9th Wonder & Pete Rock - Class Is In Session

01. Whatever You Say (Remix I) feat. Little Brother
02. Whatever You Say (Remix II) feat. Little Brother
03. Am I Dreaming?
04. Hi Baby (Instrumental)
05. Watch Me (Instrumental)
06. City Star Strut (Instrumental)
07. Oh Yeah feat. Phonte, Grap Luva, & Kev Brown
08. Always feat. Kev Brown
09. From The Basement feat. Phonte & Grap Luva
10. Funky (Instrumental)
11. Night Cruise (Instrumental)
12. Hello Tokyo (Instrumental)

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InI - Center Of Attention

01. Intro
02. No More Words
03. Step Up
04. Think Twice
05. Square One
06. The Life I Live
07. Kross Roads
08. To Each His Own feat. Q-Tip & Large Professor
09. Fakin' Jax
10. What You Say
11. Props
12. Center of Attention
13. Grown Man Sport
14. Mind Over Matter
15. Don't You Love It
16. Microphonist Wanderlust

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Planet Asia / Pete Rock = Planet Rock

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Basement Demos: Pete & C.L.

One Leg Up Records recently announced that legendary duo Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth have some left over tracks from their Golden Era.

Recordings from the critically acclaimed and sound changing EP, All Souled Out, the predecessor to Rock & C.L.’s debut album, Mecca And The Soul Brother, have been dug up and put together on a new five track EP.

These tracks from the All Souled Out recording sessions were something of a myth, until a couple leaked onto WBLS’ "In Control" show almost 20 years ago. Now CL and DJ 4XL have hooked up to not only collect these lost tapes, but the tracks were restored to premium quality and sounds. The EP brings the sounds of the late 80’s meshing into the now famous early 90’s sound.

The limited EP, which will only be pressed for 200 copies, is titled Basement Demos. The price for history is not cheap either, as the collector’s item will set you back $80.00.

The track listing is as follows:

SIDE A:
01. "The Midnight Wrecka"
02. "Cool and Calm"

SIDE B:
01. "Go C.L."
02. "Down To Move Ya Body"
03. "Go With The Flow [Alternate Mix]"

All songs produced by Pete Rock.

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Jay $tay Paid, New Album Coming In June.

Ma'Dukes and Pete Rock are set to release a posthumous project of Dilla's unreleased beats and samples, called Jay Stay Paid [J$P], late this spring.

Executive produced by Ma'Dukes, J$P will feature music pulled off of Dilla's old floppy disks and DATs, as well as later tracks laid down during Dilla’s time spent in the hospital. Ms. Yancey assures that the project was not rushed, nor was it done haphazardly.

“This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, [and] what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep,” she explains. “This is like the missing links to Dilla's legacy.”

The format of the album plays like a radio show with Pete Rock acting as a radio DJ. While largely instrumental, J$P also features guest vocals from artists Black Thought, DOOM, and M.O.P. All are artists that Dilla worked with or admired.

“Dude was amazing,” said Pete Rock, who shared that he and Dilla held a mutual respect and high level of regard for one another. “He just kinda came out of nowhere and the more you heard his beats the better they got. He may not be with us, but it’s all good we’re going to keep his music alive and well.”

The album is scheduled for release June 2nd on the Nature Sounds record label.

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Edo G & Pete Rock - My Own Worst Enemy

01. Boston
02. Just Call My Name feat. Jaysaun
03. Voices
04. School'em
05. Streets Is Callin' feat. Diamond D & Jaysaun
06. Pay The Price feat. Jaysaun
07. Wishing feat. Masta Ace
08. Right Now! feat. Pete Rock
09. Stop Dat feat. Krumbsnatcha & Jaysaun
10. Revolution

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Homage To Pete Rock

Producer Focus is back with another banger!

If you are new to the series, Focus so far has made tracks paying homage to legendary producers DJ Premier, J. Dilla, and now Pete Rock.

I don't know about ya'll, but I would love to hear an entire album with this concept.

Here it is, enjoy:

Focus feat. Rapper Big Pooh, Sha Stimuli, & Kurupt - Homage To Pete Rock

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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca & The Soul Brother

01. Return Of The Mecca
02. For Pete's Sake
03. Ghettos Of The Mind
04. Lots Of Lovin'
05. Act Like You Know
06. Straighten It Out
07. Soul Brother #1
08. Wig Out
09. Anger In The Nation
10. They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
11. On And On
12. It's Like That
13. Can't Front On Me
14. The Basement feat. Deda, Grap Luva, Heavy D & Rob-O
15. If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right
16. Skinz feat. Grand Puba

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Pete Rock - Soul Survivor

01. Soul Survivor Intro
02. Tru Master feat. Inspectah Deck & Kurupt
03. Half Man Half Amazin' feat. Method Man
04. Respect Mine feat. O.C.
05. Tha Game feat. Raekwon, Prodigy & Ghostface Killah
06. #1 Soul Brother
07. Rock Steady Pt. II feat. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
08. Truly Yours '98 feat. Large Professor & Kool G Rap
09. It's About That Time feat. Black Thought & Rob-O
10. One Life To Live feat. MC Eiht
11. Take Your Time feat. Carl McIntosh & Jane Eugene Of Loose Ends
12. Mind Blowin' feat. Vinia Mojica
13. Soul Survivor feat. Miss Jones
14. Da Two feat. CL Smooth
15. Verbal Murder 2 feat. Big Pun, Noreaga & Common
16. Strange Fruit feat. Tragedy Khadafi, Cappadonna & Sticky Fingaz
17. Massive (Hold Tight) feat. Heavy D & Beenie Man

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Pete Rock - Soul Survivor II

01. Truth Is feat. Black Ice
02. We Good feat. Kardinal Offishall
03. Just Do It feat. Pharaohe Monch
04. Give It To Ya feat. Little Brother
05. It's The Posta Boy feat. Posta Boy
06. It's A Love Thing feat. CL Smooth & Denosh
07. One MC, One DJ feat. Skillz
08. Beef feat. Krumbsnatcha
09. No Tears feat. Leela James
10. Head Rush feat. RZA & GZA
11. Fly 'Till I Die feat. Talib Kweli & CL Smooth
12. Warzone feat. Dead Prez
13. Da Villa feat. Slum Village
14. Niggaz Know feat. J. Dilla
15. Appreciate feat. CL Smooth

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Pete Rock - NY's Finest

01. Pete Intro
02. We Roll feat. Jim Jones & Max B
03. 'Till I Retire
04. 914 feat. Styles P. & Sheek Louch
05. Questions feat. Royal Flush
06. Best Believe feat. Redman & LD
07. Ready Fe War feat. Chip-Fu & Renée Neufville
08. Don't Be Mad
09. Bring Y'All Back feat. Little Brother
10. The Best Secret feat. Lords Of The Underground
11. That's What I Am Talking About feat. Rell
12. The PJ's feat. Raekwon & Masta Killa
13. Made Man feat. Tarrey Torae
14. Let's Go feat. Doo Wop
15. Comprehend feat. Papoose

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Producer Spotlight: Pete Rock

Peter Phillips (born June 21, 1970 in Bronx New York), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American DJ/Record Producer, and Emcee of Jamaican descent.

He 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, while not significant in terms of mainstream success.

Pete Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip-hop music, also known as jazz-rap, along with the groups Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, and Gang Starr.

Considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, he is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier and RZA as one of the mainstays of 1990's East Coast hip-hop production.

Pete Rock is also the older brother and younger cousin, respectively, of rappers Grap Luva and Heavy D.

Editors from About.com ranked him as #2 in their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list.

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