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Pete Rock
Peter O. Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ, and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Early on in his career, he was also famed for his remix work.
After the duo went their separate ways, Rock continued with a solo career that has garnered him worldwide respect, though little in the way of mainstream success. Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, Gang Starr, A Tribe Called Quest and The Roots, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip hop music (also known as jazz rap). Pete Rock is also the older brother and younger cousin, respectively, of rappers Grap Luva and Heavy D.
Peter Phillips was born in The Bronx in New York City the fourth of five children born to Jamaican immigrant parents, Leighton Phillips and Eda Phillips[better source needed] . His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was seven years old. Around the time, his parents would take him and his younger brother (Grap Luva) to see James Brown at a concert in his neighborhood to where performers such as Marva Whitney, Lyn Collins, The JB's would come perform and do shows and acts in front of the audience. He would meet James Brown backstage after a show for a meet and greet. Rock started scratching at the age 7 when one of his parents brought him home a toy record player by Fisher-Price. He began scratching after his first cousin, Floyd Myers, the older brother of Heavy D, taught Rock how to DJ. When Rock was 17, he learned how to make beats with the E-mu SP-1200 that Freddie Foxx gave him. Rock attended Mount Vernon High School.
During high school, he met his future recording partner CL Smooth.[citation needed] He briefly attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice but was not a serious student and left to focus on his music career. According to Phillips, his father was also a part-time DJ who had an impressive record collection. Rock would often accompany his father to a cricket club called Wembley in The Bronx and watch as he spun records for the guests. His first job was as a paperboy, in his neighborhood. His first major exposure to the hip hop audience was in the late 80s with Marley Marl as a DJ on New York's WBLS radio show "In Control With Marley Marl" at the age of 18 after he finished high school.According to Rock, he stated he met Marley Marl through his cousin Heavy D, after one of Marley's Disc jockey got injured in a car accident and needed a backup DJ on WBLS radio show "In Control With Marley Marl". Propelled by the growth of his popularity, he began producing in the early 90s.
After the breakup with CL Smooth in 1995, Rock continued working, remixing and producing for artists. He was on Future Flavas with Marley Marl on Hot 97, which debuted in January 1995. In 1996, he produced a song called "The Rap World", which Rock rapped alongside Large Professor on High School High soundtrack. He made other guest appearances on albums, including Diamond D's 1997's Hatred, Passions and Infidelity LP, the song called "Painz & Strife" featuring Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest. Rock released his first solo debut album, Soul Survivor on November 10, 1998, on Loud Records. The album had the hit singles "Tru Master" featuring Inspectah Deck and Kurupt, and "Take Your Time" featuring R&B group Loose Ends. In the early year of 2000, he worked out a deal with BBE, a label based in the UK and released PeteStrumentals, an instrumental album that features no vocals, except for tracks 'Cake" and "Nothin' Lesser" which performed by the UN (Divine, Godfree, Laku and Roc Marciano), a group that Rock brought in. The second version of PeteStrumentals for the Beat Generation series was updated with new tracks after the release of J Dilla's Welcome 2 Detroit album in 2001.
In 2003, Rock also released a compilation album, Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics on October 27, 2003, on BBE records. The album contains a double disc package that feature two albums that were recorded in 1995–96 and shelved by the label Elektra Records. He released 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 collaborated with Boston rapper Ed O.G. on a project called My Own Worst Enemy in 2004, produced by Rock with additional production by Diamond D, DJ Revolution and DJ Supreme One. In 2006, after Rock parted ways with BBE, Rock signed with Nature Sounds for his fourth album, NY's Finest on February 26, 2008.
Rock oversaw the production of Jay Stay Paid, a posthumous album by the producer J Dilla, released June 2, 2009, on Nature Sounds. Following that, Pete Rock joined Kanye West in Hawaii, who traveled there to work on the latter's fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. His next few collaborative albums are both due for a summer release with Monumental first then with Camp Lo's "80 Blocks From Tiffanys" LP.
PeteStrumentals 2 was released on June 23, 2015, on the indie label Mello Music Group.
