The more i think about it, C.L. Smooth was a Trash ass rapper
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DontEemTry
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Kid McNamara
'97 Mike Bibby
Planned on entering this thread to set some misinformed cat straight.
Only thing is, I've been saying the same thing since hearing Mecca and the Soul Brother (song).
Only thing is, I've been saying the same thing since hearing Mecca and the Soul Brother (song).
Reid2Achieve
Superstar
The song was dedicated to the homie not about him
thatrapsfan
Superstar
The one CL Smooth quotable: "JUST SHUT THE fukk UP AND MAKE MY BEATS fakkit"
Someone link that interview. Funniest sh1t ever.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Nah, when I got older I started to realize that I didn't understand half of what he was saying. Haha.
I was a kid when I copped all of their albums, so I just rolled with it. But last year, Pete explained a lot about CL's lyrics and how that's how dudes in the Vernon rhyme. He decoded some of the stuff too, and said that CL rapped for their inner circle, so a lot of people might not get what he was saying. I remember Rae saying the same thing about Ghost back in '96. Now when I listen, I can hear what they mean by that. Either way, CL is my dude. I love that cat's work with Pete. Way too many classics.
I was a kid when I copped all of their albums, so I just rolled with it. But last year, Pete explained a lot about CL's lyrics and how that's how dudes in the Vernon rhyme. He decoded some of the stuff too, and said that CL rapped for their inner circle, so a lot of people might not get what he was saying. I remember Rae saying the same thing about Ghost back in '96. Now when I listen, I can hear what they mean by that. Either way, CL is my dude. I love that cat's work with Pete. Way too many classics.
Field Marshall Bradley
Veteran
Pretty much... A lot of his shyt was esoteric, just like a lot of Wu Members like you mentioned
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
Mood music, mood lyrics. He reminds me of Q-tip in that regard
i've been playing "searching" over and over for the past month or so
i've been playing "searching" over and over for the past month or so
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
Jack Trippa 3z company ho
Superstar
TROY was short for They Reminisce Over You. It was a nostalgia song that was DEDICATED to Trouble T-Roy. It wasn't solely about him.
Qtip wasn't a lyrical beast like Kane or Biggie but he had charisma and quotables. He also was a GOAT producer. I cant compare the two, but i will agree about the mood music aspect. I guess back in the day i was blinded by the atmosphere of the music rather than focusing on what CL was saying, because when i go back to listen, he is just rapping in circles
C.L. Smooth wasn't an elite MC, but if you dive too far into a lot of 90s hit's lyrics you'll realise they're just talking about "whatever," melodically over a smooth-ass beat.
His verse went smoothly with the song, regardless of what he was talking about, it was introspect into his life.
A lot of other rappers do that too, Busta Rhymes sure as hell did and he's Top 15
His verse went smoothly with the song, regardless of what he was talking about, it was introspect into his life.
A lot of other rappers do that too, Busta Rhymes sure as hell did and he's Top 15
CL Smooth is one of those cats where the whole time you listening to him on the track you kinda wish it was someone else. The production he was getting was too good to be used on him.
HARLEM AL
Your broad loves me.....
Trash? nikka go ahead with that
He wasn't Rakim or Kain but he wasn't trash..
He wasn't Rakim or Kain but he wasn't trash..
KravenMorehead™
Barrel Brothers.®
Down south nikkas are gonna say the same shyt about future in 10 years
i just noticed that.The funny thing is Pete rock's instrumentals are the equivalent of CL's raps, chill and ambient, for NY cats playing ball or chess in the park, or at a late night lounge. It was great for it's time. Nowadays cats want every artist to do everything on the mic but back then everyone had a lane...
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