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Lord Funk

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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
« on: December 28, 2003, 11:06:49 AM »
See topic. That's about all there is to say.

Every track is perfection. This is how hip-hop should sound. It's those warm-sounding soul samples that today's producers like Kanye wish they could hook up. (That's not a dis, but like I say - this is how it should sound.)

Put this one with Tribe's Midnight Marauders and Common's Resurrection as examples of how smooth and mature this hip-hop shit can get.

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Re:Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2003, 11:41:59 AM »
Agreed. Perfect album.

Most hip-hop is now keyboard driven, because the majority of hip-hop workstations have loops and patches that enable somebody with marginal skills to put tracks together,...

Unfortunately, most hip-hop artists gravitated towards the path of least resistance by relying on these pre-set patches. As a result, electric guitar and real musicians became devalued, and a lot of hip-hop now sounds the same.

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Don Seer

Re:Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2003, 11:45:53 AM »
i've been bumpin 'mecca & the soul brother' again the last few days.. man i love that shit..

Lots Of Lovin
Straighten It Out
T.R.O.Y.

pete rock is my #2 producer ever..

I've got all the pete rock / cl smooth stuff :)
 

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Re:Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - The Main Ingredient
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2003, 05:05:40 PM »
Mecca & The Soul Brother is a straight up classic, but generally i really like most of pete rock's material