Monumental (album)

Monumental
Studio album by Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun
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	Tek & Steele (exec.) Pete Rock (also exec.)
Pete Rock chronology
NY's Finest (2008) Monumental (2011) PeteStrumentals 2 (2015)
Smif-N-Wessun chronology
Smif-n-Wessun: The Album (2007) Monumental (2011) The All (2019)
Singles from Monumental
"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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Beats Per Minute	79%[1]
HipHopDX	4/5[2]
laut.de	[3]
RapReviews	5.5/10[4]
The A.V. Club	B[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]

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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Peter Phillips	1:18
2.	"Monumental" (featuring Tyler Woods)	Phillips Darrell Yates, Jr. Tekomin Williams Tyler Woods	4:31
3.	"Prevail" (featuring Raekwon)	Yates, Jr. Williams Corey Woods Phillips	2:40
4.	"That's Hard" (featuring Sean Price and Styles P)	Yates, Jr. Williams Sean Price David Styles Phillips	4:13
5.	"Top of the World" (featuring Memphis Bleek)	Yates, Jr. Williams Malik Cox Phillips	4:58
6.	"Feel Me" (featuring Rock and Bun B)	Yates, Jr. Williams Jahmal Bush Bernard Freeman Phillips	5:09
7.	"Roses" (featuring Freeway)	Yates, Jr. Williams Leslie Pridgen Phillips	4:25
8.	"Fire"	Yates, Jr. Williams Phillips	4:22
9.	"This One" (featuring Top Dog and Jahdan Blakkamoore)	Yates, Jr. Williams Dashawn Yates Phillips	4:05
10.	"Do It" (featuring Hurricane G)	Yates, Jr. Williams Gloria Rodríguez Phillips	5:16
11.	"Night Time" (featuring Buckshot)	Phillips Yates, Jr. Williams Kenyatta Blake	5:05
12.	"(I'm A) Stand Up Guy" (featuring Black Rob)	Yates, Jr. Williams Robert Ross Phillips	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

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[9]	110
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[10]	24
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[11]	15
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[12]	18

References

1. McMullen, Chase (June 27, 2011). "Album Review: Pete Rock & Smif-n-Wessun – Monumental | Beats Per Minute". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
2. Paine, Jake (June 28, 2011). "Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental". HipHopDX. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
3. Austel, Alexander. "Diese Hip Hop-Platte meißelt ein Lächeln ins Gesicht". laut.de (in German). Retrieved October 16, 2020.
4. T., Pete (June 7, 2011). "Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun :: Monumental :: Duck Down Records". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
5. Rytlewski, Evan (June 28, 2011). "Pete Rock and Smif-n-Wessun: Monumental". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
6. Udoh, Meka (June 24, 2011). "Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun, Monumental - XXL". XXL. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
7. "Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental". Album of the Year. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
8. "The Worst Album Covers of 2011". Pitchfork. December 5, 2011. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
9. "Pete Rock Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
10. "Pete Rock Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
11. "Pete Rock Chart History (Top Rap Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
12. "Pete Rock Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 16, 2020.

External links

• Pete Rock / Smif-N-Wessun – Monumental at Discogs (list of releases)