Name some Albums that Influenced you to Produce??

again no particular order

brand nubian - the foundation
talib kweli - reflection eternal
black moon - warzone (donthate)
nwa - n@#Z 4 life
organic mind unit - "" (localdudesthatgotmehyped)
beastie boys - paul's boutique

and so much moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...............

Sugar hill Gang Rappers Delight- this created the shit
kURTIS BLOW -BREAKS
Melle mel furious five-Message
run dmc-rock box ,30 days, hard time ,sucker mc , freaking \etc
Beat street sound track
Breakin sound track Ice t first time on wax's
whodini
africa bambatta
nuelus
LL
roxann shonta
Utfo
fatboys
Kool mo D
schoole d
doug e fresh ,slick rick
epmd
dana dane
mc shan
dr dre
rza
when i got my first 12 inch that kurtis blow tha breaks
I never will forget it was christmas of 82 I got a pansonic dual cassette
with the turn table I am like 36 now and still on this HIp hop jorney.
but the answer to the question is krs one.all real head know that
Boogie down production scott lrock
matter of fact that dont make you real because some of yall probaly wasnt born. Just Keep makeing beat

influenced:
ini - center of attention
smiff n wessun - dah shinin
a tribe called quest - low end theory
digable planets - blowout comb
binary star - masters of the universe
pr and cl - soul bro and the mecca
slum village - fantastic 2
quas - the unseen
dre - chronic and 2001
tupac - all eyez on me
nas - illmatic
gza - liquid swords
wu - enter the 36

keeps me wanting to get better:
madvillain - madvillainy
electric - life's a struggle
de la - grind date
black moon - total e
jlive - the best part
cunninlyguists - will rap 4 food/southernunderground
all the mf doom instrumental series

I've been hearing and listening to hip-hop since before I can remember. DJ Premier's trademark scratches are what got me into the turntables. At the time, I didn't even know what production was. There was one night when I was listening to "The Fantastik Four Show" (underground radio show on power 106 out here in LA) and I don't know what happened, but the music just started to f**k my head up. In a good way though. I think that's when I got into beats.

Albums that I think have good production...hmmmm...

Gang Starr - "Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr"
Gravediggaz - "6 Feet Deep"
De La Soul - "3 Feet High and Rising"
The Wu-Tang Clan - "Enter The Wu-Tang - 36 Chambers"
The Gza - "Liquid Swordz"
I hope you didn't go by the reviews, but Large Professor - "1st Class"
Lootpack - "Soundpieces : Da Antidote"
Quasimoto - "The Unseen"
Jeru Tha Damaja - "The Sun Rises In The East" (especially on "Can't Stop The Prophet") man, Premier and Jeru made a movie for the blind with that one.
Jeru Tha Damaja - "The Wrath of the Math" (it says on the cover..."This album was created to SAVE hip-hop and the minds of those who listen to it"...and that's exactly what it did.)
Nas - "Illmatic"
Nas - "It Was Written" (my favorite Nas album)
Hell, even the first BattleAxe Warriors Compilation was dope. I like to refer to it as "skateboard music"
Oh yeah... can't forget about El-P's "Fantastic Damage" on some new-skool underground b-boy hip-hop sh*t.
And Mr. Lif's "IPhantom" album if you really like to trip off of production.

That's all I can think of for right now. I gotta take a piss.

crz....love the list, but fantastic damage was some garbagio

The Beastie Boys- "Anthology" (It had that book with it that had a backstory for every song. Dope stuff.)

The Creators- "The Weight"
Gangstarr- "Moment of truth"
Reflection Eternal- "Train of Thought"
The Blackstar album
Blackalicious- "Nia" & "Blazing Arrow"
Jurassic 5- "Ep"
Outkast- "ATLiens"
Dr. Dre- "Chronic 2001"
and several others.

FanDam Plus - the instrumental version en2.

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

Makes me wanna dig out the old adidas shell toes & a piece of Lino..

Gotta mention Grand Master Flash - Scorpio.. Man that tune is the BOMB!

Good thread.

I dj'd for ages before getting into production, but as I look at some of my records this lot definitely influenced me early on.

Onyx - Bacdafucup
Gangstarr - Step In the Arena
Gangstarr - Hard 2 Earn
Mobb Deep - Infamous
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth
EPMD - Business as Usual
EPMD - Business Never Personnel
ATCQ - Instictive Travels
ATCQ - Midnight Maruders
Pr and CL - Mecca and teh Soul Brother
Pr and CL - The Main Ingriedient
PE - Fear of a Black Planet
PE - Apocolypse Now

first and foremost:

dj shadow - endtroducing

first i heard it was like 6 years ago and it still blows my mind! great sampling, fat beats, and a unique soundscale. truly excellent.

all the stuff from jaydee:

welcome to detroit
fantastic
frank 'n dank 48 hours

madlib:

1/2 jaylib
madvillain

neptunes:

kelis' kaleidoscope
nerd's first one

rza:

wu-tang forever
enter the 36 chambers
liquid swords (!!)

mumbles:

aceyalone: book of human language
solo tracks


there's more, these are first ones i can think of

HAHAHA! OK where do I start!?

Growing Up
01. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
02. A Tribe Called Quest - Beats Rhymes & Life
03. Biggie Smalls - Ready To Die
04. Biggie Smalls - Life After Death
05. Jay-Z - Unreasonable Doubt
06. Smif n Wessun - Dah Shinin
07. Mobb Deep - Infamous
08. De La Soul - ALL ALBUMS!
09. Slum Village - ALL ALBUMS!

Nowadays What Inspries Me
10. Hate to say it but Kanye West - College Drop Out
11. Jill Scot, Musiq SoulChild, John Legend
12. Musical Stuff, all that NOISE dont do it for me.

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Penfold wrote:HAHAHA! OK where do I start!?

Growing Up
01. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
02. A Tribe Called Quest - Beats Rhymes & Life
03. Biggie Smalls - Ready To Die
04. Biggie Smalls - Life After Death
05. Jay-Z - Unreasonable Doubt
06. Smif n Wessun - Dah Shinin
07. Mobb Deep - Infamous
08. De La Soul - ALL ALBUMS!
09. Slum Village - ALL ALBUMS!

Nowadays What Inspries Me
10. Hate to say it but Kanye West - College Drop Out
11. Jill Scot, Musiq SoulChild, John Legend
12. Musical Stuff, all that NOISE dont do it for me.

-1-

I gotta question the Resonable Doubt. the Beat on there were
if you know what I mean

too many to mention, but there is two albums that made me buy my first mpc

Modus Operandi - Photek

Black Science - teeBee & K

Onyx - Bacdafucup era

Fugees-The Score...Diamond D did a joint on there of course!