Good Life: The Best of Pete Rock & CL Smooth

Good Life: The Best Of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Greatest hits album by
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
ReleasedJune 10, 2003
Recorded1991–98
GenreHip hop
LabelElektra/Rhino/Atlantic Records
73863
ProducerPete Rock
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth chronology
The Main Ingredient
(1994) 		Good Life: The Best Of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 & CL Smooth, except for "Lots of Lovin'" which contains additional production by Nevelle Hodge.

# Title Time Songwriters Performers Original Album
1 "Lots Of Lovin'" 4:46 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Nevelle Hodge 		CL Smooth Mecca and the Soul Brother
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
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
9 "It's Not A Game" 4:22 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn 		CL Smooth "It's Not a Game" promo single
10 "I Got A Love" 5:11 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
David Lewis 		CL Smooth The Main Ingredient
11 "All The Places" 5:41 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn
Larry Mizell
Fonce Mizell 		CL Smooth The Main Ingredient
12 "Searching" 5:06 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn 		CL Smooth The Main Ingredient
13 "Good Life" 3:53 Peter Phillips
Corey Penn 		CL Smooth All Souled Out
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

  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.