ALBUMPeteStrumentals 3 (feat. The Soul Brothers)Pete Rock
ALBUM80 Blocks InstrumentalsPete Rock
ALBUMRetropolitanPete Rock & Skyzoo
ALBUMReturn of the SP1200Pete Rock
ALBUMLost SessionsPete Rock
ALBUMDon't Smoke RockSmoke DZA & Pete Rock
ALBUMPetestrumentals 2Pete Rock
ALBUMMonumentalPete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun
ALBUMNY's FinestPete Rock
ALBUMMy Own Worst Enemy (Deluxe)Edo. G & Pete Rock
ALBUMSoul Survivor IIPete Rock
ALBUMWarzonePete Rock
ALBUMThe Original Baby PaPete Rock & Deda
ALBUMCenter of AttentionPete Rock & InI
ALBUMThe Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Presents: Nothin' Lesser / Give It to Y'allPete Rock
ALBUMPetestrumentalsPete Rock
ALBUMPetestrumentals 4Pete Rock
ALBUMFuture Flavas MixtapeMarley Marl & Pete Rock
ALBUMSoul SurvivorPete Rock
ALBUMThe Main IngredientPete Rock & C.L. Smooth
ALBUMMecca And The Soul Brother (Deluxe Edition)Pete Rock
Pete Rock's Popular Music Videos
Black Superhero Car (feat. Rick Ross)
Smoke DZA & Pete Rock
Memory of... (Us) [feat. Estelle & Pete Rock]
De La Soul
All Kind Of Ideas
Common & Pete Rock
Wise Up
Common & Pete Rock
Tru Master (Video)
Pete Rock, Inspectah Deck & Kurupt
Limitless (feat. Dave East)
Smoke DZA & Pete Rock
Fortunate
Common & Pete Rock
Take Your Time
Pete Rock
Dreamin'
Common & Pete Rock
Resilience (feat. Pete Rock)
Kool Sphere
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About Pete Rock
Artist Biography
There’s a reason Pete Rock goes by the nickname Soul Brother: very few in hip-hop have perfected the craft of sampling the way he has, blessing the '90s and 2000s with some of the genre's warmest, jazziest soul loops. Born in the Bronx in New York City to Jamaican immigrants before moving to Mount Vernon as a child, he carried the record crates for cousin Heavy D and eventually met rap legend Marley Marl at age 13, landing a spot DJing for him on the radio. He met rapper C.L. Smooth in school, and they formed a duo, releasing three albums’ worth of material—including the immediately recognisable horn loop of “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”, a song created to commemorate the life of fallen friend Troy Dixon. Pete Rock became an in-demand producer, offering his inventive samples to Run-DMC, Nas, Public Enemy and many others for a prolific '90s run. He also began his own solo album series called Soul Survivor (one of the best dual-threat rapper-producer albums of its time) and an instrumental series titled Petestrumentals, and he would go on to steer the posthumous J Dilla album Jay Stay Paid, work with Kanye West and create joint albums with other esteemed MCs in the 2010s and 2020s.
Hometown
New York, NY, United States
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap
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