PeteStrumentals

PeteStrumentals
Studio album by Pete Rock
Released	May 1, 2001
Recorded	1996-2001
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	65:55
Label	BBE Records
Producer	Pete Rock
Pete Rock chronology
Soul Survivor (1998) PeteStrumentals (2001) Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics (2003)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
RapReviews	[2]
Rolling Stone	favorable[3]

PeteStrumentals is an instrumental hip hop album from hip hop producer/rapper Pete Rock, his second solo release. The album is the second installment of BBE Records Beat Generation series, following Jay Dee's Welcome to Detroit album. The instrumental songs were originally recorded between 1995 and 1996, but were remixed and continued when putting together the album. All songs featuring vocals (The U.N., Freddie Foxxx, C.L. Smooth & Nature) were recorded exclusively for this project between 2000 and 2001.

There are two versions of this album. On the first version, twelve of the fourteen tracks are instrumentals, and the tracks "Cake" and "Nothin' Lesser" both feature rapping from The UN. On the second, five out of sixteen tracks feature vocals from The UN, Freddie Foxxx, Nature, and Rock's former partner, CL Smooth. The updated version of the album was a result of Rock being blown away by Jay Dee's Welcome to Detroit which made him feel he needed to better his own contribution to the Beat Generations series.

The 10 year anniversary expanded and limited edition of PeteStrumentals was released on May 10, 2011. Featuring the original 2001 album tracks on disc one. Disc two is a bonus disc featuring all the 12" inch singles from the album. Including a remix of "BACK ON THE BLOCK" featuring CL Smooth, a clean version of "CAKE" featuring The UN, and acappella and instrumental versions of "BACK ON THE BLOCK", "NOTHIN' LESSER", "MIND FRAME" & "GIVE IT TO Y'ALL". Along with "Outro" instrumental. ^[4]

A sequel, PeteStrumentals 2, was released on June 23, 2015.

Track listing

First edition

• All tracks produced by Pete Rock

#	Title	Performer(s)
1	"A Little Soul"	Instrumental
2	"Play Dis Only At Night"	Instrumental
3	"Something Funky"	Instrumental
4	"For The People"	Instrumental
5	"Hip Hopcrisy"	Instrumental
6	"Smooth Sailing"	Instrumental
7	"Pete's Jazz"	Instrumental
8	"The Boss"	Instrumental
9	"Get Involved"	Instrumental
10	"Give It To Y'all"	Instrumental
11	"Walk On By"	Instrumental
12	"Cake"	Pete Rock, The UN
13	"What You Waiting For"	Instrumental
14	"Nothin' Lesser [Jamie's Mix]"	Pete Rock, The UN

Second edition

• All tracks produced by Pete Rock

#	Title	Performer(s)
1	"A Little Soul"	Instrumental
2	"Play Dis Only At Night"	Instrumental
3	"Something Funky"	Instrumental
4	"For The People"	Instrumental
5	"To My Advantage"	Nature
6	"Smooth Sailing"	Instrumental
7	"Pete's Jazz"	Instrumental
8	"Back On The Block"	Pete Rock & CL Smooth
9	"The Boss"	Instrumental
10	"Get Involved"	Instrumental
11	"Nothin' Lesser"	The UN
12	"Walk On By"	Instrumental
13	"Take The D Train"	Instrumental
14	"Mind Frame"	Freddie Foxxx
15	"Cake"	Pete Rock, The UN
16	"Outro"	Pete Rock

2011 10th Anniversary Edition

Disc 1

The first disc has the same track listing as the Second Edition.^[5]

Disc 2

• All tracks produced by Pete Rock

#	Title	Performer(s)
1	"Back On Da Block (E.Q. Bonus RMX)"	CL Smooth
2	"Back On Da Block (Instrumental)"	Instrumental
3	"Back On Da Block (A Cappella)"	CL Smooth
4	"Back On Da Block (Pete's Block Barty Dub)"	CL Smooth
5	"Nothin' Lesser (Jamie's Mix)"	The UN
6	"Nothin' Lesser (Instrumental)"	Instrumental
7	"Nothin' Lesser (A Cappella)"	The UN
8	"Hip Hopcrisy"	Instrumental
9	"Mind Frame (Instrumental)"	Instrumental
10	"Mind Frame (A Cappella)"	Freddie Foxxx
11	"Give It To Y'All"	Instrumental
12	"Give It To Y'All (Instrumental)"	Instrumental
13	"Give It To Y'All (A Cappella)"	unknown
14	"What You Waiting For"	Instrumental
15	"Cake (Clean Version)"	Pete Rock, The UN
16	"Outro (Instrumental)"	Instrumental

Samples

• "Smooth Sailing"
  • "Quiet Lady" by The Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra
• "The Boss"
  • "The Boss" by James Brown
  • "Satin Doll" by Dorothy Ashby
• "Pete's Jazz"
  • "You Can't Hide Love" by Creative Source (R&B band)
  • "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly" by Gary Burton
• "Walk On By"
  • "Walk On By" by Isaac Hayes
• "Give It To Y'all"
  • "Humpty Dumpty" by Placebo
  • "Instrumental Prelude" by Freda Payne
• "A Little Soul"
  • "Tensity" by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet and Orchestra
  • "Love Song No. 690" by McFadden & Whitehead
  • "Sessão Das Dez" by Emilio Santiago
• "Play Dis Only At Night"
  • "Theme from the Planets" by Dexter Wansel
  • "Baby This Love I Have" by Minnie Ripperton
  • "Stop The Rain" by Average White Band
• "What You Waiting For"
  • "Games" by Dorothy Ashby
  • "Tensity" by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet and Orchestra
• "Take The D Train"
  • "You're The One For Me" by D. Train

Album singles

Single information
"Back on Da Block" Released: 2001 B-side:
"Mind Frame" Released: 2001 B-side: "Back On Da Block"
"Nothin' Lesser" Released: 2001 B-side: "Give It To Y'all"

Charts

Album

Chart (2001)	Peak position
scope="row"	US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6]	61
scope="row"	US Independent Albums (Billboard)[7]	21

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
2001	Nothin' Lesser	-	-	33

References

1. http://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000002795
2. http://rapreviews.com/archive/2005_06_petestru.html
3. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/peterock/albums/album/167696/review/6067613/petestrumentals
4. Ryon, Sean (April 7, 2011). "Pete Rock Lists Top Five Favorite Producers". HipHopDX. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
5. http://www.discogs.com/Pete-Rock-PeteStrumentals-10th-Anniversary-Expanded-Limited-Edition/release/2915701
6. "Pete Rock – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Pete Rock.
7. "Pete Rock – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Pete Rock.