Debut EP by the duo formed by Pete Rock & CL Smooth. They signed to Elektra Records in the early nineties, after participating in the production and remixes of songs of rnb and hip-hop artists between late eighties and nineties. The effort anticipating their debut studio album, "Mecca and the Soul Brother".
This short, slick, and perfect extended play is a LIVE teste to the following statement: Pete Rock is one of the best hip-hop producers ever. On this there are few doubts. But CL Smooth then? Without a doubt, his contribution here stands out, it's incredible, smoothness, technically clean and flawless, he spits bars with an extraordinary flow dope for half an hour, this is among his best efforts. It's one of the best debuts for a hip hop duo, a fantastic prequel to their debut studio album.
The Grand Puba lyrics recited by CL make the quality leap to the project, socio-conscious and political bars, the rapper is strict, but fair and his delivery is relaxed, flowing, he doesn't disappoint: the cuts are all fluid, velvet, and here, much more than in all the other albums that you listened to from 1987 to 1991 and in which you found the next sentence, the MC is really trying to bring Rakim back to the best, here you are practically listening to Rakim with another voice, and in fact a few times the flow of CL stiffens.
Pete Rock is also committed to rapping, with honest results above his own rhythms (his solo, "The Creator", is still strong, but it's also the weakest song of the EP, with a simple theme and a sublime beat), which are the masters in this debut: he provides an immense, exceptional soundscape, is different from the rest of the game in his choice of melodic rhythms that are imbued with dark but truly dark samples, from funky, jazz and soul music that demonstrate his knowledge and absurdly high professional competence, to which he combines dark and solid basses, organ riffs, an always livable and never excessive drum machine and jazzy elements that inevitably increase the replay value, such as distant trumpets, flute loops and dope cornets, all enlivened by fresh scratches.
Coherent, brilliant and beautiful effort, it has also been called magical and it is, it's one of the best hip-hop EPs published in the nineties, an essential jazz rap record and a must-listen for every person who wants to consider himself a true-head. 8.5/10.
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