Seventh solo studio album by Pete Rock, third chapter of the PeteStrumentals series. The Soul Brothers are credited with making the tape together with the producer.
The first cut features a slow hard pounding drum machine, male sample, then elegant piano and snappy horn. The rhythm becomes more and more fresh, until it leaves the tight male sample, gaining a more loose, jovial and serene sound. From the second song the quality of the production drops. Hard and slow drum, good samples, including a melodic female soul one that lightens the hardness of the drum. The third instrumental has a minimal production and a heavy drum machine, the following track is also minimal, but with a lighter drum than usual. "Heavy" lives up to its name and meets a hard, tight and heavy drum, with honest sax samples.
"So Good" on the contrary, has good samples and a heavy hard drum, however, this lo-fi rhythm is among the less good of the edition. The next two instrument cuts boast light samples to counter a slow and tight drum. "Tman Funk!" is one of his less successful rhythms, followed by a relaxed beat, one of the best of the edition, with a slow and pounding hard drum and light samples. "PR" is similar to the tenth song, albeit qualitatively lower, while "Barry Funk" is another half-slip by Pete Rock: good horn, light slow snare drum, with the unique annoying sample of the tape. In the final two tracks, the drum machine gets lighter and there are good light samples.
The third episode of the PeteStrumentals series boasts 14 short songs, for just under 40 minutes of listening. Pete Rock abandons a dozen instrumentals that look like scraps: most of these beats are lo-fi and discreet, they're all close to being weak, few beats are good ("Say It Again", "Swag" and "Undone Funk"), none up to the best of it. It's not Pete Rock's worst tape, but it's little more than enough, discreet, if you come here with expectations you can't help but be disappointed: not recommended, 6/10.
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