2024-05-09T15:40:27Z https://trueskool.com/video/video/listTagged?tag=C.L.&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:trueskool.com,2023-09-01:1464587:Video:822435 2023-09-01T00:35:42.826Z Editor's Pick https://trueskool.com/profile/RentheVinylArchaeologist

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/blu-real-bad-man-the-golden-rule-ft-c-l-smooth-official-lyric-vid"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12214871890?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Real Bad Man teams up with BLU to bring you the official lyric video for THE GOLDEN RULE - the first single off of their forthcoming album BAD NEWS. #BLU #RealBadMan

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/blu-real-bad-man-the-golden-rule-ft-c-l-smooth-official-lyric-vid"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/12214871890?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Real Bad Man teams up with BLU to bring you the official lyric video for THE GOLDEN RULE - the first single off of their forthcoming album BAD NEWS. #BLU #RealBadMan tag:trueskool.com,2016-06-15:1464587:Video:650876 2016-06-15T01:40:42.711Z Editor's Pick https://trueskool.com/profile/RentheVinylArchaeologist

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/pete-rock-c-l-smooth-the-story-of-t-r-o-y-magnum-opus-on-complex"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177920781?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In the third episode of Complex TV's Magnum Opus, Soul Brother #1 and The Mecca Don detail how their 1992 masterpiece came to fruition.

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/pete-rock-c-l-smooth-the-story-of-t-r-o-y-magnum-opus-on-complex"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177920781?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />In the third episode of Complex TV's Magnum Opus, Soul Brother #1 and The Mecca Don detail how their 1992 masterpiece came to fruition. tag:trueskool.com,2011-08-03:1464587:Video:93688 2011-08-03T17:07:52.785Z Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist https://trueskool.com/profile/xh51jvilojur

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/pete-rock-c-l-smooth-straighte"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177837860?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Pete Rock &amp; C.L. Smooth were a hip-hop duo from Mount Vernon, New York. They made their debut with their 1991 EP, All Souled Out and followed with 1992's Mecca and the Soul Brother LP.<br></br> As a producer, DJ Pete Rock (Peter Phillips) tended to prefer obscure soul and jazz sides for sample sources, frequently making use of horn-driven hooks. Lead vocalist CL Smooth (Corey Penn)…

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/pete-rock-c-l-smooth-straighte"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177837860?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Pete Rock &amp; C.L. Smooth were a hip-hop duo from Mount Vernon, New York. They made their debut with their 1991 EP, All Souled Out and followed with 1992's Mecca and the Soul Brother LP.<br /> As a producer, DJ Pete Rock (Peter Phillips) tended to prefer obscure soul and jazz sides for sample sources, frequently making use of horn-driven hooks. Lead vocalist CL Smooth (Corey Penn) tended to be philosophical in his raps, and he mostly avoided profanity. Their signature hit was "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)", a dirge for fallen friends--namely Troy "Trouble T-Roy" Dixon, a member of Heavy D &amp; The Boyz, who died in 1990.<br /> 1994's The Main Ingredient was the follow up, and they appeared on a string of guest appearances for remixes, soundtracks, and other works. Public Enemy, EPMD, Heavy D and Johnny Gill were among the artists they collaborated with, and they can also claim credit for producing (and performing on) Run-DMC's 1993 comeback single 'Down with the King'. Despite all this, the duo failed to go gold on any of their own releases.<br /> Separating in 1995 (shortly after a Sprite TV commercial), they eventually reunited on a handful of cuts from Pete Rock's solo recordings: Soul Survivor (1998), PeteStrumentals (2001) and Soul Survivor II (2004). They also went on a brief reunion tour as a warm up for their then-anticipated new album, which ended with a show at London's famous Jazz Cafe. Despite these intermittent collaborations, the pair has exchanged dismissive comments toward each other in separate interviews, disavowing plans for a full-fledged reunion.<br /> Their best-of compilation, Good Life, was released on Elektra in 2003.<br /> A deluxe CD box-set of Mecca and the Soul Brother was released in October 2010 by Traffic, a division of Elektra. The package includes a remastered CD of the original album, a second disc of remixes, instrumentals and acapellas, a fold-out poster and a detailed booklet with interviews and insights from Rock and Smooth.<br /> <br /> Album "Mecca and the Soul Brother" (1992) tag:trueskool.com,2011-06-14:1464587:Video:87536 2011-06-14T20:54:32.603Z Ren the Vinyl Archaeologist https://trueskool.com/profile/xh51jvilojur

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/pete-rock-and-cl-smooth-the"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177833742?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Pete Rock And C.L. Smooth - The Creator

<a href="https://trueskool.com/video/pete-rock-and-cl-smooth-the"><br /> <img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2177833742?profile=original&amp;width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Pete Rock And C.L. Smooth - The Creator