Proposition: Rick Rubin is the greatest producer ever

Peter Harris · #1 10-20-2006, 10:32 AM

Yes, even moreso than George Martin.

Rubin has produced seminal works. From making poor artists good (Jay-Z - 99 Problems), to making good artists famous and excellent (Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill) to making excellent artists legendary (Cash - American Recordings I-V), this guy has seen it all from AC/DC to Saul Williams and stopoffs along Timberlake and Neil Diamond.

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I contend that there is no greater record producer who has ever worked, nor is there likely to be ever who could match the prolific _ongoing_ career that Rubin has. The scale, range and talent of Rubin's work floors me each time I stop to think about it.

Discuss.

chrusher97 · #2 10-20-2006, 02:13 PM

You forgot about Dr.Dre and The RZA

any artist or cd that dre touches becomes awesome.

Peter Harris · #3 10-20-2006, 03:48 PM

forget about dre [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

j/k he is great. but I still think Rubin trumps Dre. Discuss.

jester710 · #4 10-20-2006, 04:49 PM

Dre and RZA are great, yes, but they don't have nearly the range that Rubin has. The man can produce greatness in any genre. I have a hard time believing that Dre could've made better albums with Johnny Cash than Rubin did (although I'd like to listen to whatever they came up with).

kitaristi0 · #5 10-20-2006, 07:08 PM

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I stopped reading here.

Peter Harris · #6 10-20-2006, 07:46 PM

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Sorry, did i post this in OOT or the discussion room?

Let's get the debate going, not shut down...