Honestly I think this list is damn near impossible to make. A top 50 rappers or top 50 rap albums list has to have locks all over, but a top 50 beats requires narrowing down millions of beats into just 50. You could make dozens of equally valid list with 50 completely different beats.
Yea but there’s a few obvious misses on this list. There’s just some songs that u hear the first note and u instantly know the song. Runaway is a good example. Some beats just make the whole song. Takes it from an ok song to a legendary one. Sometimes the beat is the identity of the song
@@DDub04 not saying I would either but at least runaway is an iconic and very recognizable beat for the 2010s. Some of the beats on this list just sound so basic like Dey Know. Or they’re not even that artist’s best beats like Still DRE. Mush rather have Xxplosive there
@@SteelKreel well as a producer i think runaway is a really simple beat and nothing special but as a song its really good kanye brings life to that beat
No Devil in a New Dress, Da art of story tellin, Dead Presidents II, Jukebox Joints, anything off of TPAB, Heart of the City, Electric Relaxation, DOOM, OutKast, Merto, Madlib, or Alchemist is crazy some of these beats be making me feel some type of way
Currently, My Top 10 Favourite Hip Hop Beats of All Time.. 1. Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep 2. Monkey Suite - MF DOOM & Madlib 3. 93 Til Infinity - Souls To Mischief 4. Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’ - Wu-Tang Clan 5. GAZZILLION EAR - MF DOOM & J Dilla 6. Skills - Gang Starr 7. Lynguistics - Cunninlynguistics 8. Jazz (We’ve Got) - A Tribe Called Quest 9. Norf Norf - Vince Staples 10. Survival Of The Fittest - Mobb Deep HMs: Window Shopper - 50 Cent I Wanna Rock - Snoop Dogg Dead Presidents - Jay Z Grown Up - Danny Brown Drop - The Pharcyde Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre Started From The Bottom - Drake Show Me What You Got - Jay Z
@@vb2388 I wanna rock gets a mention, but not the classic it samples It Takes Two? Otherwise, mostly agree and Started From The Bottom is a good mention I get behind
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
No Alchemist is insane, even the fact that I’ve seen no comments about him is crazy-Ray Mysterious, $500 Ounces, E. Coli, Hot Water Tank, Summer Reign, and the list goes on, the greatest producer of all time.
We gonna make it, is Alchemsit’s most iconic beat at 15. But it should be top 5 easily and he’s arguably the most consistently incredible producer of all time and should have way more tracks
@@kev1619 i love both songs too but I feel like move that dope was such a incredibly unique beat for its time. March madness beat was fantastic but im talking influence on all rap music
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
Ginseng strip 2002 not being here is unbeliveable. Say what you want about Lean's music, there is no denying that that instrumental was seminal to cloud rap and one of the best
@@vidartornqvist7138 so it's hiphop now, at least by spotify standards anyway. I do like mask off better as well to be honest but w/e. It's a spotify list so analyzing it too much is not worth it
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too@@undergroundkingz7969
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
Yeah I think this list actually just can’t be made and they shouldn’t have tried. I don’t think I can rank my favorite beats but if I had a top 5 in no particular order then Luv sic pt. 3 would have a guaranteed spot.
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
As an experiment I started an open playlist and tried to put in all the beats that I deemed "essential" production (knowing that it would be subjective and largely a selection of my existing knowledge base). But I discovered something interesting that might get to the heart of the issue with this list. I think early on it was easy to identify a set of tastemakers and producers responsible for very distinctive sounds that existed within hip hop. Because people were generally hearing about the same collection of albums that were either local, or highly influential, or both. But as we progressed into the 2000s and 2010s the nature of who you could find on the internet exploded. therefore there are so many niche genres of production that emerge that it is difficult to encapsulate everything that is "essential" or "greatest" because you have to compare so many wildly different sounds. You end up usually being drawn to a specific sound -- your sound -- to the neglect of so many classics that you might just not think of or have heard of.
@@mattman233 lol it was his hobby that became his job. But plenty of music critics know far less of every genre, and describe their reviews with far less objective fact of musical function and history, along with their in depth opinion.
