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 .
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]
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
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 ^ 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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