Via | HipHopDX
Beats produced by Dr. Dre and The Neptunes are included on the list.
Billboard created a list of “The 10 Greatest Hip-Hop Beats of All Time.”
The site says it looked for production that “stood the test of time.” It says that part of what makes a beat great is pairing it with “just the right rapper to complement it.” Each beat listed is made by a different producer or team.
The Neptunes are given the #8 position for their work on Snoop Dogg‘s “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” Besides crafting the beat alongside Chad Hugo, Pharrell has a verse on the track.
“With ‘Drop It like It’s Hot,’ the Virginia duo provided a breathable landscape comprised of fingersnaps, mouth clicks and a Juno 106 synth,” the site says, “that combined to form a beat that harnessed the pure keyboard sounds of the ’70s and surrounded it with highly experimental percussion that paid off.”
Dr. Dre receives the nod at #4 for his self-produced track, ““Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang,” which features Snoop Dogg.
“Dr. Dre has consistently doled out classic beats for his own albums as well as sets from a wide range of artists like Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani and Eminem,” Billboard says. “Nothing epitomized the West Coast G-Funk sound more than ‘Nuthin’ but a “G” Thang,’ which established instrumental and percussive conventions that still dominate the area’s sound today.”
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