Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother

Year : 1992
Label : Elektra
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Funk/Soul, Jazz Rap

Debut album from iconic old school Hip-Hop duo featuring DJ Pete Rock & MC CL Smooth including their massive rap hit "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"."Mecca And The Soul Brother" is a big classic of rap that features in the Hip-Hop best album record list of all time, including amazing collaborations with keyboardist Nevelle Hodge (Lots Of Lovin), rappers Grand Puba from Brand Nubian (Skinz) and Heavy D from Heavy D. & The Boyz (The Basement). Pete Rock uses various samples extracted as well as from Jazz (Grant Green, Lou Donaldson) to Funk/Soul (Kool & The Gang, James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone), making of this album a great inspirations source for many rap artists nowadays.

Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Main Ingredient

Year : 1994
Label : Elektra
Genre : Hip-Hop
Style : Jazzy Hip-Hop, Funk/Soul

Classic of the Hip-Hop golden era, one of most essential masterpiece in the history of Rap music recorded by the Pete Rock/CL Smooth duo including singles "Take You There", "I Got A Love" and featurings with Rob-O and Deda on "Worldwide" & "In The Flesh". Pete Rock is an American DJ and one of the finest Hip-Hop producer, a major figure in old school Hip-Hop, pioneer in jazz rap alongside the groups Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots or Gang Starr, using jazz samples from Cannonball Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Grant Green, Milt Jackson, George Benson or Deodato. C.L. Smooth is an american rapper and poet appeared as a guest on numerous albums from DJ Krush to DJ Jazzy Jeff by japanese beatmaker Nujabes.