Dutch hip-hop MC goes solo and launches debut

Dutch hip-hop formation Pete Philly & Perquisite were running good odds: their ‘Mistery Repeats’ was at once the album missing from the discography of A Tribe Called Quest or Guru’s Jazzmatazz and live they shared stages with Kanye West (like in the AB in 2006), Saian Supa Crew and James Brown.

Fast forward to 2011. Perquisite and Pete Philly part ways and the latter is to release a solo debut this year (via Anti/PIAS, on 30 September to be precise), one that's been worked upon intensively for the past 2 years. A first family of ideas (well sort of) was to be discovered under the title ‘Open Loops’ via his website www.petephilly.com and he refined them further with partner DJ PCM into an up-to-par and intense album entitled ‘ONE’. On it, Pete Philly proves, once more, that he's no everyday musician but rather one that allows all his interests (poetry, philosophy, art, politics, love) a chance in his infectious lyrics and flows. Welcome back Pete!