Trackmasters- Top 10 Beats

Here at BeatGrade we decided to do our own Top Ten series of great producers. This feature is the legendary Trackmasters. They controlled the mainstream Hip Hop charts in the early 2000's. The Trackmasters also known as Poke & Tone is an American hip hop production duo. Throughout their career they have worked with various hip-hop and R&B artists including Will Smith, R. Kelly, Nas, Jay-Z, Cam'ron, Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey, The Notorious B.I.G. and 50 Cent.
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[@kayk3639]

these beats make you realise how much of an art Hip Hop was back in the day... don't even know what it is rite now tho. Everything is so well thought out and made with feeling, the intent was always to produce something innovative and exceptional

[@allanreese2761]

Poke & Tone were like the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis of hip hop, during the 90s and early 2000's.

[@irRASSINal1]

Facts

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

Juicy is missing on this list

[@marcelsmith4611]

I agree with you 💯%

[@lartisan6274]

poke who ?

[@Killakane77]

Tone and Poke put in so much work in the 90s.

[@shauncameron8390]

They laid the foundation for how New York hip hop sounded for the rest of the 90's. They took Nas's career to new heights. Made a star out of Foxy Brown, Revived LL Cool J's career. Produced most of Biggie's 1st album and helped get his career off the ground.

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

@@shauncameron8390 They only produced 3 songs from Biggie, not most that you're exaggerating about.

[@uniquelyme3581]

​@@shauncameron8390Easy Mo Be produced the majority of Biggies first Album.

[@jlonzo8]

They mastered the art of blending hard bass lines/kicks with smooth scales and subtle percussive fillings.

[@Dino_TheGreek]

Let's just say it what it is.. Poke N' Tone shaped a MASSIVE part of our Hip-Hop thru mid 90s-05s

[@SuperFunkykool]

I think they did do some rnb joints too esp with R.Kelly

[@npc2k]

🔥 🔥 they have their own distinct sound. Nas bodied every single of these tracks he was on.

[@jakubborkowski2812]

hate me now was weak

[@BlackenedLiam]

@@jakubborkowski2812 Definitely not

[@kingmotley504]

Man that message be rangin on surround sound

[@BlackenedLiam]

@Mal Agreed, they still have Phenomenal HIPHOP Tracks like Shootouts, The Message, Hate Me Now, The Rise & Fall, Fetus.

[@BlackenedLiam]

@Mal I forgot about I Shot Ya, haven't heard that joint in a while but i agree that is fire. Affirmative is cool but i was never big on that beat.

[@leont4944]

They had SO MANY amazing tracks with LL, Nas, Jay Z, 50 Cent, Fabolous and the list goes on and on and on. LEGENDS!!!

[@rogierdevries3469]

As a dj during the nineties early 2000, you know that a trackmasters jam would keep the crowd on the dancefloor.

[@Trill104]

I hate to say this, but I’m a huge fan of Trackmasters and some of their best shit was with Will Smith Lmao Yes Yes Y’all is one of the dopest Isley Brothers samples I’ve heard. I do understand why they would skip over Will’s catalog tho; Dude was a walking commercial but Trackmasters gave him some top notch beats.

[@theodorebelmont7922]

As more a west coast fan, I loved Trackmasters in the late 90s. One of the best beatmakers from the East Coast

[@grinchoi1]

Trackmasters deserve their flowers. I feel like they sadly became a footnote as the years went on. They had a great run and dominated the charts for a good minute…and a side note: how the hell is “I Shot Ya” not listed here?!?!

[@kayk3639]

word, there's a reason so many freestyles are done over that beat

[@12BITSOUL]

nyshiem myrick producer Who Shot Ya

[@kayk3639]

@@12BITSOUL I shot ya != who shot ya

[@grinchoi1]

@@12BITSOULLL Cool J- I Shot Ya. Not Biggie - WHO shot ya

[@ShaunyKnuckles]

Whoever picked these beats is a Nas fan. They need a part 2

[@musamohammed7599]

😅😅

[@Mr.Memphis10]

😂😂😂😂

[@Bagheera_Smoov]

Dude! 🥴😂😂😭

[@ShaunyKnuckles]

Am I lying??

[@silent1267]

Who not a nas fan tho

[@justingreaves6769]

That street dreams takes me back to 98 every time and I always assumed puffy did hate me now, learned something new

[@blue9multimediagroup]

Puff never made beats. He just supervised how they were set up. It was always other people that actually made the beats.

[@joserangel2064]

LL COOL J - I SHOT YA JAYZ/ R.KELLY - FIESTA SOUL FOR REAL - CANDY RAIN should have been easily been on this list

[@spennysatdennys8143]

Yea plus biggie juicy

[@terucks]

and Hey Lover with LL

[@tbtnr9851]

Most of the Mr Smith album

[@anthonyjasi7528]

For those asking, Get you home was produced by both Trackmasters & Teddy Riley.

