Pete Rock - NY's Finest
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Free Music Review: Excellent Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I really enjoyed this album from to start to finshing. The Styles P track was one the many highlights of this album.Free Music Review: My kind of hip-hop
Hit: 4 Stars
NYC-based producer and MC Pete Rock should need no introduction as he's been around for ages. A friend sent me a link to the video to "Till I Retire/Best Believe" on YouTube and I got into it immediately. Then I checked the album out on Amazon and after reading Chandler's brilliant review (see it on the product page), checked out the soundclip to the incredibly funky "That's What I Am Talking About" featuring Rell (I wonder where he's been?) and I was sold. I remember saying to Chandler at the time: even if the rest of the album is c**p, which I thought would be very unlikely - this is Pete Rock, after all - this will still be a top buy.
I wasn't wrong. I've explained it on here a few times; I'm a very bizarre and atypical hip-hop fan and rarely take any notice of what the rappers are saying. It's the music, the beats, the vibe, that I live for and it's all heavenly on here. Musically, this is up there for me with the likes of Little Brother and The Roots. I love all the tunes, the only two exceptions being "Questions" featuring Royal Flush and the sickeningly homophobic "Let's Go" featuring Doo Wop (maybe I do listen after all).
But this is what those clever people invented skip buttons on CD players for, n'est-ce pas?
An excellent CD for bouncing around in the car on those hot summer days. Let's hope we get some in this part of the world.
Free Music Review: Decent album from Pete Rock - maybe 3.5 stars
Hit: 4 Stars
Pete Rock returns to bring us another "solo" album.. Like most of his solo projects, guests are heavy. Of the 14 songs on here, only 3 have no guests. 2 of the songs Pete Rock isn't on, and another 4 he only does the hook, so he really only has verses where he is rapping on 8 of the 14 songs. The majority of the guests aren't bad and do a good job aiding Pete. Production, like most of his albums, is almost handled entirely by him, Green Lantern does 1 song. Of the 14 songs, 1 I skip, 5 are ok, and 8 are good, a few real good but no classic. A nice album to have if you want to hear from one of Hip-Hops best producers turned rapper, and someone who has ben in the rap game over 15 years.
#2 - 7 (f/ Jim Jones & Max B -- Pete definiely has the best verse on this one)
#3 - 7.5
#4 - 8.5 (f/ Styles (who has 2 verses) and Sheek, Pete only does the hook)
#5 - 9 (Royal Flush solo -- tight beat)
#6 - 8.5 (f/ Redman & LD -- nice beat)
#7 - 4 (long intro before song -- f/ Chip Fu & Zhane)
#8 - 6
#9 - 8.5 (Little Brother --Pete only does the hook -- nice beat)
#10 - 7.5 (f/ Doitall & Mr. Funky of Lords of the Underground)
#11 - 8 (f/ Rell -- nice beat)
#12 - 9 (f/ Raekwon (who does 2 verses) and Masta Killa - Pete only does the hook -- tight beat)
#13 - 8
#14 - 7.5 (Doo Wop solo)
#15 - 8.5 (f/ Papoose - Pete only does the hook)
Peter Phillips -- b. 6/21/70 -- New York, NY
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Free Music Review: C'mon Pete Rock!!!
Hit: 3 Stars
Pete did it again with this one but there's a couple of joints that I like. It's cool that he put out an album to keep his statis alive but he got to break out the big guns...Free Music Review: After a good listen.... This is okay.
Hit: 3 Stars
After reading some of the other opinions on NY's Finest I have to agree with the 3.5 stars that most are granting. This CD is by no means the return of NY to the top of the hip-hop food chain, but it is better that 90% of the garbage that is filling the airwaves today. That being said...People need to quit griping about Pete's rhyme skills. HE'S NOT AN MC! In fact, Pete should just write the hooks becuase that is what he's best at anyway. I feel like in his better days someone else was writing the rhymes anyway. Maybe Heavy D or CL hmmm.... Minus 1 full star just for the amount of time he spent on the mic.
The beats were good. Not his best by a long shot but Pete definitly makes you want him to go work on NAS, Talib or Mos Def's next record. The real prizes here go to "The Best Secret", "914", and "Questions". Overall I was satisfied there were maybe 2-3 lazy beats in the bunch.
My number one problem is that the title tends to lead me to believe that the rhymes of the guests MC's would somehow equal the production. Not entirely true.
- Jim Jones and anyone from Dipset outside of Juelz (on a good day) should not be admitted to a recording studio. All swag, no substance, all the time.
- Same for any Fu-Schnikin (did I spell that correct?)
- I love 914 but you need Jada in there too. It seems like something is always missing when only 2 of the Lox are on a track. (Like non-alcoholic beer)
- Now Flush, Red, Doo Wop and LOTUG did thier things. I don't really know what the complaints are about. Tru, Pete could have had more relevant MC's but I'll take a solid performance from cats that need a little burn over another Lil Wayne guest spot any day. Papoose has had better rhymes but it's not a total waste.
- Little Brother....good on the the track but not from NY. (Whats dat about?)
- Raekwon/Master Killa? I dont want to hear them on the worlds best beat.
Overall it was good to hear Pete on the turns and boards again. All we want is something to keep us from falling into the Matrix. Mission Accomplished!
Now if only Primo would do one of these...