10 Unheralded Producers Who Defined the Sound of 2000

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Following our Billboard staff-picked list of the 100 greatest songs of 2000, we're writing this week about some of the stories and trends that defined the year for us.

Here, we look back at 10 producers who aren't as well-remembered as the year's most biggest behind-the-decks names -- Timbaland, The Neptunes, Max Martin -- but who were still integral in crafting the year's sonic identity.

The world didn’t end in 2000; in fact, any new millennium anxiety was soon replaced by indelible career achievements for many folks in the music industry -- many of whose names have faded from the history books.

It’s a sad fact that though a song or album might be a celebrated fixture of the public’s imagination, the producers and songwriters behind the