Pete Rock, 9th Wonder, Jay Dilla, Kanye West, Nujabes, DJ Premier, Flying Lotus, Pharrell, Madlib, Tokimonsta, and Large Pro all inspired me to make music.
hilarious comment - it's got quantize silly - it's extremely simple to chop any beat and have it smoothed out into the rhythm you set. Maybe you don't really have any experience with it after all.. or ability to play a real instrument pre-filter-sample-loop-chop-sequence
I was riding down melrose on my bike in LA and I saw Pete this was in late 90s I jumped off the bike and the bike crashed into traffic lol I ran up to Pete star struck and said... u peterock man , he said yea that’s me son lol...I was soo excited....he gave me an autograph and I bounced...he’s one of the greatest producers that done it and he was and is a great inspiration to me to this day... peace
"if we didn't revive and bring back alive, old beatz that we appreciated, u wouldn't survive. you'd be another memory to us, ashez to ashez and dust to dust." - big daddy kane
I get so pumped for making beats after watching videos like these, then i jump onto ableton and realise how good producers like pete rock are.. they make it look effortless!
Back when this was uploaded there wasn't a lot of videos of producers making beats so this video really cleared up a lot of the mystery of how an MPC, or sampler in general, worked. I remember really wanting to see him work with an SP-1200 (which happened to be uploaded a few years later luckily)
Pete really makes me smile with his genuine character and whole being, like i see him geek out on sumthin and I jus want him to be sum 1 i see everyday and can talk about music with!
Man I miss hip hop like this.....A LOT OF US MISS IT.....now the industry is just letting artists in and it's depreciating the value of good music and beats.
Desiree Holgersson Nah. you don't have to tell me that. He's one of my faves too. I always felt like Pete Rock and Premiere had the most hypnotic beats but Dilla, No I.D., QD3 and Hi-Tek are some other really great producers that I don't think ever got their due.
PR is probably my all time favorite producer right now. There are many, many amazing hip hop producers out there for sure, but he just has the best combination of jazz, funk and bass. The Main Ingredient is one of the most slept on album of the 90's. Never. Gets. Old.
He needs 2 be a proffesor at a music college or atleast start his own ish 4 tha next generation ov children to learn from da best. Just tha best ov da best.....what else can u say! B-More has nuff respect 4 a livin legend. ONE-LUV!!!
Finally got the Vicki Sue Robinson joint "Hope Your Feelings Are Like Mine" that he sampled. Wished he would have used it in a record.......I would have loved that record too just because of the beat.
the beat he was workin on in the very start of the vid was one of the best ive ever heard and it only lasted like 20 seconds thats the power of pete rock
Damn! I've watched this video and other beatmakin' videos on RU-vid a few times now... and what comes to mind is how all the great hip-hop producers (DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, 9th Wonder, Kev Brown, etc. etc.) just make beatmakin' look so easy. If you look at what Rock's doing it might look like nothing, but really it's a hard task to build up a sample-based beat, and make all the elements of the song work. Respect and props to all the legendary hip-hop producers from me! :-)
YOOOOO this came on a DVD with a magazine I remember getting this in the mail when I was in High School (I think?) and wow this brings back memories!!!
It looks easy cause they're just pressing buttons. But this is actually a craft. knowing how and what to do and being able to execute it is skill. not easy even though it may appear that way. That's why they're so good, they make it look simple and easy enough for anyone to do.
Bruhhhh he just taught me how to do that trick with the kicks that all the old snoop beats have, what more can I say, I wouldn’t be here today if the old school didn’t pave the way!!!
After a long time of waiting to find out the beat @ 4:14 a friend played it when i was over his house. I along with many others was yearning to hear the entire instrumental because the little taste of it in this video just isnt enough. To all you Poets, Producers, hip hop heads, and even lay men to the art that have yet to find it.....i give you with great pleasure, Pete's Piano Instrumental!!! Just copy and paste this and enjoy. Pete Rock - Piano Instrumental ( Rare & Unreleased )
One of the greatest producers in history im tellin ya 💯🎹 he too talented wit da MPC, made memories wit da samplin and music releases. I like how old dis video was uploaded too
