Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz have both worked with some of Hip Hop’s most elite over the course of their careers, and they’ve now narrowed down their picks for greatest beatmakers of all time.
On a new episode of GOAT Talk that went live on Tuesday (December 19), the pair answered a series of questions about their personal favorites in music and beyond — among the flash cards was a prompt for “G.O.A.T. Producer.”
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“I’ma say Kanye,” 2 Chainz said after giving it some thought, whereas Tunechi followed up with: “Yeah, I got Mannie Fresh and Kanye West.”
Watch the Southern duo reveal who they consider the greatest across different fields and scenarios below:
Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz dropped Welcome 2 Collegrove in mid-November, which is a sequel to 2016’s Collegegrove.
In HipHopDX’s 3.9/5 review of the album, Alec Siegel wrote: “The album is sequenced like a blockbuster film, broken up by five scenes narrated by 50 Cent. Thematically, the songs don’t quite fit each scene (‘Crazy Thick’ should probably be filed under ‘Scene 3: Ladies Man’), but these brief interludes effectively frame the overall big-budget movie they’re screening.
“The album sounds expensive, and the production lineup reads like a Southern rap Hall of Fame: Mannie Fresh, DJ Toomp, Juicy J, and Mike Dean. Not to be outdone, New York luminary Havoc provides two of the album’s best beats on the ODB tribute ‘Shame’ and the aptly titled ‘Bars.’
“The production is one area where Chainz and Wayne clearly invested in much more than their first go-round. Aside from a few clunkers (the Miami bass-inspired ‘Crazy Thick’ and the forgettable ‘Crown Snatcher’), the beats sparkle. ‘Big Diamonds’ would fit snugly on any peak Big Tymers album, while ‘Long Story Short’ chops up Project Pat vocals into a unique, codeine meets boom-bap masterpiece.
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“Both rappers have always flourished over soulful production and Welcome 2 Collegrove is no exception: ‘P.P.A.,’ ‘Oprah & Gayle,’ and ‘Can’t Believe You,’ though wildly different in terms of subject matter, all coax out the best in the gravely toned rappers with smoother than mink coats instrumentals.”
