PeteStrumentals 2

PeteStrumentals 2 is the third instrumental hip hop album by hip hop producer Pete Rock. The album was released on June 23, 2015, under Mello Music Group.[2][3][4] The album was released a day after Pete's 45th birthday and it serves as a sequel to 2001's PeteStrumentals. The track listing on the album features 20 instrumental tracks that was either unreleased or made by Pete himself. This would be Rock's first instrumental album since 2005's The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions in nearly over 10 years. A music video for "Cosmic Slop" was also released on YouTube by Mello Music Group.[5] During the release of PeteStrumentals 2, a mixtape called PeteStrumentals 2 The Official J. Rocc Mix was also released as a digital downloadable mp3 format, which it was mixed by J. Rocc paying homage to Pete's latest album.[6] According to Rock, the project PeteStrumentals 3 which features no rapping and no samples, was released on December 11, 2020, on Tru Soul records. It includes Rock's band called "The Soul Brothers", which will provide live band playing as instrumental beats.[7]

PeteStrumentals 2
Studio album by
Pete Rock
ReleasedJune 23, 2015
Recorded2005-2014
GenreHip Hop, Instrumental hip hop
Length58:50[1]
LabelMello Music Group
ProducerPete Rock
Pete Rock chronology
Monumental
(2011)		 PeteStrumentals 2
(2015)		 Don't Smoke Rock
(2016)

Reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic73/100[8]
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media7.0/10[9]
Sputnikmusic[10]
The 405[11]
Exclaim![12]
Wordplay Magazine(positive)[13]
The Roanoke Times(favorable)[14]
HipHopDX3.4/5[15] (2015)
3.5/5[15] (2016)
RapReviews[16]

The album has received positive reviews from music critics. A publisher from the Associated Press called this album "a celebratory affair. These are beats to cheers to. Beats to reminisce over. Beats that illuminate the grind."[17] Sputnikmusic gave this album a 4.5 rating, calling "it one of the best hip-hop releases of 2015, easily taking the spot for the best instrumental hip-hop release for the year."[18] A Canadian music magazine source Exclaim! gave this album a rating of 7 out of 10; it calls it "listening to this long-gestating follow-up, it would appear that not a whole lot has changed in the interim. That's not to discount the potency or worthiness of the project, but as one of the best hip-hop producers of all time."[19]HipHopDX originally gave this album a 3.4 rating out of 5. However, in 2016, HipHopDX gave this album a 3.5 rating out of 5, calling it "An instrumental album full of jazz and funk samples sure to keep heads nodding."[20]

Track listing
  • All songs produced by Pete Rock. [21][22]
# Title Producer(s) Performer (s) Time
1 "Heaven & Earth" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:39
2 "PR 4 Prez" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:36
3 "Cosmic Slop" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:21
4 "On & On" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:03
5 "Beat Goes On" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:48
6 "Clap Ya Hands (I Feel Good)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:25
7 "My My Baby" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:36
8 "I Wish" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 4:17
9 "One, Two, a Few More" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:32
10 "Air Smoove" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:35
11 "Gonna Love You" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:12
12 "90's Class Act (EK)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:14
13 "Justice (Brotherhood & Understanding) (Skit) " Pete Rock *Instrumental* 0:34
14 "Accelerate" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:50
15 "Make Me Feel Like" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:09
16 "Dilla Bounce (R.I.P.)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:43
17 "Play Yo Horn" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:25
18 "BBJones" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 3:31
19 "Rootz, Reggae, Kulcha (Instr)" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:12
20 "You Know Dat" Pete Rock *Instrumental* 2:09

Samples

Credits

From the CD where as noted:[23]

Charts
Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[24] 20
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[25] 21

References
  1. "PeteStrumentals 2 (CD)".
  2. "Pete Rock - One, Two, A Few More". HNHH. 30 March 2015.
  3. "Pete Rock on Instagram: "Finally the New Petestrumentals 2 to be released June 23rd with MelloMusicGroup. The 1st petestrumental One,Two,A Few More available on Itunes. Get your pre-orders for the album now NOW! Sampler COMING SOON done by the Soul Brotha JROCC of the Infamous Beat Junkies!!! LETS GO!!!"".
  4. "Pete Rock - Petestrumentals 2 (CD)".
  5. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Pete Rock - Cosmic Slop | Official Video. YouTube.
  6. "Pete Rock's New Album Gets Soulful Makeover". Rolling Stone. 7 July 2015.
  7. "Pete Rock Drops "The Return of the SP1200" Instrumental Album". 25 April 2019.
  8. "Metacritic review". Metacritic.com. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  9. Patrin, Nate. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Album Reviews". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  10. Meister, Peter. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Album Reviews". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  11. Keon, Troy. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Album Reviews". The 405. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  12. Cowie, Del F. "Pete Rock: PeteStrumentals 2| Albums Reviews". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  13. "Wordplay Magazine review". wordplaymagazine.com. 2015-06-23. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  14. "Roanoke review". roanoke.com. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
  15. Gretchko, Andrew (2015-07-08). "Pete Rock: Petestrumentals 2| Albums Reviews". HipHopDX review. HipHopDX.com. Retrieved 2015-07-08.
  16. "RapReviews review". Rapreviews.com. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  17. "Review: Pete Rock returns with sequel to classic beat album - the Park Record". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
  18. "Pete Rock - Petestrumentals 2 (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic".
  19. "Pete Rock Petestrumentals 2 | Exclaim!".
  20. "Pete Rock - Petestrumentals 2". 8 July 2015.
  21. "Pete Rock - Petestrumentals 2 (CD)".
  22. "Petestrumentals 2, by Pete Rock".
  23. Pete Rock, Pete Rock (CD booklet). Pete Rock. Mello Music Group. 2015.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  24. "Pete Rock Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  25. "Pete Rock Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
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