1 Pete Rock
2 J Dilla
3 Dr. Dre
4 Nicolay
5 Kev Brown
My favorite beatmaker is Pete Rock.
Prem is prob #1 DJ/Producer cause of his scratches over his beats.
But composition-wise Pete Rock is the greatest.
He's the best at sampling to IMO.
Petestrumentals is my #1 inspiration for making beats.
The sampling techniques like filtering. and the basslines he adds and other instruments is just insane.
@tomkillsjerry I am a big El-P fan as well. I like his early Company Flow stuff more than anything else, although he was dope on the Run the Jewels album too.