Comments (0) It’s been a minute since I’ve dropped an homage to the classic video. So for my return here is one of my favorite Pete Rock produced joints, Down with King. Everyone rips it on this and the video is pure 90’s era grit and grime. Fantastic stuff.
Grabbing a classic Pete Rock beat like this takes some guts because it’s one of those cases where you might be biting off more than you can chew in the sense that you get completely outshined by the instrumental, similar to all the MCs who have tried unsuccessfully to drop a verse to Jay’s “U Don’t Know.” UnLearn goes for it here to prove he’s an honorary Soul Survivor.
Hearing voices like I’m Joan of Arc/
I’m the artist that’s gonna keep hip-hop afloat like it’s on Noah’s Ark/
And through the harshest weather I’m brushing my shoulders off/
Showing y’all that when God made me He was showing off.
UnLearn – 100 Bars of Redemption
A Red Cafe and Pete Rock collabo? I guess its not really any more strange than Jim Jones and Pete Rock.
Red Cafe feat. Pete Rock- Heart and Soul
This is definitely a homage to the classics but I want to put this in a category by itself. People debate the best posse cut of all time but there is no competition in my mind. It’s Heavy D’s “Don’t Curse.” Yeah that’s right, a Heavy D track. Peep the line up: Heavy D featuring Kool G Rap, Grand Puba, CL Smooth, Big Daddy Kane, and Q-Tip produced by Pete Rock. That is some heat on that track right there. I know others may argue “The Symphony,” “Flava in Ya Ear Remix,” or De La Soul’s “Buddy” as the best posse cut but “Don’t Curse” has everyone rhyming on the SAME topic. Imagine that, a posse cut that’s not a collection of 16’s but has all participants rhyming on the same topic. Novel, I know.
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