Pete Rock and Jim Jones? This surprise pairing didn’t make any sense—until you heard it. The song, highlighted by Pete’s classic boom bap and Max B’s melodic hilarity, gave Jim a brief break from otherwise relentless backpack hate.
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CL's introspective, understated raps were the icing over Pete Rock's groundbreaking use of filtered basslines and echoed-out horn samples. The duo really hit their stride on this 1992 golden-era favorite, which features the timless "They Reminisce...
As half of one of the greatest DJ-rapper duos of all time, Pete Rock brought dexterous cuts and his deeply soulful signature production to classics with C.L. Smooth, and also crafted unforgettable beats and remixes for legends including Public Ene...
Pete Rock's production work behind Nas, Public Enemy and others made him a legend, but he's no bum on the mic either, rhyming on his own Soul Survivor albums and alongside C.L. on their acclaimed Mecca & The Soul Brother and Main Ingredient LPs.
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Pete Rock's famously beefed with Lupe Fiasco over the latter's repurposing of P.R.'s classic "They Reminisce Over You" beat for "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)." But the producers of the Lupe track, B-Sides and DJ Simonsayz, took some punches ...
Lupe beefed with Pete Rock earlier this year after the legendary producer said he was angry that Lu had remade the beat for his classic 1993 cut "They Reminisce Over You" on his "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)." Pete later tweeted that the two...
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