PeteStrumentals 2

PeteStrumentals 2
Studio album by Pete Rock
Released June 23, 2015
Recorded 2005-2014
Genre Hip Hop, Instrumental hip hop
Length 59:03
Label Mello Music Group
Producer Pete Rock
Pete Rock chronology
Monumental
(2011)		 PeteStrumentals 2
(2015)		 Soul Survivor 3
(TBA)[1]

PeteStrumentals 2 is the third instrumental hip hop album by hip hop producer Pete Rock. The album was released on June 23, 2015 under Mello Music Group.[2][3][4] The album serves as a sequel to 2001's PeteStrumentals. The track listing on the album features 20 instrumentals tracks that was either unreleased or made by Pete himself. This would be Rock's first instrumental album since 2005's The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions in nearly over 10 years. A music video for "Cosmic Slop" was also released on YouTube by Mello Music Group.[5] During the release of PeteStrumentals 2, a mixtape called PeteStrumentals 2 The Official J. Rocc Mix was also released as a digital downloadable mp3 format, which it was mixed by J. Rocc paying homage to Pete's latest album.[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media7.0/10[8]
Sputnikmusic[9]
The 405[10]
Exclaim![11]
Wordplay Magazine(positive)[12]
The Roanoke Times(favorable)[13]
HipHopDX3.4/5[14] (2015)
3.5/5[15] (2016)
RapReviews[16]

The album has received positive reviews from music crtics. A publisher from the Associated Press called this album "a celebratory affair. These are beats to cheers to. Beats to reminisce over. Beats that illuminate the grind."[17] Sputnikmusic gave this album a 4.5 rating, calling "it one of the best hip-hop releases of 2015, easily taking the spot for the best instrumental hip-hop release for the year."[18] A Canadian music magazine source Exclaim! gave this album a rating of 7 out of 10; it calls it "listening to this long-gestating follow-up, it would appear that not a whole lot has changed in the interim. That's not to discount the potency or worthiness of the project, but as one of the best hip-hop producers of all time."[19]HipHopDX originally gave this album a 3.4 rating out of 5. However in 2016, HipHopDX gave this album a 3.5 rating out of 5, calling it "An instrumental album full of jazz and funk samples sure to keep heads nodding."[20]

Track listing

# Title Producer(s) Performer (s) Time
1 "Heaven & Earth" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:39
2 "PR 4 Prez" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:36
3 "Cosmic Slop" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:21
4 "On & On" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:03
5 "Beat Goes On" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:48
6 "Clap Ya Hands (I Feel Good)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:25
7 "My My Baby" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:36
8 "I Wish" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 4:17
9 "One, Two, a Few More" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:32
10 "Air Smoove" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:35
11 "Gonna Love You" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:12
12 "90's Class Act (EK)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:14
13 "Justice (Brotherhood & Understanding) (Skit) " Pete Rock *Instrumental* 0:34
14 "Accelerate" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:50
15 "Make Me Feel Like" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:09
16 "Dilla Bounce (R.I.P.)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:43
17 "Play Yo Horn" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:25
18 "BBJones" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:31
19 "Rootz, Reggae, Kulcha (Instr)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:12
20 "You Know Dat" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:09

Samples

Credits

From the CD where as noted:[23]

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
scope="row" US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[24] 20
scope="row" US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25] 21

References

  1. ↑ http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.28140/title.pete-rock-reveals-ep-work-with-de-la-soul-soul-survivor-3-
  2. ↑ http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/pete-rock-one-two-a-few-more-new-song.1963781.html
  3. ↑ https://instagram.com/p/03q6JOGLRU/?taken-by=agentcbw7
  4. ↑ http://www.mellomusicgroup.com/products/copy-of-pete-rock-petestrumentals-2-cd
  5. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWp1LBN82wI
  6. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pete-rocks-new-album-gets-soulful-makeover-from-beat-junkies-j-rocc-20150707
  7. ↑ "Metacritic review". Metacritic.com. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Patrin, Nate. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  9. ↑ Meister, Peter. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Album Reviews". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  10. ↑ Keon, Troy. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Album Reviews". The 405. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  11. ↑ Cowie, Del F. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Albums Reviews". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  12. ↑ "Wordplay Magazine review". wordplaymagazine.com. 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  13. ↑ "Roanoke review". roanoke.com. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  14. ↑ Gretchko, Andrew (2015-07-08). "HipHopDX review". HipHopDX.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  15. ↑ Gretchko, Andrew (2015-07-08). "HipHopDX review". HipHopDX.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  16. ↑ "RapReviews review". Rapreviews.com. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  17. ↑ http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_28381807/review-pete-rock-returns-sequel-classic-beat-album
  18. ↑ http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/67526/Pete-Rock-Petestrumentals-2/
  19. ↑ http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/pete_rock-petestrumentals_2
  20. ↑ http://hiphopdx.com/reviews/id.2491/title.pete-rock-petestrumentals-2
  21. ↑ http://www.mellomusicgroup.com/collections/frontpage/products/copy-of-pete-rock-petestrumentals-2-cd
  22. ↑ http://mellomusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/petestrumentals-2
  23. ↑ Pete Rock, Pete Rock (CD booklet). Pete Rock. Mello Music Group. 2015.
  24. ↑ "Pete Rock – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Pete Rock.
  25. ↑ "Pete Rock – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Pete Rock.

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