Bringing a taste of the Golden Age into 2016, Pete Rock and Smoke DZA remind listeners that solid production and thoughtful, socially relevant rhymes are timeless on their collaborative effort, Don't Smoke Rock. Employing his trademark sample style, the legendary Rock weaves jazz and soul snippets throughout each track, as DZA and a stacked roster of guests take turns with bars reminiscent of the '90s, a time when there was more to mainstream hip-hop than mumbling. The results are refreshing, nostalgic, and extremely satisfying for fans of that period. Released in the same year that saw the return of De La Soul, The LOX and A Tribe Called Quest, Don't Smoke Rock serves as another link between eras: paying respects to old-school hip-hop legacy with updated perspectives and production quality. In case their intent was unclear, DZA even introduces the LP reminiscing about a pre-gentrification "old Harlem" on "Intro" and later pining for the good old days on the creeping Cam'Ron & Nymlo track "Moving Weight, Pt. 1." Rock's samples range from dramatic strings ("Wild 100s"), haunting hypnotic loops (the monstrous Wale track "Show Off"), and booming horns (the Dave East joint "Limitless") to inspired comedic bits from Bernie Mac ("I Ain't Scared") and Chris Tucker ("Until Then"). Highlights are numerous. On "Black Superhero Car", DZA and Rick Ross trade verses over a throwback sample that sounds like early-era Pete Rock-disciple Kanye West. Royce Da 5'9" contributes to the plaintive, aptly titled piano-looper "Hold The Drums", and an all-star cast of BJ The Chicago Kid, Jadakiss, and Styles P descend upon "Milestone". The 13-track time machine does not relent or disappoint, making Don't Smoke Rock a standout for hip-hop fans in need of quality nourishment.[3]
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Don t Smoke Rock news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Don t Smoke Rock is the first collaborative studio album by rapper Smoke DZA and producer Pete Rock It was released on December 2 2016 by Babygrande Records Sony Music and The Orchard The album features guest appearances from Dave East Rick Ross Royce da 5 9 Cam ron NymLo BJ the Chicago Kid Jadakiss Styles P Wale Big K R I T Dom Kennedy theMIND and Mac Miller 2 Don t Smoke RockStudio album by Smoke DZA amp Pete RockReleasedDecember 2 2016Recorded2016GenreHip hopLength49 33LabelBabygrandeProducerPete RockPete Rock chronologyPeteStrumentals 2 2015 Don t Smoke Rock 2016 Lost Sessions 2017 Smoke DZA chronologyHe Has Risen 2016 Don t Smoke Rock 2016 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic 1 Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 ReferencesCritical reception editBringing a taste of the Golden Age into 2016 Pete Rock and Smoke DZA remind listeners that solid production and thoughtful socially relevant rhymes are timeless on their collaborative effort Don t Smoke Rock Employing his trademark sample style the legendary Rock weaves jazz and soul snippets throughout each track as DZA and a stacked roster of guests take turns with bars reminiscent of the 90s a time when there was more to mainstream hip hop than mumbling The results are refreshing nostalgic and extremely satisfying for fans of that period Released in the same year that saw the return of De La Soul The LOX and A Tribe Called Quest Don t Smoke Rock serves as another link between eras paying respects to old school hip hop legacy with updated perspectives and production quality In case their intent was unclear DZA even introduces the LP reminiscing about a pre gentrification old Harlem on Intro and later pining for the good old days on the creeping Cam Ron amp Nymlo track Moving Weight Pt 1 Rock s samples range from dramatic strings Wild 100s haunting hypnotic loops the monstrous Wale track Show Off and booming horns the Dave East joint Limitless to inspired comedic bits from Bernie Mac I Ain t Scared and Chris Tucker Until Then Highlights are numerous On Black Superhero Car DZA and Rick Ross trade verses over a throwback sample that sounds like early era Pete Rock disciple Kanye West Royce Da 5 9 contributes to the plaintive aptly titled piano looper Hold The Drums and an all star cast of BJ The Chicago Kid Jadakiss and Styles P descend upon Milestone The 13 track time machine does not relent or disappoint making Don t Smoke Rock a standout for hip hop fans in need of quality nourishment 3 Track listing editAll tracks produced by Pete Rock 4 No TitleWriter s Length1 Intro Peter PhillipsSean Pompey1 162 Limitless featuring Dave East PhillipsPompeyDave Brewster4 233 Black Superhero Car featuring Rick Ross PhillipsPompeyWilliam Roberts II3 324 Hold the Drums featuring Royce da 5 9 PhillipsPompeyRyan Montgomery5 165 Moving Weight Pt 1 featuring Cam ron and NymLo PhillipsPompeyCameron Giles5 076 Wild 100s PhillipsPompey3 387 Last Name PhillipsPompey3 528 1 of 1 PhillipsPompey2 179 Milestone featuring BJ the Chicago Kid Jadakiss and Styles P PhillipsPompeyBryan SledgeDavid StylesJason Phillips4 1910 Show Off featuring Wale PhillipsPompeyOlubowale Akintimehin4 0511 Dusk 2 Dusk featuring Big K R I T Dom Kennedy and theMIND PhillipsPompeyDominic HunnJustin ScottZarif Wilder4 1512 I Ain t Scared PhillipsPompey1 5713 Until Then featuring Mac Miller PhillipsPompeyMalcolm McCormick5 29Total length 49 33Personnel edit 5 Olubowale Akintimehin composer Owen Biddle bass Big K R I T featured artist BJ The Chicago Kid featured artist Paul Bloom keyboards Dave Brewster composer Cam Ron featured artist Shonka Dukurah vocals Alan M Duval photography Dave East featured artist Jeremy Gerson product manager Dan The Man Humiston mixing Jadakiss featured artist Daru Jones drums music direction Dom Kennedy featured artist Marcus Machado guitar Malcolm McCormick composer featured artist Raul Montgomery composer John Spark Moriau mastering Eileen Moudou violin Brandon Newsome percussion vocals Nymlo featured artist Pete Phillips composer executive producer primary artist producer Marion OJ Ross horn Rick Ross composer featured artist Royce Da 5 9 featured artist TaVon Sampson artwork Randy Singleton photography Smoke DZA executive producer primary artist Styles P featured artist theMIND featured artist Aristotle Torres art direction Wale featured artist Preston West A amp R Chuck Wilson Executive ProducerReferences edit Don t Smoke Rock AllMusic Accessed on March 13 2018 Don t Smoke Rock by Smoke DZA amp Pete Rock on Apple Music Itunes apple com 2016 12 02 Retrieved 2016 12 12 Don t Smoke Rock Pete Rock Smoke DZA Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic allmusic com Retrieved 12 December 2016 Smoke DZA 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