Sandi that's funny cuz' I was just gettin' ready to add L.A. & "Face" to the list. You're in my head!

I'll have to add to list

the founders of Naked-Music: Dave Boonshoft & Jay Denes

funk dub & ambient guru - Bill Laswell

Brian Eno

Word up, KDP! And don't forgot on the side we have LA Reid and Babyface.

True dat Sandi...and while we're takin' it back, we gotta give it up for Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

Peace everyone. Here's my pick - some are already listed. Here goes...

4-Hero
Sly & Robbie
Quincy Jones
Dr. Dre
Diamond D
DJ Premier
Pete Rock
9th Wonder
DJ Jazzy Jeff (A Touch of Jazz)
DJ Spinna
Chucky Thompson
Neptunes
Bob Power (even tho he is one of my fave session engineer that dude sure can produce)
Rick Rubin
Mark 45 King
RZA
Marley Marl
MF Doom/Vikter Vaughn/King Geedoroh
Madlib
PeanutButterWolf
Prince Paul

I want to send a special shout out to Thomas McElroy & Denzil Foster. If it wasn't for these guys we wouldn't have EnVogue, Timex Social Club (Rumors) and Club Nouveau. Diggin' in the late 80s/early-mid 90s crate. For Sho

Poyser is that dude.

Mine:
Pete Rock
The Ummah (from a few years back)
Primo
Wajeed from PPP
R. Saadiq
Dilla
Kanye West
Karriem Riggins
BR Gunna (Slum Village)
Madlib
Supa Dave West
Jake One (Dude laced Gift of Gab's solo joint and De La Soul's last album)
MF DOOM

Can my man Hurby Luv Bug get some love. He was puttin' down hits back in the days: Salt-N-Pepa, Kid-N-Play, Dana Dane.

Fa sho' izisharp. How'd I forget Spinna & those other cats?!?! Like I said, so many hot producers right now.
---also gotta mention:

James Poysner
Marc de Clive-Lowe
Mark Farina

And I'm probably still forgetting some names...

Dilla and Madlib... the best of the last 10 years by far.

some others:
DJ Spinna
Neptunes
Dego
Domu
Timbaland
Showbiz

I can't believe you guys have left out:

Havoc of Mobb Deep

Even if you are not fan of the group, you have to give Havoc his props

DJ Premier
Steve Albini (says he's just a 'recording engineer', but who cares)
J-Dilla
Pet Rock
Dr. Dre
Madlib
Hi-Tek