Pete Rock Tribute & Interview

[Philaflava]

For the 5 listeners here, this is for you. Thanks for your support!

Episode 24 was an idea we had for a while. We all said Pete Rock deserves a proper tribute, so we’re proud to finally present the first of two installments of this Soul Brother #1 tribute. If you had asked us a little over a year ago when we started Take It Personal, that we’d have two of the greatest producers of all-time as our guests, we wouldn’t have believed it. This is truly a case of dreams becoming reality. It was an honor celebrating Pete Rock’s distinguished catalog and even a bigger honor having him as a guest on our show. We talk with Pete about Heavy D, DJ Premier, De La Soul, Dilla, Redman, Kanye all the way to his top 5 producers. He shared his thoughts on drumless beats these days. We even get the answer to a possible CL Smooth reunion. Please join us as we celebrate one of the greatest producers to ever do it – Pete Rock!

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[Spartan]

Nice. Definitely checking this out once I get the chance. Cheers!

[Y@k Bollox]

Nice. Got this downloaded ready for tomorrow. Did you quiz him on what Apathy said about his work ethic?

[Philaflava]

Nice. Got this downloaded ready for tomorrow. Did you quiz him on what Apathy said about his work ethic?

Ap came up once and that was to talk about his new single he produced. Pete did the interview fresh off the plane after a week in Disney so he was exhausted to say the least.

[stype_ones]

Great show/ interview.

I guess I am in the minority, and of course I am East Coast biased, but I don't have Dre in my top 3 producers. Yes, he gets the accolades from a sonic standpoint because from that perspective he is likely #1, but as far as beats go, he is somewhere in the bottom half of the top 10 for me.

[Y@k Bollox]

Nice. Got this downloaded ready for tomorrow. Did you quiz him on what Apathy said about his work ethic?

Ap came up once and that was to talk about his new single he produced. Pete did the interview fresh off the plane after a week in Disney so he was exhausted to say the least.

Nah - I mean what he said about Pete being so high all the time that it takes years to get anything finished with him.

[Philaflava]

Pretty sure Pete was high during this as well.

[Philaflava]

Great show/ interview.

I guess I am in the minority, and of course I am East Coast biased, but I don't have Dre in my top 3 producers. Yes, he gets the accolades from a sonic standpoint because from that perspective he is likely #1, but as far as beats go, he is somewhere in the bottom half of the top 10 for me.

Thanks.

Is Dre in your top 5? I mean, we tend to forget a lot of what he did in the 80s/90s and I know he gets a bad rap about ghost producers but that is no different than Marley.

[Philaflava]

Here is the track list for part 1.


1. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Soul Brother #1
2. Heavy D & The Boyz – Let It Flow
3. Heavy D & The Boyz – Big Time
4. Groove B. Chill – Starting From Zero
5. Brand Nubian – Slow Down (Remix)
6. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – The Creator
7. Kid ‘n Play – Next Question
8. EPMD – Rampage (Remix)
9. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Mecca & The Soul Brother
10. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Mecca & The Soul Brother (Remix)
11. A Tribe Called Quest – Jazz (We’ve Got)
12. Heavy D & The Boyz – Letter To The Future
13. Kid ‘n Play – Bill’s At The Door
14. Main Source – Vamos A Rapair
15. Brand Nubian – How Ya Livin’
16. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Anger In The Nation
17. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – All Souled Out
18. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Go With Flow
19. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Good Life (Remix)
20. Heavy D & The Boyz – Don’t Curse feat. Big Daddy Kane, Grand Puba, Kool G. Rap, Q-Tip, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
21. Public Enemy – Shut ‘Em Down (Remix)
22. House of Pain – Jump Around (Remix)
23. A.D.O.R. – Let It All Hang Out
24. Doug E. Fresh & The New Get Fresh Crew – No
25. Redman – How To Roll A Blunt
26. Heavy D & The Boyz – It’s A New Day
27. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – T.R.O.Y.
28. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – The Basement feat. Heavy D. Rob-O, Grap Luva & Deda
29. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Skinz feat. Grand Puba
30. K-Solo – Letterman
31. Public Enemy – Nighttrain (Strong Island Remix)
32. Das EFX – Juasamen (Remix)
33. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – For Pete’s Sake
34. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Lots of Lovin (Remix)
35. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Lots of Lovin
36. Heavy D & The Boyz – Blue Funk
37. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Straighten It Out
38. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Return of The Mecca
39. Run-D.M.C. – Down With The King feat. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
40. Naughty By Nature – Hip Hop Hooray (Remix)
41. Da Youngsta’s – Iz U With Me
42. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – What’s Next On The Menu?
43. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Death Becomes You feat. Yg’z
44. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – One In A Million
45. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Somethin’ Like Dis
46. Run-D.M.C. – In The House
47. Run-D.M.C. – Wreck Shop
48. Da Youngsta’s – Who’s The Mic Wrecka
49. Yg’Z – Sumethin’ 4 Da Head
50. Yg’Z – Itchy Trigger Finger
51. DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Code Red
52. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Take You There
53. Heavy D & The Boyz – Black Coffee
54. Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy (Remix)
55. Lords of The Underground – Flow On (Remix)
56. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – I Got A Love
57. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – I Got A Love (Remix)
58. Jeru The Damaja – Can’t Stop The Prophet (Remix)
59. Slick Rick – Get A Job
60. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – I Get Physical
61. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Get On The Mic
62. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Get On The Mic (Remix)
63. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Searching (Remix)
64. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – All The Places
65. Champ MC – Keep It On The Real (Remix)
66. Slick Rick – I’m Captive
67. Run-D.M.C. – In The House
68. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – In The Flesh feat. Deda & Rob-O
69. Nas – The World Is Yours
70. AZ – Rather Unique
71. Das EFX – Real Hip-Hop (Remix)

[stype_ones]

Great show/ interview.

I guess I am in the minority, and of course I am East Coast biased, but I don't have Dre in my top 3 producers. Yes, he gets the accolades from a sonic standpoint because from that perspective he is likely #1, but as far as beats go, he is somewhere in the bottom half of the top 10 for me.

Thanks.

Is Dre in your top 5? I mean, we tend to forget a lot of what he did in the 80s/90s and I know he gets a bad rap about ghost producers but that is no different than Marley.

No, Dre is not in my top 5. Of course I love him, but that is mostly from a sonic standpoint. No producer's beats sound as good as his on that level. Since day one. If any producer brought him in to mix and make their beats sound as good as possible, so many songs would sound better. But from a purely beat making/production standpoint, there are many I think are better. I am going to name a bunch, but if we are bringing the sonic standpoint into question, as I said, overall he has to be in the lower half of my top 10.

In no order:

Pete
Preem
Q-Tip
Large
Marley
45 King
Dimaond D
Dilla
Buckwild,
RZA
Beatminerz

I am not trying to shit on Dre at all, I just don't think his work stands out more (aside from sonically) than anyone on this list. Would I kill someone for putting him in the top 3 or 5? No. But should I be killed for putting all the above mentioned before him? Not in my opinion.

[Philaflava]

Nah, you got good taste me. I really can't argue with your 10. I just think your preference is very much NY centric. Like for me, DJ Quik over a few of those guys but that is because I love the west sound. Buckwild is a fav of mine tho.

[g9hood]

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[fatboybrandon]

Nice interview and tribute mix! I remember the last time I saw Pete in person, a 2000 in-store for his Soul Survivor LP at a clothing store in NYC's West Village that's now closed called Transit.

I was hoping to hear the Pete Rock remix of Busta's Live To Regret in the mix, I've been looking for that exclusive Future Flavaz remix for years!

[Rhyme 4 Rhyme]

Nice interview and tribute mix! I remember the last time I saw Pete in person, a 2000 in-store for his Soul Survivor LP at a clothing store in NYC's West Village that's now closed called Transit.

I was hoping to hear the Pete Rock remix of Busta's Live To Regret in the mix, I've been looking for that exclusive Future Flavaz remix for years!

Transit was the go to spot in the early-2000's. AF1 selection was premium.

