Who is the best hip hop engineer?

[pauljerico]

Nolan Moffitte
Eddie Sancho
Dr. Dre
Noah shebib
Mike Dean

 

[I'm Blackman]

I'm not qualified to say.

All I know is Dre's and late 90s badboy shyt (think LAD) sounds/sounded pristine.

 

[I'm Blackman]

Show examples of good vs bad engineering

 

[CarltonJunior]

I'm a producer and I've engineered a little, and observed A LOT of engineering so I feel like I have an informed opinion. Engineering has advanced so much in that in 2020 most engineers are very close to the same level, what separates them usually is equipment, but with good equipment your local producer could probably engineer as good as MixedByAli.

They are all insanely good at the industry level and I don't think one stands out way above the others. I'm sure back in 1998 this would be a completely different ballgame, but in 2020 that's where we're at.

 

[WaveGang]

Explain why these engineers are so good. And what projects they worked on.

I know quik but th we other dudes??

 

[KingSol81]

David Blake, Dave Aron, Mike Dean, Leslie Brathwaite, Dr. Dre

 

[GPBear]

Bob Power
Dave Cooley

 

[Awesome Wells]

Dr. Dre
Derek Ali
Bob Power
Chris Taylor
Herb Powers
Tony Maserati
Jimmy Douglass

 

[KnickstapeCity]

Show examples of good vs bad engineering

 

[Cheech&Chong]

Dre of course

 

[u mad son?]

Show examples of good vs bad engineering

This would interest me alot

Maybe a new thread for this?

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Parks.

nah... Big Bass Brian

 

[Charlie Sollers]

Parks. And it's not even close.

 

[just my thoughts]

Surprise thos that answered didn't give leslie Brathwaite more love

 

[Ziggiy]

Exactly. I'm an audiophile that's a huge production nerd. I can name production credits for most albums and even I don't think I know enough to answer this question.

I only know a few engineers that get a lot of praise like Young Guru, Eddie Sancho, Ali, Mike Dean, etc.

Here’s a question.

What EXACTLY makes an Engineer so great? Like what separates the truly great ones from the average?


For me I mostly always say Dre for Hip Hop because his albums always sound so crisp and clean to me. People say Guru, but besides The Blueprint and The Black Album (both sound pristine to me) I couldn’t name a Jay-Z album or even a roc-A-Fella album other than early Kanye that sounds any more “special” than other Hip Hop albums.


I also happen to think It Was Written sounds goddamn PERFECT with the mixing,mastering, and sequencing yet i’ve never heard Trackmasters get any special technical credit for any of their bodies of work.