Hip Hop Beat Maker VS Hip Hop Producer

I thought that it would be useful to talk about the difference between a hip hop beat maker and a hip hop producer. At first glance they may appear to be very similar but then once you get just underneath the surface you realize they are different.
A hip hop beat maker is obviously a person who makes instrumentals, and hip hop music but a producer takes the job to the next level. A producer makes it his duty to work with the artists and to make sure that they are getting more than just a beat. A hip hop beat makers job stops after he is done making his music. Hip hop producers have the difficult job in communicating with rappers, recording rappers, and dealing with all things that come up when working with rap artists.
I took my thoughts to the hip hop forums on soundclick to see what other hip hop producers and beat makers had to say about this.
“What do you mean by “producer”? There’s kids who call themselves producers but just make instrumentals…Then there’s kids who call themselves producers and record noise, then there’s the guys who are producers who work with an artist to help them achieve their musical goal by creating the instrumentals, and working with them on how to achieve the proper vocal performance.”
“I think that a lot of us beat makers and producers what ever you want to call it are just trying to do what ever they can to make music and to show it to the world I mean… Its hard to produce an artist that lives 2000 miles away… I produce artists in my area because I can work with them one on one… Online its more about showcasing ones music and getting feed back or whatever your in the game for: money, fame, recognition. Just my two cents.”