. They're like a plain bowl of rice or grits.

You hear a lot of bedroom producers on YouTube with that generic style.


Since 1976

'This rapper had a better career than his skills suggested' post?

like GZA repeatedly picks unfunky, dry beats and a wack mc like (insert wack rapper name)always has heatrock beats? Is it because GZA has bad taste? Or is it us? Are we the problem? Or something like that...

WHY THO?

Is a song good if it has a wack mc, but the beat is slammin?
Is a song bad if it has a dope mc but the beat sucks?

Nah seriously, it's about whose beats are consistent iyo and whose aren't.

...can't pick a dope beat to save his life. Even his Dre beats are throwaways compared to the heavy levels of dopeness Dre has put out over the years.



Since 1976

They always pick beats to where their lyrics and style can really get off, just setting a stage, vs beats that seem to take ANY shine away from what they do. And it's not always that intentional...just that they don't seem to know how to make a great song lyrically with a great beat in the way that Jay and Biggie did.

What may rock in the headphones might not translate the same in a huge room/live show setting..and a song/beat that may be underwhelming on an album might rock in a loud/live setting

especially the early shit

But pretty damn unlistenable since he been producing the majority of his own album in the last 7-9 years.

Kut Masta Kurt gave dude some gems

Not sure what laid to their apparent fall out

Does anyone know why he stopped fkn with Automator?

Ghostface

Planet Asia

Styles P

Fat Joe

Curren$y

Rick Ross

REKS

Edo G.

Juicy J

John Robinson (Lil Sci)

A-Mafia

Skyzoo

Willie Da Kid

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


These guys RARELY spitting over hot doo-doo grits production