The Main Ingredient

by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

The Main Ingredient cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 November 1994
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:10
  • Community rating: 4.25/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Maurice White, Deda, C.L. Smooth, Norma Jean Wright, Jon Lind, Larry Mizell, Keni Burke, Fonce Mizell, George Duke, Allan Felder, Harvey Scales, Robert Odindo, Pete Rock, Donnie Lewis, Bobby Lyle

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The final collaboration between Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, 'The Main Ingredient', is a masterclass in mellow, incredibly sophisticated boom-bap. Pete Rock's warm, lush jazz sampling provides the perfect canvas for C.L. Smooth's conscious, rhythmic storytelling, resulting in a defining urban hip-hop classic.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, conscious, hedonism, male-vocalist, rhythmic, sampling, rap, soulful, classic

Tracklist

  1. In the House (5:27)
  2. Carmel City (3:52)
  3. I Get Physical (5:04)
  4. Sun Won't Come Out (4:20)
  5. I Got a Love (5:11)
  6. Escape (5:17)
  7. The Main Ingredient (5:07)
  8. Worldwide (3:03)
  9. All the Places (5:40)
  10. Tell Me (4:30)
  11. Take You There (4:44)
  12. Searching (5:05)
  13. Check It Out (3:57)
  14. In the Flesh (5:49)
  15. It's on You (5:11)
  16. Get on the Mic (3:49)

Credits

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