Daily album for September 28, 2025 Mecca and the Soul Brother by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (1992)

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Genres

  • boom bap
  • conscious hip hop
  • east coast hip hop
  • hip hop
  • jazz rap

Mecca and the Soul Brother is the 1992 debut album from hip-hop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth. The album contains their best known song, "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)". Mecca and the Soul Brother has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. The album was mostly produced by Pete Rock and executive produced by DJ Eddie F of Heavy D & the Boyz.

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