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
The thing is about Money Trees is that the sample really makes it, outside of it I dont think the supporting production warrants a spot on the list. One of my favorite tracks of all time tho
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees
Heart of the city - Jay z Denzel curry - BIRDZ JID - 151 rum Asap rocky - Peso Danny brown - aint it funny Drake - 6 god Vince staples - yeah right Kendrick lamar - king kunta Kanye west - all falls down So so many great beats that shoulda made the list
@@friendlyfella864 no it isn’t.. all the songs I listed are not only better songs but bigger songs besides Saint Pablo. So you’re wrong. Tho Saint Pablo is a better song too. Get out the past grandpas
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
@@drieszutterman5021 according to 9th wonder (the producer) kendrick chose 3 Beats from 3 different genres from 3 deferent eras to represents the 3 people in the song (Kendrick, Ducky and Top Dawg) which gives more depth to the song in My opinión
@@bamboozle6861 Nope. You're wrong. 3 mid beats and an idea makes a good song, not a good beat. I say that as someone who has a plaque from a song where i made one of 3 beats. The artist made it what it is, not us,.we just made genetic nostalgic beats from an era
The Three 6 Mafia beat that should have made the list is "Sippin' On Some Syrup" - easily a top ten contender for its sample flip, groove, influence etc.
It’s impossible to please everybody with these kinds of lists. I’m sure that everyone would hate my Top 50 favorite beats list, since music is subjective. Here’s my list that everyone will hate. Outkast: SpottieOttieDopaliscious Gangstarr: Above The Clouds Mos Def: Auditorium Mos Def and Talib: Little Brother Tribe Called Quest: Award Tour 2Pac: Str8 Ballin Craig Mack: Flava In Ya Ear Jay Z: Ain’t No Love Nas: One Love Pete Rock & CL Smooth: TROY Souls of Mischief: 93 Til Infinite Three Six Mafia: Sippin On some Syrup Snoop: Ain’t No Fun Dr Dre: Explosive DJ Quik: Dollaz and Sense Grandmasterflash: The Message UGK: Diamonds & Wood Common: The Light Gangstarr: You Know My Steez Big KRIT: Angels DJ Shadow: Napalm Death Wu Tang: Cream Beanie Sigel: Ain’t Nuthin Like It Mobb Deep: Hell On Earth Notorious Big: Suicidal Thoughts Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Kendrick: ADHD Pharcyde: Runnin Dogg Pound: Big Pimpin Freddie Gibbs: Robes Lil 1/2 Dead: Steel on A Mission 96 (very underrated) There are so many more, but these are my favorites off the top of my head.
Sad that neither Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt and Midnight In A Perfect World made the list, they’re genuinely some of my favorite hip-hop beats of all time
Imo this list should’ve had: Peter piper - run dmc Put you on the game - the game Dead presidents II - jay z Saint pablo - kanye will blast - three six mafia Primetime - jayz and kanye Boomerang - bug pun Break ya nexk - busta rhymes Remedy - snoop lion reincarnated Bang bang pow pow - tpain and wayne Why we thugs - ice cube Keep they heads ringin - dr dre Outta control - 50 cent and mob deep Trap or die - young jeezy U.O.E.N.O - rocko Hot nigga - bobby smruda I mean it - g easy Medicated - wiz khalifa Grindin all my life - nipsey hussle Honourable mentions: Every kid cudi track ever, Every kanye song ever, Every kendrick song ever, And last but as far from least as possible: every bone thugz n harmony song ever.
@@iitsCarml wild as in a wild choice for a list like this? Honestly you right. I think i was thinking of feedback but both saint pablo and feedback dont got nothing on the entirety of dark twisted fantasy or graduation or even yeesuz so im switchingmy choice to my personal favourite beat from jeezus which is ‘i am a god’ (I simply cant pick only one when it comes to dark twisted fantasy or graduation.) (Also yes i know ‘new slaves’ ‘guilt trip’ and ‘send it up’ could all defeat ‘i am a god’ but i pick that one just cuz it doesn’t have much going for it lyrically so if you gonna play ‘i am a god’ specifically for the beat then hell yea its a good beat.
