I feel like Q-Tip should be mentioned in the same breath as Premo and Pete Rock

[The Bilingual Gringo]

He definitely gets overlooked, his "One Love" remix is one of my favorite remixes of all time. But because of his prominence with Tribe, people forget how ill he can be behind the boards.

With that being said J-Zone is still my favorite rapper/producer

 

[L. Deezy]

I would mention him in the same breath as Pete Rock and Large Pro

But wouldn't put him up there wit Primo, Dre and Rza

That's just my opinion

why not?

he's used some of the best samples ever in hip hop.. and straight killed them.

For me, I think I overlook Tip more becuz he was actually rapping as well. He didnt come in the game as a producer first, rapper second like Pete, Large Pro or even Kanye

 

[UpAndComing]

It's all public perception. It's his fault for making Ali Shaheed Muhammad look like he was the "go-to" producer of the Tribe Called Quest. When Q-Tip was doing most of the producing

He's still no where near Primo's level though

 

[Bugsmoran]

why not?

he's used some of the best samples ever in hip hop.. and straight killed them.

If u go beat for beat wit Dre, Rza, and Primo he just don't got enough Classic beats to fukk wit them

 

[mobbinfms]

If u go beat for beat wit Dre, Rza, and Primo he just don't got enough Classic beats to fukk wit them

That's probably true on a beat for beat basis...
But if we go by albums...

People's Instinctive
Low End Theory
Midnight Marauders
The Infamous

That's a tough resume to match...

 

[THE K-MAN]

That's probably true on a beat for beat basis...
But if we go by albums...

People's Instinctive
Low End Theory
Midnight Marauders
The Infamous

That's a tough resume to match...

Eazy Duz-It
Straight Outta Compton
No One Do It Better
100 Miles and Running
nikkaz4Life
The Chronic
Doggystyle

 

[L. Deezy]

Eazy Duz-It
Straight Outta Compton
No One Do It Better
100 Miles and Running
nikkaz4Life
The Chronic
Doggystyle

ok, but Tip aint a full time producer like Dre.. Dre has the deeper catalogue by far.

 

[Bugsmoran]

That's probably true on a beat for beat basis...
But if we go by albums...

People's Instinctive
Low End Theory
Midnight Marauders
The Infamous

That's a tough resume to match...

That's a good resume but he can't fukk wit the 3 Kings

Rza

36 chambers
Liquid Swords
Return to the 36
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Iron Man
Wu Tang Forever


Primo

Daily Operation
Hard to Earn
Living Proof
Sun Rises in the East
Firing Squad
Moment of Truth
Wrath of the Math


Dre

Straight Outta Compton
Eazy Duz it
No one can do it better
N!gs4life
Chronic
doggystyle
The Firm album
Chronic 2001


I wouldn't even mention Q Tip in the same breath as Erick Sermon

 

[L. Deezy]

That's a good resume but he can't fukk wit the 3 Kings

Rza

36 chambers
Liquid Swords
Return to the 36
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Iron Man
Wu Tang Forever


Primo

Daily Operation
Hard to Earn
Living Proof
Sun Rises in the East
Firing Squad
Moment of Truth
Wrath of the Math


Dre

Straight Outta Compton
Eazy Duz it
No one can do it better
N!gs4life
Chronic
doggystyle
The Firm album
Chronic 2001


I wouldn't even mention Q Tip in the same breath as Erick Sermon

In all honesty, in 2015, I would trust a new Q Tip track over one of these producers putting out one. real talk

and I love all of them

 

[THE K-MAN]

one of my favorites from The Abstract

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

To me, Tip was always really versatile - from doing Native Tongues records to overseeing The Infamous, messing with Apache for a record like 'Gangsta bytch', fukking with DeeLite, mentoring Dilla, on to guesting on Chemical Brothers tunes. Even now he's producing for D'Angelo, Esperanza Spalding and Roc Marciano.

I've always felt that Primo suffered in recent years for being 'The Guy' in NY in the 90's, because once the sound changed and he decided to stick with what he had, he became a museum piece.

 

[THE K-MAN]

In all honesty, in 2015, I would trust a new Q Tip track over one of these producers putting out one. real talk

and I love all of them

Premo
Tip
Dre
..........
.....
.
Rza

 

[Danie84]

Just off Jazz (We Got), Scenerio, Electric Relaxation, Crooklyn Dodgers, alone

...I have an eternal affinity for Tribe's early 90s Heavy/Low Bass production

They don't make Hip-Hop BEATS like that anymore

 

[mobbinfms]

Eazy Duz-It
Straight Outta Compton
No One Do It Better
100 Miles and Running
nikkaz4Life
The Chronic
Doggystyle

I have no response for this list.
I could and claim Daz produced Straight Outta Compton
But I won't...

 

[feelosofer]

Q-Tip is an underrated producer, and his ear for beats was crazy, I can't put him in the same class as Pete Rock or Premo, but I think he's a top 15 of all time producer. His style of production may have aged the best though and the recent stuff he has done has been very good.