Joe Budden Podcast debating if swizz beatz is in the top 5 producers in HipHop list | Thoughts?

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DJ Paul and Juicy J gotta be over Swizz and in these lists too :manny:
This version > International Player's Anthem




Then a shytload of club/fight records they the most known unknowns fr :wow:

Paul/Juice are arguably top 3 in terms of influence too

Nikkas sampling styles are modeled more after Paul/Juice than just about anyone not named Premier or Kanye
 

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I'm sorry but those RR beats sound so amateurish now, really goes to show just how crazy DMX, Eve, Drag, and The Lox was rapping on them shyts. I couldn't put Swizz in my Top 5 even though the nostalgia is strong.
 

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Thinking like this is why NY fell off.

Swizz had some dope stuff but the vast majority was corny, hectic circus beats that were the epitome of bad “commercial” rap of the late 90’s/2000s “Bling” era.

He probably has the lowest ratio of even good beats to bad beats of any mainstream producer.

He just had that Def Jam stimulus.

Click on any year and maaaaan….it’s bad.

Only reason Swizz wins beat battles is because he knows showmanship and how to hype up songs in a live setting, whereas Just Blaze and Kanye are real music geeks. He had better presentation but not better product.
 
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