OUT NOW Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1

[IP360]

...HIP HOP BABY!

 

[12bitCounsel]

Bro these visuals. Got it looking like an oldschool Spike Lee joint or something. And Pete with the casual, traditional, super-crisp drums and the opening verse. Felt good to hear a verse from Pete, I can't front I been watching this like once every couple hours since it dropped. Master level work, effortless.

 

[Swiffness!]

They are my 1 and 2 ALL time GOATS

Preemo always slightly edged Pete out
But now, in this later era of their careers

Pete clearly has caught his 2nd wind. His production today sounds fresh, crisp and soulful
That ole SP12000 vibe from yesteryear but yet update for the modern day

Meanwhile, Preemo production these last several years have been more miss than hits. His beats sound dated, soulless and mechanical

He really needs to go back to his old drum machine and equipment

again, people need to go listen to that Skyzoo album man..........



i think it comes down to skill sets. Pete is the GOAT when it comes to separating different elements from samples and layering them. The story about how he made T.R.O.Y sums it up.

Preemo is basically a straight-up formula of GRITTY OLD SAMPLE CHOP + SP-1200 DRUMS + TURNTABLISM that has worked for 3 decades.

Preemo beats make MCs wanna black the fuck out and spit, Pete Rock makes you reminisce.......

its like the old pro-wrestling smark debates about Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair. Bret was great because he could be flexible and adapt to any wrestler in the ring. Ric was great because he had a set formula that could work with any wrestler, even if they were a stiff like El Gigante.

 

[Goldie]

 

[King Poetic]

 

[Infamous114]

 

[Ironman]

Yea....this the one

 

[Ironman]

 

[Swiffness!]

pure black excellence. easy AOTY

 

[Infamous114]

 

[Maywood]

 

[Playmaker88]

Common doing common shit dope

His metaphors and world play

 

[Word....Life]

Me and some of my niggaz supposed to be doin’ a “listenin’ party” today for this shit…I’m tryin’ to hold off listenin’ but I might not make it lol

 

[King Poetic]

Great album . My AOTY so far .

 

[ChicagoFigure]

The Dreaming beat

One of my personal fav albums

 

[genocide_cutter]

10/10

Fire

 

[God_Body]

“I’m Petey Wheatstraw from the Southside of Chicago”

 

[Swiffness!]

until track 8 i was legit wondering if this was gonna be the best rap album since........................like.............................Supreme Clientele?

no disrespect to God or J Hudd but tracks 8 & 9 are definitely a cut below the rest imho. These songs are still VERY VERY good, the album still rides from front to back, but Pete is jogging on those tracks compared to the acrobatics he's doing on the rest of this album. JOGGING. They would be somebody else's Best Beats Ever tho lmao.

 

[grYmes]

This my shit

 

[Norrin_Radd]

This album is just a breath of fresh air. I can't stop listening to it. So many people has been on repeat.