Mixtape : Pete Rock & CL Smooth 'The Main Ingredient' 25th Anniversary Mixtape

"This month marks the 25th anniversary of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's second (and final) full-length LP, 'The Main Ingredient.' Following in the footsteps of 1992's 'Mecca and the Soul Brother,' the album comprises tracks built from densely layered samples, frequently previously unsampled jazz fusion cuts mixed with crisp drums and short vocal snippets plundered from well-known '80s/'90s hip-hop tracks. Use of a number of go-to tracks defines the sound of the album and the presence of vocal samples from Biz Markie and Big Daddy Kane in particular is a key ingredient in the album's sonic palette. In celebration of the album's 25th year, we've partnered once again with WhoSampled to present this mixtape of album tracks, alt versions, interview snippets, and of course original sample material, mixed by Chris Read." - Wax Poetics 

1. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – I Got A Love (Remix)
2. Chris Read – Theme #3 (Scratchapella)

3. Ramsey Lewis – Sun Goddess (sampled in Escape)

4. Pete Rock & CL Smooth Interview Extract
5. James Brown – Escape-Ism [Loop] (samped in Escape)
6. Brethren – Outside Love [Loop] (sampled in Escape)
7. Biz Markie – Take It From The Top [Extract] (sampled in Escape)

8. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Escape

9. George Benson – Face It Boy, It’s Over (sampled in In The Flesh)

10. EPMD – You’re a Customer [Loop] (sampled in In The Flesh)

11. Steve Miller Band – Fly Like An Eagle (sampled in In The Flesh)

12. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ With Biz [Extract] (sampled in In The Flesh)

13. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – In The Flesh

14. Ahmad Jamal – The Awakening (sampled in It’s On You)

15. Brethren Outside Love [Loop] (sampled in It’s On You)

16. Tom Scott – Never My Love [Extract] (sampled in It’s On You)

17. EPMD – Strictly Business [Extract] (sampled in It’s On You)

18. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – It’s On You

19. Jeanne & The Darlings – Soul Girl (sampled in Get On The Mic)

20. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Get On The Mic

21. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ With Biz [Extract] (sampled in Get On The Mic)

22. Little Feat – Fool Yourself [Loop] (sampled in All the Places)

23. Donald Byrd – Spaces and Places (sampled in All the Places)

24. Biz Markie – Vapors [Extract] (sampled in All the Places)

25. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – All the Places
26. Roy Ayers Ubiquity – Searching (sampled in Searching)

27. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Searching

28. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Searching (Remix)

29. Jonny Pate – The Look of Love (sampled in Searching (Remix))

30. George Benson – Face It Boy, It’s Over (sampled in I Get Physical)

31. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ With Biz (sampled in I Get Physical)

32. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – I Get Physical
33. Tyrone Washington – Submission (sampled in The Main Ingredient)

34. KRS One – Sound of Da Police (sampled in The Main Ingredient)

35. Albino Gorilla – Psychedlic Shack (sampled in The Main Ingredient)

36. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ With Biz [Extract] (sampled in The Main Ingredient)
37. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – The Main Ingredient
38. Milt Jackson & The Ray Brown Big Band – Enchanted Lady (sampled in Carmel City)
39. Hugo Montenegro – Dizzy [Extract] (sampled in Carmel City)
40. Detroit Emeralds – You’re Getting A Little Too Smart [Loop] (sampled in Carmel City)
41. Spoonie Gee – Spoonin’ Rap [Extract] (sampled in Carmel City)
42. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Carmel City