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Pete Rock
Peter O. Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ, and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Early on in his career, he was also famed for his remix work.
After the duo went their separate ways, Rock continued with a solo career that has garnered him worldwide respect, though little in the way of mainstream success. Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, Gang Starr, A Tribe Called Quest and The Roots, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip hop music (also known as jazz rap). Pete Rock is also the older brother and younger cousin, respectively, of rappers Grap Luva and Heavy D.
Peter Phillips was born in The Bronx in New York City the fourth of five children born to Jamaican immigrant parents, Leighton Phillips and Eda Phillips[better source needed] . His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was seven years old. Around the time, his parents would take him and his younger brother (Grap Luva) to see James Brown at a concert in his neighborhood to where performers such as Marva Whitney, Lyn Collins, The JB's would come perform and do shows and acts in front of the audience. He would meet James Brown backstage after a show for a meet and greet. Rock started scratching at the age 7 when one of his parents brought him home a toy record player by Fisher-Price. He began scratching after his first cousin, Floyd Myers, the older brother of Heavy D, taught Rock how to DJ. When Rock was 17, he learned how to make beats with the E-mu SP-1200 that Freddie Foxx gave him. Rock attended Mount Vernon High School.
During high school, he met his future recording partner CL Smooth.[citation needed] He briefly attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice but was not a serious student and left to focus on his music career. According to Phillips, his father was also a part-time DJ who had an impressive record collection. Rock would often accompany his father to a cricket club called Wembley in The Bronx and watch as he spun records for the guests. His first job was as a paperboy, in his neighborhood. His first major exposure to the hip hop audience was in the late 80s with Marley Marl as a DJ on New York's WBLS radio show "In Control With Marley Marl" at the age of 18 after he finished high school.According to Rock, he stated he met Marley Marl through his cousin Heavy D, after one of Marley's Disc jockey got injured in a car accident and needed a backup DJ on WBLS radio show "In Control With Marley Marl". Propelled by the growth of his popularity, he began producing in the early 90s.
After the breakup with CL Smooth in 1995, Rock continued working, remixing and producing for artists. He was on Future Flavas with Marley Marl on Hot 97, which debuted in January 1995. In 1996, he produced a song called "The Rap World", which Rock rapped alongside Large Professor on High School High soundtrack. He made other guest appearances on albums, including Diamond D's 1997's Hatred, Passions and Infidelity LP, the song called "Painz & Strife" featuring Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest. Rock released his first solo debut album, Soul Survivor on November 10, 1998, on Loud Records. The album had the hit singles "Tru Master" featuring Inspectah Deck and Kurupt, and "Take Your Time" featuring R&B group Loose Ends. In the early year of 2000, he worked out a deal with BBE, a label based in the UK and released PeteStrumentals, an instrumental album that features no vocals, except for tracks 'Cake" and "Nothin' Lesser" which performed by the UN (Divine, Godfree, Laku and Roc Marciano), a group that Rock brought in. The second version of PeteStrumentals for the Beat Generation series was updated with new tracks after the release of J Dilla's Welcome 2 Detroit album in 2001.
In 2003, Rock also released a compilation album, Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics on October 27, 2003, on BBE records. The album contains a double disc package that feature two albums that were recorded in 1995–96 and shelved by the label Elektra Records. He released 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 collaborated with Boston rapper Ed O.G. on a project called My Own Worst Enemy in 2004, produced by Rock with additional production by Diamond D, DJ Revolution and DJ Supreme One. In 2006, after Rock parted ways with BBE, Rock signed with Nature Sounds for his fourth album, NY's Finest on February 26, 2008.
Rock oversaw the production of Jay Stay Paid, a posthumous album by the producer J Dilla, released June 2, 2009, on Nature Sounds. Following that, Pete Rock joined Kanye West in Hawaii, who traveled there to work on the latter's fifth album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. His next few collaborative albums are both due for a summer release with Monumental first then with Camp Lo's "80 Blocks From Tiffanys" LP.
PeteStrumentals 2 was released on June 23, 2015, on the indie label Mello Music Group.
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