Pete Rock

Stream Nas’ New Album The Lost Tapes II

Nas' new album The Lost Tapes II was announced earlier this month, and now the New York native is back with the full release. The…

Rob Arcand / July 19, 2019

Videos

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Video: De La Soul – “Memory of… (US)” ft. Estelle and Pete Rock

De La Soul have unveiled the video for the mellow And the Anonymous Nobody... cut "Memory of... (US)," which features Estelle and production from Pete Rock. The…

Andy Cush / December 8, 2016

New Music

New Music: Smoke DZA and Pete Rock – Don’t Smoke Rock

Pete Rock and Smoke DZA might seem like an unlikely pair, but these two New York hip-hop artists gel incredibly well on their joint record, Don't…

Josh Rosenberg / December 1, 2016

Features

Pete Rock And C.L. Smooth Portrait Session

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After 22 Years, Pete Rock and CL Smooth Are Finally Ready to Make New Music

On a warm night in late September, minutes before the start of the fall’s first presidential debate, Corey "CL Smooth" Penn sits perched on a folding…

Pete Tosiello / November 28, 2016

Premieres

Pete Rock & Camp Lo Spar With Ab-Soul on ‘Don’t Ya Just Love It’

With '90s-style Bronx rap making a comeback, there are a number of current rappers aiming for Camp Lo's throne. Figures that in 2013, a West…

Jordan Sargent / July 30, 2013

Premieres

Hear Ill Bill’s Boom-Bap Tribute to Exodus Singer Paul Baloff

After more than a decade in the game, fire-tongued Brooklyn cult rapper Ill Bill is returning with his most ambitious album to date, The Grimy…

Kory Grow / February 13, 2013

News

Pete Rock Slams Lupe Fiasco for Crappy ‘T.R.O.Y.’ Bite

On Sunday night, Lupe Fiasco dropped "Around My Way (Freedom Isn't Free)" from his long-anticipated, improbably titled Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap…

Christopher R. Weingarten / May 22, 2012

News

The Most Likely Living Superstars to Be Posthumously Exploited

Recently, SPIN.com ran an article in reaction to the snatching of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis' gravestone, pondering which other deceased icons should be protecting…

Kenny Herzog / July 16, 2008