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

Get You Home (produced by Teddy Riley & Get Me Home (produced by The Trackmasters) are two different songs

[@twizzum5]

These dudes were a big part of my childhood

[@lexdeejzaletsgetgroovy4454]

Ll Cool J and Trackmasterz were very solid. They understood each other

[@undagroundvangerzmusic]

Trackmasters=the Art of the Groove HIP HOP!!! 💯💥✌️😎✌️💥💥

[@ElkommandanteR15]

some of the smoothest East Coast producers

[@shawnsteed4140]

In the future can you do "Teddy Riley" I know he's known for R&B beats, but "Teddy Riley" was a huge part of Hip Hip and making some of the dopiest beats as well if you look closely 😎

[@Red5ive]

Super underrated. All the joints they did on Power of the Dollar for 50 too 🔥🔥🔥

[@booshine187]

Tru

[@mbaabumuriungi7830]

One of my best all time production duo 🏆💎🏆

[@mauriceartis7134]

Wow. All i can say is long overdue or about dam time. This is what made the east coast the east coast. Right along side of the Premos and easy mo bees. Im feom Texas but im east coast hip hop til i DIE

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

i wouldn't say that, they have always been on commercial tip they don't define East Coast to me

[@sevendsdirector4661]

@@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP fr RZA (and the wu production team), pete rock, havoc, and q tip (and the ummah iykyk)

[@BooneLuleyo]

I love Executive Decision for The Firm.

[@user-lz2bw8iu3w]

My No.1 is "I shot ya(remix)" by LL Cool J feat.Keith Murray,Prodigy,Fat Joe & Foxy Brown

[@theodorebelmont7922]

Get you home with Foxy Brown is such a nice smooth upbeat.

[@anthonymcmillan8273]

They should've added N.O.R.E' self titled song off his first album. That beat was HARD AF!!

[@christianfischer9388]

The whole album is great.

[@Omowalemayasa]

They made classics with 50 cent and Kool G rap too..this needs a part 2 🔥🔥🔥

[@abelchristian951]

These guys are so underrated

[@ray45king84]

Sounds like my childhood

[@prof3ssor178]

Same.. exactly 💯

[@BlackenedLiam]

Alot of Nas in here

[@Beatgrade]

They gave their best beats to Nas

[@BlackenedLiam]

@@Beatgrade true

[@SEANLJOHNSONSR]

Tone and poke had that 🔥

[@jerzeysoulja]

Dope beats! Nas ripped a lot of these joints! Salute!

[@wataki2]

I like nearly all of these... very nice

[@Seanljohnsonsr007]

They were killing it

[@Zimbabwe.]

*TRACKMASTERS - Tailor made beats - These were the beat and remix Masters - So fluent is Melodic piano sounds tasty for the ear*

[@hershey5790]

These dominated the 90s 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jasongold708]

Might as well made this a Top Ten Tone and Poke Nas beats. They worked with SO MANY other artists. It's easy to find 10 artists that they've done tracks for. I'm gonna leave out the few that made the list. Chubb Rock Billy Lawrence R. Kelly Cam'ron Soul 4 Real Amerie N.O.R.E Jlo Fabulous Rhianna

[@Droppinboze1]

Wish nas would have used them more. All of their beats he used were his best tracks

[@Burst644]

Lowkey true, like the message and shootouts for example.

[@CHEEKSWHITE]

All they beats fire 🔥 whoa these 2 dam near better then everybody out

[@user-li2ki4pm4e]

Trackmasters probably one of the most prolific party songs and street anthem brats that put together prolific sounds i tell the young take your time dig in those crates

[@You-better-love-somebody]

Trackmasters hip hop and rb hits!!

[@kiddkevo]

Loungin' was their best work!!

[@undagroundvangerzmusic]

Hesitate.... The Message is great too... Hate me Now.... Also!!!

[@sama9422]

So fresh

[@alb7844]

Message is definitely a great production 🔥

[@YoungMannie92]

Damn, How did LL Cool J doing it not make the list

[@user-ok2hn5ek2f]

There sound helped make hip hop more global

[@CDMESD]

People tried to call their beats wack but these tracks were the joints. It was written was an album I would listen all the way through on.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

Who ever tried to call their beats wack? These dudes were respected hit makers throughout the industry

[@julianrhodes6968]

On God it's probably my favorite Nas album next to illmatic

[@spr1nttt]

The Message 💣

[@NemoHoes]

They snare hit hard

[@rogermoore27]

Definitely Trackmasters! 💪💪💪

[@warprimeminister]

Street Dreams Rmx….never will get old

[@andersonarcher3620]

They was special

[@Autoshyne79]

There beats 🎧 Hit hard it will never be same like Queens in 90’s

[@Queen_Lady_Rose]

I Love it ❤

[@TheNatedoggva]

Didn't know they produced these!!! Gotta re-do my top 5 producers now 😂

[@rohanvishwakarma2036]

How can you forget you ain't no gangster by 50 cents

[@9hunnitonthabeat690]

Certified Heat each track 🔥🔥🔥

[@whalley723]

I so much love everything from track master

[@rogermoore27]

Excellent compilation. I can't how many other hot tracks they have floating out there

[@CYARA209]

Lol Nas is my favorite rapper and I didn’t know they produced these songs. Just the street dreams remix because Nas says “trackmasters” in the beginning.

