VIDEO: Pete Rock Co-Signs M-Phazes

LISTEN: Rashid Hadee - Oxygen Ft. Pugs Atomz (Prod. By Pete Rock)

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Pete Rock produced this Rashid Hadee gem.

LISTEN: Vast Aire - Mecca And The Ox (Prod. By Pete Rock)

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Cannibal Ox's Vast Aire is back with his sophomore solo album Deuces Wild (6-24-08). This is the lead single, produced by Pete Rock.

VIDEO: Rhymefest Performs At Pete Rock's CD Release

Rhymefest attended last week's Pete Rock/NY's Finest release party at the Highline Ballroom and did an impromptu performance while they wait for Wale to get his ass to the stage. A terribly overeager audience member gets on stage to do Kanye West's part on 'Brand New'. You know he was just trying to do what the kid did with Nas in the video underneath, a SDSU classic. ;) I don't mean to wish ill upon someone, but I feel this vibe in the air of the crowd wanting to boo the guy with Rhymefest and I kind of wish they did. He looks like MacGyver. Not fronting on MacGyver though, he was dope.

NEWS: Pete Rock Joined By Black Thought, Redman, Lords Of The Underground, Styles P @ Show

Some guests have been added for tomorrow's Pete Rock album release show for NY's Finest at the Highline Ballroom (NYC).

Now performing Pete Rock, Torae, W.A.L.E., Kid Cudi, Black Thought, Redman, Lords Of The Underground, Styles P and more.

Concert starts @ 9PM
Doors open @ 7 PM
Tickets $25.00 (Directions/Tix)

CONTEST: Win A Pete Rock DJ Bag & More

STREAM Pete Rock - NY's Finest (Full Album)

As you all know Pete Rock's new album NY's Finest is dropping Feb. 26th on Nature Sounds Records. The good folks over at Dickies (no homo*), YakPak, CornerStone and SDSU are teaming up for this contest and we're giving away a Dickies DJ Bag, the NY's Finest CD and vinyl and the Pete Rock Cornerstone Mixtape.

WHAT TO DO TO WIN Write me at wes[AT]liberatedmatter[DOT]com (subject line: PETE ROCK CONTEST) and tell me your mailing address and answer the following question: Which two rappers are featured on the Pete Rock single "We Roll"? Watch the EPK if you need help answering that. One winner will be randomly picked and sent the prizes per UPS, who by the way are hiring. NOTE: Only people in the continental US are eligible. Sorry international readers.


Make sure to pick up NY's Finest at your local record store this week. Stream it in full above.

* I loathe the term 'no homo' and never use it, but I couldn't help make the crack in this case.

LISTEN: Torae - Somethin' To See

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Brooklyn's own Torae hooked up with Khrysis of the Justus League for the lead off single off of his album Daily Conversation. I love this beat like 50 Cent likes beef.

Check out the NYC show schedule below.

2/28 9PM Pete Rock/Wale/Torae @ Highline Ballroom
3/5 8PM Torae @ The Pyramid
3/9 8PM Royce the 5'9"/Torae @ Knitting Factory
3/25 8PM Termanology/Torae/Marco Polo @ eMC

LISTEN: Pete Rock - Best Believe ft Redman

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One of my favorite rappers ever + one of my favorite producers ever = not that great of a song. Tired hook and I'd rather have had a little more Red than Pete on the mic. But hey, those horns still sound real good. Below a photo from the videoshoot. Off of NY’s Finest. Unkut reviews the album, and dug up the track above.

VIDEO: Pete Rock And C.L Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother

SDSU's Featured Classic Video Of The Week: Pete Rock & C.L Smooth's 'Mecca And The Soul Brother'.

LISTEN: CL Smooth - Multi Barz of Fury (Prod. by Pete Rock)

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CL Smooth and Pete Rock back together again again? We shall see. This track is off of an EP I haven't heard yet but it's for sale now on iTunes. Nice Al Green sample, but I'm underwhelmed about the track itself. I might be influenced by some residual anger over blessing Jim Jones with a beat though.

NEWS: Termanology Enlists Ideal Nas Producer Line Up For New Album

Termanology manages to snatch up an entire dream line up of producers for his upcoming new album. The kind the homie the little Homey [per Eskay] Nas needs.


