Posted April 7, 2011 by Eddie "STATS" 10 comments

Video: Pete Rock Names His Top 5 Producers

This video just surfaced today, featuring mixing-board hero Pete Rock talking to Grind Music Radio about his personal Top 5 producers. No, he did not count himself. Yes, of course, he did include Dilla and Premier (and even shouted out Dr. Dre as a sixth favorite)…but the others may surprise you. There’s also an interesting little sidebar about who was the first producer to record ad-libs on their own beat and Grand Puba pressuring Pete into rapping on “The Creator.”

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http://www.myspace.com/allstarmusicproductions Vante Soul

Sir Pete!!!!

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sstretch

I love Pete Rock and he should be there as top 5, but damn no RZA?? RZA masterminded the wu tang sound and from 93-98 there was nobody touching him with the amounts of albums he did for WU TANG. He might have ran out of beats after but he did like 7 albums DOLO during that whole time. He should be top 5.

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c’mon son!

Pete Rock is a humble ass dude to not even mention himself in that list. I love seeing that rare quality in not just music terms but in people terms too. Says a lot about the brotha’s character.
Mr.Artistik

Pete is and will forever be the man…. He is top five mos def…. my personal top 5 its hard but after changing it 1000 times.. ive said F’ it and just put it down.. Remember this is My TOP 5 Not yours…..
(no order just top 5)

Dr. Dre
Primo
Dilla
Pete Rock
Kanye
—————— (the rest of course)
RZA
Timbo
Marley Marl
Pharrell and Chad
Teddy Riley/J D FOR THEIR LONGEVITY AND WHAT THEY HAVE PRODUCED IN THE GAME!!!!
http://myspace.com/souldepthus ‘Lil.

NO Top5 is complete w/o Large Professor..and Marley Marl for those who can go back that far.
dj crossfader

no rza?????????????

what about questlove? he never gets mentioned what about rick ruben? lord finess? large pro?

alcemist of all time???????????
nottz??

yea there great but top 5 of all time
Yowzers

“Of course” he added Madlib.
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I love these subjective topics, where everybody always shits on each others choices, but u cant tell anybody what they like, its jus what they naturally get that head bop/nod when u hear a beat, either u like it or u dont. THIS IS MY LIST, So yall aint tellin me nothin about what moves me lol no order

Madlib
Nicolay
Dilla
Pete rock
kanye
CEN7TER

…..KEV BROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://x-mass.bandcamp.com AxLe

Pete Rock makes me smile! LOL