1. Pete Rock is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier, RZA, and Q-Tip as one of the mainstays of 1990s East Coast hip hop production.
26 Facts About Pete Rock
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Pete Rock's family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was seven years old.
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Pete Rock would meet James Brown backstage after a show for a meet and greet.
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Pete Rock started scratching at the age 7 when one of his parents brought him home a toy record player by Fisher-Price.
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Pete Rock began scratching after his first cousin, Floyd Myers, the older brother of Heavy D, taught Rock how to DJ.
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When Pete Rock was 17, he learned how to make beats with the E-mu SP-1200 that Freddie Foxx gave him.
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Pete Rock briefly attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice but was not a serious student and left to focus on his music career.
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Pete Rock would be on Future Flavas with Marley Marl on Hot 97, which debuted in January 1995.
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Pete Rock released his first solo debut album, Soul Survivor on November 10,1998, on Loud Records.
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Pete Rock went on to release more albums under BBE, including his third album Soul Survivor II on May 11,2004 and his second instrumental album, The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions on January 31,2005 Rock would collaborate with Boston rapper Ed OG.
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In 2006, after Pete Rock parted ways with BBE, Pete Rock signed with Nature Sounds for his fourth album, NY's Finest on February 26,2008.
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Pete Rock oversaw the production of Jay Stay Paid, a posthumous album by the producer J Dilla, released June 2,2009, on Nature Sounds.
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Pete Rock announced on Twitter that PeteStrumentals 2 is indeed confirmed finished and scheduled for a 2015 release.
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On January 2,2019, Rock posted a trailer video on his Instagram page announcing that new works will be coming soon, including Return of the SP1200, PeteStrumentals 3, Don't Smoke Rock 2 featuring Smoke DZA, and an album with rapper Skyzoo.
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In 2024, Pete Rock collaborated with rapper Common with the release of The Auditorium, Vol.
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Pete Rock's next venture, INI, was a group featuring Rock, his younger brother Grap Luva, Ras G and rapper Rob-O.
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Pete Rock tends to use the samples as palettes for his beats, chopping, filtering, and layering several samples, often within the same song.
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Pete Rock is noted for his resonant basslines, horn samples, and gritty sounding drums.
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Pete Rock's beats often sound as though they were being played from an old vinyl record; he samples many of his sounds straight off these records.
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Pete Rock frequently recorded at Greene St Recording in Manhattan, having liked the equalizer that was used there, which gave many of his productions a wah-wah effect.
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Pete Rock has a collection of about 90,000 records and looks for records at least once a week.
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Pete Rock was one of nine artists who participated in thetruth.
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Pete Rock has had a considerable impact on a number of record producers who have emerged in the hip hop scene since the late 1990s.
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Pete Rock enjoys reading and collecting comic books of his favorite superhero characters, such as The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, and X-Men.
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Pete Rock is an avid fan of the NFL football team New York Giants and the NBA basketball team New York Knicks.
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Pete Rock is viewed as the most prolific, influential, and respected hip-hop producers of all-time.