[Philaflava]

Part 2 concludes our 8-hour Pete Rock tribute. It was a daunting task to properly celebrate Pete’s astonishing career but after two episodes and 480 minutes of music, we think we got it right. Part 2 focuses more on Pete’s work from the late 90s all the way to today. Besides the solo work, we have music from Rakim, Raekwon, Bumpy Knuckles, Phife Dawg, Black Star, Guru, Ghostface Killah, Ill Bill, Big L, Roc Marciano, The LOX, Redman, Planet Asia, Cormega, Sadat X, Termanology, Grap Luva, Nature, Torae, Smoke DZA, Cypress Hill, De La Soul & Apathy to name a few.

Don't forget, we just relaunched our new website TakeItPersonalRadio.com, where you can stream, download and view all playlists for every episode, including this one. Please join us as we continue to celebrate one of the greatest producers to ever do it – Pete Rock!

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[Moss]

Man, these shows make my days as an intern a little bit more bearable. I'd be willing to throw a bit your way to support financially if I could. Just saying. What you guys are doing is very much appreciated.

[Philaflava]

Man, these shows make my days as an intern a little bit more bearable. I'd be willing to throw a bit your way to support financially if I could. Just saying. What you guys are doing is very much appreciated.

Ha. Appreciate the support. For those who would want a tee, we'll have them available soon enough on the site. We're just testing out a few brands/colors now before we put them out.

Also, here is the track list for part 2.
2 parts. 1 interview. 187 tracks. 8 hours of music.

1. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – The The House

2. Jamal – Fades ‘Em All (Pete Rock Remix)

3. Deda – Blah Uno

4. Deda – Can’t Wait

5. InI – Fakin Jax (Remix)

6. Large Professor & Pete Rock – The Rap World

7. InI – The Life I Live

8. AZ – Gimmie Yours

9. Lost Boyz – The Yearn

10. Deda – Press Rewind

11. Sadat X – Escape From New York feat. Pete Rock & Deda

12. InI – To Each His Own feat. Large Professor & Q-Tip

13. Common – The Bitch In Yoo

14. Deda – I Originate

15. InI – What You Say

16. Rakim – Living For The City

17. Rakim – The Saga Begins

18. Rakim – When I’m Flowin

19. All City – Priceless

20. Mic Geronimo – Unstoppable

21. MC Lyte, Bahamadia, Nonchalant & Yo-Yo – Keep On Pushin’

22. Phife Dawg – Lemme Find Out

23. Diamond D – Painz & Strife feat. Phife Dawg & Pete Rock

24. Black Star – Respiration ( Flying High Remix) feat. Black Thought

25. Pete Rock – It’s About That Time feat. Black Thought & Rob-O

26. Rahzel - All I Know

27. Pete Rock – Tru Master feat. Inspectha Deck & Kurupt

28. Raekwon – Sneakers

29. Pete Rock – Tha Game feat. Prodigy, Raekwon & Ghostface Killah

30. Pete Rock – Half Man, Half Amazin’ feat. Method Man

31. Inspectah Deck – Trouble Man

32. Slum Village – Once Up A Time (Pete Rock Remix)

33. Freddie Foxxx – Bumpy Knuckles Baby

34. Gang Starr – The Militia (Remix) feat. Big Shug & Freddie Foxxx

35. Freddie Foxxx – Industry Shakedown

36. Pete Rock – Verbal Murder 2 feat. Big Pun, Noreaga & Common

37. Big L – Holdin’ It Down

38. Pete Rock – Respect Mine feat. O.C.

39. Rah Digga – What They Call Me

40. Phife Dawg – Melody Adonis

41. Rob-O – Stay Away feat. De La Soul

42. Pete Rock - #1 Soul Brother

43. Pete Rock – Back On The Block feat. C.L. Smooth

44. J-Live – Kick It To The Beat

45. Guru – Pimp Shit

46. Pete Rock – Mind Frame feat. Freddie Foxxx

47. Freddie Foxxx – Who Knows Why?

48. DJ Muro – Patch Up The Pieces feat. Pete Rock & Freddie Foxx

49. Non Phixion – If You Got Love

50. The UN – Game of Death

51. Busta Rhymes – Shut ‘Em Down 2002

52. One Be Lo – Deceptions (Remix)

53. Pete Rock – Collector’s Item feat. Grap Luva

54. Edo.G – Situations feat. Pete Rock

55. Pete Rock – Strange Fruit feat. Tragedy Khadafi, Capadonna & Sticky Fingaz

56. Pete Rock – To My Advantage feat. Nature

57. Nature – Ultimate High (Remix) feat. Nas

58. Pete Rock – Nothin’ Lessor feat. The UN

59. Grand Agent – This Is What They Meant feat. Pete Rock

60. Heather B. – Dedicated

61. PMD – Buckwild

62. Planet Asia – Full Course Meal

63. Ghostface Killah – Be Easy feat. Trife Da God

64. Jim Jones – G’s Up feat. Max B.

65. Pete Rock – Appreciate feat. C.L. Smooth

66. Pete Rock – Just Do It feat. Pharoahe Monch

67. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – Shine On Me

68. Keith Murray – Say Goodnight

69. Raekwon – Kids That Rich

70. Ghostface Killah – R.A.G.U. feat. Raekwon

71. Pete Rock – Head Rush feat. GZA & RZA

72. Masta Killa – Older Gods Pt. 2

73. Raekwon – Sonny’s Missing

74. Pete Rock – The PJ’s feat. Raekwon & Masta Killa

75. Kanye West – The Joy feat. Pete Rock, Jay-Z, Charlie Wilson & Kid Cudi

76. Boot Camp Click - 1-2-3

77. Pete Rock – Til I Retire

78. Focus – Homage To Pete Rock feat. Rapper Pooh, Sha Stimuli & Kurupt

79. Kurupt – Yessir

80. Pete Rock – 914 feat. Styles P & Sheek Louch

81. Styles P – Gangster, Gangster feat. Jadakiss & Sheek Louch

82. Stypes P – Children feat. Pharoahe Monch

83. D-Block – Like That Y’all (Remix)

84. The LOX – Filthy America

85. Pete Rock – Greenbacks

86. Edo. G – Living Legend feat. Grap Luva & Rob-O

87. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – It’s Not A Game

88. Heavy D & The Boyz – Got Me Waiting

89. C.L. Smooth – Love Is A Battlefield

90. Cypress Hill – Light It Up

91. Pete Rock – Bring Ya’ll Back feat. Little Brother

92. Pete Rock – Niggaz Know feat. J Dilla

93. Rob-O – So Many Rappers feat. Pete Rock

94. Cormega – Live And Learn

95. Kreators – Nightlife

96. Krumb Snatcha – Yesterday

97. Ill Bill – Truth

98. Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun – Prevail feat. Raekwon

99. Method Man & Redman – A-Yo

100. Smoke DZA & Pete Rock – Black Superhero Car feat. Rick Ross

101. Torae – Get Down

102. Reks – Thin Line

103. Sadat X – Turn It Up feat. Pete Rock

104. Sadat X – Freeze

105. Noreaga – Vitamins feat. Pete Rock

106. Redman – Gimmie One

107. Little Brother – Give It To Ya (Original Mix) feat. Pete Rock

108. Edo.G – 2 Turntables & A Mic

109. Termanology – Hold That

110. Torae – That Raw

111. Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun – Feel Me feat. Rock & Bun B

112. Papoose – Comprehend

113. Camp Lo – No Uniform feat. M.O.P. & Pete Rock

114. De La Soul – Memory of…(US)

115. Mac Miller – Melt feat. Schoolboy Q

116. Apathy – I Keep On feat. Pharoahe Monch & Pete Rock

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[stype_ones]

Listened to half of this and superb as ever. Getting through yours ( or a lot of podcasts these days) is often a daunting task, but the end result is always well worth it. Great job as usual.

[Kool Max Power]

both parts are great, enjoyed em ... tracklist proves that pete rock's 21 century work is hit-n-miss ... mostly miss, unfortunately ... still one of the best who ever did it!