Listen to a Time is Illmatic mix from Pete Rock
Time is Illmatic is showing in cinemas around the world right now, and to celebrate, Pete Rock has blessed up with a new Nas mixtape. As the producer of one of the classic album’s finest tracks (The...
View ArticleWhy we miss the classic hip-hop breakdown
Hip-hop production has changed and evolved many times since the late 80s, swaying back and forth between old styles and futuristic ones. The basics don’t change much though, with most tracks roughly...
View ArticleDilla Day 2015
February 10, 2006. For many hip-hop heads, it was the day the music died, for it was the date that the great J Dilla passed away. His legacy lives on in all of us though, and for several years since …...
View ArticleEdo.G –‘Make Music’
Edo.G dropped his excellent After All These Years album a few months back, but today we get treated to a video for single Make Music, produced by none other than Pete Rock. Watch below and let us know...
View ArticlePete Rock –‘One, Two, A Few More’
The legendary Pete Rock will soon be dropping PeteStrumentals 2; the follow-up to his classic 2001 beat tape album. It’s set to be released on the insatiable Mellow Music Group label, and you can...
View ArticleLarge Professor –‘Opulence’
With Lord Finesse recently dropping a new album, Pete Rock announcing that PeteStrumentals 2 is on the way, and DJ Premier still working non-stop, its a great time for the classic boom bap producers....
View ArticlePete Rock –‘Cosmic Slop’
The new video from Pete Rock shows the master at work on his weapon of choice, and it sounds beautiful. It’s the latest single from the long-awaited Petestrumentals 2, which is set to drop June 23....
View ArticlePete Rock –‘Heaven & Earth’
The long wait for Petestrumentals II is nearly over, and Pete Rock has bumped up the anticipation with the release of another single from the upcoming project. Listen to the silky-smooth Heaven &...
View ArticleJ. ROCC –‘Petestrumentals II’ mix
This short mix from J. Rocc highlights the standout tracks from new Pete Rock album Petestrumentals II, and we actually like it more than the album itself. Its nice and concise, with a dope intro at...
View ArticleTorae –‘Get Down’
Torae gives us a taste of his new, Kickstarter-funded album Entitled, and its a banger, courtesy of Pete Rock. Listen to Get Down below.Filed under: Boom bap, Hip-hop, Kickstarter, Legends, New Music,...
View ArticleTorae –‘Get Down’ (video)
The Kickstarter-funded Entitled album from Torae is finally out tomorrow, but there’s just enough time to drop a video for the Pete Rock produced Get Down, originally released back in November. Watch...
View ArticleTorae –‘Entitled’
That new album from Torae has finally arrived, after a successful Kickstarter campaign, and plenty of teasers. With beats from DJ Premier, Pete Rock and Nottz, plus guest spots from Phonte and Pharoahe...
View ArticleEdo G. & Pete Rock –‘Shed a Tear’
The good people over at Red Line Music Distribution are re-releasing 2004’s dope My Own Worst Enemy album from Edo G. and Pete Rock, with bonus joints like this one, Shed a Tear.Filed under: Beats,...
View ArticleCL Smooth –‘King’
Pete Rock has recently been posting up photos of he and CL Smooth in the studio, hinting at new music coming from one of the finest duos in the history of this thing called rap. In the meantime, CL is...
View ArticleSadat X –‘Freeze’
Brand Nubian Sadat X has a new project named Aqua coming soon, set to feature a whole heap of guests, and this single, produced by the maestro Pete Rock.Filed under: Brand Nubian, Hip-hop, Legends, New...
View ArticlePsycho Les –‘Hip-hop Never Left’ feat. Inspectah Deck, Jeru The Damaja & Pete...
The dopeness from the new Dank God Vol. 1 project by Psycho Les continues with this new joint, featuring the killer line-up of Pete Rock, Jeru The Damaja and Inspectah Deck. Filed under: Beatnuts,...
View ArticleRen Thomas –‘I Been Nice’
Don’t know much about Ren Thomas, but he’s bagged himself a beat from Pete Rock.Filed under: Hip-hop, New Music, News, Pete Rock
View ArticleNaughty By Nature –‘It’s On’ (Giallo Point remix)
Beatmaker Giallo Point puts a new spin on this track by Naughty By Nature, taken from 19 Naughty III, which is still one of the dopest album covers of all time. Seeing as the original single had...
View ArticleDe La Soul –‘Memory of… (Us)’
De La release a slick video for the latest from And The Anonymous Nobody…, featuring Pete Rock. Filed under: De La Soul, Hip-hop, Kickstarter, Legends, New Music, News, Pete Rock
View ArticleYoung RJ –‘Wait’ feat. Pete Rock & Boldy James
Pete Rock featured new single from Slum Village alumni Young RJ, from his upcoming new album, Blaq RoyalT. Filed under: Hip-hop, New Music, News, Pete Rock
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