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The venerable producer's sound is thinner, but still effective, especially given the presence of old stagers like Redman, whose rhymes ("When I run out of ink I kill another octopus") are as addictive as the retro backdrop.
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NY's Finest shows glimmers of what Rock can do, but it's unfortunate the album came out before Soul Brotha #1 was warmed up.
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Now working below the corporate radar, the venerable producer's sound is thinner, but still effective, especially given the presence of old stagers like Redman, whose rhymes ('When I run out of ink I kill another octopus ') are as addictive as the retro backdrop.
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Throughout, Pete Rock gives the listeners what they came for: his beats, grounded but lifting off with an outerspace tendencies, highstepping with snare or petering off with synthesized tail ends.
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Q MagazineThis has its moments, notably the rolling break of '914' and heavyweight funk propelling Redman's tongue-twisting rap on 'Best Believe,' but it's one for the cognoscenti. [May 2008, p.136]