We had a whole lot of superstars on this stage here tonight. But this is… Papoose's house? We're all still reeling that the 20th anniversary of Hip-Hop's Super Bowl featured the Nacirema Dream as a headliner. Damn you Kendrick Lamar and your generous ways. Yeah it's hip-hop to bum rush the show but c'mon Pap you know you didn't deserve that look. And you gave even less fucks by performing a new song. C'mon fam. You've paid a lot of dues through the years but this was the big dawg time in the program. Don't disrespect the game in your pursuit for fame. Oh well, Brooklyn took it. 
Speaking of BK, Fab had a master plan of bringing Lil Kim and Foxy Brown back together again. But when it was time to make history, Fox Boogie was nowhere to be found. Where was you at? Wack.
Uh-oh, here we go again. This year, VIBE‘s putting together the battle of the beats with their Greatest Producer Of All Time tournament. First round of voting begins today. The winner will be announced May 24th. Choose wisely. Got that, Joe Budden.
HOMEGROWN SOUND
Dr. Dre (1) VS DJ Toomp (16)
Mannie Fresh (2) VS David Banner (15)
The Bomb Squad (3) VS Mr. Lee (14)
Prince Paul (4) VS Shock G (13)
Juicy J (5) VS Rick Rock (12)
Luke (6) VS Johnny J (11)
Beats By The Pound (7) VS Wyclef (10)
Ant Banks (8) VS DJ Quik (9)
MASS APPEAL
The Neptunes (1) VS will.i.am (16)
Timbaland (2) VS Polow Da Don (15)
Swizz Beatz (3) VS Dust Brothers (14)
Diddy and The Hitmen (4) VS Herbie Luv Bug (13)
Teddy Riley (5) VS Kay Gee (12)
Trackmasters (6) VS Larry Smith (11)
Jermaine Dupri (7) VS Irv Gotti (10)
Scott Storch (8) VS Lil Jon (9)
SOUL SAMPLE
Kanye West (1) VS The Heatmakerz (16)
Pete Rock (2) VS Cool & Dre (15)
Organized Noize (3) VS 9th Wonder (14)
Erick Sermon (4) VS Daz (13)
Just Blaze (5) VS Hi-Tek (12)
J. Dilla (6) VS 88-Keys (11)
Mark the 45 King (7) VS Salaam Remi (10)
No I.D. (8) VS The Alchemist (9)
BOOM BAP
DJ Premier (1) VS Bangladesh (16)
RZA (2) VS Rocwilder (15)
Marley Marl (3) VS Dame Grease (14)
Rick Rubin (4) VS The Beatnuts (13)
Jam Master Jay (5) VS Easy Mo Bee (12)
Large Professor (6) VS Q-Tip (11)
Diamond D (7) VS DJ Muggs (10)
Havoc (8) VS Da Beatminerz (9)
wheres 40?
Where’s Mannie Fresh or Beats By the Pound??? I’m just sayin…
Wow I like dr.dre , kanye west, jus blaze, and timbaland my favorites
where the fuck is Pimp C?
something must be wrong with my eyes cuz I didn’t see Dr.Dre
Pretty Good list…glad to see Organized Noize on there…Rico Wade & those dudes don’t get half the props they deserve.
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he’s right there going against Toomp
Notice how this time they got categories
Joe Budden >>> Everybody rappin today
dr dre is the first one listed bra…………..where is my man nottz??
nvm didn’t see the top category lol
eh? somebody tell me how Just Blaze is a 5 seed? Gotta be top 3 at least….smh
they really gotta stop with this shit …… its gettin annoying
damn the soul bracket is the toughest
Nevermind disregaurd my comment
And having Juicy J but not DJ Paul really makes no sense at all.
1st group – Dre
2nd group – Neptunes
3rd group – Yeezy
4th group – Premo
Havoc is SO underrated iMO
KanYe, Dr. Dre, The Hitmen, Premo.
KanYe > Hitmen
Dre > Primo
Dre > KanYe
*Done*
not this fucking shit again.
Dr Dre.???????????
Homegrown Sound = Dr. Dre
Mass Appeal = Timberland
Soul Sample(that’s a tuff one) = Kanye
Boom Bap(another a tuff one) = RZA
overall = Dr. Dre
Where’s 9th Wonder? Jake One? And why is Just Blaze a 5? smh
and David Banner…the man that Pimp C taught how to produce….is on there before Pimp? cmon yall ahhah
@da bussinrss@reythehussein. Cosign
Shouts out to Organized Noize also.
LOL@ them putting Juicy J by himself
RZA should be in Soul as well.
No Doom?
Fuck outta here
ok. I see those cats now. My bad. Beats By the Pound created the sound that Juicy J and Mannie Fresh use till this day. They deserve their props. And to dude who asked where’s 40?? He’s been producing hits for 30 minutes. He ain’t supposed to be on the list.
He’s been producing hits for 30 minutes.
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*dead*
Man, this si BS. LOL
If Dre don’t beat them all I’m done. LOL
Daz was making the Dre beats we love any damn way…gotta have Daz on there.
Jermaine Dupri, The Runners, Jazze Pha, Danja, Nottz? C’mon now!
