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Title: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 21, 2011, 04:41:46 PM
01.  Intro                                                        1:18
02.  Monumental Ft. Tyler Woods And Pete Rock                     4:31
03.  Prevail Ft. Raekwon                                          2:40
04.  That's Hard Ft. Sean P And Styles P                          4:14
05.  Top Of The World Ft. Memphis Bleek                           4:58
06.  Feel Me Ft. Rock Of Heltah Skeltah And Bun B                 5:09
07.  Roses Ft. Freeway                                            4:25
08.  Fire                                                         4:22
09.  This One Ft. Top Dog And Jahdan Blakkamoore                  4:05
10.  Do It Ft. Hurricane G                                        5:16
11.  Night Time Ft. Pete Rock And Buckshot                        5:05
12.  (I'm A) Stand Up Guy Ft. Black Rob                           3:45
13.  Go Off                                                       2:41
14.  Time To Say                                                  5:15


Discuss.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Leggy Hendrix on June 22, 2011, 02:56:03 AM
This looks dope, features look dope, memph bleek, rae, black rob, freeway, sean p!! I have high hopes for this, need to get home and peep this asap
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Lucifuge on June 22, 2011, 03:06:02 AM
Link please? Is it any good? It's new trend right now, reper form it like voltron's and make albums ;D
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Darkwing Duck (The Reincarnation) on June 22, 2011, 03:19:40 AM
never heard of it. ill check this
studioalbum, or just some compilation?
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 22, 2011, 09:25:26 AM
never heard of it. ill check this
studioalbum, or just some compilation?

Studio album.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 22, 2011, 12:04:35 PM
Half way through the album and I gotta say Pete has fallen off bad. Some of the tracks are dope but some are very so so. None of his signature sounds are in there. Smif-N-Wessun are boring me a bit too.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 22, 2011, 12:23:19 PM
As for the second half, track 9 and 10 are clear skippers. and then the last 4 tracks are the same as the first 8, a mixture of dope or uninteresting. I wasn't feeling Stand Up Guy for the fact that Alchemist has used the sample already.

So the overall result for me is both acts have fallen off bad, nothing more than a 6/10. Seriously disappointed.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: D-Nice on June 22, 2011, 01:03:20 PM
As for the second half, track 9 and 10 are clear skippers. and then the last 4 tracks are the same as the first 8, a mixture of dope or uninteresting. I wasn't feeling Stand Up Guy for the fact that Alchemist has used the sample already.

So the overall result for me is both acts have fallen off bad, nothing more than a 6/10. Seriously disappointed.

Damn. Gonna have to check this out, but I trust your input on it. Was really looking forward to this album
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 22, 2011, 01:05:36 PM
As for the second half, track 9 and 10 are clear skippers. and then the last 4 tracks are the same as the first 8, a mixture of dope or uninteresting. I wasn't feeling Stand Up Guy for the fact that Alchemist has used the sample already.

So the overall result for me is both acts have fallen off bad, nothing more than a 6/10. Seriously disappointed.

Damn. Gonna have to check this out, but I trust your input on it. Was really looking forward to this album

Don't take my word for it. I'm hard to please these days. Let me know what you think.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Minkaveli on June 22, 2011, 07:03:58 PM
I liked Quik's album better tbh.  This is a 7 out of 10.  2nd track hits but same sample as Royce Nickel Nine Is from back in the day...
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: WCoastTillIDie on June 22, 2011, 10:09:04 PM
It's alright, 8 tracks are solid.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: BiggSadot on June 23, 2011, 06:01:49 PM
I liked Quik's album better tbh.  This is a 7 out of 10.  2nd track hits but same sample as Royce Nickel Nine Is from back in the day...


Thats a real strange and random comparison.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 28, 2011, 01:00:54 PM
Anyone else got an opinion on this. I want to know if I'm alone in thinking ths is a disappointment.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: WCoastTillIDie on June 28, 2011, 05:09:33 PM
^ Honestly, it's somewhat of a disappointment.  I still like about 8 or 9 songs from the album, I had medium expectations because these guys are pretty old lol.
Title: Pete Rock/Smif N Wessun: Monumental (OUT NOW) * Bangin'!
Post by: The_Ripper on June 29, 2011, 04:38:36 AM
THIS ALBUM IS FUCKIN BANGIN!

(http://www.2dopeboyz.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/20110517-MONUMENTAL.jpg)
01 Monumental f. Tyler Woods & Pete Rock
02 Prevail f. Raekwon
03 That’s Hard f. Sean Price & Styles P
04 Top of the World f. Memphis Bleek
05 Feel Me f. Rock & Bun B
06 Roses f. Freeway
07 Fire
08 This One f. Top Dog & Jahdan Blakkamoore
09 Do It f. Hurricane G
10 Nighttime f. Pete Rock & Buckshot
11 (I’m a) Stand Up Guy f. Black Rob
12 Time To Say

http://www.youtube.com/v/EWBqxgzNYiI
http://www.youtube.com/v/zRpX4tyJEII
http://www.youtube.com/v/bXyVpoGsLjg
http://www.youtube.com/v/kYdE5QINIlo

Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 29, 2011, 05:36:08 AM
It really isn't that good.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: The_Ripper on June 29, 2011, 07:16:51 AM
It really isn't that good.

 :laugh:
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Invincible on June 29, 2011, 02:48:11 PM
It really isn't that good.

 :laugh:

Yer, I agree. For the amount of time it took them to make it (from early last year some time I think) the finished product was pretty average. I laughed too.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: doggfather on June 29, 2011, 11:59:26 PM
have you seen the new vid:

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q8FrM6lJdkg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: The_Ripper on June 30, 2011, 12:22:28 AM
It really isn't that good.

 :laugh:

Yer, I agree. For the amount of time it took them to make it (from early last year some time I think) the finished product was pretty average. I laughed too.

(http://rob.nu/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/facepalm4.jpg)
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: doggfather on July 05, 2011, 01:51:48 AM
just heard the album. and it's a good one IMO.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: jeromechickenbone on July 05, 2011, 06:10:43 PM
As much as I hate to say it, Pete fell off a while back.  His comp that he dropped in like 03 had some really good shit on it (mostly the stuff with CL), but almost everything in the last several years has been average at best, and horrible for PR standards. 

I hate the lagging drum beat, rappers can't flow over that shit and it makes the song too damn choppy.  Pete needs to drop some shit that flows.
Title: Re: Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (Discussion Thread)
Post by: Darkwing Duck (The Reincarnation) on July 09, 2011, 12:32:09 PM
been bumpin this alot today. its not monumental, but if it came out in 96 - itd b a classic. some of the beats goes.
the last beat, that comes in at d end on the last song with the Common-sample is the best. shame they didnt make a song out of it..