The Main Ingredient (studio album)
by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

The Main Ingredient by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 9,405th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 40 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (177th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,533rd)
Award Best albums of all time (9,405th)

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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth bestography

The Main Ingredient is ranked 2nd best out of 3 albums by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth is Mecca And The Soul Brother which is ranked number 3782 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 385.

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth album bestography « Higher ranked (3,782nd)
Mecca And The Soul Brother
This album (9,405th)
The Main Ingredient
Lower ranked (33,630th) »
All Souled Out

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The Main Ingredient track list

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The Main Ingredient rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 9,405th | 1990s rank: 1,533rd | 1994 rank: 177th

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76/100 (from 40 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.8/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.

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85/100
From 11/17/2020 14:27 | #260957
The same people who dislike gangsta rap and hardcore hip hop look over this record for being too soft.... lol this is the alternative for people who can't listen to Live and Let Die or Death Certificate. Grow up and open up your ears. I prefer this one to Mecca And The Soul Brother.
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Does this seriously only have 8 vote? Come on BEA...
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From 04/24/2013 20:58 | #74376
While much of the rest of the Hip Hop world was becoming immersed in the violence of street life (not necessarily bad) these two were still keeping things real cool.
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From 10/20/2012 18:27 | #52870
I prefer this to Mecca and the Soul Brother. Just great boom bap hip-hop, perfect for a summer day.
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