The Main Ingredient (album)

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The Main Ingredient
The Main Ingredient cover
Studio album by Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Released November 8, 1994
Recorded N/A
Genre Hip hop
Length 75:38
Label Elektra Records
Producer(s) Pete Rock
Professional reviews
Pete Rock & CL Smooth chronology

Mecca and the Soul Brother
(1992)

The Main Ingredient
(1994)

Good Life: The Best of Pete Rock & CL Smooth
(2003)


The Main Ingredient is the 2nd album by Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Released in late 1994.

It would become their last album since, at the time of writing, the pair have relinquished their plans of a reunion. At the time of its release they were poised to crossover into the mainstream charts, having garnered mass acclaim with this LP as well as the previous, Mecca and the Soul Brother. The Keni Burke sampling "Take You There" was the album's lead off single, followed by 12" remixes of the cuts "I Got A Love" and "Searching".

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. In the House – 5:27
  2. Carmel City – 3:52
  3. I Get Physical – 4:54
  4. Sun Won't Come Out – 4:24
  5. I Got A Love – 5:04
  6. Escape – 5:14
  7. The Main Ingredient – 5:17
  8. Worldwide – 3:02
  9. All The Places – 5:39
  10. Tell Me – 4:17
  11. Take You There – 4:47
  12. Searching – 4:45
  13. Check It Out – 3:57
  14. In The Flesh – 5:48
  15. It's On You – 5:21
  16. Get On The Mic – 3:50

[edit] Album singles

Single cover Single information
"I Got A Love"
  • Released: 1994
  • B-side: "The Main Ingredient"
"Take You There"
  • Released: 1994
  • B-side: "Get On The Mic"
"Searching"
  • Released: 1995
  • B-side: "We Specialize"

[edit] Album Chart Positions

Year Album Chart positions
Billboard 200 Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
1994 The Main Ingredient #51 #9

[edit] Singles Chart Positions

Year Song Chart positions
Billboard Hot 100 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Hot Rap Singles Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales
1994 I Got A Love - #69 #20 #2
1994/1995 Take You There #76 #67 #33 #9