5 Artists That Influenced Pete Rock
Pete Rock owes much of his success to a handful of music legends whose music served as an inspiration for his own creative process. Proceed to see a rundown of Pete Rock’s mentors and disciples. Set it off.
5 Artists That Influenced Pete Rock
Stevie Wonder:
Where else do you think the Chocolate Boy Wonder got his soul-tight swagger from?
Tom Scott & The California Dreamers
Tom Scott’s “Today” led to Pete’s most popular work and undoubtedly one of the greatest rap songs ever, “They Reminisce Over You.”
Miles Davis
Pete was one of the first producers to effectively merge the worlds of jazz and hip-hop, thanks to influences like Miles Davis. In fact, Pete’s Soul Survivor II album cover is a nod to the Miles Davis album Tutu.
James Brown
Marley Marl
Marley Marl was the biggest hip-hop influence on Pete Rock’s style. Marley was working miracles with the TR-808 and his favorite sampler, an SDD-series, before Pete became a household name for his sampling prowess.
