Top 10 Producers of 2017

 

As promised, the 10 best boardsmen of 2017! Shoutout all the dope producers contributing beats and instrumentals to the hip hop community. This all would be lost without you right now. Hopefully one day soon peeps can realize how instrumental y’all truly are to this beautiful culture. Kick it!

 

10) Teddy Walton

Notable Feats: ‘Crew,’ DAMN., You Only Live 2wice, West EP, True to Self, Thinking Out Loud

 
 
 
 

9) Monte Booker

Notable Feats: Blkswn, ‘Kompany,’ ‘Baby Boy’ remix, ‘Drunk,’ ‘Mona Lisa,’ ‘Yellow +’

 
 
 
 

8) No I.D.

Notable Feats: 4:44, The Autobiography, Everybody, Paranoia: A True Story

 
 
 
 

7) Kirk Knight

Notable Feats: Nyck @ Knight, ‘Plain Jane,’ All-AmeriKKKan Bada$$, Black Noise, ‘Nandos,’ ‘Set Up’

 
 
 
 

6) Metro Boomin

Notable Feats: Without Warning, DropTopWop, Double or Nothing, I Decided, FUTURE, HNDRXX, Issa Album, Mr. Davis, ‘Fucc Outta Here,’ ‘In Charlotte,’ ‘No Complaints,’ ‘Iced Out My Arms,’ Perfect Timing, ‘Blue Pill,’ ‘Yellow,’ Rubba Band Business, C U L T U R E

 
 
 
 

5) Daringer

Notable Feats: ‘Gorilla Monsoon,’ G.O.A.T., Blue Chips 7000, Hitler on Steroids, Butcher on Steroids, Reject on Steroids, ‘RIP Bobby,’ More Steroids, ‘RAW IS FLYGOD,’ ‘Easter Gunday 2,’ Hitler Wears Hermes 5, ‘Bullet Club’

 
 
 
 

4) Statik Selektah

Notable Feats: 8, All-AmeriKKKan Bada$$, ‘How Many,’ ‘Love is Only a Feeling,’ ShowOff Radio, Anti-Hero, ‘500 Benz,’ What Happened to Fire?, A Time and Place, 508-507-2209, More Steroids, ‘Exorcism,’ ‘Too Lit’

 
 
 
 

3) Knxwledge

Notable Feats: WT.PRT10.8_, The Spook…, GREENTXTS.V1, Blue Chips 7000, Yes Lawd! Remixes, Rosebudd’s Revenge, WT​.​PRT​.​11_, HX11​.​8_, MEEK.VOL1_, WT​.​11_8, Tha Dark Shogunn Saga Vol. 2, Earl Sweatshirt & Knxwledge Stay Inside

 
 
 
 

2) The Alchemist

Notable Feats: The Good Book Volume 2., Fantasy Island EP, DAMN., ‘Throw it All Away,’ PACKS, French Blend, ‘Brand Name,’ Moving Parts, Hegelian Dialectic, Being You is Great I Wish I Could Be You More Often, ‘DOOMSAYERS,’ ‘Warning Shot,’ ‘Disrespekt,’ French Blend Pt. 2, ‘Fresh,’ ‘2Stings’

 
 
 
 
 
 

1) 9th Wonder

Notable Feats: Laila’s Wisdom, Myers Park, DAMN., Zion II, E 14th, Loyalty is Royalty, Selfish, The Lost Tapes, Jamla Records

 
 
 
 

Honorable Mention

Murda Beatz
Jonwayne
Mike Will Made It
Cam O’bi
Romil Hemnani
Pierre B’ourne
Terrace Martin
Ronny J
Tha God Fahim
DJ Khalil
Southside
Tyler, The Creator
Syk Sense
Cardo
Frost Gamble
Nottz
London on Da Track
Spaced Ghost
Mike Dean
randomblackdude
Budgie
Sonny Digital
ICYTWAT
DJ Dahi
Maaly Raw
Swell
K Swisha
Mulatto Beats
Calvin Harris

 
 

*more honorable mentions to possibly come*

 
 

 
 
 
 

images via Earl Sweatshirt, 9th Wonder, Red Bull Music Academy, 9th Wonder, Lee V., No I.D., The Code, Monte Booker, Kirk Knight, Daringer, Metro Boomin, Statik Selektah, The Alchemist, Knxwledge, Complex & All rightful photographers

 
 
 
 
 
 

– Benny P