[@thedeeprot]

🔥🔥🔥

[@devgirl7208]

And these nice beats got paired up w/ the greatest MC the World has ever known - Nasty Nas!

[@jakubborkowski2812]

Poke & Tone got great works for Keisha Cole, LL Cool J, J.Lo, R. Kelly too.

[@leroyashley4478]

Yo it funny to see Gene Oliver, making beats for Grammy winning artists. Awesome, ask Gene how he got the cut on his forearm? Lol. We were flipping on mattresses in the cold pocket. It wasn't funny when it happened though. Wandered what happened to you when you and momz left , Glad to see you bro.

[@tbtnr9851]

They are the literal masters of smooth beats. Check out Mr Smith, they produced that whole album

[@NAMEKDENDE]

Classic production

[@edwinsegura7778]

Auntenticos genios y nadie les da él créditos que merecen realmente

[@gcmproductions3499]

Can you do one on johnny j 2pacs producer

[@kijungpaik8515]

Best of Me remix was always fire 🔥

[@googlemechuck4217]

And Vlad said Nas is the worst beat picker. Smh

[@joserangel2064]

Later on yes. I love Nas but I started to lose interest when he released street disciple album which had so many boring beats along God's son, the letter N or untitled, and life is beautiful album were boring. Surprisingly his collaboration with hitboy made him interesting.

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

@@joserangel2064 Street Disciples marked the decline of Nas' career

[@zolakhomo2596]

😄😄😄 I swear Vlad loves Nas man

[@jahterminatedlmao5473]

@@joserangel2064 nah life is good had hot beats on it. i also think hip hop is dead had some good beats and one of my favorite kanye beats ever (still dreaming)

[@s.linastaffords6744]

God Son had some hard a$$ beats… street disciple should have been 1 album not a double

[@the-real-rabizzlethedoctor]

Hate Me Now beat and Still Dre beat are the illest beats of the 21st century! The beats live forever and have been used in many a rap battles.

[@pawelkwiatkowski4567]

Loungin' - my favorite !!!!

[@Burst644]

Underrated asf

[@davidlessa8167]

If I ruled the world is my #1 and the street dreams would be my #2

[@chocolatechipslime]

What happened to them?

[@zolakhomo2596]

these guys blended incredibly with nas man & some fools say nas is the worst in picking up beats.

[@moketekeketsi8189]

Yup you right home boy 🇿🇦 Nas is the realest🤞

[@booshine187]

Dope luv from brooknam

[@shauncameron8390]

Where's Juicy by Biggie?

[@bassitabdul-rahman2629]

Someway but the original was produced by Pete Rock.

[@norakat]

#3 - Taken from Whodini, ‘Friends’ - producer Larry Smith

[@Mr.Memphis10]

Trackmasters definitely don't get the credit that they deserve which is a crime.

[@DB-115]

50 CENT- that ain't gangsta

[@kan50805]

How to rob or ghetto Quran

[@donovanpitts6907]

My dawg is a huge Nas fan 😂

[@travishall4740]

I've always thought their beats were really commercial but they're dope nonetheless.

[@thecunninlynguist]

they were/are..one of the reasons Nas went w/ them for IWW, he wanted to expand and have a more commercial sound after illmatic

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

They're balanced, making commerical and underground hits

[@travishall4740]

@@ALexander-ue3kj after listening again yes they are perfectly balanced

[@shauncameron8390]

They produced the majority of Biggie's 1st album.

[@teditron]

@@shauncameron8390 that was easy mo bee

[@killadawgs456]

I don’t know how that street dreams beat was number 10, should have been top 5 the least!

[@ilikespace]

Where the hell is Ill Street Blues?

[@12BITSOUL]

No Fiesta Fiesta?

[@deucei1c415]

Easki, Phonk Beta, Beanz and Kornbread, Mr Lee, happy perez,

[@Goodguy99781]

🔥🔥🔥🐐

[@MarquisDonaway]

Bias list we need part two

[@The_Garrett_White_Show]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@enzigenes]

Nore's Blood Money Part 2 is the hardest track they've ever made.

[@rondiejames528]

Track masters the 🐐

[@stephenheath8465]

I always said that their sound was a smoother/melodic version of Pete Rock/D.I.T.C

[@twizzymac9563]

Track masters vs the Neptunes. Battle of the century

[@ALexander-ue3kj]

That would be a crazy Verzuz

[@SEANLJOHNSONSR]

Track masters will murder them

[@notestradamus1977]

you guys need too do one on canadian producer team tone mason

[@xseedmusicalmutant515]

street dreamer should be number 2 on this list

[@mw488]

Do Rashad Smith or dj Kaygee next

[@kincamell]

Gratitude.

[@steve_santiago]

Hey Lover belongs here