Khayree is the Best Producer in Rap History

Khayree is the best producer in rap history. I know that’s a bold statement. Believe me, I do… But this isn’t click bait… this is how I feel. Khayree’s production opened my ears to what a “hip hop beat” or a “rap beat” could sound like… Khayree showed me how live instrumentation could open up a song and turn it into something I never thought it could be. Khayree would also bring the best out of the artists he worked with. That early Mac Dre and Khayree work had me like a feign trying to get my hands on one of the cassettes.

While “California Livin” was the track that got me, it was that Young Black Brotha album that had me in awe. It was Mac Dre on the raps… Khayree on the production. And it was put out on Khayree’s independent record label, Young Black Brotha Records. These guys were all pushing their art independently which eventually led to wider distribution under Atlantic but still… these artists were building buzz quickly up and down Cali and tracks like “Gift 2 Gab” just made me want to listen over and over again.

After hearing that Young Black Brotha album, I knew I would be looking for anything that came out on this record label, Young Black Brotha Records or how most knew them, YBB. While I loved Mac Dre and thought he was ahead of time with his raps, it was that Khayree production that kept me wanting to hear more beats… and for a 4 - 5 year stretch in the 90’s, Khayree some of the best 90s underground rap beats you heard or ever will hear. When “All About My Fetti” dropped on Rap City in the Mid90s???!??!??! Ray Luv, Mac Mall, Young Lay, and the crew absolutely murder it. Khayree on that hook though??? Whoa… This was a money motivation song with some pimp shit on the hook… my ears were like yeah… we need to hear more of this.

This Mac Mall track with Khayree on the beat? 2Pac directed the video for free because he believed in the crew and just wanted to support. That’s love… And this track? It moved me just as much as Too $hort’s “The Ghetto” did but I felt Mac Mall was more my age and my vibe… The video really spoke to me and told me about the world. There was no internet… there were just schoolbooks and the nightly news that fed us stories. But the stories that came out of these cassettes was everything to me… is everything to me. Mac Mall helped me grow up at a time when my Walkman was my best friend. Mac Mall helped me understand what different parts of California were like… And I just felt sad hearing this track… but then it was so uplifting… i’ve never been a religious person but Khayree’s production was church to me.

Go over to that Dubee the Sugawolf Pimp album that Khayree did and just let the whole thing play all day for you… okay… not all day… but let it get 2 runs front to back… don’t even shuffle… just let it play… there are no skips… the production keeps you engaged… Dubee’s delivery is one of the best I can honestly remember on a rap album… Khayree and Dubee were gold… have you listened to that album lately tho??? Please… go do… alright… Khayree on the beat and Dubee on the rhymes… LISTEN TO THIS HOOK BY KHAYREE!!!! This track is a wave.

Ray Luv and Khayree? Go listen to “Last Nite” and tell me it doesn’t make you feel something… Khayree made amazing music… man his beats were good… real talk… who is better than khayree other than DJ Quik? Premier is there for sure… Doom was great.. Dilla… Q-Tip… Ye… Alchemist… I still take Khayree… I really do.

Khayree and Young Lay… Whoa… Khayree’s production with a stutter-flow rapper like Lay? Brilliant… Remember.. This was Khayree’s record label as well… He positioned his business in the most gangster way of all time… I’ll always salute him for that. Khayree needs a documentary… Khayree needs his flowers.

Go listen to Dubee and Khayree on this and thank me later… Khayree on the hook again??? This beat… This vibe… The way this makes you feel… love all of this.

Khayree and Pac??!??!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Khayree and The Mac in 1988… Can’t forget about The Mac as none of this movement happens without The Mac. These early elements of The Mac developed into Mac Dre and the other artists Khayree worked with… Khayree was the mastermind behind the business…. and he made the beats… and he sung the hooks… Khayree is a goat.

I think he just disappeared though right? Walked away from the business and just disappeared into the night? It’s a crazy story… Again… there needs to be a documentary on this done by Dregs One… or wait… did Dregs One already do this? Regardless, we need Khayree in hip hop… he’s too important of an artist to just have him disappear like that… those YBB releases are so good… front to back… up there with Death Row… yup… Young Black Brotha Records is up there with Death Row Records…

How many unreleased tracks do you think Khayree has in the vaults though? And why isn’t the Young Lay album to be streamed? Where is Khayree? He is the dopest… Again… just listen…

“Crestside” from Mac Mall and Khayree though….

Who would be my dream producer to work with? It’s Khayree fam… no doubt. Khayree… hope you’re good fam… you touched a lot of people’s lives with your music and I just want you to know this.