HOMEGROWN SOUND
Dr. Dre (1) VS DJ Toomp (16) DRE
Mannie Fresh (2) VS David Banner (15) FRESH, FRESH, FRESH (DRE)
The Bomb Squad (3) VS Mr. Lee (14) BOMB SQUAD
Prince Paul (4) VS Shock G (13) PRINCE PAUL (PAUL)
Juicy J (5) VS Rick Rock (12) JUICY J
Luke (6) VS Johnny J (11) LUKE (JUICY J)
Beats By The Pound (7) VS Wyclef (10) BEATS BY THE POUND
Ant Banks (8) VS DJ Quik (9) DJ QUICK (DJ QUIK)
RESULTS (DRE) VS (QUIK) [BATTLE OF THE WEST] DRE WINS
MASS APPEAL
The Neptunes (1) VS will.i.am (16) (NEPTUNES)
Timbaland (2) VS Polow Da Don (15) (TIMBALAND) (TIMBALAND) UPSET
Swizz Beatz (3) VS Dust Brothers (14) (SWIZZ BEATS)
Diddy and The Hitmen (4) VS Herbie Luv Bug (13) (DIDDY) (SWIZZY)
Teddy Riley (5) VS Kay Gee (12) (TEDDY RILEY)
Trackmasters (6) VS Larry Smith (11) (TRACKMASTERS) (TEDDY RILEY)
Jermaine Dupri (7) VS Irv Gotti (10) (JD)
Scott Storch (8) VS Lil Jon (9) (LIL JON) (JD)
RESULTS (TIMBALAND) VS (JD) [really Justin Timberlake vs Usher] (JD) wins
SOUL SAMPLE
Kanye West (1) VS The Heatmakerz (16) (KANYE)
Pete Rock (2) VS DJ Don Cannon (15) (PETE ROCK) (KANYE)
Organized Noize (3) VS 9th Wonder (14) (ORGANIZED NOIZE)
Erick Sermon (4) VS Daz (13) (ERIC SERMON) (ERIC SERMON)
Just Blaze (5) VS Hi-Tek (12) (JUST BLAZE)
J. Dilla (6) VS 88-Keys (11) (J DILLA) (JUST BLAZE)
Mark the 45 King (7) VS Salaam Remi (10) (MARK 45)
No I.D. (8) VS The Alchemist (9) (NO I.D.) (NO I.D.)
Results (KANYE) VS (JUST BLAZE) [BATTLE FOR THE ROC] (KANYE WINS)
BOOM BAP
DJ Premier (1) VS Bangladesh (16) (DJ PREMIER)
RZA (2) VS Rocwilder (15) (RZA) (RZA)
Marley Marl (3) VS Dame Grease (14) (MARLEY MARL)
Rick Rubin (4) VS The Beatnuts (13) (RICK RUBIN) (MARLEY MARL)
Jam Master Jay (5) VS Easy Mo Bee (12) (EASY MO BEE)
Large Professor (6) VS Q-Tip (11) (LARGE PROF) (EASY MO BEE)
Diamond D (7) VS DJ Muggs (10) (DIAMOND D)
Havoc (8) VS Da Beatminerz (9) (HAVOC) (HAVOC)
Results (RZA) VS (HAVOC) [BROUGHT NY BACK BATTLE] (RZA) WINS
SO FINAL FOUR SHAPES OUT
(DRE) VS (JD) (DRE)
(KANYE) VS (RZA) (KANYE)
WILL WIN (DRE)
SHOULD WIN (KANYE)
HOMEHROUND SOUND
dr dre < johnny j
MASS APPEAL
timbaland < will.i.am
Soul Sample
(Just Blaze (Pete Rock > The Alchemist)
BOOM BAP
DJ Premier > RZA
My opinions .. dont hate
@ boom
Beats by the pound are my fav producers of all time but Paul&J have been doin that “3-6 sound” since around ’91. And Mannie’s sound was more influenced off of new orleans bounce which Beats by the Pound mainly didnt do. If anything I would say Lil jon took bits and pieces from all of em.
dr dre will win in the end
just Johnny J should win
hes produced whole albums for tupac
no mike dean?
where my nig madlib
Ok, i just see many wrong things in there already.
how they got Daz against Eric Sermon FOR SOUL SAMPLES?
Who did this list?
Have they listen to Dogg Food, All Eyes on ME?
Not one soul sample from Daz. Dude had nothing but live music and hard tracks. That need to change.
CAl me stupid but who’s LArry Smith? Some dudes there not even known or put in enough work to be considered. SMH
Would you people read the thing before commenting things like “where is 9th wonder”? Jesus. Its all fan voting, so the rankings don’t mean a whole lot. My only complaints are that Nottz should be on, and pete rock should be #1 ahead of yeezy. This is def better than last years mc bracket.
How are Rick Rubin and Timbaland not 1 seeds
Kanye is great but he should still be a 2 seed
I’m just sayin…………….
No Chris Webber?
Now this is a good bracket challenge because in order to accurately vote in each head-to-head, one has to know what records the two competitors have produced to make a sound judgement. I admit that in order for me participate in this challenge, I would have to Google several of these people if I wanted to avoid picking based on simply the names that I have heard. Unfortunately I’m pretty sure that a lot of people will vote for people based on the familiarity of the person’s name.
and what about, DRUMMA BOY, Alchemist, 9th wonder, Vybe, SuperStarO, J.U.S.T.I.C.E League, The Runners, Eminem, Jermaine Dupre…who the hell made this list
hollup man…no Shawty Redd either? and Jeezy is on the cover…..ummmmm hahahaah
YO FUCK THAT SHIT EDITOR!!!!!!!!!!! E. WILSON OR NOT!!!!!!!
KANYE = GREAT ARTIST/PRODUCER THAT SHIFTED THE SOUND OF MUSIC 1x
DR. DRE = GREAT LEGEND THAT SHIFTED THE SOUND OF MUSIC @ least 3x (the N.W.A. sound, the Death Row G-Funk sound, That next level shit that he started after the Death Row era & that sped up next level shit he does for eminem), has the most anticipated album I can recall in my 23yrs on this earth & has put on so many cats it’s crazy.
Madlib??
damn no Madlib, Buckwild or DJ Scratch?
it’s dope to see the Dust Brothers on here