DE AFARĂ: Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Mecca and the Soul Brother (1992)

Mecca and the Soul Brother este albumul de debut al dou-ului Pete Rock & CL Smooth și a fost lansat în data de 9 iunie 1992, prin Elektra.

Track listing

• All tracks produced by Pete Rock & CL Smooth, except #5 co-produced by Large Professor.

#	Title	Performer(s)	Samples	Time
1	"Return of the Mecca"	Intro: Pete Rock Verses: C.L. Smooth Chorus: Pete Rock	"Country Preacher" by Cannonball Adderley "Long Red" by Mountain "You're the Fool" by The Three Degrees "Today" by Tom Scott & the California Dreamers "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane	5:42
2	"For Pete's Sake"	Intro: Pete Rock First verse: C.L. Smooth Second verse: Pete Rock Third verse: C.L. Smooth Outro: Pete Rock	"The Rill Thing" by Little Richard "Come Live With Me" by Dorothy Ashby "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone "Gimmie Some" by Freddie McCoy "The Do Do" by Biz Markie "N.T." by Kool & the Gang "Submission" by Tyrone Washington "It's My Thing" by EPMD	5:48
3	"Ghettos of the Mind"	C.L. Smooth	"Ghettos of the Mind" by Bama the Village Poet "Long Red" by Mountain "Maceo" by Maceo & All the King's Men "Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do" by The Everyday People "Just Rhymin' With Biz" by Big Daddy Kane	5:01
4	"Lots of Lovin'"	Verses: C.L. Smooth Chorus: Terri Robinson / Tabitha Brace	"Player's Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing)" and "What's Going On?" by Ohio Players "North Carolina" by Les McCann	5:07
5	"Act Like You Know"	Verses: C.L. Smooth Chorus: Pete Rock	"Freedom Death Dance" by Eugene McDaniels "The Awakening" by Woody Shaw "Get Out of My Life Woman" by George Semper "Cameo" by Eddy Senay "Down Here on the Ground" by Grant Green	4:01
6	"Straighten It Out"	C.L. Smooth	"Bootleggin'" by Simtec & Wylie "Heighty Hi" by Mongo Santamaria "Chocolate Buttermilk" by Kool & the Gang "Our Generation" by Ernie Hines	4:12
7	"Soul Brother #1"	Pete Rock	"Soul Man" by "Sweet" Charles Sherrell "Do the Funky Penguin (Part 2)" by Rufus Thomas "Long Red" by Mountain "The Grunt" by The J.B.'s "Bubble Gum" by 9th Creation "Pain" by Ohio Players "Headless Heroes" by Eugene McDaniels	4:30
8	"Wig Out"	Intro: Pete Rock Verses: C.L. Smooth	"Turbulence" by Eddie Harris "Jungle Child" by Johnny Lytle "Music Talk" by Georgie Fame	4:10
9	"Anger in the Nation"	Intro: Adofo Abdullah Muhammad Verses: C.L. Smooth	"Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone "Talk to the People" by Les McCann "Funky President (People It's Bad)" by James Brown	5:31
10	"They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"	C.L. Smooth	"When She Made Me Promise" by The Beginning of the End "Today" by Tom Scott & the California Dreamers "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown	4:44
11	"On and On"	Intro: Grap Luva Verses: C.L. Smooth	"Tell Me How Do You Feel" and "(Don't Want No) Woman" by Lee Michaels "Ode to Billie Joe" by Lou Donaldson "The Bird" by Jimmy McGriff "Nobody Beats the Biz" by Biz Markie "Step to the Rear" by Brand Nubian "N.T." by Kool & the Gang	5:10
12	"It's Like That"	Intro: Pete Rock Verses: C.L. Smooth	"Mongoose" by Elephant's Memory "Strictly for the Ladies" by Lord Finesse	3:55
13	"Can't Front on Me"	Intro: Pete Rock Verses: C.L. Smooth	"Submission" by Tyrone Washington "Nothingness" by Bama the Village Poet "Don't Change Your Love" by Five Stairsteps "Where Do I Go?" by Alyn Ainsworth	4:18
14	"The Basement"	First verse: C.L. Smooth Second verse: Grap Luva Third verse: Heavy D Fourth verse: Pete Rock Fifth verse: Rob-O Sixth verse: Deda	"Expo 83" by The Backyard Heavies "Bam Bam" by Sister Nancy "Mad Dog" by Lee Michaels "Season of the Witch" by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Steve Stills "Risin' to the Top" by Keni Burke	5:22
15	"If It Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right"	C.L. Smooth	"Blues and Pants" by James Brown "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss "Go Stetsa I" by Stetsasonic "Dr. Funkenstein" by Parliament "Once in a Lifetime" by Talking Heads "Trespassin'" by Skull Snaps "Nautilus" by Bob James	5:04
16	"Skinz"	First verse: C.L. Smooth Second verse: Grand Puba Third verse: C.L. Smooth Fourth verse: Pete Rock Fifth verse: C.L. Smooth	"MacArthur Park" by The Three Degrees "To the Right" by Brand Nubian "Down Home Girl" by The Coasters "Today" by Tom Scott & the California Dreamers	4:14

Notes

• The cassette and 2xLP versions contain two bonus tracks: "The Creator (Remix)" and "Mecca and the Soul Brother (Remix)"
• (*) Symbolizes co-producer