One of the legendary Eastcoast producer Pete Rock joined HotNewsHipHop for an exclusive chat where he discussed his sampling process, connection with jazz music .He was also asked if he have to work with any artists on a project who would it be. Pete chose Kendrick’s name with whom  he has connected on 2015’s masterpiece “To Pimp A Butterfly”

“Yeah, kinda. Definitely. I would like to work more with Kendrick Lamar.” said Pete Rock. He also added his experience on working with Kendrick

“[Kendrick Lamar]’s very articulate in what he wants. And I was happy to be a part of To Pimp A Butterfly with him. I was an immediate fan from the first mixtapes he was doing. And then the first album is like, my favorite album by him .I play it all the time still right now. Shoutout to all of ‘em. Schoolboy Q, all of ‘em. Jay Rock. The whole crew, man. They all dope to me.”

Pete Rock provided some backing vocals and scratches to the song “Complexion (A Zulu Love)”. Back in 2015 on an interview he stated about the collaboration “That came together really beautifully; [Kendrick] just told me what he liked and I did it. I just put it in the place where I felt it made sense. I didn’t even hear what he was gonna say over it, I just did what he asked me to do and that was that.”