Blu’s Latest Random Track With a Legendary Producer, Pete Rock’s “Clean Hand” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 12/07/11 | Filed under Refined Picks, Downloads, Pete Rock, Blu

But depending on Blu to release music in a fashion that makes any logical sense is like depending on The Fat Guy Who Yells to not yell, or be fat. It's just how Blu rolls, and if music like 'The Clean Hand" is the result, I'm all for it. Or to put it more bluntly, holy balls this is dope. Pete Rock is definitely sounding Dilla influenced here, and Blu sounds as strong as I've heard him in months. See more...

Torae & Pete Rock Sling “That Raw” Hip-Hop (Listen)

Posted by Nathan S. on 10/10/11 | Filed under Pete Rock, Torae

Perhaps best known for his work with Marco Polo (yep, we're getting into some rap nerd territory), Torae's one of those small handful of New York City emcees that have continued to refuse anything they didn't absolutely believe in. So while you'll probably never hear his name ringing out on BET, Torae can be trusted to only deliver "That Raw". Listen and download...

Pete Rock Breaks Down Record Q-Tip Stole From Him & More

Complex recently sat down with legendary producer Pete Rock and had him break down the story behind some of his biggest records, including A Tribe Called Quest's "We Got Jazz", which Q-Tip apparently stole from him. Yep, check it out.

Got 2 Hours? Check Out This Dope “DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock” Video

Posted by Nathan S. on 03/08/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Videos, Pete Rock, DJ Premier

DJs, even legendary ones, often struggle to fill clubs in America put play to sold out stadiums in Europe and Asia. So while some might be surprised that this ridiculously dope DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock battle went down in Japan, you really shouldn't be. Watch...

Rare Pete Rock Remix Flips Clipse’s “Wamp Wamp” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 02/21/11 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Remixes, Rap Nerdery, Clipse, Pete Rock

Now this is a motherloving remix. In an age where the word "remix" means adding another verse from a guest rapper, legendary producer Pete Rock, whom we last heard on "The Joy", has taken Clipse's "Wamp Wamp" and completely flipped it from a reggae-influenced Pharrell beat into a slowly burning soul record. Listen and download....

Ghostface Killah Asks “How You Like Me Now” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 12/03/10 | Filed under Downloads, Ghostface Killah, Pete Rock

What's that? You think I post too much Ghostface? Well too f**king bad. He's one of my top ten emcees of all-time ("Of all time!"), and this is my site, so when a new track leaks featuring Ghost's absurd and absurdly dope flow over a Pete Rock beat, it's going up. Deal with it. Listen and download...

Production Breakdown: Kanye West’s “The Joy”

Posted by Richard on 11/05/10 | Filed under Top Stories, Features, Kanye West, Production Breakdown, Pete Rock

“This beat deserves Hennessy, a bag of weed and a bad b*tch – the Holy Trinity.” Kanye's latest "G.O.O.D. Fridays" entry, “The Joy," lived up to its name in the Booth as well as on RefinedHype, inspiring Nathan to fall victim to a nasty case of hip-hop Tourettes, readers on both sites to praise the cut to high heavens, and me to do a little research on what went into the instrumental. And, since I have a strict policy of turning time wasted on YouTube , WhoSampled.com and Wikipedia into Production Breakdown material whenever possible, I thought I'd share with the class... Read More/Watch Video

Kanye West, Pete Rock, Jay-Z & Charlie Wilson Feel “The Joy” (Listen & Download)

Posted by Nathan S. on 11/01/10 | Filed under Top Stories, Downloads, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Good Friday, Pete Rock, Charlie Wilson

This new "Good Friday" joint is so dope it's giving me Tourettes: Holy sh*t balls f**k godd*mn "The Joy" is incredible. So incredible in fact, that I'm not even going to bring up Kid Cudi's non-performance. Instead, let's recognize that 99% of the rappers in the game would kill their grandmothers to put out a record like this, and Kanye did it for free in his spare time. The man's just on a different level. Listen and download...