Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Main Ingredient
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Artist: Pete Rock & C.L. SmoothBrand: ROCK,PETE & C.L. SMOOTH
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1994-11-08
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- In The House
- Carmel City
- I Get Physical
- Sun Won't Come Out
- I Got A Love
- Escape
- The Main Ingredient
- Worldwide
- All The Places
- Tell Me
- Take You There
- Searching
- Check It Out
- In The Flesh
- It's On You
- Get On The Mic
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After the success of 2010's deluxe reissue of Pete Rock & CL Smooth ''Mecca and the Soul Brother'', Traffic Entertainment is proud to announce the release of Pete Rock and CL Smooth's 1994 classic, ''The Main Ingredient'' in the same deluxe packaging and expanded content concept. The album never gained the traction as the pairing's full length debut, which followed the 1991 EP, ''All Souled Out,'' and yielded the biggest hit of their con-joined career, ''They Reminisce Over You.'' But ''The Main Ingredient'' is nonetheless Pete and CL's most critically applauded work, a definitive symbol of the tempered consciousness and roughneck rhythm that defined the era. Pete Rock laid these backdrops in Rockland County, where he moved and built a studio after leaving Mount Vernon in 1993 (the cover shot for ''The Main Ingredient'' was taken in his Rockland lab). Though the scenery changed, his tools of choice didn't, and this is yet another testament to the Chocolate Boy Wonder's magical knack with the SP-1200 drum machine and sampler. With no Pro Tools and little input from outside of their immediate camp, Pete and CL recorded their final sixteen as a team over the course of a year between 1993 and 1994. ''This definitely marks a very high place in my career,'' says Pete. ''We were in a zone, and when you're in a zone, it's fun. It was a great time, and we put the album together with just that in mind. It was like a family thing, and music was a hobby, not a job. We kept it like we were in the basement, creating music just for the fun of it. Of course the business side reared its ugly head, and we eventually had to deal with that, but '94 was a great time. Music was more real back then. It was more original''. Traffic Entertainment now captures that time with this expanded deluxe edition of this seminal work. The second disc features the original 12'' mixes, a cappellas and instrumental mixes conveniently compiled. A 20 page book with extended artwork and liner notes by Pete Rock himself, along with new remastering completes this package, all housed in a sweet box!Marley Marl disciple Pete Rock is rightly hailed as one of the greatest producers around. Jazzy and soulful, his productions are some of the smoothest, funkiest, most innovative, and listenable on record. Though he's produced a crate-full of hits, it's his work with front man C.L. Smooth that's most fondly remembered, and The Main Ingredient--the duo's second album, after Mecca and the Soul Brother--lives up to the hype. Smooth's proficiency on the mic doesn't match his partner's studio wizardry, but not many do, and Smooth's easygoing, free-flowing delivery complements the grooves to good effect (and more importantly, keeps Rock from taking on too many vocal duties). Great for parties or a lazy weekend afternoon, The Main Ingredient is fondly remembered for all the right reasons. --Randy Silver
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