How about ummmmmm "Jazzy Phaye" or how ever you spell it!
It sounds like he stole alot of my beats and my joints be banging!
Nah, but on the real I like so many because they bring so many different styles. While many are into buying cd's and just playing them. I am very well into playing them, but pulling out the sleeve to see who is producing it, and listening closely to its production and critiquing what I consider the "Likes and Dislikes".......It depends on what you're looking for. People tend to mix production with the song itself and it is apples and oranges. To take a mediocre song and make it hot because of your creativity is what it is all about, what you bring to the table. It's not about just beat production, but an ear for how you want the song to be performed. (From the verses to the breaks to the bridge etc..........) Dre, Timberland, JD, and a host of others, are known to invite other musicians to their table of ideas. They have crews dedicated to the creation of ideas only, that makes their productivity easier. R kelly puts out bangers, he too has a good panel of idea givers. It's like Phil Jackson with the Bulls, "Good coach, but Great team"......
But my Final Answer is ........................."Drum Roll"..............................>>>>>>>>>>>
So as for productions I will go with someone who is old school and had only a two track recorder to lay down a whole album, now that's Gangster!