The Main Ingredient
by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
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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 3996 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 367.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Main Ingredient track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Main Ingredient rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UnliveableWilts | My Top 250 Albums (201-250) | 39/50 | - |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 70 Music Albums of 1994 | 61/70 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Hayden | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 23/100 | 16 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 63 Music Albums of 1994 | 36/63 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hayden | Top 50 Music Albums of 1994 | 3/50 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 72 Music Albums of 1994 | 13/72 | 4 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 39/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 67 Music Albums of 1994 | 45/67 | 2 |
| 2025 | Larcx13 | 20th Century Hip Hop Revision | 51/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 49 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 130 | |||
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The Main Ingredient ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/15/2026 12:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,120 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/07/2026 22:40 | saltysurprise | 2,960 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/27/2025 16:23 | conallmalone | 1,743 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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The Main Ingredient forum mentions
Mercury 11/19/2021 03:11 in You must listen to the album below you: canon edition baystateoftheart 10/02/2018 20:36 in Human Canon Ball Relaunched: A Trip Through Time baystateoftheart 09/30/2018 16:30 in What album are you listening to right now?The Main Ingredient comments
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ProfessorSquid 04/24/2013 20:58 | #74376 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
I prefer this to Mecca and the Soul Brother. Just great boom bap hip-hop, perfect for a summer day.
Larcx13 11/17/2020 14:27 | #260957 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Hayden TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/26/2015 20:16 | #152049 | TOP COMMENT
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Does this seriously only have 8 vote? Come on BEA...
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