Good Life: The Best of Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Good Life: The Best of Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Greatest hits album by Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Released June 10, 2003
Recorded 1991–98
Genre Hip hop
Label Elektra/Rhino/Atlantic Records
73863
Producer Pete Rock
Pete Rock & CL Smooth chronology
The Main Ingredient
(1994)
Good Life: The Best of Pete Rock & CL Smooth
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauA−[2]

Good Life is a compilation of the best songs by golden age hip hop group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. It contains singles and highlights from their two full-length albums and one EP, as well as leftover songs from soundtracks. It also contains the Pete Rock single "Take Your Time", one of the only songs by the duo that doesn't feature a performance by CL Smooth.

Track listing

All songs produced by Pete Rock and CL Smooth, except for "Lots of Lovin'" which contains additional production by Nevelle Hodge.

# Title Time Songwriters Performers Original Album Sample(s)
1 "Lots Of Lovin'" 4:46 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Nevelle Hodge
CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother
  • Contains a sample of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" by Bob James
  • Contains a sample of "If There's a Will, There's a Way" by Don Covay
  • Contains a sample of "Players Balling (Players Doin' Their Own Thing)" by Ohio Players
  • Contains a sample of "What's Goin' On" by Ohio Players
2 "Straighten It Out" 4:13 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother
3 "Anger In The Nation" 5:33 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Adofo Abdullah Muhammad
CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother
4 "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" 4:46 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
CL Smooth
Pete Rock
Mecca and the Soul Brother
5 "Skinz" 4:15 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Maxwell Dixon
Pete Rock
CL Smooth
Grand Puba
Mecca and the Soul Brother
6 "Take You There" 4:45 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Keni Burke
Alan Felder
Norma Jean Wright
Pete Rock
CL Smooth
The Main Ingredient
  • Contains a sample of "Rising to the Top" by Keni Burke
  • Contains a sample of "Zimba Ku" by Black Heat
  • Contains a sample of "Nautilus" by Bob James
  • Contains a sample of "On the Hill" by Oliver Sain
7 "The Creator" 4:44 Peter Phillips
Maxwell Dixon
Pete Rock All Souled Out
8 "Mecca & The Soul Brother" 5:59 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Pete Rock
CL Smooth
All Souled Out
  • Contains a sample of "People Make the World Go Round" by Eddie Hubbard
  • Contains a sample of "UFO" by ESG
  • Contains a sample of "N.T." by Kool & the Gang
  • Contains a sample of "Kool Is Back" by Funk Inc.
  • Contains a sample of "We've Only Just Begun" by O'Donel Levy
9 "It's Not A Game" 4:22 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
CL Smooth "It's Not a Game" promo single
  • Contains a sample of "Take Inventory" by The Isley Brothers
  • Contains a sample of "Soulfull Football" by Willie Henderson
  • Contains a sample of "Buzzard Feathers" by Compost
10 "I Got A Love" 5:11 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
David Lewis
CL Smooth The Main Ingredient
  • Contains a sample of "Groovy Situation" by Mel and Tim
  • Contains a sample of "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel
  • Contains a sample of "Ain't Got the Love" by The Ambassadors
  • Contains a sample of "Kool Is Back" by Funk Inc.
11 "All The Places" 5:41 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Larry Mizell
Fonce Mizell
CL Smooth The Main Ingredient
  • Contains a sample of "Places and Spaces" by Donald Byrd
  • Contains a sample of "Mind Power" by James Brown
  • Contains a sample of "Take Some...Leave Some" by James Brown
12 "Searching" 5:06 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
CL Smooth The Main Ingredient
  • Contains a sample of "Searching" by Roy Ayers
  • Contains a sample of "Long Red" by Mountain
  • Contains a sample of "Upon This Rock" by Joe Farrell
  • Contains a sample of "Ghettos of the Mind" by Bama the Village Poet
13 "Good Life" 3:53 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
CL Smooth All Souled Out
  • Contains a sample of "Same Old Thing" by The Meters
  • Contains a sample of "Girl You Need a Change" by Eddie Kendricks
  • Contains a sample of "Long Red" by Mountain
  • Contains a sample of "I Wanna Be Where You Are" by O'Donel Levy
14 "One In A Million" 4:04 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Jack McDuff
CL Smooth
Pete Rock
Poetic Justice (Music from the Motion Picture)
15 "Death Becomes You" 4:13 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Tommy Guest
CL Smooth
YG'z
Pete Rock
Menace II Society (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
16 "Take Your Time" 4:31 Peter Phillips
Carl McIntosh
Jane Eugene
Pete Rock
Loose Ends
Soul Survivor

References

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