And at least 3-4 of those spots are interchangeable...RZA, Q-Tip, Quik, Pete Rock, Marley Marl.

I personally just enjoy those fives beats more than Pete Rock...and I even prefer Larry over Marley, by a small small amount. That Whodini and DMC work was just....man.

I enjoy Dilla's overall sound more than Pete and even more than Premo's, but mainly the Jay Dee era...just that Soul-Funk feel and swing to it was sick.

Quik is a much better musician than Dre, but Dre is a way way better producer. And even with ghost producers...Quik surely had musicians like Kenneth Crouch, G-One, and Bacon in there on most of his best production...so it wasn't ALL on him either.