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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nAlbum: Petestrumentals 2
\nArtist: Pete Rock
\nReleased: June 23, 2015
\nLabel: Mellow Music Group<\/p>\n
Its been a minute since we’ve heard a full project from Pete Rock. The Chocolate Boy Wonder is known for perfecting an art form, inspiring millions, and soundtracked a generation. <\/p>\n
This is the man who even Dilla told, \u201cI wanted to be like you.\u201d Kanye once called himself the \u201cnew Pete Rock.\u201d But the original Pete Rock remains permanently vital. The evidence bangs in his latest opus, Petestrumentals 2<\/strong>, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record. It marks the legend\u2019s first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that\u2019s expanded upon his legacy. <\/p>\n Describing Pete Rock\u2019s productions do them little justice. They resonate in your gut, heart, and brain. The title of one of these beats says it all: \u201cMakes Me Feel Like.\u201d<\/em> You fill in the blanks based on your personal experience and current mood. No record can\u2019t be resurrected. There\u2019s no sub-genre or era that can\u2019t be converted into Rock\u2019s singular brand of soul. His music is the closest thing we\u2019ll ever get to a time-traveling DeLorean, effortlessly shifting between past, present, and future. For the last 20 years, hip-hop heads have argued over the best Pete Rock original productions and remixes. Is it \u201cThey Reminisce Over You\u201d or the \u201cShut \u2018Em Down Remix?\u201d Do you prefer Soul Survivor or the first Petestrumentals, his work with INI or the UN? His catalogue can\u2019t be compressed into a bio; you need a book. <\/p>\n This is the latest chapter\u2014an even 20 slaps and rhythmic levitations. It\u2019s Pete Rock at his best, accelerating and kicking cosmic slop, extending wishes, hope, love, gritty drums and eternal wonder. <\/p>\n Stream Petestrumentals 2 below. Enjoy! <\/p>\n
\nPetestrumentals 2 conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70s Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. There\u2019s a gorgeous requiem to Dilla (\u201cDilla Bounce (R.I.P),\u201d<\/em> where the originator pays tribute to the prodigy. You see the full range of Rock\u2019s gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies.<\/p>\n