Smooth discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Over a jazzy pete rock sample, or maybe any pete rock production no one can capture it quite like cl smooth even today its still evident in their reunion tracks back on the block, shine on me, love thang. Seeing the name on the production credits is like satisfaction guaranteed, and with a catalog so vast as his, its almost too easy being a religious fan. Best of pete rock mixtape mixtape by pete rock hosted by download image source. Smooth emerged in the early 90s as a powerhouse performance duo. Smooth soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 46 tracks. 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 album features guest appearances from a large number of hip hop artists, including pharoahe monch, little brother, skillz, rza, gza, talib kweli, dead prez, slum village, jay dee and former partner cl smooth. Soul survivor ii is the second studio album from hip hop producer pete rock. After the pair split in 1995 pete rock, whose work with cl had garnered him a reputation as one of the finest producers in hiphop, went on to produce and remix tracks for dozens of marqueename andor well. Old school hip hop 80s and early90s rap and hip hop.
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. Y one of hip hops greatest songs and one of its best elegies, pete rock created this for trouble troy, a dancer for heavy d and. Mixing samples and live instrumentation into a dynamic blend that sits somewhere between moody laidback and swirling upbeat, belgiumbased producer poldoore made his first mark on the scene in 2014 with his debut lp the day off, earning him a widespread fanbase. Smooth were a hiphop duo from mount vernon, new york.
Pete rock classics by dj nos, released 26 may 20 1. Smooth, ini, the untouchables brother of grap luva and cousin of heavy d. They made their debut with their 1991 ep, all souled out and followed with 1992s. The followup the day after saw the daylight in 2016, enjoying similar succes and confirming poldoores organic. Pete rock and cl, it gets no better, that said this one comes up a little short, but if you truly appreciate the boys as i do maybe it doesnt matter. As a producer, dj pete rock peter phillips tended to prefer obscure soul and jazz sides. Smooth ghettos of the mind amerigo gazaway remix 2. 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. Smooth and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics.
Classic joints in hiphop history sprinkled with the sound of today. 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. Early on in his career, he was also famed for his remix work. Sure, then known as albert brown, was the starting quarterback on the football team. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group pete rock and cl smooth after the duo went their separate ways, rock continued with a solo career that has garnered him worldwide respect, though little in the way of mainstream success. Smooths best songs as picked by the jam community, 20112015. After 22 years, pete rock and cl smooth are finally.
He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group pete rock and cl smooth. Smooth, a crucial hiphop production figure who collaborated with dozens of. Peter phillips, aka pete rock, is a record producer, dj and rapper of jamaican descent. Nas, lupe fiasco, common, black thought, joi, mos def, andre 3000, a tribe called quest, joe budden, cl smooth, pete rock, dead prez, 2pac, canibus, j rawls, rjd2, dr. Capture this funakthon loaded by the mecca don into the red zone, you spot my skull and crossbone alone to fill the watergates, slaughter great, think and meditate set. It includes a list of songs produced, coproduced and remixed by year, artist, album and title. Albums include mecca and the soul brother, the main ingredient, and they reminisce over you t. American producerrapper born to jamaican parents, pete rock has been a part of the new york rap scene since the late1980s. Its this obsession with funky horn breaks that set pete rock and cl smooth apart from regular hiphop bassheads. The following list is a discography of production credited to pete rock, an american hip hop record producer and recording artist from mount vernon, new york.
If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. Phillips born june 21, 1970, better known by his stage name pete rock, is an american record producer, dj and rapper. 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. Pete rock is the stage name for the american record producer, rapper. Mount vernon, new yorkers pete rock a producerdj and rapper c. Pete rock cl smooth all souled out clearinceswheres diary. All souled out 1991 320 the main ingredient 1994 320 mecca and the soul brother 1998 320 rare tracks 1998.
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