Name some Albums that Influenced you to Produce??

I hope this isn't 2 far off Topic ,bust since wew are talking about Production
Techiniques,what Albums,song Etc On the Hip Hop Tip of Course!!. that inspired you to produce?? Here's mine I put the name of the Producer on the tale end:

Songs:

Faxin jax-InI (Pete Rock)

Criminlogy- Raekwon the Chef (the RZA)


Albums

Enter The Wu tang: 36 Chamber- Rza
Only Built 4 Cuban Link-Rza
Liquid Swords-Rza

The Infamous- Havoc, Q-tip
Center of Attention-Pete Rock
Mecca and the Soul Bother- Pete Rock
Wolf in Sheep Clothing-Black Sheep
Main Ingrdient- Pete Rock
Blunt's, Stunt's and Hip hop- Diamond D
Moment of Truth- Dj Premier
The Sun Rises in the East- Dj Premier
Enter da Stage - Evil Dee
Da Shining- Evil Dee



That's basically a start, now Name yours

a few years ago i copped quasimoto the unseen and petestrumentals. I had to make beats after i heard thouse. I wound up buying turns though. and then got into prodcution later.

On the Hip Hop Tip of Course!!

Oh well if we gotta wear the hip hop blinkers ...

Gotta agree with Pete Rock & CL - Mecca & the Soul Brother
&
The Roots - Iladelph Halflife
PE - Fear of a Black Planet
De la Soul - Three feet high & rising
Tribe - Beats Rhymes & life
Jeru - Wrath of the Math
Digital Underground - Sex Packets
LL Cool J - Radio

Been a bit out of touch with the hip hop thang for a while now though.. There a few of my oldie faves..

I started producing a long time ago.


although all lthe producers listed are great inspirations to me. I have to go a little further back in history.

what can I say? I am old.


just ice
public enemy
de la soul
gang starr
geto boyz
nwa


Just to name a few, off the top.

Hard to Earn-GangStarr
Dare iz a Darkside-RedMan
Midnight Marauders-TribeCalledQuest
Street Level-BeatNuts
Stakes is High-DeLaSoul
Hatred, Passions, & Infidelity-DiamondD
Ready to Die-Biggie
Resurrection-Common
Illmatic-Nas
Labcabincalifornia-ThePharcyde
Wrong Side of Da Tracks-Artifacts
Word . . . Life.-O.C.
Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik-Outkast

W. Steele wrote:Hard to Earn-GangStarr
Dare iz a Darkside-RedMan
Midnight Marauders-TribeCalledQuest
Street Level-BeatNuts
Stakes is High-DeLaSoul
Hatred, Passions, & Infidelity-DiamondD
Ready to Die-Biggie
Resurrection-Common
Illmatic-Nas
Labcabincalifornia-ThePharcyde
Wrong Side of Da Tracks-Artifacts
Word . . . Life.-O.C.
Southernplayalisticcadillacmuzik-Outkast

Wrong Side of the Tracks -T-ray had some fat beats. I heard he produces
rock out in L.A. now?!!?

Word...life O.C. -"Time's Up" is classic Bucwild Prod. Other than That


Resurrection- I wish the put both of the Large Pro Remixes on this CD
N.O. ID should be on top right now SINCE TAUGHT KANYE HOW TO PRODUCE!! Maybe, Kanye West went Darth Vader on his Teacher

My list for influential albums...

Enta Da Stage-Black Moon
Illmatic-Nas
It Was Written...-Nas
The Infamous-Mobb Deep

my songs that influenced me...

C.R.E.A.M.-Wu-Tang
Today Was A Good Day-Ice Cube
Reality (Killin' Every...)-Black Moon
T.R.O.Y.- Pete Rock and CL Smooth

VanFanel wrote:My list for influential albums...

Enta Da Stage-Black Moon
Illmatic-Nas
It Was Written...-Nas
The Infamous-Mobb Deep

my songs that influenced me...

C.R.E.A.M.-Wu-Tang
Today Was A Good Day-Ice Cube
Reality (Killin' Every...)-Black Moon
T.R.O.Y.- Pete Rock and CL Smooth

I argue Illmatic Prod. was So So!

it is rude to ask somebody what there influence is, the tell the you think their influence ic WHACK.

if you want to debate weather you like an album, maybe you shouls start a new thread.

yeah. i think illmatic was off the hook anyways. Like it aint hard to tell, halftime, the world is yours, one love? they are all classic beats and fit the emcee perfect.

Another big influnence on me was ready to die. when i was like 13 i used to bump that shit all day everyday. Still one of my favorites. but the ones i metioned before inspired me to make music.

Wu-Tang Clan - Enter the 36 Chambers
Jedi Mind Tricks - Violent By Design
Non Phixion - The Future is Now
Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Gangstarr - Hard to Earn
Gangstarr - Moment of Truth
Black Moon - Enta Da Stage
Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die
Mr. Lif - I Phantom
Madvillain - Madvillainy
Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album

In no particular order...

Life inspires me to produce more than any of these albums though so thats number 1...

I don't even have to make a list cause you guys have covered it for me.

I will go as far back as Uncle Jamms Army though. I wanted to make beats like them when I was a little boy.

First and Foremost, Afrika Bambataa
Pretty Tony Butler
Freestyle
Nucleus
Al-N. Hasim
Cybotron
Kraftwerk

I was BIG into those styles comin up, you know breakdancin and stuff and I always wanted to make beats and sounds like that.

Grandmaster Flash - Adventures of GM Flash On The Wheels Of Steel
Double D & Steinski - Payoff Mix (Lesson 1)
====[These made me want to DJ]

De La Soul - 3 Ft. High...
Public Enemy - Nation...
various artists - Headz 1 (mo'wax)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing
=====[These made me buy my first sampler]

Lootpack - Soundpieces
=====[really got me into making beats again - made me buy an SP]

Producers/ Records that influenced me:

Organized Noize: Outkast- Aquemini till present
DJ Premier: Nas- New York State of Mind, Gangstarr, Various others
Prince: (self) Purple Rain + others
Pete Rock: Pete Rock & CL Smooth- Mecca and the Soul Brother
Aphex Twin: (self) Come to Daddy, and whatever the one after that is
Doctor Dre: Snoop Dogg- + The Chronic + Em etc.
Battle Cat: see above
Mutt Lang/ Mick Jones: Foreigner- most of their ish
?uestlove and constituants: The Roots- Illadelph Halflife, Things Fall Apart
Havoc: Mobb Deep- Infamous, Hell on Earth, Murda Music
Roger Troutman- ZAPP, etc.
RZA: Raekwon/Ghostface- Only Built for Cuban Links
DJ Scratch: Busta Rhymes- E.L.E.
Quincy Jones: Michael Jackson- Off the Wall, etc, etc, etc, etc
J-Dee aka J-Dilla: Slum Villiage- Fantastic Vol. 2; self- Welcome to Detroit,
Ruff Draft
Easy Mo' B & Derreck Angeletti: Notorius B.I.G.- Ready to Die
Dub. Z- Everything he does
Cameo- alot of it
Alchemist- too much to name, but that MOP "Cold as Ice" (ironically,
with a jack from Foreigner) is a good start
Neptunes: NORE- Superthug, Snoop Dogg feat. Justin Timberlake-
Signs, lots of others
Mathew whats-his-name: Sade, most of it
Many more records that I love but don't know the producer;
this has prompted me to do my homewerk, which reminds me:
Kraftwerk...

this is a great thread.

good job philly stress.