Top 10 Producers of 2018

 

Welcome back to #ListWeek. Time to rank the top ten producers of this past year. 2018 saw a wave of incredible production and the culture owes a lot to these artists. Today, like any other day, we must #RespectTheProducer! To the list!

– Benny P

 

 

10) Cardo

Notable Feats: Scorpion, Black Panther, Swimming, ASTROWORLD, REDEMPTION, Championships, Culture II, Mudboy, ‘Programs,’ ‘Girl’s Best Friend’

 

 

9) Kanye West

Notable Feats: DAYTONA, KIDS SEE GHOSTS, K.T.S.E., YE, NASIR, Culture II, Liberation

 

 

8) Mike Dean

Notable Feats: ASTROWORLD, DAYTONA, KIDS SEE GHOSTS, K.T.S.E., EVERYTHING IS LOVE, YE, NASIR, Culture II, L.O.D., Liberation

 

 

7) God.Damn.Chan

Notable Feats: Slush, VEIB, ‘Masamune,’ playing some of the final Low End Theory shows

 

 

6) Kenny Segal

Notable Feats: happy little trees, Kenstrumentals Vol. 3: Travelog, budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies, Born on the Stairs, (((echo chamber))), Buried at Sea, Casual Horns Dog, ‘Air (Slowed & Speed Remix),’ Electricity is on Our Side

 

 

5) Jansport J

Notable Feats: Low, Move Me II: The Present, It’s a Wonderful Beat Tape, ‘Windows Remix’

 

 

4) Daringer

Notable Feats: Supreme Blientele, Tana Talk 3, Everybody is F.O.O.D., White Bronco, Hitler Wears Hermes 6, Blakk Tape, Bad Decisions, Son of G Rap

 

 

3) Kenny Beats

Notable Feats: FM!, DiCaprio 2, 777, Freddie, Nasty, ‘Puff Daddy,’ ‘Square Up,’ 777 (Deluxe), ‘Win,’ 2 Minute Drills, Stokeley, Free Andy, ‘Zeus,’ all that dope shit he made with Greedo

 

 

2) Knxwledge

Notable Feats: MEEK.VOL2_, dntaskmefrshit., 2PK​.​4TRK​.​B​.​SiDE., WT.PRT_13, Sun Go Nova, MEEK.VOL3, Gladwemet, HEX.PRT12, White Bronco, GT.2, WT.13.8_, HX.12.8, ボビーとボビーのボリュー1, ‘yesindeed_’

 

 

1) The Alchemist

Notable Feats: Fetti, ‘Universal Studios,’ Bread EP, Weather or Not, Lunch Meat EP, Supreme Blientele, ‘Budz,’ ‘In Case You Forgot,’ Behold a Dark Horse, Hitler Wears Hermes 6, Tana Talk 3, ‘Fork in the Pot,’ ”94 Ghost Shit,’ ‘Tommy Vercetti’

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Honorable Mention (more possibly to come)
Monte Booker
Tay Keith
Chase The Money
Statik Selektah
Kiefer
9th Wonder
Kaytranada
Sounwave
DJ Premier
Earl Sweatshirt
ewonee
Ohbliv
Ludwig Goransson
Swarvy
Khrysis
Boi-1da
Thelonious Martin
Ol’ Burger Beats
Sango
Scallops Hotel
Wheezy
Phoelix
Jonwayne
Teddy Walton
Animoss
Black Noise
Apollo Brown
Metro Boomin
THEMpeople
Ant
2thirty5
Dibia$e
Roc Marciano
Murda Beatz
Vdon
daedaePIVOT
Daoud
Saba
Black Milk
Syd
Pauly Beats
Devin Morrison
Wonpound
!llmind
Cookin Soul
Erick the Architect
Pink Navel
Swizz Beatz
Harry Fraud
Mike Will Made It
Denmark Vessey
Cubeatz
House Shoes

 
 
 
 
 
 

images via Kenny Beats, Aris Chatman, Cardo, Julian Berman, Kanye West, Clint Brewer/Splash News, Mike Dean, God.Damn.Chan, Kenny Segal, Jansport J, Daringer, Kenny Beats, Knxwledge, The Alchemist, Red Bull & All rightful photographers/directors

 
 
 
 
 

Whatchu think? Sign in and comment below, friends!  #SupportHipHop #SpreadLove #RhymeBeat

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

– Benny P