Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Straighten It Out

[kinstube]

YES!

[m3ssi1991]

Golden Age of HIP-HOP!!! .. this is the TRuth!!!

[mcreminisce1]

Pete Rock is an Engine in his own right. He is Thee Coldest! I got love for Premier and Dilla or even Dre. but NOBODY, and i mean NOBODY knows the game like Pete.

[BboyHassassin]

Everybody must ! STRAIGHTEN IT OUT! . . . saaaay waaaa!!! . .  ohhhhh yeeahhh!.

[WuUrban]

music with soul, my men!

[davidortiz07]

REAL HIP-HOP MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thablukoolaidsmile]

This Is Tha Shh And Also Lots Of Lovin' !!Peace)

[bxxnyer]

ahh man this joint takes me back son word to the mutha

[DemonSamaJr]

Im 18 and love this man. All the rap right now is cool and fun but this is the real shit.

[beyallluv]

this is the shit!! so funky! play this in yo ride and just ride through the hood coolin!!!

[mike1who1]

This is a smooth grove. so cool.

[Nithralas]

Stop your whining about hiphop rheden days and go look up australian artists like spot syndicate, low budget and dialectrix... Australian hiphop progresses where old school alternative hiphop has stopped. Just dropping knowledge and no money and hoes shit

[riceater87]

@Nithralas Wow, no lie. Thank you for the suggestions!

[Nithralas]

@riceater87 Ahh, good to have enlightened someone =)

[alvids333]

notice that every song ain't about getting high. They had originality and creativity. Fucking love the 90's man

[waynecoolj]

This is soooooooo legendary! Love it!!

[donaldevans1077]

ooooooh weeeee!!! i used to rock out to this as a kid !!! it stil sounds great!!

[daditsch323]

i love this song, homeboyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[SuperJwalk]

now thats black !

[STONIEBK]

HIP HOP!!!!

[rymskindeep]

Classic influential groups in HIP HOP history so lyrical much credit due all the respect this song forever dope dope dope

[thesh00ter]

i never forget the day. i was going through box of hand me downs my dad got from somebody. low and behold, this whole album on tape was in there. man, I rocked the brakes off of it lol.

[ThaKronicMan]

Say what?

[stereoguru75]

Their second album " The Main Ingredient" is boss too!

[stereoguru75]

3 people need to straighten their shit out!!!!!!!

[ltinsley2]

real Hip Hop! nuff said!

[wakeen123]

WOW!! CLASSIC!! :>)

[dopewords]

don't trust them new niggas on the air, takin and makin life on radio unfair, cash in they face dangled our music source almost strangled don't trust them new niggas on the air, internet stars brag about cars, callin us stupid acting all foolish and meanwhile white people(no offense) adopting and re-droppin our crops now if that aint worth fightin for then we can just forget that we ever had a good time in music because it'll only be a memory...don't trust them new niggas on the air.

[sonnycease]

back in 1992 this album was my medicine!! i will never stop loving this album,a hip hop spiritual that opened my 3rd eye to knowledge...along with brand nubian's in god we trust. Peace to the gods & earths!!

[ZForbesOfficial]

whooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaa. pete rock & CL killin it

[CASPIAN91106]

Classic Material right here. Pete Rock and CL Smooth are one of those forgotten groups that consistently put out dope music without moving major units. They and Brand Nubian are the most slept on groups of the 90's

[Da4Corners]

How does a classic like this, and from Pete Rock & CL Smooth only got 160,000 views? We gotta push and support this "Classic hip hop" agenda! so many feel good classics from this era, cannot let it get buried.

[MostAmazing2]

Seriously who was the idiot that disliked this masterpiece of a HIPHOP track?

[bernzoo]

This song is fucking epic! I remember exactly how i felt back in 92 when i hear that album. Skating Pulaski Park, drinking and smoking with your peeps. Oh the good times. Real music - real shit.

[SaudaFeyikemi]

that big piece of shit stuck in the toilet they call music today is just that DO-DO

[ConfidenceBeats]

it's good to see a track this ill get the type of attention it's gotten on youtube. real hip hop will live on forever...peace

[geobruf123]

havnt heard this in near 20 years. not dissapointed



[TheN3Xx]

who the fuck disliked this piece of genius ?

[tommy1001000]

@TheN3Xx an idiot.

[TheDopestEthiopian1]

This joint represents hip hop before it was colonized

[hiphoplegend1]

MOUNT VERNON!

[mjhoward96]

Pete Rock's a genius on dis track,he used 4 samples!.

[mjhoward96]

Pete Rock's a geinus on dis track,he used 4 samples!.

[kimera808]

My man Pete Rock got the 40 belows on. Young boyz nothin about the 40 belows.

[SmasHFauxs]

ah yea! ah yea! What happened to Hip Hop? why do we have all these marketing schemes in our face all day telling us what they think Hip Hop is? SMH

[boostie420]

i miss real hip hop any one else gimmy me a thumbs up

[whoelseknows]

One person couldn't straighten it out!

[roscoegino]

RIP Hip Hop

[GhostFaced78]

First album ever that I downloaded legally, one of the greatest. God bless Pete and Smooth, and RIP Big L!

[sieman78]

I like when people make these silly comments about southern rap when they really don't know shit about it; its not all what you heard on the radio/ TV, so many cats from the south have real lyrics, rhyme schemes and songs with soul; how bout you educate yo self before making silly comments - and this song is a classic

[NBA58760]

I wish music today was like this.

[thehiphopdepot]

@NBA58760 real shit is still available at the website thehiphopdepot

[LOOPWHOLEBEATS]

yall better straighten it out!

[kinstube]

THANK YOU !!!

[crazyloops89]

aaaaaaa yeah;] thats tha Funk :D crazy epic sht...:D PEACE

[hbk1012]

never hear this again....makes you feel sad for the kids and the future of music

[Obamadose]

SAY NO TO BOOTLEGGING

[sean301975]

Real shit!!

[BadHabitKw]

@krazyfan2000 Dam right man

[questmotion]

1 guy hit the wrong button :p

[MegaDan1310]

We got save hip hop.These new nigga's. Im sorry they are corney and they are going platnum.The shit they be saying.I be like what the fuck.Somebody help.

[fikes73]

@MegaDan1310

I feel ya, its sad. All popular music genres are suffering, just means we gotta turn back

[rameses63]

@MegaDan1310 LORD PLEASE HELP US,U SENT US GOOD HIP HOP,NOWADAYZ ALL WE HEAR IS HIP/POP.!!PETE ROCK N C.L ..CLASSIC..ENUFF SAID.!!

[brandimcc00]

@MegaDan1310 lmao...I feel you, #IMISSREALHIPHOP

[doublesho213]

@MegaDan1310 the bad thing is im 20 and i get mixed in with this era of music

[jserrano95205]

@MegaDan1310 i couldnt agree with you more megadan! 100% spot on!  what the fuck happened to hip hop man??? DAMN!

[IAmBob23]

@MegaDan1310 check out pharoahe monch, cunninlynguists, the roots... the list goes on and on

all u need to do is realize that the radio plays the same shit over and over again and turn it off

[safetosaydontquoteme]

@MegaDan1310 Seriously! I don't give a fuck about your money, your cars, your women, or any of your dumb metaphors shit. Just be real with me and drop knowledge. The fucking south ruined hip hop from the west in the east by bringing that corny shit.

[MrDerfinator]

How can there be even 1 dislike? Seriously?

[WhoisGSX]

Michelle Obama works out to this song! true word

[reigndancer1]

did u know A.D.O.R.is in this video in the record shop thats ill A.D.O.R. IS NICE..

[FINbball]

Can anyone tell me any other albums produced like this?

You know, the gritty jazz styles and all.

[HaddyD]

@FINbball Check out all of Guru's "JAZZMATAZZ" albums, also some A Tribe Called Quest I would recommend

[lularula]

@HaddyD

Jazzmatazz for president..RIP Guru

[widerling]

@FINbball Dj Smash, Digable Planets, Jazz liberatorz, Nujabes, Dj Mitsu, Camp Lo, Damu the fudgemunk, Vinyl Reanimators, Y-Society, Jazz Addixx, Dutchmassive, Sound Providers, Georgia anne Muldrow, Masypke, Cinematic Orchestra, Dj Shadow to name a few. They all have an element of that grizzy jazz you after. Not all their songs but maybe it's the right direction. Hope it's a good starting point. Enjoy

[FINbball]

@widerling yeah that helps alot thanks!

[upstatecryptonite]

Booooooooom Bap catch a heart attack. no cursing or pussy skinny jean hip hop here

[TheEazyDuzIt95]

@upstatecryptonite What are you talking about? This is straight baby thighs, fucking baby powder comes out the speakers when I bump this shit. Not like it's a bad thing though.

[bucho08]

i feel like C.L. Smooth never got the credit he deserved because this dude is a beast

[MrDiallo2010]

Used to sketch lots of graffiti in my teenage room listening to pete rock and cl smooth

[hmmsmellslikefish]

Not dead, who the fuck said?

[MykelJessica]

So who's the one person the cant straighten it out? Loser!

[D1rtyDuck]

5 words

Mecca

And

The

Soul

Brother

[PhflyDan1]

Absolutely LOVE this 2 PIECES!! POW

[tbizm]

1 person cant straighten it out

[mplays]

Yo i hear ya, But you need to check that Hip Hop (surreal fake) deal. HipHop is a culture. Rap is Rhythm and Poetry. Most of the radio stuff is Neither.

[brothamouzoune]

we need to start a revolution. we live in a jaded time. where we all look at eachother with suspicion. ive got enuff faith in humanity that enuff people know whats good to make some shit change. get the fuck out in the streets and live with purpose. the zombies aint got shit.

[brenorv1]

Real talk we gotta straighten it out

[TheJamesjason32]

My dogs somebody just wanted to be different

[KPKreptile]

i dont even have a comment for the one person that disliked this...

[msnikish]

@KPKreptile must be the same asshole that disliked TROY

[Akumajr]

Yes music with a messege LOL...NOOOOOOO WAAAAAAAY! ya think??

pete rock aka the CHOCOLATE BOY WONDER........good stuff ..

[MultiRambo7]

people this is real music

[civicdoc]

One asshole needs to be straightened out! Classic shit!!!!

[RyanLikeDrums]

Pete and C.L are back yall!!!!!!!! Dropping 5 new albums this year!!!!

[peppertree7]

oh my god! memories....oh my memories!!!

[myboyz24]

this is why i listen to this over Waka Flaka, Wale, & all these shitty rappers that's out today!!

[SithLordNefaar022]

BLACK PPL MUST STR8TEN IT OUT!!!!

[SuperJwalk]

between pete rock,dj jazzy jeff,and primier you gotta say pete rock is the better of them all his samples are deep in jazz and to me what better way to honor your craft by showing where your influence came fom. Now when i say this this is by far no disrespect to dj jazzy jeff or primo if you gotta a ear for music you can distincly hear the difference between the 3 pete rock is based in jazz ,jazzy jeff is the master scratcher, and primo is the best at layering his beats.

[IceManLikeGervin]

My favorite joint from Pete & CL!!

[krazyfan2000]

@=mosfrostiest I think if she heard some real hip hop I am sure she would be able to appreciate it..

[losrob27]

Man, they made the whole NYC smile in '92 with this joint right here! Pete Rock, Da Beatminerz, Premier, Trackmasters, Clark Kent: Yall please get together and bring hip hop and R&B back to the golden age, cuz these new cats are just not getting the job done!

[IceManLikeGervin]

Pure butta!!!

[saintorami]

CLASSIC!!!!!!!

[recon768]

loving the old thumbs up

[Everythingunderdasun]

@ChinaSwag Don't spam you douche

[hassafella]

I remember playing this and Das EFX on my walkman while riding the bus to Giants Stadium trying to get a job that I inevitably did not get.....lol

[msnikish]

the whole Money Earnin.....

[FreekyDeeky21]

I might catch flack for this but this song is much better than T.R.O.Y. IMHO.

[aush1969]

@FreekyDeeky21 Yeah you're right on catching some flack. At the most I would say they are equally GREAT. But, T.R.O.Y. hit you right in the heart. Telling his whole family story in one song. Now that's "F"-ing amazing.

[Chriswaynecarpenter]

@FreekyDeeky21 I agree with you

[msnikish]

@FreekyDeeky21 hmmm ....a very close 2nd at best my nigga, but you could be right, its just TROY gets called possibly the best joint of all time ....so most arent gonna say that

[karey26]

My fav Pete Rock & CL Smooth song. I love the intro and the outro so jazzy. Keep hip hop like this alive, teach the children.

[Jordanallison12]

tha illest shit ever!

[Ho0li]

one of the most beautiful hip hop songs ever. peace and keep listening to true hip hop -> music for the soul

[ed0uble]

It'll never be this good again.  This reminds me of NYC '92.. chilling downtown smoking all night........

[snakewynd]

@ed0uble You got that right, today's music era sucks donkey ass! Music like this sooths the pain with potent memories...

[distanct]

0 dislikes--exactly!

[thePhunktOGraphist]

@distanct ...word up.......classic for my generation.....a perfect production

[BLAZINBEATS123]

was listening to this back in 1992 the actual year in camden park , houston texas ya heard !

[handsomejoka]

OLD SCHOOL ALL DAY

[77hiphop]

love this one, comes from maybe the best album of all times

[xjcms]

you just gotta look they ain't gonna put good hip hop on the radio or mtv/bet, but still some cats puttin it down

[word2mutha]

Like I said

This song is dedicated to hip-hop now

[rigogurt]

@word2mutha FOR REALLLL

[Jubeski]

Still fresssh as hellllz in 2010!!!!

[kennycay]

What happened to hip hop....who deemed good shit like this, obselete?

[CraigOH1981]

i remember seeing them on In Living Color when they were new artists... great song!!

[moorewarren]

@CraigOH1981 those were the dayz rite...they play'd a lotta funk on that show...

[CraigOH1981]

@moorewarren yes, i miss that show... SNL and Mad TV are funny, but they both don't compare to In Living Color... it was hilarious, had good artists perform, and had the fly girls dancing

[ibsprintin]

@CraigOH1981 yeah man i just saw that episode about 3 days ago and i looked this up, so sick man, true hip-hop.

[feistychick70]

@CraigOH1981 - LOL! Yeah, I still remember the show ended before the song finished...

[crs78]

one of the best from the 90s cl smooth very underated I show this to my nephews,

thier heads and eyes pop out I tell them this REAL HIP HOP!!

[korvlover]

im gonna see them live in gothenburg sweden the 14 december, I CANT wait :D:D:D:D

[thedesiresymposium]

One of the top productions of all time

[iiHateSouljaBoy]

I havent heard this since i was 10 lol. REAL HIP HOP!

[Kimmica20]

Shit, I miss these days in music.

[MultiTWoods]

This is my favorite song by them!

[montyjackson69]

this shit bumps hard as fuck

[krazyfan2000]

For those who just started listening to hip hop this is what it's supposed to sound like....

[BlackKnight718]

@krazyfan2000 ....tell these fools what hip hop is suppose to sound like....damn..straight fire

[81carlos]

@krazyfan2000 That's fuckin' right! This was our era! The "New School" era! What's this era called? The "Hit Pop" era? LoL

[StefanDasbach]

@81carlos Or, as I like to call it, Shit Pop ;-)

[81carlos]

@StefanDasbach LOL

[rayallen0]

@81carlos Music is a commodity like anything else thats exchangeable, who are you to decide what's "good", I'm sick and tired of reading about "music these days" it's so myopic. You have to understand, do you think all music in 1992 was like this? of course there was trite money grabbing music back then too. Songs like these have stood the test of time you can't judge the present like the past.

[81carlos]

@rayallen0 Tell that to those who pioneered the shit and never got a cent for it.This shit started out in the parks and in the streets kid and I'm talking about Hip Hop,made by the struggling because they were too poor to be excepted into popular clubs,so they started their own thing. I happen to grow up in that era and you were around back then,than you'd know that Hip Hop wasn't played on the radio very much until it was deemed marketable by the record companies and popular culture.

[rayallen0]

@81carlos ya definatly sugar hill gang in 79 didnt get played on the radio. Yes Hip Hop wasnt huge but it was still a way for fame and money. Atleast attention.

[nycrebel]

@rayallen0 I agree. I'm tired of these "I didn't listen to hip hop back then but I've internet data mined my hip hop knowledge" types who come in here and rant all day complaining about today's music. Sure...today's music sucks, but not every album back then was a classic. I've seen internet dweebs pull some obscure not worth listening to in 92' album out the woodwork and call it "classic" over the web. Please STOP IT. Some people are obviously trying too hard.

[Brockthepain]

@81carlos Im 24 but have been listening to rap since I could remember.First song I ever heard from a rapper was walk this way remix by run DMC my favorite rapper was Nas growing up.To me rap died in 03.This new shit is called hip flop.Real talk.

[mosfrostiest]

@krazyfan2000

lmao; too true. was just telling wifey (who hates most "rap") that if she gave real hip hop a listen, she'd changer her mind

[thehiphopdepot]

@krazyfan2000 you can get a great taste for the real shit at the website thehiphopdepot

[DavidOwenWard]

@krazyfan2000 WELL SAID BRO!!

[double00769]

this is real hip hop



[BlackKnight718]

@double00769 .......,,real talk.....hip hop ...

[19seandel78]

@double00769 amen !!!

[PantherSteven]

east coast cats gotta come up and put it down they way they use too andd leave this southern game spittin BS aside, just pure talent like this song!

[thesh00ter]

@PantherSteven yo WORD!!!!

[thesh00ter]

@PantherSteven but that's the thing though, they ain't, cuz that's what's popular now, all that south stuff. even if they wanted to, the record companies won't let them cuz they'll say: "that won't sell and the radio's won't play that." truth be told, the companies and the radio stations work together.

[yankessnperu]

True Hip Hop... True Legends.....the beat represents the era , the vibe of early 90s....too bad it cannot be duplicated.

[FederalTracks]

timeless

[lFck1Tl]

Throw ya hands up biiaatcchh

[xXSwaggxxStarXx]

hip hop wuz stomped in 2004 raped in 2007 died in 2010

[RichyJA]

@xXSwaggxxStarXx nah it died in 05

[Sinosure]

@xXSwaggxxStarXx Nah it didn't! Hip hop still lives! It just matters where & what you're listening to! Underground hip hop will ALWAYS LIVE!

[songotenz02]

Man CL Smooth is so underrated it's CRAZY!!!

[RainyDaiyze]

CL's flow is impeccable.

[omunozl]

@RainyDaiyze could not said it better

[spursfan1080]

wuz lookin 4 dis after i heard da cornerstore classic...iz dat a latimore sample??

[zphim7]

@spursfan1080...The sample is Ernie Hines "Our Generation"

[chico199510]

man we need to back to this kind of REAL HIP-HOP.

[dwells77]

@chico199510 Man, you ain't never lied...

[PROPHETICPRODUCTIONZ]

ooooooooh the girls i was doin when this came out. fun fun fun. hip hop at its best.

not like this auto tune crap. record companies are failing cause they lost there way. well they never really knew the time. serves em right. i guess they need to STRAIGHTEN IT OUT!!! ahhhh yeah........ lalalala,lalala,lalalala la

[adamredg1]

Hip Hop the way it should be!

[SuperJwalk]

we use to go crazy when pete rock would say the hilltop cuz im from the HILLSIDE of HARRISBURG PA the P-FUNK and OUT THE SOUTH GOTTA STRAIGHTEN IT OUT love ya HARRISBURG peace