Pete Rock and CL Smooth-The Main Ingredient 20 Year Anniversary Appreciation Thread

[Big Mel]

Black Sheep album was a huge let down(sample clearances and tone of album) but Everything Is Everything is so underrated. It's my favorite Brand Nubian album. Jamar was a beast the beats on that album. Sh!t the album starts off with one the best Brand Nubian songs ever.

wow. now there's a first. i hated half of those live beats like Nubian Jam. Lots of others just had dull samples. The good songs are really good though. word is bond is still fantastic. Alladat was the jam.

 

[feelosofer]

This one of the wettest albums I have ever listened I was basically part of my Winter of 94 soundtrack right along with Illmatic, Dare is a Darkside, Thug Life, and Ready to Die during Christmas Break, 94 was a great year really.

 

[feelosofer]

Black Sheep album was a huge let down(sample clearances and tone of album) but Everything Is Everything is so underrated. It's my favorite Brand Nubian album. Jamar was a beast the beats on that album. Sh!t the album starts off with one the best Brand Nubian songs ever.

It's funny because I thought that 2nd Black Sheep was flames, I actually liked it better despite the shift in tone.

 

[Rakim Allah]

It's funny because I thought that 2nd Black Sheep was flames, I actually liked it better despite the shift in tone.

The album starts off with a bang and I loved the first single but it was just a boring album to me. After I finish bumpin Main Ingredient, I'm going to throw on that Black Sheep joint. Haven't heard it in years.

 

[Rakim Allah]

wow. now there's a first. i hated half of those live beats like Nubian Jam. Lots of others just had dull samples. The good songs are really good though. word is bond is still fantastic. Alladat was the jam.

Yeah I'm in the minority...Word Is Bond, Alladat, Claimin I'm A Criminal, Gang Bang, Down For The Real(X's verse ). So many dope cuts.

 

[GeeEffKay]

one of my all time favs

 

[untaintedbeats]

This is my shyt

the tribe sample was ill..the cherry on top...

 

[untaintedbeats]

The classics on Mecca surpass the ones on Main but overall I always felt Main was a more complete album..

 

[Danie84]

...they don't make em like this anymore

 

[MrHipHop]

my favorite hip hop album ever, a college homie of mine introduced it to me about 7 years ago and I've been hooked ever since!

 

[skillz2]

Classic one of my all time fans no doubt, as others have said I put it over Mecca.

 

[bigboom]

the bangers are endless...female joint or not,i can't front on this one tho'

but this sh#t right here is what started it for me

 

[Detroit Wave]

classic

dap + rep

 

[MartyMcFly]

Mecca and the Soul Brother has the standouts but this is the better overall album.

 

[phatphuck]

this was like midnight mauraders. i rated its predecessor higher but eventually played it more and more over time

main ingredient flowed better as a whole album, whereas mecca had the duo's definitive track