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
I for one am really shocked that no 50 cent songs were on this too, especially in da club. Would have liked to have seen Mr. Me too on there that beat is fucking crazy and beautiful with snoop.
the fact that there wasn't a single De La Soul song on here is insane to me. 3 Feet High and Rising is chock full of revolutionary beats, Buhloone Mindstate has some of the best Acid Jazz beats ever put on record, and Stakes is High might just be my favorite J Dilla beat.
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
Kanye has a LOT of unique and aesthetic beats that changed the game Flashing Lights, Heartless, Stronger, N... in Paris All these beats are better than most of the list 🤷♂️
My Top 10 greatest beats of all time: 1. Meek Mill - Jump out the face 2. Clams Casino - I'm God 3. Mobb Deep - Shook Ones Pt.2 4. J Dilla - Life 5. Travis Scott - Maria I'm Drunk 6. Travis Scott - Goosebumps 7. Desiigner - Outlet 8. Cunninlynguists - Linguistics 9. Souls of mischief - 93 til infinity 10. Kodak Black - Roll In Peace HM.: Young Thug - Spaghetti Factory; Playboi Carti - Long Time; French Montana - Miley Cyrus; The Game - Ali Bomaye; Jack Harlow - Churchill Downs; Chance The Rapper - Paranoia; Pete Rock & CL Smooth - T.R.O.Y; Schoolboy Q - That Part; Mac Miller - Programs; T.I. - About the Money; Busta Rhymes - Everything remains raw
Why the Camp Lo shade? Ski Beatz' production on Camp Lo's "Luchini aka This Is It" is an all time classic. Instantly recognizable and such a fun party vibe.
@@k-isfor-kristina highest in the room is a plain ass beat, other than Mike Dean's godly synths in the outro there's nothing really outstanding about it. Oh My Dis Side, Maria I'm Drunk, Impossible, Stargazing, Apple Pie... Travis has better juice that that.
Jay-Z - Heart of the City, D'Evils, Dead Presidents II, This Can't Be Life, Dear Summer Nas - Represent, Memory Lane, The World is Yours, If I Ruled the World, Purple, 2nd Childhood, My Way Madlib - Bomb, Deeper, Thuggin, Real, Broken, Knicks, Robes, Pyramids, Auditorium, The Mystery, Fallin, Slim's Return, Dillalade Ride, Sacrifice, Anthenagin, Infinity Sound Percee P - The Lady Behind Me/The Woman Behind Me (the same song I think but the second is a remix, both prod by Madlib with amazing beats) OC - Born 2 Live Common - Be, Orange Pineapple Juice, Watermelon, Blue Sky, Lovin I Lost, A Song for Assata, Thelonious, Nag Champa, The 6th Sense, It's Your World RZA - every song on 36 Chambers, Shimmy Shimmy Ya, Brooklyn Zoo, Nutmeg, One, Saturday Night, Mighty Healthy, Apollo Kids, Incarcerated Scarfaces, Daytona 500, Fish, Knuckleheadz, Ice Cream, Wu Gambinos, Heaven & Hell, Bang Your Head, 1-800-Suicide, etc Tribe - Can I Kick It, Push It Along, Check the Rhime, Showbusiness, Jazz, Scenario, Butter, Oh My God, Steve Biko, Midnight, etc DJ Shadow - Building Steam w a Grain of Salt, Midnight in a Perfect World I could go on and on for hours about which beats they missed but bottomline this list was fucking dogshit
I know he's kind of the it girl right now, but if they're going to include sicko mode, then having no metro boomin is absolutely ridiculous pi'erre too, rip definitely deserves to be here
So much of the production on atrocity exhibition is absolutely top tier, I think you could throw almost any beat from that record onto a list like this and I’d agree with it
@@arizonateagod8491 fr, i just finnished re listening to atrocity exhibition and the production is insain, even the weaker tracks have top tier production. Im personally a huge fan of the production on get hi as well
It's a wild song, but i don't think it has any place on a hip-hop beats list. It's not really a hip hop beat. You could throw Tom Waits on there and it would make just as much sense.
