sample-happy producers with mediocre raps who were at one point or another the biggest star in hip hop

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there are other arguable candidates but imo these are the big 4

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Dr. Dre	12
Kanye West	5
Puff Daddy	3
Wyclef Jean	0

― some dude, Friday, 20 February 2009 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

Dr. Dre
Puff Daddy
Wyclef Jean
Kanye West

^this is probably the order I'd rank them in as well

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:04 (seventeen years ago)

cosign w/ peter one dart manley

dre is dope as long as hes got a ghost and puff can rip a track with a good writer too - just look at him beastin the 1st verse on benjamins

― harry s tfuman (and what), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:06 (seventeen years ago)

"Which rapper kicks a ghostwritten verse best" is probably a decent talking point as well.

― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:07 (seventeen years ago)

I vote Puff Daddy for just all-around douchiness. Plus, his raps were just never any good. At least Dre can point to The Chronic as an example of kickass production with fairly solid raps and plenty of talented guests to keep him in the straight and narrow. Plus, Puffy couldn't even keep his mouth shut when Biggie was alive. The weird edgewise murmuring in the background all over Ready To Die is the only thing marring that record.

― Stefanthenautilus, Friday, 20 February 2009 19:15 (seventeen years ago)

Plus, I need to stop saying "plus".

― Stefanthenautilus, Friday, 20 February 2009 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

welcome to ilm

― harry s tfuman (and what), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:16 (seventeen years ago)

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― Peter "One Dart" Manley (The stickman from the hilarious xkcd comics), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:18 (seventeen years ago)

Stefanthenautilus i never said "vote for the worst"

― some dude, Friday, 20 February 2009 19:19 (seventeen years ago)

what about madlib

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:21 (seventeen years ago)

oh yeah i forgot the time madlib had a multi-platinum album

― The Fursuit of Happiness (some dude), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:21 (seventeen years ago)

its a poll of rappers, what would be voting for besides the worst?

― harry s tfuman (and what), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:21 (seventeen years ago)

who cares its all music

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:22 (seventeen years ago)

dilla would count more than madlib

― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:23 (seventeen years ago)

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:23 (seventeen years ago)

yeah probably

― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:23 (seventeen years ago)

you guys have my blessing to put together a "sample-happy producers with mediocre raps who never went plat" poll if you want

― The Fursuit of Happiness (some dude), Friday, 20 February 2009 19:23 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 00:02 (seventeen years ago)

No Timbo?

― THESE ARE MY FEELINGS! FEEL MY FEELINGS! (I eat cannibals), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:29 (seventeen years ago)

not really 'sample-happy'

― deej da 5'9 (deej), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:38 (seventeen years ago)

and I think the point is that all four of the choices were stars for rappin', not just producin'.

― f f murray abraham (G00blar), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 01:43 (seventeen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 00:01 (seventeen years ago)

lol poor clef

― arsehole art is a subject of great personal interest to me (some dude), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:17 (seventeen years ago)

Diddy is just generally amazing tho what about this deal he did with Ciroc vodka damn

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:21 (seventeen years ago)

I kind of respect diddy for managing to mess up the career of pretty much everyone ever signed to bad boy besides himself

― pussy spread like the rainbow (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:23 (seventeen years ago)

totally missed this poll... dre then kanye, clef is out of his league here imo

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 25 February 2009 01:25 (seventeen years ago)

^^^

― I CAN'T TAKE THE RONG!!! (The Reverend), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 05:19 (seventeen years ago)

Is Dre really "sample-happy"?

― Tuomas, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 09:34 (seventeen years ago)

Most of his stuff was original or replayed, but some of his largest hits are made from huge loops: Express Yourself from Watts 103rd, My Name Is from Labi Siffre, Next Episode from Axelrod.

― Bernard's Butter (sic), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 10:59 (seventeen years ago)

dre used blatantly obvious loops? yeah he used big chunks but it wasnt stuff that everyone in the entire world knew like wyclef and puffy or kanye.

― Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 11:40 (seventeen years ago)

P-Funk was plenty popular before G-Funk

― some dude, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:35 (seventeen years ago)

Next Episode from Axelrod

McCallum surely

― O Supermanchiros (blueski), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:36 (seventeen years ago)

prod by axelrod

btw how weird is it the dude from the axelrod next episode break can be seen nightly acting a fool on a jag spinoff with goth tail

― it's darn and ielle is hot (and what), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:42 (seventeen years ago)

it took me 10 minutes on wikipedia to parse that post but it was worth it

― acting a fool on a jag spinoff with goth tail (some dude), Wednesday, 25 February 2009 14:52 (seventeen years ago)

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