Actually, you just sold me. Pete Rock is in his fukkin' bag right now. That's absolutely what I'd love. Pete and Roc. Full circle. Just like you said.
Yeah, the Alc collabs are weird. I liked Fabio too. My favorite Roc/Alc joints (excluding Flash Gordon) are all not on Roc albums: Hoard 90, All For It, In Case You Forgot, Death Sentence, Rich Man Play, Modern Day Revelations, Harry O....
No one is gonna believe me on this, and that's fine, but right before Reloaded dropped, a mutual friend between me and Alc said Roc was shopping a full project produced by Alc around to labels and was asking an enormous price for it. None of the levels wanted to pay for it. If Reloaded had already gotten it's praise? Mayyyybeee, he said. I also trust his ear tremendously, and he said when he heard it it was a letdown compared to what was out.