Monumental (album)
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| Monumental | ||||
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| Released | June 28, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2010–11 | |||
| Studio | DaMan Studios (New York, NY) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 57:43 | |||
| Label | Duck Down | |||
| Producer | Pete Rock (also exec.) | |||
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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. The recording sessions took place at DaMan Studios in New York. The album was produced 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.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| The A.V. Club | B[1] |
| Beats Per Minute | 79%[2] |
| HipHopDX | 4/5[3] |
| laut.de |   [4] |
| RapReviews | 5.5/10[5] |
| XXL | 3/5 (L)[6] |
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]
The cover photography by Daruis Vick was featured on Pitchfork's "The Worst Album Covers of 2011" list.[8]
Track listing
All music is composed by Pete Rock.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
| 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" |
| 2:41 |
| 14. | "Time to Say" |
| 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
