▁beat ▁or ▁musical ▁composition ▁and ▁its ▁composer ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁a ▁programmer , ▁song writer ▁or ▁beat ▁mak er . ▁In ▁the ▁studio , ▁a ▁hip ▁hop ▁producer ▁often ▁functions ▁as ▁a ▁both ▁the ▁composer ▁that ▁compos es ▁the ▁musical ▁track ▁and ▁traditional ▁record ▁producer , ▁as ▁the ▁orch estr ator ▁like ▁P . ▁D idd y ▁being ▁the ▁person ▁who ▁is ▁ultimately ▁responsible ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁sound ▁of ▁a ▁recording , ▁for ▁gu iding ▁the ▁artists ▁and ▁perform ers ▁and ▁giving ▁advice ▁to ▁the ▁audio ▁engineer ▁on ▁the ▁selection ▁of ▁micro ph ones ▁and ▁effects ▁process ors ▁and ▁on ▁how ▁to ▁mix ▁the ▁levels ▁of ▁the ▁vocals ▁and ▁instrument als . ▁Since ▁H ip ▁hop ▁produ cers ▁are ▁Hy brid ▁Produ cers , ▁they ▁are ▁known ▁as ▁Record ▁Produ cer ▁/ ▁Song writ ers , ▁that ' s ▁we aring ▁two ▁h ats ▁as ▁the ▁lik es ▁of ▁Ph ar rell ▁Williams , ▁J . R . ▁Rot em , ▁Tr icky ▁Stewart , ▁Ted dy ▁R iley , ▁Bry an - Michael ▁C ox , ▁Rod ney ▁Jer kins , ▁Dr . ▁Dre , ▁Scott ▁St orch ▁, ▁Tim bal and ▁etc . ▁ ▁Produ cer ▁tags ▁ ▁Modern ▁produ cers ▁commonly ▁use ▁producer ▁tags , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁audio ▁tags , ▁musical ▁tags ▁or ▁simply ▁tags . ▁They ▁function ▁as ▁a ▁wat erm ark ▁for ▁produ cers ▁and ▁beat m akers ▁to ▁make ▁sure ▁that ▁they ▁are ▁given ▁credit . ▁These ▁can ▁range ▁from ▁produ cers ▁( or ▁artists