Petestrumentals

Pete Rock | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 1, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bbe
• ASIN: B00005AV09
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,434 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #6 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > East Coast
  • #77 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > General

Track Listings

1. A Little Soul

2. Only Play This at Night

3. Something Funky

4. For the People

5. Hypocrisy

6. Smooth Sailing

7. Pete's Jazz

8. The Boss

9. Get Involved

10. Nothin' Lesser

11. Walk on By

12. Cake

13. What You Waiting For

14. Nothin' Lesser

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars don't listen to the samples above, November 26, 2004

By 

L. May "el4" (Big Sur, CA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Petestrumentals (Audio CD)

Whatever crackhead amazon has posting the samples mixed things up, not the first time. Go to cduniverse.com to hear the real samples to this ill CD.
el4

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Hip-Hop Music, March 24, 2003

By 

Scott D. Gribble (Baltimore MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Petestrumentals (Audio CD)

This is probably one of the best Cd's i've herd in a while. The Instrumentals are so nice i can't decide if i'd rather have an MC rhyme on it or not, they just stand out so well on there own. Plus when they do step to the mic the lyrics aren't just thrown down. Even the small interludes between tracks are superior beats. Well crafted piece of art by Pete Rock.

The Real reason i'm writing this review is to inform anyone who is interested in this CD. After checkin up on things there is a second version of this that was released. At this time it is not avalible on Amazon.com.
In my opion it is a better CD, it contains all the tracks listed above except Hip Hopcrisy, Give It to Y'all, and What You Waiting For. These tracks (excluding Hip Hopcrisy which is excellent) are the weakest ones on the original. These tracks are replaced with one new instrumental (Take The D Train) and three new tracks with MCs Nature, Freddie Foxxx, and a CL Smooth reunion. The Nature song is pretty good (i wish i coulda had Hip Hopcrisy back though) and Freddie Foxxx rips the mic to accompany some blaring horns and painos. The CL Smooth track (Back on The Block) more than worth getting the second version and drives me crazy that these guys don't hook up for a full album again.
Regardless, either version of this album is worth getting. Hopefully Amazon.com will make the second version availible soon, but if not check out information about the label (given above) to see what you can do.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazon Editor did a really wack job reviewing, March 20, 2004

By 

Dirty J (Boston, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Petestrumentals (Audio CD)

As an MC and part time producer I find the editor's review of this album disgraceful.

"You never quite realize how monotonous and downright boring hip-hop tracks can be until you remove the lyrics and are subjected to four minutes of the same bars looping over and over."

Are you serious? This guy is basically generalizing all hip-hop beats and we're supposed to trust his review of a hip-hop album?

If you are not a hip-hop head what would you ever be doing buying a cd of instrumentals? This cd (like any cds of instrumentals) have their purpose and this happens to be a sick cd. Pete Rock is a legendary producer, one of the founders of modern hip-hop, any one will agree with this.

Wang's suggestion that the beats are "simple sonic scores" is offensive. This guy is ridiculous, why would amazon ever have someone who seems to know nothing review and album like this? Get rid of this guy ...

(Cake is a sick song)