PETE ROCK & CL SMOOTH "The Main Ingredient" Double LP Album 1994 ORIGINAL PRINT

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Record 1 was played once to test out - NEAR MINT
Record 2 has never been played - MINT

The Main Ingredient (Pete Rock & CL Smooth album)

Studio album by Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Released: November 8, 1994
Recorded: 1993–1994
Genre: Golden age hip hop, jazz rap
Length 76:13
Label: Elektra
Producers: Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Pete Rock & CL Smooth Chronology:
Mecca and the Soul Brother
(1992)
The Main Ingredient
(1994)

Singles from The Main Ingredient:

"I Got a Love"
Released: 1994

"Take You There"
Released: 1994

"Searching"
Released: 1995

The Main Ingredient is the second album by Pete Rock & CL Smooth, released on November 8, 1994. It would become their last album together.

MUSIC

Characterized by sultry soul and jazz samples, The Main Ingredient saw a more polished sound than the duo’s debut, building on the praise that they had already garnered. The album is notable for its snappy, crispy drums and extensive use of vocal scratches, usually from songs by Biz Markie. Although missing a centerpiece on the scale of "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)", the album contains some of the duo's best known work, in the form of tracks such as the upbeat "In The House", and the catchy "Sun Won't Come Out", which features a lush vocal sample from the song of the same name by Harvey Scales.

Continuing a theme initiated by Mecca and the Soul Brother, brief instrumental interludes are placed at the beginning and end of songs. With the exception of just a few tracks, this feature is recurrent throughout the album. In addition, The Main Ingredient saw Rock fleshing out and defining his trademark production style, which is now recognized for often containing smooth basslines, swirling horns, filtered samples, and spacious grooves. The production on this album proved to be influential upon a legion of latter day producers.

Though overlooked at the time of its release, the album has since been re-evaluated with high critical acclaim. Allmusic's Stanton Swihart called it "an album that is far more focused" and "just as good as the first record, perhaps an even more satisfying single listen." Swihart described Rock's production work as "among some of the most seductive in hip-hop", and CL as "lyrically on point, spitting out intellectual rhymes and narratives that are just as propulsive and engaging as the music."

"I Got A Love" was the album's lead off single, followed by "Take You There" and "Searching", released in 1995. That same year, the duo appeared in a well received Sprite commercial; however, they soon announced their breaking up citing creative differences, although both parties have since admitted that an unstable working relationship was the main cause of their split. The album was a favorite of the late producer J Dilla, who played it while meeting with Pete Rock to record Slum Village's "Once Upon A Time" for the album, Fantastic, Vol. 2 in 1998.


TRACK LISTING:

A1 In The House
Written-By – C. Penn*, G. Duke*, P. Phillips*, R. Odindo*
5:27

A2 Carmel City
Written-By – C. Penn*, P. Phillips*
3:52

A3 I Get Physical
Written-By – C. Penn*, P. Phillips*
4:54

A4 Sun Won't Come Out
Written-By – C. Penn*, H. Scales*, P. Phillips*
4:24

B1 I Gotta Love
Written-By – C. Penn*, D. Lewis*, P. Phillips*
5:04

B2 Escape
Written-By – J. Lind*, M. White*, P. Phillips*, R. Odindo*
5:14

B3 The Main Ingredient
Written-By – C. Penn*, P. Phillips*
5:17

B4 Worldwide
Featuring – Rob O
Written-By – P. Phillips*, R. Odindo*
3:02

C1 All The Places
Written-By – C. Penn*, F. Mizell*, L. Mizell*, P. Phillips*
5:39

C2 Tell Me
Written-By – P. Phillips*
4:17

C3 Take You There
Written-By – A. Felder*, K. Burke*, N. J. Wright*, P. Phillips*
4:47

C4 Searching
Written-By – P. Phillips*
4:45

D1 Check It Out
Written-By – B. Lyle*, P. Phillips*
3:57

D2 In The Flesh
Featuring – Dida*, Rob O
Written-By – Dida*, P. Phillips*, R. Odindo*
5:48

D3 It's On You
Written-By – P. Phillips*
5:21

D4 Get On The Mic
Featuring [Intro, Uncredited] – Grap Luva
Written-By – P. Phillips*
3:50


Recorded At – Greene St. Recording
Mixed At – Greene St. Recording
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
Manufactured By – Elektra Entertainment
Credits
Art Direction, Design – Mary Ann Dibs
Co-producer – C.L. Smooth
Coordinator [Production Coordinator] – Ruddy Phillips
Executive-Producer – Corey Penn, Damian Blyden*, Peter Phillips*
Other [Styling] – Cathie Arquilla
Photography By – Danny Clinch
Producer – Pete Rock
Recorded By, Mixed By – Jamey Staub* (tracks: A1 to B3, C1 to D2, D4), Rod Hui (tracks: B4, D3)


Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc., a Time Warner company
? & © 1994 Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Printed in the U.S.A.
Produced for Soul Brother #1 Production.
Co-produced for All My Productions.
Production Coordination by Ruddy Phillips for Two Hats Management.