Vibe has launched a tournament (of sorts) aimed at selecting the greatest hip-hop producer of all-time based on online polls. Interestingly, while most of the 64 entrants are solo producers, they've lumped Diddy and The Hitmen together.

They have further quantified this as Sean "Diddy" Combs, Chucky Thompson, Steven "Stevie J" Jordan, Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Nashiem Myrick, Carlos "6 July" Broady, Jeffery "J-Dub" Walker, Yogi, Sean C & LV, Harve "Joe Hooker" Pierre, Mario "Yellowman" Winans, Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie, Richard "Younglord" Frierson, Steve "Rhythm" Clarke and Daven "Prestige" Vanderpool. (Steve "Rhythm" Clarke? I've never heard that before. Looking into it.)

Honestly, when you lump all of those people together, I find it hard to believe that most of the others have much of a chance. Just match up the pedigree, song by song, of those people while they were under The Hitmen banner. It's weird to pit more than a dozen people against one.

This is mainly a promotion to generate traffic and chatter, as lists are always controversial. But, why not vote, anyway. You can vote for Diddy by going to the Vibe site and clicking on Diddy's image.