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
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A−[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	Contains a sample of "Chocolate Buttermilk" by Kool & the Gang Contains a sample of "Our Generation" by Ernie Hines Contains a sample of "Heighty Hi" by Mongo Santamaría Contains a sample of "Bootleggin'" by Simtec & Wylie
3	"Anger In The Nation"	5:33	Peter Phillips Corey Penn Adofo Abdullah Muhammad	CL Smooth	Mecca and the Soul Brother	Contains a sample of "Funky President" by James Brown Contains a sample of "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone Contains a sample of "Talk to the People" by Les McCann
4	"They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"	4:46	Peter Phillips Corey Penn	CL Smooth Pete Rock	Mecca and the Soul Brother	Contains a sample of "When She Made Me Promise" by The Beginning of the End Contains a sample of "Today" by Tom Scott Contains a sample of "Deliver Me" by Tom Scott Contains a sample of "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" by James Brown
5	"Skinz"	4:15	Peter Phillips Corey Penn Maxwell Dixon	Pete Rock CL Smooth Grand Puba	Mecca and the Soul Brother	Contains a sample of "Funky President" by James Brown Contains a sample of "Down Home Girl" by The Coasters
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	Contains a sample of "Save Me" by Aretha Franklin Contains a sample of "From This Day On" by Eddie Bo Contains a sample of "Honey Pot" by Mar-Keys Contains a sample of "Instant Groove" by King Curtis
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)	Contains a sample of "Electric Surfboard" by Jack McDuff Contains a sample of "Pass the Peas" by The J.B.'s Contains a sample of "Soulful Strut" by Young-Holt Unlimited
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)	Contains a sample of "H.N.I.C." by Clifford Jordan
16	"Take Your Time"	4:31	Peter Phillips Carl McIntosh Jane Eugene	Pete Rock Loose Ends	Soul Survivor

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Christgau, Robert (January 4, 2010). "Consumer Guide: The Best of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth (Good Life)". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 2010-09-21.