Just been thinking about all the tunes they missed: Da Art of Storytellin' Anything Madlib Honestly a ton of West Coast is still inspired by DJ Mustard, deserves some recognition Probably needed more drake? (Headlines?) Doomsday Hard Knock Life Fugees Tons of the placements were fucked too/ not even the best songs of the artists, but hey it's not the worst
What the f**k did he just ay about Electric Relaxation!?!?!?He must have meant: "it's the smoothest tune out there, awesome baseline, high point of jazz rap, should have been top 5."
I never understand their blind spots here. You could forgive someone for forgetting about Missy because she isn’t in the public conscience enough anymore. But to completely miss TPAB, Nujabes, Doom, and fuck dude Aaliyah's Are You That Somebody absolutely deserves to be somewhere on there at least in the lower half.
warren g - regulate not being on the list is disgraceful. I would also include eminem superman or slim shady, 50 cent in da club or many men and maybe outkast, some of these are iconic beats and they are just really good, no clue how they didn't make the list when you look at some of the ones that did. more kendrick and kanye too, devil in a new dress, flashing lights, swimming pools, money trees. Drake - pound cake is legendary too
wouldnt put any of the tpab beats in top50, i feel like something like swimming pools is a timeless beat that has aged well (the other beats on good kid mad city are also great, b dont kill my vibe, Money Trees hits hard, the title track is iconic etc), tpab is more of a cohesive project that works well together but doesn't have a stand-out top50 worthy beat, king kunta is cool though
A few of my personal favourites: Wu Tang Clan - Heaterz Fat Joe - My lifestyle Tha Eastsidaz - G'd Up Westside Connection - Hoo Bangin Ice Cube - Ghetto Bird Nipsey Hussle - They roll
Top 10 beats all time in no order Royce, Boom Em, My Name Is Kanye, Devil In a New Dress GZA, 4th Chamber Quelle Chris, Obamacare Action Bronson, Terry Biggie, Who Shot Ya? Can Ox, Iron Galaxy UGK, Players Anthem Dilla, Don’t Cry Edit : Clipse, Wamp Wamp
Cant believe the only rza beats were cream and liquid swords , i love them two but he has so many better beats than liquid swords , 4th chamber being one of them
Currently, My Top 10 Favourite Hip Hop Beats of All Time.. 1. Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep 2. Monkey Suite - MF DOOM & Madlib 3. 93 Til Infinity - Souls To Mischief 4. Da Mystery Of Chessboxin’ - Wu-Tang Clan 5. GAZZILLION EAR - MF DOOM & J Dilla 6. Skills - Gang Starr 7. Lynguistics - Cunninlynguistics 8. Jazz (We’ve Got) - A Tribe Called Quest 9. Norf Norf - Vince Staples 10. Survival Of The Fittest - Mobb Deep HMs: Window Shopper - 50 Cent I Wanna Rock - Snoop Dogg Dead Presidents - Jay Z Grown Up - Danny Brown Drop - The Pharcyde Still D.R.E. - Dr. Dre Started From The Bottom - Drake Show Me What You Got - Jay Z
Very happy that they put power on the list, 5,000 hours were put into that song and it's a masterpiece but how are songs like all of the lights, or runaway not on there? That's crazy.
here’s some beats that should’ve made it i’m god by clams casino kyoto by yung lean moment of truth by gang starr runaway by kanye young forever by jay z through the wire by kanye over by drake ridin by chamillionaire brooklyn zoo by odb tha crossroads by bone thugs best day ever bonus by mac miller rain by mac miller ginseng strip 2002 by yung lean ms jackson by outkast pound cake by drake hard in da pain by waka flocka flame i got a story to tell by biggie location by carti xo tour life by lil uzi vert drop it like it’s hot by snoop dogg in da club by 50 cent who you foolin by gunna yonkers by tyler the creator domo 23 by tyler the creator
All Caps belongs on here. My lesser opinion is Simon Says by Pharoah Monch, Drop by Pharcyde, Real Slim Shady, 6 foot 7 foot. So many choices. MR Fantano, we await your list (with audio clips)
the fact that Too Comfortable or Codeine Crazy by Future weren't here but instead MARCH MADNESS??? Spotify has to get their priorities straight and GO TO SCHOOL
@@arizonateagod8491 Duckworth I think is the best song and arguably the best storytelling tap song but I prefer DNA. The beat switch is absolutely crushing and 'gimme some ganja' was an ingenious sample
