| Monumental | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun |
| Cover: | SWPR - Monumental (Album cover).jpg |
| Recorded: | 2010–11 |
| Studio: | DaMan Studios (New York, NY) |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Label: | Duck Down |
| Prev Title: | NY's Finest |
| Prev Year: | 2008 |
| Next Title: | PeteStrumentals 2 |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
| Chronology: | Pete Rock |
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.
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.[1]
Cover photography made by Daruis Vick was featured on Pitchfork's 'The Worst Album Covers of 2011' list among 19 other cover arts.[2]