Illmatic was the first album with multiple producers?

[Juggalo Fred]

ICP's first album had 3 producers in 1992

 

[gluvnast]

Didn't KRS first album had multiple produces?

Just Ced Gee and themselves.

 

[Bugsmoran]

Big,how?

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

If you want to be real technical, no. However, it is one of the 1st, if not the first albums where's there NO PRIMARY producer. For example. Even though Sir Jinx producer several tracks on Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, the primary producers were the Bomb Squad. In the past there were in-house or primary producers that oversaw the production of a rap album. Nas' Illmatic was different where there wasn't any true primary producer, it was indeed the FIRST TIME the TOP PRODUCERS of the time ever collaborated in crafting the album. And ever since then, record labels sought for the biggest & hottest collection of producers to producer songs for any future artist's LP.

wrong

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

If you want to be real technical, no. However, it is one of the 1st, if not the first albums where's there NO PRIMARY producer. For example. Even though Sir Jinx producer several tracks on Cube's AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, the primary producers were the Bomb Squad. In the past there were in-house or primary producers that oversaw the production of a rap album. Nas' Illmatic was different where there wasn't any true primary producer, it was indeed the FIRST TIME the TOP PRODUCERS of the time ever collaborated in crafting the album. And ever since then, record labels sought for the biggest & hottest collection of producers to producer songs for any future artist's LP.

Producer DJ Eddie F, Teddy Riley, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, Howie Tee,Dave Hall & Nevelle Hodge

1991

 

[087532652350]

the godfather of rap by spoonie gee in 1987 had marley marl, aaron fuchs and teddy riley

 

[gluvnast]

The PRIMARY producer was his cousin PETE ROCK... it wasn't a balance of top producers.

 

[gluvnast]

I will give a CAVEAT with Down with the King though, because I completely forgotten that album.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

The PRIMARY producer was his cousin PETE ROCK... it wasn't a balance of top producers.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

I will give a CAVEAT with Down with the King though, because I completely forgotten that album.

How about you don't know what the fukk you talking about PERIOD

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

Is this a fact,or a blatant lie?

blatant lie. Even if you weren't around back then(and I was) all you have to do is google. Cube and G rap were using multiple produces before Illmatic dropped

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

as in well known and respected in the hip hop comunity. can you find another album prior to illmatic with a better line up than dj premier, q-tip, large pro and pete rock.

Primo wasn't that big in 93. Don't forget that Illmatic was recorded in 92 and 93 and released early 94. Large Pro had only received credit for producing one album and we found out 2 decades later that he actually did most of the production on G rap's Wanted Dead or Alive and Eric B/Rakim Let the Rhythm hit em only for Eric to rob him of his credit. So no, Large Pro and Primo were not that large yet even though Gang Starr had 3 stellar albums but he wasn't the go to guy yet.. Pete Rock was pretty big and Q Tip was the most popular of the 4. LES was baaically unknown.

 

[Atsym Sknyfs]

I think it had more to do with this being his debut than it being about the 1st... it was an "unknown" artists debut with top producers at that time... that's the part that people were "shocked" about..

Strickly and RunDMC and Scarface weren't debuts..

so its like this..

first album NO
artist's debut YES

 

[Aje]

Kane's It's a Big Daddy Thing, released in September of '89, featured production from:

• Prince Paul
• Easy Mo Bee
• Marley Marl
• Teddy Riley

 

[smokeurobinson]

Producer DJ Eddie F, Teddy Riley, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, Howie Tee,Dave Hall & Nevelle Hodge

1991

are u asking about mu;You trying to say that Pete Rock, ,Dave Hall & Nevelle Hodge were big

Kane's It's a Big Daddy Thing, released in September of '89, featured production from:

• Prince Paul
• Easy Mo Bee
• Marley Marl
• Teddy Riley

Those producers werent super big at the time tho. Pete Rock was just starting to make noise in 1991. Easy Moe Bee was nobody in 1989.