Featuring interviews with Chuck D, DJ Q-Bert, Pete Rock, Afrika Bambaataa, Aesop Rock, Mix Master Mike, De La Soul, Danger Mouse and a bunch of stuffy lawyers, this documentary examines the history of sampling in hip-hop music, and how the legalities behind it changed the entire landscape of hip-hop music. Perhaps the best quote in [cont.]

In a recent interview over at HipHopDX, Smif-N-Wesson revealed plans to team with Pete Rock, whom would handle all of the production for the group’s forthcoming fifth LP. While contracts are not signed yet, the wheels are in motion. “We’re in the works, we’re talking, we’re going through the red tape and the papers and [cont.]

Considered by most as one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time, Pete Rock has been a major contributor to the genre for some 20 years. His partnership with CL Smooth resulted in some of hip-hop’s most poignant work, and his continued pursuits as a solo artist have largely been of the highest caliber. [cont.]

     Long since his days of making noise with Da Bulldogs in the early-90s, Edo G has retained his no-nonsense approach to rocking the mic. With his steady flow and enlightening lyrics still intact, Edo has no reservation in dubbing himself “Boston’s best.” To some, this self-given title may be disputable. Nonetheless Edo is unswayed [cont.]

     “He isn’t trying to save the world/just Hiphop.” Ask any Hiphop fan where they were the first time they heard the celestial horns from “T.R.O.Y.” floating out of their speakers and your sure too get an immediate and very detailed response.  Yet, when it comes to Pete Rock, “that’s just the top layer”as his [cont.]

 While hip-hop’s latest trend maybe implementing urban soundscapes into gaming outlets, its predecessor; label’s emptying their vaults, enabled a slew of previously unreleased LP’s to finally hit the shelves— Juggaknots, Last Emperor, Pep Love, Del, Dooley O, Nas, Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf, among many all finally saw the light of day in either 02 or 03.  Granted, fans [cont.]

This review applies to the original version of Petestrumentals.  Working as the second volume in BBE’s Beat Generation series, the number one Soul Brother brings his slant on the idea, with PeteStrumentals. But unlike it predecessor, Jay Dee’s Welcome To Detroit, Pete Rock’s version focuses strictly on the beats, with minimal participation from emcees. Either [cont.]

Imagine the shock the art world would feel if they had stumbled upon a vault of never-seen-before paintings by Pablo Picasso, some one hundred years after his death. Or imagine what the buzz would be like in the film world, if they discovered a completed Kurosawa film from 1972, which was locked away in his safe. [cont.]