Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth is a rap group from the 1990s.
Hailing from … Read Full Bio ↴Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth is a rap group from the 1990s.
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). They also went on a brief reunion tour as a warm up for their then-anticipated new album, which ended with a show at London's famous Jazz Cafe. Despite these intermittent collaborations, the pair has exchanged dismissive comments toward each other in separate interviews, disavowing plans for a full-fledged reunion.
Their compilation, The Best of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Good Life, was released on Elektra in 2003.
Hailing from … Read Full Bio ↴Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth is a rap group from the 1990s.
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). They also went on a brief reunion tour as a warm up for their then-anticipated new album, which ended with a show at London's famous Jazz Cafe. Despite these intermittent collaborations, the pair has exchanged dismissive comments toward each other in separate interviews, disavowing plans for a full-fledged reunion.
Their compilation, The Best of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Good Life, was released on Elektra in 2003.
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The Best of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: Good Life
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth Lyrics
All the Places All the places and spaces I've been All the places and…
Anger in the Nation "You know, nowadays it, seems like there's a lot of.. Bad…
Death Becomes You To bring you down, bust it off To bring you down Uh,…
Good Life Some live the good life loungin' by the pool Catching a…
I Got a Love What's going on baby? Ain't nutting - it's CL Smooth Sextafi…
It's Not a Game [CL Smooth] Introducing the Mecca fusion, physical type of …
Lots of Lovin Lots of lovin' lots of lovin' A sweet serenade …
Mecca & The Soul Brother [VERSE 1: C.L. Smooth] Okay, you wanna act trife and flip…
One In A Million One in a million (Funk for you baby) One in a…
Searching [CL Smooth] You're everything that I dream about, talk abou…
Skinz [Pete Rock] Uhh Ahh yeah What we talkin bout? Talkin bou…
Straighten It Out Uh, yeah. Uh-huh We got Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth And we're…
Take You There Check it out Ahh yeah Back again with another hit…
Take Your Time [Pete Rock] Zone out now, one two, yo This goes out to…
The Creator It's time to dip dive dip, you might break a…
They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) Intro: (I reminisce, I reminisce) x3 I reminisce, I reminis…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Pete Rock:
Death Becomes You To bring you down, bust it off To bring you down Uh,…
One In A Million One in a million (Funk for you baby) (Listen it…
Take You There Check it out Ahh yeah Back again with another hit…
Take Your Time [pete rock] Zone out now, one two, yo This goes out to…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by C.L. Smooth:
One In A Million I million dollars pere, na Im I dey find o 1…
take you there Check it out Ahh yeah Back again with another hit…