On this week’s episode of “Drink Champs,” N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN were joined by revered rapper CL Smooth. Coming up in Mount Vernon, New York, CL Smooth met Pete Rock in high school and together, they ...

A product of Mt. Vernon, New York, CL Smooth and former counterpart, Pete Rock, took Hip-Hop by storm with their colorful sound. The 1991 EP All Souled Out and 1992’s Mecca and the Soul Brother LP, ...

MT. VERNON, NY - JULY 1992: American rappers Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth pose for a portrait in July 1992 at a barber shop in Mount Vernon, New York. Pete Rock (born Peter Phillips) on left, C.L. Smooth ...

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The music industry is notorious for breaking up relationships. Friendships and family ties have went down in the ball of flames due to the inner strife that the industry is sickened with. The dynamic ...

That was what a 24 year old Corey “CL Smooth” Penn told the Source back in 1992, when he was asked what he thinks audiences would be into from Mecca and the Soul Brother, the debut album from Pete ...

Pete Rock and CL Smooth will go down as one of the greatest hip-hop groups of all time. During the early ’90s, Pete Rock’s use of soul samples in his production created a foundation for producers such ...

This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, with a legendary DJ Kool Herc party in the Bronx on August 11, 1973 commonly cited as its glorious moment of inception. To celebrate for a special ...

It’s tempting for us old farts, as we dodder ever deeper into our dotage, to turn into the people we swore we’d never be when we were in our teens. You know: the ones who, when confronted with the ...

Pete Rock points to "growth" as playing a key part in the disbanding of the revered duo comprised of himself and CL Smooth. In the third hour of a recent Drink Champs appearance, the hugely ...

People had been talking about a Pete Rock & CL Smooth reunion for 15 years, but it was the death of former Gang Starr MC Guru in 2010 that convinced the duo to bury their creative differences.

OPINION: The 1992 single from the Mt. Vernon, N.Y., duo has been my favorite song ever since the first time I heard it. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are ...