43. Bob James – Nautilus [Loop] (sampled in Sun Won’t Come Out)

44. Harvey Scales – Sun Won’t Come Out (sampled in Sun Won’t Come Out)

45. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Sun Won’t Come Out

46. Stan Getz – Keep Dreamin’ (sampled in Tell Me)

47. Run DMC – Beats to the Rhyme [Extract] (sampled in Tell Me)

48. Pete Rock & CL Smoooth – Tell Me

49. Detroit Emeralds – You’re Getting A Little Too Smart [Loop] (sampled in Tell Me)

50. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Worldwide

51. The Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Capricorn (sampled in In The House)

52. A Tribe Called Quest – Verses from the Abstract [Loop] (sampled in In The House)

53. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – In The House

54. Keni Burke – Risin to the Top (sampled in Take You There)

55. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Take You There

56. Young Holt Unlimited – Bumpin On Young Street (sampled in Check it Out)

57. Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Check It Out

25th Anniversary of Common’s Resurrection Mixtape by Chris Read

1. Common – Resurrection (Extra P Remix)

2. Chris Read – Theme #3 (Scratchapella)

3. The Jonah Jones Quartet – Lisbon Antigua (sampled in ‘Sum Shit I Wrote’)

4. Common Video Music Box Interview [Extract]

5. Brethren – Outside Love (sampled in ‘Sum Shit I Wrote’)

6. Marley Marl feat Heavy D & Biz Markie – We Write the Songs [Extract] (sampled in ‘Sum Shit I Wrote’)

7. Common – Sum Shit I Wrote

8. Archie Whitewater – Cross Country (sampled in ‘Chapter 13’)

9. Detroit Emeralds – You’re Getting a Little Too Smart [Loop] (sampled in ‘Chapter 13’)

10. Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul [Extract] (sampled in ‘Chpater 13’)

11. Common – Chapter 13

12. Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat Melle Mel & Duke Bootee – The Message (sampled in ‘Chapter 13’)

13. The Modern Jazz Quarter – But Not For Me (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

14. Clyde McPhatter – Mixed Up Cup [Loop] (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

15. A Tribe Called Quest feat Large Professor – Keep It Rollin’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

16. Common – In My Own World

17. EPMD – Get Off The Bandwagon [Extract] (sampled in ‘In My Own World’)

18. Gary Burton – Leroy the Magician [Loop] (sampled in ‘Nuthin’ To Do’)

19. Living Jazz – Walk on By (sampled in ‘Nuthin’ To Do’)

20. Wu-Tang Clan – Protect Your Neck [Extract] (sampled in ‘Nuthin To Do’)

21. Common – ‘Nuthin to Do’

22. Grover Washington Jr. – Hydra [Loop] (sampled in ‘Orange Pineapple Juice’)

23. Keith Murray – Hostile [Extract] (sampled in ‘Orange Pineapple Juice’)

24. Common – Orange Pineapple Juice

25. Ahmad Jamal – Dolphin Dance (sampled in ‘Resurrection’)

26. Power of Zeus – Sorceror of Isis (sampled in ‘Resurrection’)

27. Nice and Smooth – No Delayin’ [Extract] (sampled in ‘Resurrection’)

28. Common – Resurrection

29. Alton McClain & Destiny – The Power of Love (sampled in ‘ThisIsMe’)

30. Paul McCartney – Momma Miss America [Loop] (sampled in ‘ThisIsMe’)

31. Boogie Down Productions – Build and Destroy [Extract] (sampled in ‘ThisIsMe’)

32. Common – ThisIsMe

33. George Benson – The Changing World (sampled in ‘I Used to Love H.E.R’)

34. Common – I Used to Lover H.E.R

35. King Curtis – Sweet Inspiration (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

36. Johnnie Taylor – Watermelon Man [Extract] (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

37. The New Apocalypse – Get Outta My Life Woman [Loop] (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

38. Common – Watermelon

39. Big Daddy Kane feat Biz Markie – Just Rhymin’ Wth Biz [Extract] (sampled in ‘Watermelon’)

40. The Modern Jazz Quarter – But Not For Me (sampled in ‘Maintaining’)

41. A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario (Remix) [Loop] (sampled in ‘Maintaining’)

42. Common – Maintaining

43. Common – Communism

44. Freddie Hubbard – The Surest Things Can Change (sampled in ‘Communism’)

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