Format Details:
Format Details:
Release Date: 23 June 2015
Label: Mello Music Group
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 888608665865
Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop
Release Date: 19 July 2024
Label: Mello Music Group
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 634457177376
Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop
Description
"I was trying to be you" J DIlla
Record producer, DJ and rapper, Pete Rock rose to prominence in the early 1990's as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. After the duo went their separate ways, Rock continued with a solo career that has garnered him worldwide respect.
Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Gang Starr, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip hop music (also known as jazz rap). He is widely recognised as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time and is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier, the RZA and J Dilla as one of the mainstays of 1990's East Coast hip hop production. He is also the older brother and younger cousin, respectively, of rappers Grap Luva and the late Heavy D.
The evidence of Pete Rock's legacy bangs in his latest opus, 'Petestrumentals 2', the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record. It marks the legend's first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that has expanded upon his legacy.
'Petestrumentals 2' conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70's Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. You see and hear the full range of Rock's gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies.
This is the latest chapter - an even 20 slaps and rhythmic levitations. It's Pete Rock at his best, accelerating and kicking cosmic slop, extending wishes, hope, love, gritty drums and eternal wonder.
Description
Pete Rock is the man who J Dilla told, "I wanted to be like you" Kanye once called himself the "new Pete Rock" But the original Pete Rock remains permanently vital - The evidence bangs in his latest opus, Petestrumentals 2, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record - It marks the legend's first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that's expanded upon his legacy.
Petestrumentals 2 conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70s Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. There's a gorgeous requiem to Dilla ("Dilla Bounce (R.I.P)," where the originator pays tribute to the prodigy. You see the full range of Rock's gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies.
An even 20 slaps and rhythmic levitations. It's Pete Rock at his best, accelerating and kicking cosmic slop, extending wishes, hope, love, gritty drums and eternal wonder.
This special 24 for '24 Artist Series Edition is a one time pressing on metallic gold vinyl w/ original KipDaFog oil painted cover art.
Tracklisting
Tracklisting
The Left & Apollo Brown
Philmore Greene
Apollo Brown & Skyzoo
Blvck Spvde & The Cosmos
Jabee
Fr1th
Ariel
Jordan Hamilton
Various Artists
Pete Rock
Pete Rock
Pete Rock
