hip hop and hip hop dj's have been of great inspiration for plenty of us when we make our own tracks.

i'd like to know what producers/dj's you admire the most. also this thread is a good way to get new hip hop for people like me who got stuck on 95 as my chart will show.

mine would be

1. primo
2. dr dre
3. butterfly from digable planets
4. prodigy from mobb deep
5. rza
6. atq
7. scarface or whoever produces his tracks
8. 8 ball, mjg
9. erik b
10. hank shocklee

In no order

Prefuse 73
DJ Shadow
Madlib aka Quasimoto
MF Doom
Neptunes

Yeah, I second the Nuptunes!

I don't know if I qualify as an EM Person, but my favorites are

A Tribe Called Quest
The Beatnigs
Busdriver
The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
MF Doom
The Herbaliser
Aesop Rock
Blackalicious
Atmosphere
Sage Francis
Cannibal Ox
Dälek
General Patton vs The X-Ecutioners
DJ Shadow
Prefuse 73
Kid606

And MF Grimm now.

Minus the Shadow and Neptunes and yea. Para One is freaking awasome as well.

Damn I edited it when I wanted to quote it...Just wanted to make note of the addition of MF Grimm.

Just discovered Murs, very cool music.

Prefuse 73
Cut Chemist and Numark from Jurassic 5
DJ Shadow
Dan the Automater
Blockhead
People Under the Stairs..........I dunno which of them produce the tracks, but alot of them are damn good.

basically anyone on the definitive jux, anticon or Mush labels.

Yes I forgot him as well.