High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! NY`s Finest is a studio album by hip hop producer and emcee Pete Rock. The album was Rock`s first studio album since 2004`s Soul Survivor II, and was released on February 26, 2008 through the Nature Sounds record label. The album`s cover art was created by Fuse Green and inspired by the cover of James Brown`s Hell. The instrumental version of the album was released on May 13, 2008 and includes two additional songs not available on the ordinary release; "It`s So G" (which appeared with lyrics by Roc Marciano on the deluxe edition) and "When I Need It" (which later was released with lyrics by Pete Rock on the NBA Live 10 soundtrack).