The album is considered as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. These songs have great grooves and give a different spin on some great classics. Check it out, lots of lovin, pete rock, cl smooth on the remix tip check it out, come on what makes the world go round in your nightgown. A sweet serenade, sip lemonade as we laid inside the shade my heart was captured when you possessed it. Lots of lovin lots of lovin a sweet serenade sip lemonade as we laid inside the shade my. Smooth never broke through into the rap mainstream, despite plenty of charting singles and a classic lp, mecca and the soul brother. With its crucial james brown breaks layered between trumpet and sax loops, coupled with the laidback vocals of smooth and rock, mecca and the soul brothertheir first fulllengthstruts back and forth on that line between rap and soul. The album contains their best known song, they reminisce over you t. Smooth did just that on mecca and the soul brother, and they did so in the most unlikely way of all after the succinctness of all souled out by coming up with a sprawling, nearly 80minutelong album on which not a single song or interlude is a throwaway or a superfluous.
Phillips born june 21, 1970, better known by his stage name pete rock, is an american record producer, dj and rapper. The way my skills are set up volume nineteen the pete rock. Smooth delivers both the commerciallyreleased hits and the album track gems that most of their fans have come to love. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes.
The horns used in pete rock s production just make you want to sit back and relax. After 22 years, pete rock and cl smooth are finally ready to. Smooth s music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. You could listen to this album over and over again. 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. Smooth over breezily swinging productions from pete rock, one of hiphops best trackmasters. The 1992 released album by the mount vernon duo, reached a lot of esteem despite not getting commercial success, having albums like the chronic realeased at the time. After 22 years, pete rock and cl smooth are finally ready.
After the pair split in 1995 pete rock, whose work with cl had garnered him a reputation as one of the most acclaimed producers in hiphop, went on to produce and remix tracks for dozens of marqueename and or wellrespected acts, and to release a batch of solo and instrumental albums. Hailing from money earnin mount vernon, new york, this djmc duo first made noise in the rap world on the 1991 ep, all souled out. The way my skills are set up volume nineteen the pete. Pete rock would produce tracks for numerous artists, including cl smooths its a love thing and love is a battlefield from each of his solo albums. The way my skills are set up volume 19 the premier. Precisely what the title says it isa collection of remixes and alternate versions of many of the duos best known and loved songs, all of them either previously unavailable or difficult to come by in americathe compilation was only made available through east west japan. It also contains the pete rock single take your time, one of the only songs by the duo that doesnt feature a performance by cl smooth. Pete rock mecca and the soul brother instrumentals 1992 01 return of the mecca instrumental 02 for petes sake in.
As a producer, dj pete rock peter phillips tended to prefer obscure soul and jazz sides for. Pete rock would produce tracks for numerous artists, including cl smooth s its a love thing and love is a battlefield from each of his solo albums. Rocks production style is peerless, funky on if it aint rough, it aint right and sexy on lots of lovin. Rock s production style is peerless, funky on if it aint rough, it aint right and sexy on lots of lovin. Smooth lots of lovin remix youtube best of pete rock, c. Of course thats expected from pete rock one of the best hiphop producers ever.
Mecca and the soul brother has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Lots of lovin, lots of lovin a sweet serenade, sip lemonade as we laid inside the shade my heart was captured when you possessed it carress. Licensed to youtube by wmg on behalf of elektra 0591. Smooth discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. Smooth sampled ohio playerss players balling players doin their own thing.
Smooth were a hiphop duo from mount vernon, new york. Smooths music connections, watch videos, listen to music, discuss and download. Nevertheless, the duos best singles they reminisce over you t. I got a love, lots of lovin take you there, mecca and the. Pete rock had confirmed that among his promised new slew of releases in 2011, that one of the albums would be the third album between himself and cl smooth, that as of 2012, is still in the works.
It contains singles and highlights from their two fulllength albums and one ep, as well as leftover songs from soundtracks. Two names have forever shaped the landscape of hip hop since the early 90s, two pillars of the culture of deejaying have built an incredible catalog of music, two producers have been a constant mainstay in the music business, they are dj premier and dj pete rock. Each remix is a new creation of the original that can stand completely alone. After the pair split in 1995 pete rock, whose work with cl had garnered him a reputation as one of the most acclaimed producers in hiphop, went on to produce and remix tracks for dozens of marqueename andor wellrespected acts, and to release a batch of solo and instrumental albums. A family affair rmx f cl smooth produced by pete rock. Rhinos 2003 compilation reveals the pairs career as one of the finest in hiphop, no less impressive for only releasing two fulllength albums. This song is a loveode to cl s partner and features one of pete rock s.
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