PeteStrumentals is an instrumental hip hop album from Hip Hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

/rapper Pete Rock

Pete Rock

Peter Phillips , 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 critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth...

, his second solo release. The album is the second installment of BBE Records Beat Generation series, following Jay Dee's Welcome to Detroit album. The instrumental songs were originally recorded between 1990 and 1995, but were remixed and continued when putting together the album. All songs featuring vocals (The U.N., Freddie Foxxx, C.L. Smooth & Nature) were recorded exclusively for this project between 2000 and 2001.

There are two versions of this album. On the first version, twelve of the fourteen tracks are instrumentals, and the tracks "Cake" and "Nothin' Lesser" both feature rapping from The UN. On the second, five out of sixteen tracks feature vocals from The UN, Freddie Foxxx

Freddie Foxxx

Freddie Foxxx, also known as Bumpy Knuckles, is an American rapper and music producer from Long Island, New York.- Biography :...

, Nature

Nature (rapper)

Jermain Baxter , better known as Nature, is an American rapper, best known for his association with fellow Queensbridge-born rapper Nas.-Career:...

, and Rock's former partner, CL Smooth

CL Smooth

CL Smooth is an American rapper, poet, and is best known as the vocal half of the hip-hop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth....

. The updated version of the album was a result of Rock being blown away by Jay Dee's Welcome to Detroit which made him feel he needed to better his own contribution to the Beat Generations series.

A 10 year anniversary expanded and limited edition of PeteStrumentals was released on May 10, 2011, remastered from the original masters recordings, and also featuring a second disc of bonus tracks of a remix, accapella and a few instrumentals.

First edition

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"A Little Soul"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
2	"Play Dis Only At Night"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
3	"Something Funky"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
4	"For The People"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
5	"Hip Hopcrisy"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
6	"Smooth Sailing"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
7	"Pete's Jazz"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
8	"The Boss"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
9	"Get Involved"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
10	"Give It To Y'all"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
11	"Walk On By"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
12	"Cake"	Pete Rock	Pete Rock, The U.N.
13	"What You Waiting For"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
14	"Nothin' Lesser [Jamie's Mix]"	Pete Rock	Pete Rock, The U.N.

Second edition

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"A Little Soul"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
2	"Play Dis Only At Night"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
3	"Something Funky"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
4	"For The People"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
5	"To My Advantage"	Pete Rock	Nature Nature (rapper) Jermain Baxter , better known as Nature, is an American rapper, best known for his association with fellow Queensbridge-born rapper Nas.-Career:...
6	"Smooth Sailing"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
7	"Pete's Jazz"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
8	"Back On The Block"	Pete Rock	Pete Rock & CL Smooth CL Smooth CL Smooth is an American rapper, poet, and is best known as the vocal half of the hip-hop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth....
9	"The Boss"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
10	"Get Involved"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
11	"Nothin' Lesser"	Pete Rock	The UN
12	"Walk On By"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
13	"Take The D Train"	Pete Rock	*Instrumental*
14	"Mind Frame"	Pete Rock	Freddie Foxxx Freddie Foxxx Freddie Foxxx, also known as Bumpy Knuckles, is an American rapper and music producer from Long Island, New York.- Biography :...
15	"Cake"	Pete Rock	Pete Rock, The UN
16	"Outro"	Pete Rock	Pete Rock

Samples

• "Smooth Sailing"
  • "Quiet Lady" by The Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Orchestra
• "The Boss"
  • "The Boss" by James Brown
    James Brown
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  • "Satin Doll" by Dorothy Ashby
    Dorothy Ashby
    Dorothy Ashby was an American jazz harpist and composer.Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone...
    
    
• "Pete's Jazz"
  • "You Can't Hide Love" by Creative Source (R&B band)
  • "Open Your Eyes You Can Fly" by Gary Burton
    Gary Burton
    Gary Burton is an American jazz vibraphonist.A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated...
    
    
• "Walk On By"
  • "Walk On By" by Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Hayes
    Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
    
    
• "Give It To Y'all"
  • "Humpty Dumpty" by Placebo
    Placebo (band)
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  • "Instrumental Prelude" by Freda Payne
    Freda Payne
    Freda Charcilia Payne Some sources give a birth year of 1945, but this appears to be an error as all sources agree that she is older than her sister Scherrie, born 1944. is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling, 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in...
    
    
• "A Little Soul"
  • "Tensity" by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet and Orchestra
  • "Love Song No. 690" by McFadden & Whitehead
    McFadden & Whitehead
    McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now"...
    
    
• "Play Dis Only At Night"
  • "Theme from the Planets" by Dexter Wansel
    Dexter Wansel
    Dexter Gilman Wansel is an American keyboardist, raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He contributed to the development of the Philly Sound and worked with producers Gamble and Huff at Philadelphia International Records. Wansel led the musical group, Yellow Sunshine...
    
    
  • "Baby This Love I Have" by Minnie Ripperton
  • "Stop The Rain" by Average White Band
• "What You Waiting For"
  • "Games" by Dorothy Ashby
    Dorothy Ashby
    Dorothy Ashby was an American jazz harpist and composer.Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone...
    
    
  • "Tensity" by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet and Orchestra
• "Take The D Train"
  • "You're The One For Me" by D. Train
    D. Train
    D. Train was an American R&B duo, who scored several significant hits on both the Billboard Dance and R&B charts during the first half of the 1980s.-Overview:...
    
    

Album singles

Single information
"Back on Da Block" Released: 2001 B-side:
"Mind Frame" Released: 2001 B-side: "Back On Da Block"
"Nothin' Lesser" Released: 2001 B-side: "Give It To Y'all"

Album chart positions

Year	Album	Chart positions
		Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	Top Independent Albums
2001	PeteStrumentals	-	61	21

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Billboard Hot 100 Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...	Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	Hot Rap Singles
2001	Nothin' Lesser	-	-	33