Petestrumentals

Petestrumentals

ASIN: B00005AV09

Editorial Reviews
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There are two ways to approach this album. If you take it at its most literal--a collection of beats--there's a good chance that you'll find it damn snoozy. You never quite realize how monotonous and downright boring hip-hop tracks can be until you remove the lyrics and are subjected to four minutes of the same bars looping over and over. Pete Rock is a great producer, no question, but he doesn't do much to vary the pace, concocting an album's worth of mid-tempo grooves that go nowhere fast. Which, of course, is the pleasure of listening to it. This is music to stick in the background as you go about your daily routine--cruising in the car, chilling at home, weeding your garden, whatever. There's few better than Pete Rock to compose these simple sonic scores of relaxed, warm tracks that blend funk and a touch of jazz to perfection. There's hardly a flat beat anywhere to be found, and repetitive as they get, the endless, comfortable aural pleasure they give makes up the difference. --Oliver Wang

Product Description
The second solo release of recording artist/DJ/producer Pete Rock of Pete Rock and CL Smooth fame. A fusion of reggae, jazz, pop, rock and soul with a scattering of MC tracks. All three MC cuts feature a new crew called the UN (featuring Rock Marciano of Busta Rhymes posse - Flipmode Squad and more. Packaged in a unique gate-fold digipak. 2001 release.

Tracks:

A Little Soul
Play Dis Only At Night
Something Funky
For The People
Hip Hopcrisy
Smooth Sailing
Pete's Jazz
The Boss
Get Involved
Give It To Y'all
Walk On By
Cake
What You Waiting For
Nothin' Lesser (Jamie's Mix)
Bonus Track 15

Amazon.com

There are two ways to approach this album. If you take it at its most literal--a collection of beats--there's a good chance that you'll find it damn snoozy. You never quite realize how monotonous and downright boring hip-hop tracks can be until you remove the lyrics and are subjected to four minutes of the same bars looping over and over. Pete Rock is a great producer, no question, but he doesn't do much to vary the pace, concocting an album's worth of mid-tempo grooves that go nowhere fast. Which, of course, is the pleasure of listening to it. This is music to stick in the background as you go about your daily routine--cruising in the car, chilling at home, weeding your garden, whatever. There's few better than Pete Rock to compose these simple sonic scores of relaxed, warm tracks that blend funk and a touch of jazz to perfection. There's hardly a flat beat anywhere to be found, and repetitive as they get, the endless, comfortable aural pleasure they give makes up the difference. --Oliver Wang

Album Description

The second solo release of recording artist/DJ/producer Pete Rock of Pete Rock and CL Smooth fame. A fusion of reggae, jazz, pop, rock and soul with a scattering of MC tracks. All three MC cuts feature a new crew called the UN (featuring Rock Marciano of Busta Rhymes posse - Flipmode Squad and more. Packaged in a unique gate-fold digipak. 2001 release.

Album Details

In early 2000, Pete Rock agreed to produce an eclectic beats album that would reflect the rich variety of music he inherited from his father's record collection. The fusion of Reggae, Jazz, Pop, Folk, and Soul underline this intricate project and compliment the Hip-Hop formula. A scattering of MC tracks are present to whet the appetites of Pete's traditional fan base which feature a new crew called UN (Comprised of Rock Marciono of the Flipmode Squad and newcomers Divine, Godfree and Laku).

Customer Reviews:

Soul brotha #1.......2005-10-22

Pete Rock is the illest. Pete set the tone to follow for the entire jazzy-hip-hop esque scence. Petestrumentals is one of those albums you would play on your way to a spoken word session, your girls house, or just ridin' in the whip! Stand out tracks being "A Little Soul", "Play dis at Night" and the tracks with his affiliates "The UN" is cool also. Rock Moss is the illest member in the UN. Long story short, cop this album right away. You won't be dissapointed.

Raw & Uncut Hip-Hop Jazzyness.......2004-12-09

This album is so tight. I don't know how to explain it. Pete Rock is definetly top 5 producers ever. He mixes the samples up and always comes with that hot beat. Track 13 is amazing, very mellow but at the same time it gets you hyped up. All these songs are hot. Track 8 with CL Smooth is sick. It shows that pete rock and CL should come back and hit us with that heat, it would be certifiable classic 4 sure. Back to this album, pete does some sick outros and intro's to tracks that are really cool, just a short like 10-15 seconds of a tight jazz sample with a hot bassline. This album is a great album for any aspiring rappers. I personally used two of the beats for my first album, but know i got the MPC and makin my own beats. Bottem line Pete Rock is hot and delivers an instrumental album that flows smoothly. Play Dis At Night is one of the smoothest beats i have ever heard with a crazy jazz sample. Petes Jazz is just that some hot jazz that Pete took to a whole other level. The UN are hot but the best track with a rapper on here is "Nothin Lesser" with Freddie Foxx. The Bonus track with the UN #15 is crazy. The Keys that he has in their are sick. So yes indeed this album is hot and i must say you gots to cop it AS SOON AS POSSIBLE its hot as hell

don't listen to the samples above.......2004-11-27

Whatever crackhead amazon has posting the samples mixed things up, not the first time. Go to cduniverse.com to hear the real samples to this ill CD.
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Pure listening pleasure for the purists.......2004-11-02

This album pretty much summed up what I was listening to in 2001 and continue to play on more than a few occasions. Pete Rock really did it with this LP here. There's two versions to Petestrumentals, and I would advise getting both just to have the complete listening pleasure. Although the instrumental tracks are the main meat of this LP in my opinion, the supporting cast did their thing as well. Freddie Foxxx a.k.a. Bumpy Knuckles brutalized the track on "Mind Frame" and the U.N. laid down supreme verses on "Cake" and "Nothin Lesser". Nature gets burn on "To My Advantage". But I save the best accolade for the reunion of CL Smooth, the best to ever do it on a Pete Rock track. "Back on the Block" was a verbal eargasm for any true fan of hip-hop and to see the two back at it again put a lump in my throat. The instrumental tracks are just great music to ride to, from BK to LA and all in between. For the sake of good music, period, cop this album. You will not be dissatisfied.

The Real Hip Hop.......2004-09-23

Im from Memphis and the type of music I here alot is ganster rap and don't get me wrong I love my Tre Six Mafia, Yo Gotti and Project Pat. But I like real hip hop because before all of this, you had this. Pete Rock, Dj Premier, and Erick Sermon and these guy with every song they produce I pick up on it say that Preimer type track just by the bass drum or snare. Same way with Pete Rock and Erick S. This Petestrumental is a great riding to music and you can rap to almost all the tracks. My favorite one on the album is "What you are waiting for" because cymbals and the drum everything goes togather fine in this record. People don't understimate real hip hop because that what it is "real".

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