Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
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Mount Vernon, New York (1991 – 1995)
Hailing from “Money Earnin’” Mount Vernon, New York, this DJ-MC duo first made noise in the rap world on the 1991 EP, All Souled Out. It sold moderately well enough to justify Elektra Records clearing the way for 1992’s Mecca & The Soul Brother LP.
As a producer, DJ Pete Rock (Peter Phillips) tended to prefer obscure soul and jazz sides for sample sources, frequently making use of horn-driven hooks. Lead vocalist C.L. Smooth (Corey Penn) tended to be philosophical in his raps, and he mostly avoided profanity. Their signature hit was “
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)”, a dirge for fallen friends, specifically, Troy “Trouble T-Roy” Dixon, a dancer for fellow Mount Vernon, New York rapper and cousin of Pete Rock, Heavy D. (Dwight Myers).1994’s The Main Ingredient was the follow up, and they appeared on a string of guest appearances for remixes, soundtracks, and other works. Public Enemy, EPMD, Heavy D and Johnny Gill were among the artists they collaborated with, and they can also claim credit for producing (and performing on) RUN-DMC’s 1993 comeback single ‘
Down With The King’. Despite all this, the duo failed to go gold on any of their own releases.Separating in 1995 (shortly after a well-received Sprite TV commercial), they eventually reunited on a handful of cuts from Pete Rock’s solo recordings: Soul Survivor (1998), PeteStrumentals (2001) and Soul Survivor II (2004).
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The Main Ingredient
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Mecca & The Soul Brother
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Mecca and the Soul Brother
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D4rku
There's a huge mess on the Last FM: once again in the list of artist albums are two, which actually are the same one. The only difference between them is one word - "&" or "and"... And you can buy both of them <_<
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v No reason for that picture to not be the main.
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DefenceMan
one of tha best duo of all time !
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aaronWHAT
Shows in London 28-30th at the Jazz Cafe
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XSeanybOiX
Unlike some other producers *cougheasymoebeecoughcough* Pete can actually rap too!
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boehj
badness. the level of quality is astounding.
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dogmancer
neat as all heck
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lock2stock
one of the greatest
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InfinitiProject
Lupe paying homage to one of the best hip hop tracks of all time.
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lifer2
smootheness
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KiDNaGi
its a shame to skip any track
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IxCLuTcH
I like the main ingredient a lot more than Mecca and Soul brother. I think the beats suit CL better. But both are dope though. One of the best groups out of new york.
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SugarRookie
Slept on these guys way too long - some of the nicest hip hop I've heard for a while
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banandelfiner
best duo ever
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Listen Brazilian Hip Hop Jazz Bossa !! http://soundcloud.com/ritmistasdasessao/single-colar-no-sebo-1
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