Bronx born Peter Phillips, better known by the name Pete Rock, and lesser known as Soul Brother #1 or The Chocolate Boy Wonder, was one half of the ground-breaking rap duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Crate Kings has him listed as the third greatest Hip Hop and Rap producer of all time. He is frequently credited with having major influence on today’s Hip Hop music.
Reacquaint yourself with Pete Rock’s music at the Hype Machine.
This April 7, Pete Rock joins Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg for the latest installment of Noisemakers at 92YTribeca. HipHopDX caught wind of this, and asked: With rumors circulating around the Internet about Pete Rock lending his production and deejaying expertise to Kanye West’s tentatively titled upcoming album, Good Ass Job, this is the perfect time to pay tribute to the man who changed how we think of adlibs, sampled the horns from “Today” by Tom Scott and the California Dreamers. So can Rosenberg get him to give up the goods?
“Pete has a couple really big things up his sleeve, some of which I hope he publicly reveals at Noisemakers,” Rosenberg offered.
Be there yourself to find out on April 7.
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