Finally in the third verse, CL Smooth speaks to his friend Troy. In the second verse, CL Smooth talks about how his uncle played the crucial role of a male father figure in his life and helped him become a man and how more males need to make a positive impact on the community. He ultimately concludes the first verse saying that the lack of male leadership destines young men to repeat the cycle of not being involved in their own children’s lives. He says that although his mother raised him right, he still needed a male figure in his life. CL Smooth raps about how his father did not play a role in helping his mother raise him or his sister, and how his mother was forced to take on both roles in the household. Verse one focuses on the hardships of growing up with a single mother. "They Reminisce Over You" features a jazz bass line with a constant saxophone riff, and a backup singers' harmony in the background. Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #12 on its list of "The 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time." It was ranked #430 on "Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2021. Pitchfork included the song at #35 on their Top 200 Tracks of the 90s. It was also number 90 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. Many critics consider it one of the best produced hip hop songs, and it continues to appear on many "Greatest Songs" lists such as Q Magazine's "1001 Best Songs Ever", Spin Magazine's "Top 20 Singles of the 90s", and The Source's "100 Best Rap Singles Of All Time".
The B-side of the 12" pressing is "The Creator", which is taken from the group's 1991 EP, All Souled Out.Īlthough not a chart topper at the time of its release, "Reminisce." has since gone on to become a staple in hip hop one that immediately recalls a certain period in time (the early 1990s) as well as paying respect to lost ones, and acknowledging family members. The 12 second intro is sampled from the 1971 song "When She Made Me Promise" by The Beginning of the End. The chorus's ad libs are provided by Pete Rock. Over a saxophone and bass sample of Tom Scott's cover of " Today" by Jefferson Airplane, CL Smooth unravels fond memories of his own childhood, being the son of a young teenage mother, her father and four siblings, and the love he feels for other family members in working class Mount Vernon. When I mixed the song down, I had Charlie Brown from Leaders of the New School in the session with me, and we all just started crying. Next thing you know, I have a beautiful beat made. I found some other sounds and then heard some sax in there and used that. It had such a beautiful bassline, and I started with that first. When I found the record by Tom Scott, basically I just heard something incredible that touched me and made me cry. And to this day, I can't believe I made it through, the way I was feeling. I had a friend of mine that passed away, and it was a shock to the community. Descripción del álbumPete Rock in a 2007 interview with The Village Voice: Ver Más Your browser does not support the audio element. These interludes provide a sort of dense spiritual tone and resonance in the album that is not religiously based at all, but fully hip-hop based, emerging from the urban altars that are the basements and rooftops of the city. The songs are connected and the album is propelled forward by Rock's quick, soul-tight interludes these are usually bits of old R&B and soul tunes but sometimes they're spoken pieces or spontaneous, freestyle sessions. dancer Trouble T-Roy, who was accidentally killed, packs a poignant emotional weight, but it is Smooth's more direct and conscientious - and frequently autobiographical - side which ultimately carries the album lyrically.
He is maybe one of the few MCs capable of rapping a fairly credible love song, as he does on "Lots of Lovin'." "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)," a tribute to friend and Heavy D. Smooth is the perfect vocal match for the music. Again, the primary star is Pete Rock's production acumen, and he ups the ante of rock-solid drums, steady cymbal beats, smooth-rolling bass, and fatback organ, not to mention his signature horn loops. Granted, 80 minutes is a long stretch of time for sustained listening, but the music is completely worthy of that time, allowing the duo to stretch out in ways that their EP rendered impossible. Smooth did just that on Mecca and the Soul Brother, and they did so in the most unlikely way of all after the succinctness of All Souled Out - by coming up with a sprawling, nearly 80-minute-long album on which not a single song or interlude is a throwaway or a superfluous piece. It would have been hard to match the artistic success of their debut EP on a full-length recording, but Pete Rock & C.L. Disfrute de este álbum en las apps Qobuz con sususcripción
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