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ALBUMGet Loose - SingleSaigon, Fredro & Pete Rock
Albums by Pete Rock
ALBUMReturn of the SP1200, Vol. 2Pete Rock
ALBUMCCanibus & Pete Rock
ALBUMPeteStrumentals 3 (feat. The Soul Brothers)Pete Rock
ALBUM80 Blocks InstrumentalsPete Rock
ALBUMRetropolitanSkyzoo & Pete Rock
ALBUMReturn of the SP1200Pete Rock
ALBUMLost SessionsPete Rock
ALBUMDon't Smoke RockSmoke DZA & Pete Rock
ALBUMPetestrumentals 2Pete Rock
ALBUMMonumentalPete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun
Pete Rock's Popular Music Videos
Black Superhero Car (feat. Rick Ross)
Smoke DZA & Pete Rock
Limitless (feat. Dave East)
Smoke DZA & Pete Rock
Memory of... (Us) [feat. Estelle & Pete Rock]
De La Soul
Wait (feat. Boldy James & Pete Rock)
Young RJ
Turn It Up (feat. Pete Rock)
Sadat X & Pete Rock
Artist Playlists
Pete Rock Essentials
The pioneering beatmaker helped define the sound of modern rap music.
Pete Rock: The Producers
The producer who helped introduce Nas and bring back Run-DMC.
Artist Biography
Known for his jazz and R&B samples, producer Pete Rock emerged in the early ’90s to become one of hip-hop’s most influential beatmakers.
• Rock was born in the Bronx to Jamaican parents. His father was a DJ who’d spin reggae and soul records at a local cricket club called Wembley.
• He met rapper CL Smooth after moving to Mount Vernon. They made their debut with the 1991 EP All Souled Out.
• The signature Pete Rock sound features dense layers of samples, often recorded straight from vinyl records to create a hazy feel, as heard on his and CL Smooth’s 1992 classic “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.).”
• After releasing 1994’s The Main Ingredient, his second album with C.L. Smooth, Rock went to work on his solo debut, Soul Survivor, which arrived in 1998. He followed it up with a sequel in 2004 and NY’s Finest in 2008.
• Rock has released several instrumental beat albums, including 2001’s Petestrumentals and its 2015 sequel.
Hometown
New York, NY, United States
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap