Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth "They Reminisce Over You"

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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth were an influential rap group from Mount Vernon, New York. They made their debut in the rap world with their 1991 EP, All Souled Out. It sold moderately well enough to justify Elektra Records clearing the way for 1992's Mecca and the Soul Brother LP.

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 & The Boyz, who died in 1990.

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-DMCs 1993 comeback single 'Down with the King'. Despite all this, the duo failed to go gold on any of their own releases.

Separating in 1995 (shortly after a well-received Sprite TV commercial), they eventually reunited on a handful of cuts from Pete Rocks 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.

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[Trololzilla69]

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[The12Jacob]

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[TheEvanwetzel]

Any smart people here? Let's invent a time machine and go back to the 90's where rap stood for something and is not just about bouncing cars and booty...

[elimentable]

i really like the old school version of rap. sounds much cleaner and up beat, stays true to the meaning

[RICHNICE75]

just spent 20mins looping the original on youtube, like 'fuck it Im not gonna listen to this joint (TROZ) I've heard it too many times' but I had to pay homage, this dude Pete's a fuckin genius

[yesterdaysnewque]

Maybe Pete Rock isn't the best now with Smif n Wessun collabo, but daaaaamn this joint is ill, C.L is mad lyrical

[godhelpusall1]

@blakdog90 no prob. google "whosampled" and they got a pretty good list of samples from nearly bout everything.

[Eziokilla9595]

1980-2000 Best years of all time.

[215mizphilly]

i wasn't even born when this song came out but i know it word for word lol