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His name is oft included in the pantheon of the greatest, alongside DJ Premier, RZA and J Dilla. In addition, Pete has one of the world’s most extensive vinyl collections, the sort of collection who’s size can only be estimated – and that estimate stands in excess of 100,000 LPs. 2019 will see the launch of Pete Rock’s own imprint, Tru Soul Records. And being a lover of all things vinyl, he’s decided that the label’s inaugural release has to be for Record Store Day.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRock’s production forte is the melding of Jazz with early 90s East Coast boom bap, as demonstrated though his work with partner in rhyme CL Smooth. But there was a time before Pete met CL, a time before the world came to know Pete Rock \u0026amp; CL Smooth, a time when Pete was a 19 year old in his basement in Mount Vernon, NY making beats with his SP-1200. These are those beats. Released for the first time ever on “Return Of The SP-1200” debuting on Record Store Day 2019.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tru Soul Records","offers":[{"title":"1LP Edition","offer_id":39361526923308,"sku":"TRU1001-LP","price":255.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0388\/0461\/9308\/products\/pete-rock-_E2_80_8E_E2_80_93-return-of-the-sp1200.jpg?v=1620121045"},{"product_id":"smoke-dza-x-pete-rock-dont-smoke-rock-instrumentals","title":"Smoke DZA x Pete Rock ‎– Don't Smoke Rock Instrumentals","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eWith an illustrious career spanning three decades, producer Pete Rock can freely decide who he wants to work with. Having already produced for the likes of Jay Z, Kanye West, Nas, Common, Cypress Hill, Method Man, Redman, and Jim Jones, just to name a few, Pete Rock has undoubtedly solidified himself as a contender for ‘the greatest producer of all-time.’\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhen Harlem’s rising star Smoke DZA landed on Pete’s radar, he knew DZA had something special that could not be ignored. Their 2016 collaborative album, Don't Smoke Rock, was widely regarded as one of the best underground hip-hop albums of that year. - Now for the first time ever, the instrumentals from Don't Smoke Rock are being released alongside a bonus instrumental from a previously unreleased track.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Babygrande","offers":[{"title":"1LP Edition","offer_id":39361531904044,"sku":"BBG-LP-1089","price":240.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0388\/0461\/9308\/products\/smoke-dza-x-pete-rock-_E2_80_8E_E2_80_93-don-t-smoke-rock-instrumentals.jpg?v=1620121445"},{"product_id":"pete-rock-petestrumentals-2","title":"Pete Rock - Petestrumentals 2","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePete Rock was raised in Mount Vernon, but his face belongs on Mount Rushmore. The Chocolate Boy Wonder perfected an art form, inspired millions, and soundtracked a generation. By contrast, Teddy Roosevelt seems like a chump.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis is the man who Dilla told, “I wanted to be like you.” Kanye once called himself the “new Pete Rock.” But the original Pete Rock remains permanently vital. The evidence bangs in his latest opus, Petestrumentals 2, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record. It marks the legend’s first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that’s expanded upon his legacy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eDescribing Pete Rock’s productions do them little justice. They resonate in your gut, heart, and brain. The title of one of these beats says it all: “Makes Me Feel Like.” You fill in the blanks based on your personal experience and current mood.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003ePetestrumentals 2 conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70s Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. There’s a gorgeous requiem to Dilla (“Dilla Bounce (R.I.P),” where the originator pays tribute to the prodigy. You see the full range of Rock’s gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eNo record can’t be resurrected. There’s no sub-genre or era that can’t be converted into Rock’s singular brand of soul. 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