Two years later in 1994, they came out with the main ingredient when a bunch of east coast acts had ripped off pete rock s sound on the debut. Smooth were a hiphop duo from mount vernon, new york. Mecca and the soul brother deluxe edition box set mecca and the soul bro main ingredient, the. Nov 18, 2008 all the rapping on the album is performed by c. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Smooth 1994 the main ingredient 2012deluxe edition posted on march 28, 2018 january 6, 2020 by dj namaximum year. Abramus digital, latinautor warner chappell, latinautor, warner chappell. Featuring a more polished sound, pete rock relies on his signature production style smooth basslines, horns, filtered samples, etc to provide gro. With the nostalgic, funky samples of pete rock and the verbose rhymes of wordsmith corey penn cl smooth, the main ingredient is blessed with a stellar cohesiveness and an intrinsic east coast sound. A deluxe edition of all souled out was released on february 18, 2014 on traffic.
Though overlooked at the time of its release, the album. Capture this funakthon loaded by the mecca don into the red zone, you spot my skull and crossbone alone to fill the watergates, slaughter great, think and meditate set. The pair of pete rock and cl smooth saw their rise to fame with an excellent first lp that was filled to the brim with great cuts, including mega. After 22 years, pete rock and cl smooth are finally. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. The main ingredient was released in 1994, and it doesnt deviate from the formula that peter and corey penn believed to be a winning one.
As a producer, dj pete rock peter phillips tended to prefer obscure soul and jazz sides for sample sources, frequently making use of horndriven hooks. As a consequence, the main ingredient, their second fulllength album, is unduly overlooked to this day. They made their debut with their 1991 ep, all souled out and followed with 1992s mecca and the soul brother lp. Smooth with the exception of the creator, a pete rock solo track. In addition, the main ingredient saw rock fleshing out and defining his trademark production style, which is now recognized for often containing smooth basslines, swirling horns, filtered samples, and spacious grooves.
Stream the mestyles mixx series volume one the pete rock and cl smooth edition mixtape by pete rock and cl smooth hosted by itsdeejaydazone welcome to the first of many mestyles mixes. These two make a great team and this album is better than mecca and the soul brother to me. Abramus digital, latinautor warner chappell, latinautor, warner. Like their previous album, mecca and the soul brother, the main ingredient was very well received by critics but overlooked by the mainstream. The album will be the duos third album, and the first album since 1994s the main ingredient. Two years later in 1994, they came out with the main ingredient when a bunch of east coast acts had ripped off pete rocks sound on the debut. All souled out 1991 320 the main ingredient 1994 320. The main ingredient is a great album by a great producer pete rock and a great rapper cl smooth. The mestyles mixx series volume one the pete rock and cl. Smooths music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. I love it in the early 90s that all these producers where in steady competition with each other, and where always trying to better their sound to be able to.
Mecca and the soul brother with book deluxe edition. As of 2018, it has been stated that there wont be any third album by. Smooth soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 46 tracks. In this album, cl smooth decides to improve his rapping and flow but instead his content has taken a big step down. Smooth the main ingredient youtube i get physical duration. The production on this album proved to be influential upon a legion of latter day producers. While touring in london with cl smooth in early december 2011, pete rock stated that a new album was already in the works and would be released by years end, or as soon as it was completed. Pete rock and cl smooth discography download torrent tpb.
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