This is gonna be a quick little write-up because time is limited right now. I got to the venue pretty late so most of the openers already performed. No big deal since I was only there to see Pete Rock. Surprisingly, it was really packed when I got onto the floor. Too bad this isn’t the norm at most shows. It was great to see people come out and support a legend though. I had to wait a bit for the last opener, Wale, to finish his set. Not going to say much about this cat since I wasn’t that impressed. But maybe that was due to fatigue from working all day. PR got on stage pretty quickly after Wale. After a short DJ set, he finally blessed us on the mic. One thing to note about the DJ set: Pete Rock didn’t bust out the Serato magic box but actually played real vinyl records! Go figure! But like I said, he went on to perform classic tracks like One In A Million, The Creator, his verse off the remix of Down With The King and, of course, They Reminisce Over You. Along with the older material, he did a lot of joints off his new album NY’s Finest, complete with guest appearances such as Styles P and Royal Flush. All in all, it felt like a short but solid set. Big ups to Erick Sermon and Black Thought, who were in the building. One last thing though. Before going into T.R.O.Y., Pete Rock spoke a little about his feelings towards CL Smooth. Apparently, they haven’t been cool with each other for quite some time. He even urged people to stop asking him about the dude. Anyone know the story behind this?
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Pete Rock Live in NYC (2/28, 7pm)
Did you actually see Wale’s set? He had a fucking bad, brought out Black Thought and Daniel Merriweather and pretty much killed it. Not sure what show you were watching.
When it was announced that he was going to bring out Daniel Merriweather, I was like “Word? Dan the Automator is down with Wale?” Then I realized I was thinking of Nathaniel Merriweather. Bringing out Automator would’ve made the set more interesting.
Yo. Whats up? Didn’t see you at the show. I was off to the left snapping pics/videos. Kid Cudi came on first. Never heard of him before. He was pretty good. Torae ripped it. He brought out Skyzoo. Rhymefest was also there. He performed a couple songs.
Funny moment of the night was Rhymefest getting some white dude from the audience to perform Brand New with him. lol
Pete Rock and Styles P killed it. Who was that other guy in the black sweater?
Also didn’t one of the member of Lords of the Underground get on stage?
Royal Flush…check out Ghetto Millionaire, his first album
wish i coulda been there for this
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Yea Pete and CL been had a rift for awhile now. There’s actually an mp3 out there with about a 2 hr. sitdown with CL and he explains everything! Very very interesting if you have the time to sit down and listen.
CL is quite the fella though, I worked on some thing with him last summer.
I’ll see if I can dig that up for you parnta.
Okay here we go I found it…
http://www.halftimeonline.com/podcasts/clsmoothinterview.mp3