So we went to see the legends that are Pete Rock & C.L. this week at The Garage, London. We’ve upped the best part of the night where Pete Rock called for 5 seconds of silence for Michael Jackson. Twice he asked, twice someone shouted ‘Paedophile’ prompting C.L. in his best English accent to call him a ‘wanker’ and a ‘fucking knob head’. It then gets better as C.L. announces he even loves Bubbles and would get in Michaels bed. A hilarious intro to a stone cold classic. Check www.spinemagazine.com for the full interview with them next Monday.
Fave Pete Rock & C.L. track in the comments section please, we’ll then up the top 5 with some un-released rarities for you.
Fat Lace: Pete Rock & CL Smooth Live in London from Fat Lace Magazine on Vimeo.
16 responses so far ↓
1 vallejo // Nov 11, 2009 at 5:04 am
This was a great show, CL was hilarious!
My top 5 are probably:
1) TROY (obviously)
2) One in a million
3) The Creator
4) In the house
5) down with the king
2 brian beck from wiscompton // Nov 11, 2009 at 8:16 am
1. Skins
2. T.R.O.Y
3. The Creator
4. All Souled Out
5. One In A Million/The Main Ingredient
3 Franklin Mint, Last Of The Big Spenders // Nov 11, 2009 at 8:44 am
Anger In The Nation. Hands down.
4 102 names // Nov 11, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Go With The Flow
I Gotta Love
The Creator
The Basement
Good Life
TROY
5 102 names // Nov 11, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Anyone else catch them back in around 94 in London when they came on and did ‘main ingredient/I gotta love’ at the gang starr jam? Classic. Only time I’ve seen them live together.
6 Calashnikov // Nov 11, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Man. I did NOT know about this gig. I would definitely have come down to London for it had I known. Last I heard they had some unreconcilable beef with each other. I didn’t expect them to perform together again any time soon. I remember listening to their last Jazz Cafe show on Gilles Peterson in 2004. It sounded incredible. Dayum…
Top 5 Pete/CL trizzacks:
1. T.R.O.Y.
2.Sun Won’t Come Out
3. Appreciate (MJ sample, incidentally)
4. Worldwide
5. I Got A Love
(Am I the only one who prefers the Main Ingredient album to Mecca & The Soul Brother? Don’t get me wrong, they’re both front-to-back str8 gem classic)
7 Count c // Nov 11, 2009 at 5:36 pm
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8 compboy // Nov 11, 2009 at 10:05 pm
I saw them back in 1992 at the Hammersmith Palais. It was on the same night as label mates Leaders of the New School were playing over at Shaftesbury’s in the West End. You basically had to choose between the two. Mc Mello supported Pete Rock and CL Smooth and, as far as I remember, it was a great show.
1) TROY
2) GOOD LIFE
3) CREATOR
4) I GOT A LOVE
5) THE BASEMENT
9 Mr Bozack // Nov 12, 2009 at 3:00 pm
My mate was there, standing near a very well known, er, “not fat” english rapper who, by the sounds of it, may well have been the target of the “wanker” shouts…..
Main Ingredient better than Mecca? Come on…
1 – Mecca & The Soul Brother
2 – Soul Brother #1
3 – TROY
4 – It’s Like That
5 – Act Like You Know
10 Calashnikov // Nov 12, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I think Mecca has the classic genre defining track, and it’s a more important record but, for my own personal tastes, Main Ingredient bumps along at a much nicer pace and consistency. It’s a more smoked-out album compared to Mecca’s tight sunshine funkiness. Like I was saying, they’re both all-time classic albums. Main Ingredient pips it by a bawhair for me, though.
Oh, and that’d be hilarious if it was Skinny Man getting cussed out. I really hope that’s true.
11 83 til infinity // Nov 12, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Missed this gutted, hopefully going to try and make masta ace and Edo.G!
The Creator
TROY
I got A love
All souled Out
Get On the Mic
12 102 names // Nov 13, 2009 at 6:20 am
‘don’t curse’. does that count? classic anyway.
13 sg // Nov 13, 2009 at 6:41 pm
1.troy
2. places and spaces
3. the creator
4. the basement
5. i got a love
14 bliff // Nov 14, 2009 at 10:29 pm
1 YOU CAN’T FRONT ON ME
2 THEY REMINISCE OVER YOU
3 MULTI BARS OF FURY yes PETE ROCK produced …
4 THE CREATOR
5 DOWN WITH THE KING
6 DEATH BECOMES YOU
15 sonymoon // Nov 25, 2009 at 6:15 pm
@ compboy i remember having to make that choice too.. i chose pete and cl too, it was an excellent concert but i saw them again at the forum a few years later (also a really good show) pete and cl are still going strong but i’ll probably never get to see LONS
T.R.O.Y
Straighten it out
The creator
Lots of lovin
Good Life
(shut em down remix!)
16 Elephantitus // Nov 27, 2009 at 8:26 am
‘The Wig Out’
‘Anger in the Nation’
‘It’s not a game’
‘Shout’ (remix instrumental)
Go with the Flow
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