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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
OffStereo builds narrated music history shows around real records. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth runs through 3 of them, each one placing them inside a wider story. They appear most often alongside Nas, Mulatu Astatke and A Tribe Called Quest.
Shows where Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth appears
Jamal to Nas: World Is Yours
Ahmad Jamal's unique jazz, with its melodic spaces, provides the introspective foundation for hip-hop, from Nas's 'The World Is Yours' to Pete Rock's iconic samples.
1 of 8 tracks — Soul Brother #1
Ethio-Jazz: Hip-Hop's Global Pulse
Mulatu Astatke's Ethio-jazz, pioneered in 1960s Boston, finds a new groove in 90s hip-hop, as Digable Planets and A Tribe Called Quest embrace its unique sound for tracks like "Rebirth of Slick" and "Electric.
1 of 8 tracks — They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)
Juicy Flip: Rags to Riches
Mtume's 'Juicy Fruit' traces a hip-hop soul lineage to Biggie's 'Juicy,' revealing how producers like Pete Rock and Trackmasters shaped the 90s sound.
1 of 7 tracks — They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)