After Dr. Dre, RZA & Premier comes Erick Sermon as one of the best Hip Hop producers

[THE K-MAN]

Dj quik is better than all those guys in the heading

huge fan of Quiks work

you put his best up against theres hes not fukkin with them

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

Erick did some excellent work on Red and Meth's 1st Blackout! album too:







This joint was my favorite "new" Sermon produced beat on the Blackout! album:





And who could forget that Erick produced this classic?

 

[Ian1362]

I love EPMD and almost all of Sermons work, but he isn't the 4th best producer of all time.

He isn't better than Pete Rock either, nor is RZA.

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

I love EPMD and almost all of Sermons work, but he isn't the 4th best producer of all time.

He isn't better than Pete Rock either, nor is RZA.

Pete Rock?

Pete Rock hasn't released anything great since The Main Ingredient. He got stuck in a time warp after that. Erick Sermon released some great ("Music" single) and good stuff in the 2000's.

And nor is RZA what? Better than Pete Rock? RZA even released some good stuff in the 2000's, Pete has not. RZA is a better producer than Pete.

 

[Ian1362]

Pete Rock?

Pete Rock hasn't released anything great since The Main Ingredient. He got stuck in a time warp after that.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6IT7QiJ5P4]Pete Rock & C.L.Smooth - Da Two (1998) [HQ] - YouTube[/ame]



[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEVzuUDCUyI"]Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - Back On The Block - YouTube[/ame]



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fty4jNZZgK8]Talib Kweli & C.L.Smooth - Fly Till I Die (Pete Rock Production) (2001) [HQ] - YouTube[/ame]



[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfN24LRzDTs"]Mary J. Blige - Family Affair(Stereo)(Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Remix Radio) - YouTube[/ame] ^PR demolishing your #1 of all time on that list

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4-UZgVUhzU]Scritti Politti - Tinseltown To The Boogiedown (Pete Rock Remix) (1999) [HQ] - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tx3Rx8UXro]Pete Rock featuring Grap Luva - Revenge (2006) [HQ] - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBn3DJGZVw]Sadat X Turn It Up feat. Pete Rock [Official Video] - YouTube[/ame]





among others

Pete hasn't put together quite the material he should have over the past decade, but in a technical sense he's still very much arguably a "better" producer than either RZA or E-Dub. I'd argue Extra P is too.

I know when I'm digging thru records and nabbing bits here or there he makes me :KRS: more often than Sermon does

 

[ThaRealness]

no way.... If Erick Sermon was a top 5 producer then Redman's first album wouldn't be a forgotten remnant of golden age hip hop

 

[Change]

Hell yeah he's top ten. He has album after album after album of classics. Classic after classic with EPMD. Classic after Classic with Redman. Classic songs with Keith Murray. Classic production on his own albums.

 

[daboywonder2002]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qPJ6VITWyc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qPJ6VITWyc[/ame]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2KQ3U45Vfs"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2KQ3U45Vfs[/ame]

 

[oO J Smooth Oo]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPpDwfhCeOE]Tommy Gunn - Fear (Erick Sermon Production) (1996) [HQ] - YouTube[/ame]



CO SIGN THIS THREAD

 

[ThaRealness]

Just as a general statement... you guys factor in later work/consistency wayyyyy too much when discussing producers.

Who the fukk cares which legends have put out some decent releases in the past decade? Whats more important is who reached that apex when they were in their prime, and who has an overall stronger body of work.

 

[DEAD7]

Dj quik is better than all those guys in the heading

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

He had some of the best remixes in the 90's.

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

cO-sign THIS THREAD ...
lets not forget

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGeSSXQ1xVY"]Reservoir Dogs - Jay-Z - YouTube[/ame]

and i remember reading the old sample credits back in the day and was like how the hell his beats sound so different when he sampling Zapp and Roger - Dance Floor for every damn track

Let's not also forget the Dave Hollister stuff he did

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

Pete Rock & C.L.Smooth - Da Two (1998) [HQ] - YouTube

Pete Rock - "Pete's Jazz" - YouTube

Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth - Back On The Block - YouTube

Slum Village - Once Upon A Time (Feat. Pete Rock) - YouTube

Talib Kweli & C.L.Smooth - Fly Till I Die (Pete Rock Production) (2001) [HQ] - YouTube

Pete Rock ft. Inspectah Deck & Kurupt - Tru Master - YouTube

Mary J. Blige - Family Affair(Stereo)(Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Remix Radio) - YouTube ^PR demolishing your #1 of all time on that list

Scritti Politti - Tinseltown To The Boogiedown (Pete Rock Remix) (1999) [HQ] - YouTube

Pete Rock featuring Grap Luva - Revenge (2006) [HQ] - YouTube

Sadat X Turn It Up feat. Pete Rock [Official Video] - YouTube

Black Star & Black Thought - Respiration (Flying High Remix) (Prod. By Pete Rock) - YouTube

Pete Rock & Smif N Wessun "Monumental" Music Video feat. Tyler Woods - YouTube

among others

Pete hasn't put together quite the material he should have over the past decade, but in a technical sense he's still very much arguably a "better" producer than either RZA or E-Dub. I'd argue Extra P is too.

I know when I'm digging thru records and nabbing bits here or there he makes me :KRS: more often than Sermon does

Those records are alright but I still think Sermon and RZA are far better producers than Pete Rock.

 

[Obtain Knowledge]

Here are some more great songs that Erick Sermon produced