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Reply #30 posted 07/04/15 8:00am

duccichucka

purplethunder3121 said:

There is no such thing as the "best" of anything. lol It's all asubjective matter of opinion.

[Edited 6/26/15 17:23pm]


Good point. But someone trained in music composition, theory, and criticism could offer up an
intelligent and cogent opinion as to why one piece, or, in this case, music producer, ought to be
considered better or worse than another.

But good point, Purple.

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Reply #31 posted 07/04/15 10:39am

RJOrion
jimmy jam & terry lewis
brian holland, lamont dozier & eddie holland
maurice white & charles stepney
Prince


honorable mention

teddy riley
kashif
RZA
mic murphy & david frank (the system)
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Reply #32 posted 07/04/15 10:49am

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ion

RJOrion said:

jimmy jam & terry lewis
brian holland, lamont dozier & eddie holland
maurice white & charles stepney
Prince


honorable mention

teddy riley
kashif
RZA
mic murphy & david frank (the system)
No Quincy Jones?
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Reply #33 posted 07/04/15 11:39am

MickyDolenz

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funkaholic1972 said:

So many great hits...

Mutt Lange had a lot of hits too with Def Leppard, Billy Ocean, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, AC/DC, The Cars, Foreigner, Maroon 5, etc. Then there's Jay Graydon who was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Westcoast sound. David Foster produced or collaborated with a lot of popular acts too. Then there's Arif Mardin, Quincy Jones, Creed Taylor, Don Davis, Bob Rock, John Hammond, Willie Mitchell, Teo Macero, Narada Michael Walden, Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Arthur Baker, Ted Templeman, & the Mizell Brothers.

You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #34 posted 07/04/15 7:32pm

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MickyDolenz said:

funkaholic1972 said:

So many great hits...

Mutt Lange had a lot of hits too with Def Leppard, Billy Ocean, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, AC/DC, The Cars, Foreigner, Maroon 5, etc. Then there's Jay Graydon who was popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s with the Westcoast sound. David Foster produced or collaborated with a lot of popular acts too. Then there's Arif Mardin, Quincy Jones, Creed Taylor, Don Davis, Bob Rock, John Hammond, Willie Mitchell, *Teo Macero, Narada Michael Walden, Norman Whitfield, Smokey Robinson, Arthur Baker, Ted Templeman, & the Mizell Brothers.

Lee Hazlewood, Ron Barrett, Jerry Wexler, Jimmy Miller, Tom Dowd, Sam Philips, Berry Gordy, * Teo Macero, Chris Thomas, Daniel Lonois, Airif Mardin, Rick Rubin, Nile Rogers, Joe Meek, John Hammond, Phil Ramone,

I don't have the time to break down what these brilliant men did for artist and they music the recorded.


As I've said before, No.

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Reply #35 posted 07/04/15 11:28pm

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Their run is very impressive. They could very well be the best of their era.

No doubt they were the most sought after producers during their run. Of course

LA and Face were second. As far as being the best ever it's definitely subjective and

I don't care to read through a list of producers that I don't know or

care to know.

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Reply #36 posted 07/05/15 12:36am

NorthC
How about Rick Rubin? Someone who can produce artists as diverse as Run DMC, Slayer, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Johnny Cash deserves to be on this list!
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Reply #37 posted 07/05/15 9:00am

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phunkdaddy said:

Their run is very impressive. They could very well be the best of their era.

No doubt they were the most sought after producers during their run. Of course

LA and Face were second. As far as being the best ever it's definitely subjective and

I don't care to read through a list of producers that I don't know or

care to know.

I think the writer of the article shares your point of view. confused This reminds me of the "best" list R.S. magazine does from time to time. Folks making clueless assumptions... their time of reference is somewhere between 5 years of age and middle-age. Myopic.

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Reply #38 posted 07/05/15 9:53am

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TD3 said:



phunkdaddy said:


Their run is very impressive. They could very well be the best of their era.


No doubt they were the most sought after producers during their run. Of course


LA and Face were second. As far as being the best ever it's definitely subjective and


I don't care to read through a list of producers that I don't know or


care to know.






I think the writer of the article shares your point of view. confused This reminds me of the "best" list R.S. magazine does from time to time. Folks making clueless assumptions... their time of reference is somewhere between 5 years of age and middle-age. Myopic.








It happens all the time in entertainment whether it be music or sports.
And it's all designed to do what we all do here get people to talking and debating. lol
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Reply #39 posted 07/06/15 10:07pm

Abdul

phunkdaddy said:


I didn't know Prince produced Colonel Abrams. lol

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Reply #40 posted 07/15/15 7:56am

duccichucka

I don't know how to quantify or qualify "best ever" but here are my favorite producers:

Willie Mitchell
Raphael Saadiq

DeVante Swing
Brendan O'Brien
Brian Wilson
Prince
Maurice White


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