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2011 studio album by Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun
Monumental
Released June 28, 2011 (2011-06-28 ) Recorded 2010–11 Studio DaMan Studios (
New York ,
NY )
Genre
Hip hop Length 57 :43
Label
Duck Down
Producer
"Prevail" Released: September 14, 2010
"That's Hard" Released: May 17, 2011
"Monumental" Released: June 15, 2011
Monumental is a collaborative studio album by American rapper and record producer
Pete Rock and hip hop duo
Smif-N-Wessun . It was released on June 28, 2011 through
Duck Down Music . Recording sessions took place at DaMan Studios in New York.
Production was handled entirely by Pete Rock, who also served as executive producer together with
Steele and
Tek . It features guest appearances from
Black Rob ,
Buckshot ,
Bun B ,
Freeway ,
Heltah Skeltah ,
Hurricane G , Jahdan Blakkamoore,
Memphis Bleek ,
Raekwon ,
Styles P ,
Top Dog and Tyler Woods. The album peaked at number 110 on the
Billboard 200 and number 24 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums .
Critical reception
Monumental was met with generally favorable reviews. At Album of the Year, which assigns a
normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an
average score of 74, based on four reviews.
[7]
Cover photography made by Daruis Vick was featured on
Pitchfork 's 'The Worst Album Covers of 2011' list among 19 other cover arts.
[8]
Track listing
All music is composed by
Pete Rock
Title Writer(s) 1. "Intro"
Peter Phillips 1:18 2. "Monumental" (featuring Tyler Woods) 4:31 3. "Prevail" (featuring
Raekwon ) 2:40 4. "That's Hard" (featuring
Sean Price and
Styles P ) 4:13 5. "Top of the World" (featuring
Memphis Bleek ) 4:58 6. "Feel Me" (featuring
Rock and
Bun B ) 5:09 7. "Roses" (featuring
Freeway ) 4:25 8. "Fire" Yates, Jr. Williams Phillips 4:22 9. "This One" (featuring
Top Dog and Jahdan Blakkamoore) 4:05 10. "Do It" (featuring
Hurricane G ) 5:16 11. "Night Time" (featuring
Buckshot ) 5:05 12. "(I'm A) Stand Up Guy" (featuring
Black Rob ) 3:45 13. "Go Off" Yates, Jr. Williams Phillips 2:41 14. "Time to Say" Yates, Jr. Williams Phillips 5:15 Total length: 57:43
Personnel
Peter "
Pete Rock " Phillips – producer, mixing, executive producer
"Dan The Man" Humiston – mixing
Michael Sarsfield – mastering
C/4 – engineering
Killa Ben – engineering
M Nasty – engineering
Rob "Giambi" Garcia – engineering
Darrell "
Steele " Yates, Jr. – executive producer
Tekomin "
Tek " Williams – executive producer
Kenyatta "
Buckshot " Blake – associate executive producer
Drew "Dru-Ha" Friedman – associate executive producer
Darius Vick – photography (front cover)
Skrilla – additional artwork
Charts
References
^ McMullen, Chase (June 27, 2011).
"Album Review: Pete Rock & Smif-n-Wessun – Monumental | Beats Per Minute" .
Beats Per Minute . Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^ Paine, Jake (June 28, 2011).
"Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental" .
HipHopDX . Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^ Austel, Alexander.
"Diese Hip Hop-Platte meißelt ein Lächeln ins Gesicht" .
laut.de (in German). Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^ T., Pete (June 7, 2011).
"Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun :: Monumental :: Duck Down Records" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^ Rytlewski, Evan (June 28, 2011).
"Pete Rock and Smif-n-Wessun: Monumental" .
The A.V. Club . Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^ Udoh, Meka (June 24, 2011).
"Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun, Monumental - XXL" .
XXL . Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^
"Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental" . Album of the Year . Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^
"The Worst Album Covers of 2011" .
Pitchfork . December 5, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2020 .
^
"Pete Rock Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^
"Pete Rock Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^
"Pete Rock Chart History (Top Rap Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
^
"Pete Rock Chart History (Independent Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved October 16, 2020.
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