Pyroradio.com: Last time I met with you, you were in the studio with Statik Selektah and you were doing tracks with him and it sounds like the albums really shaping up, can you tell me about the album and which producers your working with and what they can expect from it?
Termanology: Big up Statik Selektah I got 7 joints on his album, I pretty much executive produced it, I was there everyday when he done it, I’ll be there and tell him what was wack or what was hot, he always asked my opinion on who he should piece together on the tracks and it came out crazy so big up Statik Selektah. My album so far I got Dj Premier, Pete Rock, Alchemist, Showbiz, Bucwild, Large Professor and Nottz so it’s looking classic with the producer line up, I wanted it to be like if as far as the beats are hot then all the pressure falls on me, so as long as I rip it then there it is, I like the pressure so it has to live up to the music that the producers done prior. Full interview here.

LISTEN: Pete Rock - 914 ft. Sheek Louch

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Pete Rock's NY’s Finest is set to be released February 26th. '914' is one of the stand out tracks and features Sheek Louch of D Block/The Lox fame.
Related:
- Watch the album EPK here
- Download 'Till I Retire' and 'We Roll' off the album.

VIDEO: Pete Rock - NY’s Finest EPK

Pete Rock returns with this EPK (electronic press kit) for his upcoming new album NY's Finest. In stores February 26th. Just Blaze, Pharrell, Timbaland, ?uestlove, Kanye West, 9th Wonder, Swizz Beatz and Jim Jones all make appearances.

LISTEN: DJ Premier - Outside Lookin' In (Full Mixtape)

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DJ Premier's Outside Lookin' In is a worthy follow up to his last mixtap, Inside Looking Out. Tracklist below. Via TSS.


1 "Outside Lookin' In-tro" DJ Premier
2 "Success" Jay-Z ft Nas
3 "Ya Dayz R #'D" NYGz
4 "Let 'Em Have It" Tef & Blaq Poet
5 "We Roll" Pete Rock ft. Jim Jones, Max B
6 "6 in the Morning" Statik Selektah ft. Joell Ortiz, Kool G. Rap, Sheek Louch
7 "B.E.T. 2007 Hip Hop Cipher #1" ft. Wyclef, Twista, Lil Mama, Dizzie Rascal
8 "I'm from Gowanus" E-Dreeze
9 "The Rosary" Money Boss Players
10 "The Radar (Rmx)" Marco Polo ft. Large Professor
11 "The Red" Madlib
12 "Roc Boys" Jay-Z
13 "Never" Scarface
14 "Play It (Rmx)" Big Shug ft. Royce 5'9", Termanology, Singapore
15 "Can't Win For Losing" Little Brother
16 "Don't Give a Fucc!" Blaq Poet
17 "Take it Back" Wu-Tang Clan
18 "Stop, Look, Listen" Statik Selektah ft. Styles P, Termanology, Q-Tip
19 "Promise Land" Royce 5'9"

BONUS: download the Live From The Headquarterz DJ Set by Pete Rock.

CONTEST: Win Peter Rock Tix + A Bunch Of Indie Albums

Fresh Press, Nature Sounds and Shaman Work Recordings are putting on a CMJ Hip Hop Kickoff Party this Tuesday featuring Pete Rock, Big City, Wise Intelligent, Hell Razah, John Robinson, Panacea, Othello, Sidewinder (Living Legends), K Banger, The Project, Dillon and more. To celebrate we're giving away two prices: 1. a bunch of albums, including Hell Razah, Havoc, Y Society, Panacea, Wise Intelligent and Big City, and 2. a pair of free tickets to the aforementioned show (info below).

BWHAT TO DO TO WIN: Please write me at wes[AT]liberatedmatter[DOT]com (subject line: Pete Rock CMJ and tell me what your favorite Pete Rock production is, and mention your address. One winner will be picked for the pair of tickets, and one for the stack of albums.


Fresh Press, Nature Sounds & Shaman Work Recordings Presents:
CMJ Hip-Hop Kickoff Party
Tuesday Oct. 16th @ The Knitting Factory (NYC)
Ft. Pete Rock, Big City, Wise Intelligent, Hell Razah, John Robinson, Panacea, Othello, Sidewinder (Living Legends), K Banger, The Project, Dillon, etc.
Host John Robinson, House DJ - Sucio Smash
Doors at 7PM

LISTEN: Pete Rock - Til I Retire

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What a week for Pete Rock treats! A few days ago we a new track and then today we get another. Pete borrows a few concepts and lyrics including turning Jay-Z's line "I heard motherfuckers saying they made Hov/Made Hov say, "OK so, make another Hov" into "Saying they made me/then make another Pete."

LISTEN: Pete Rock - We Roll f/Jim Jones & Max B

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Great melancholic beat by Pete Rock, awful rhyming by Jim Jones, nice appearance by Max B. Sigh, why Pete, why?