Pete Rock & C. L. Smooth "It's Not a Game"

Rapper, DJ, and producer Pete Rock first emerged in 1991 as one half of a duo with C.L. Smooth, debuting with the All Souled Out EP. A hit LP, Mecca and the Soul Brother, followed before the two went their separate ways in the wake of 1994's The Main Ingredient, with Rock remaining a prolific studio presence prior to the release of his solo debut, Soul Survivor, on Loud/RCA four years later. Dropped from the label, he continued his career as an independent producer, and later signed to Rapster/BBE in 2001 for PeteStrumentals. Two years later, the label released a two-part compilation of mid-'90s LPs with Lost and Found. In 2004, Rock produced the sequel to his debut, Soul Survivor II, with features coming from Pharoahe Monch, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, and former partner C.L. Smooth. During the next few years, Rock focused on producing for other artists, including Edo G and Ghostface Killah, releasing his next solo album, NY's Finest, in early 2008.

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[spyda7591]

All I can say is DAMN. This nigga flow is untimely

[KeepRollGerskii]

HIP HOP IS ALIVE BUT ITS UNDERGROUND!

[MrFilthyrich76]

@tennessee8210 what's wrong with them? u tink they shit cos they out today? Wrong!! Rozay maybe a hit and miss but Drake got it not like the 90's but for an act of today he aint bad

[bigdave20011]

@zakkosa989 j-cole is garbage, and stop lying to yourself sayin he's not, cuz the worst thing u can do is lie to yourself..and callin me retarted on the INTERNET is a low blow.. cuz if u said that im my face, i wud punch a hole in your face..if j-cole had his own style, i wud give him props, but he sounds like all those other garbage rappers, same flow and wack writtens. now im not going to tell you to "die in a car fire".. instead imma tell you to Read a book... peace....

[hiphophead1991]

i used to think it was a game.. until i... nah man not that.. until i heard this song dont worry

[tennessee8210]

@MrFilthyrich76 How can you listen to Drake and Rick Ross? I can't even go through one song by either one of them because I'll rather being listening to better music even if I have heard it many times before.

[TechnicolorRhapsody]

anybody know what tower he's overlooking the city from?

[232323232321]

amazing man!

[quiteobserver]

BEST HIP HOP OF ALL THE FUCKING TIME

PETE ROCK FOR THE PRESIDENT :)

[MrFilthyrich76]

this is what I knew hiphop to be. Don't get it twisted I also lisn to alot of todays act like Drake and Rozay but none out today can hold a candle to cat like CL Smooth and he wasn't in top 10 back in da day. Again how could he be wit niggaz like Rakim, BDK, BIG etc Damn I miss the 90s