Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Mecca And The Soul Brother
Label:
Catalog#:
9 60948-2
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
US
Released:
1992
Genre:
Hip Hop
Style:
Tracklist
| 1 | Return Of The Mecca | 5:44 | X | |
| 2 | For Pete's Sake | 5:54 | X | |
| 3 | Ghettos Of The Mind | 5:03 | X | |
| 4 | Lots Of Lovin | 5:09 | X | |
|
Backing Vocals -
Tabitha Brace
,
Terri Robinson
Keyboards - Nevelle Hodge Producer - Nevelle Hodge | ||||
| 5 | Act Like You Know | 4:03 | X | |
| Co-producer - Large Professor | ||||
| 6 | Straighten It Out | 4:13 | X | |
| 7 | Soul Brother #1 | 4:30 | X | |
| 8 | Wig Out | 4:07 | X | |
| 9 | Anger In The Nation | 5:33 | X | |
| 10 | They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.) | 4:46 | X | |
| 11 | On And On | 5:12 | X | |
| 12 | It's Like That | 3:57 | X | |
| 13 | Can't Front On Me | 4:16 | X | |
| 14 | The Basement | 5:26 | X | |
| Rap [Featuring] - Dida* , Grap* , Heavy D.* , Rob-O* | ||||
| 15 | If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right | 5:05 | X | |
| 16 | Skinz | 4:15 | X | |
| Rap [Featuring] - Grand Puba | ||||
Credits
Co-producer -
CL Smooth*
Engineer [Recording Assistant] - Djinji Brown (tracks: 1, 3, 6 to 9, 12, 14 to 16) , Josh Wertheimer (tracks: 11) , Luke Allen* (tracks: 13) , Octavio Arizala (tracks: 4) , Sam Ewen* (tracks: 2)
Engineer [Recording] - Charlie Dos Santos* (tracks: 8) , Chris Champion (tracks: 2, 5, 11, 12, 15) , Jamey Staub* (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16) , Rod Hui (tracks: 4)
Producer - DJ Pete Rock*
Engineer [Recording Assistant] - Djinji Brown (tracks: 1, 3, 6 to 9, 12, 14 to 16) , Josh Wertheimer (tracks: 11) , Luke Allen* (tracks: 13) , Octavio Arizala (tracks: 4) , Sam Ewen* (tracks: 2)
Engineer [Recording] - Charlie Dos Santos* (tracks: 8) , Chris Champion (tracks: 2, 5, 11, 12, 15) , Jamey Staub* (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16) , Rod Hui (tracks: 4)
Producer - DJ Pete Rock*
Notes
Recorded at Greene Street Studios, NYC.
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Reviews & Discussion
This is arguably one of the finest Hip Hop albums of the early 90s and still one of my all time favorites. Though I've never heard a Pete Rock song I didn't like, almost each of the 16 tracks on "Mecca And The Soul Brother" is simply oustanding. Songs like "Straighten it out", "Soul Brother #1" and "It's like that" have everything that I'm missing so desperately in most recent Rap acts: deep basslines, beefy old school beats, convincing lyrics and a lot of soul. That, and the fact that "They Reminisce Over You" is simply one of the best rap anthems ever, is why I'd highly recommend this album. If you don't have it, go get it!