- hip hop, jazz rap
- 85 min
- 18 tracks
- Elektra
Mecca and the Soul Brother is the 1992 debut album from hip-hop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth. The album contains their best known song, "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)". Mecca and the Soul Brother has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. The album was mostly produced by Pete Rock and executive produced by DJ Eddie F of Heavy D & the Boyz.
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Character-led, grave, classical in form and spare.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- A1Return of the Mecca5:42
- A2For Pete’s Sake5:48
- A3Ghettos of the Mind5:01
- A4Lots of Lovin’5:07
- A5Act Like You Know4:01
- B1Straighten It Out4:12
- B2Soul Brother #14:30
- B3Wig Out4:10
- B4Anger in the Nation5:31
- B5They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)4:44
- C1On and On5:10
- C2It’s Like That3:55
- C3Can’t Front on Me4:18
- C4The Creator (remix)3:43
- D1Mecca and the Soul Brother (remix)4:10
- D2The Basement5:22
- D3If It Ain’t Rough, It Ain’t Right5:04
- D4Skinz4:14
18 tracks, 85 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Pete Rock & CL Smooth
- Label
- Elektra
- Released
- 1992
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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