Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - Take You There (Official Video)

[@fredo3106]

This generation has no idea what type of music they missed out on.

[@Mar.Escobar24]

I wouldn't count us short lol I'm only 23 but a few of my early high school "experiences" went down with this playing in the background lmao 😂😂 that's just cuz I knew the real tho

[@getstrongby4038]

I was born in 86, I feel so lucky to have heard this stuff as a child, even if I didn't understand lol

[@Grace_acie]

Kids nowadays listen to trash music

[@TheBsheep]

fredo310 They’re ok!! They have Blueface and Da Baby 👶🏽! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@ColHogan-le5yk]

@@Grace_acie I dont know, there are some rappers today who've got some great social commentary lyricism like Nas and A Tribe Called Quest, you've just gotta weed through whats there and you can find some great artists.

[@garlandgarrison3739]

Pete Rock is easily one of the greatest producers of all time. I'll fight over that.

[@harbingerislove]

Nobody should be fighting you over this statement good sir. Petes production has always been among the elites in the game! Straight Fuego🔥🔥

[@adamgordon2572]

Not even debatable, Pete Rock is a LEGEND 🔥🔥

[@J.R.__]

Pete Rock is top shelf 🔥🔥🔥

[@jonfriktion07]

Facts

[@dmitritelvanni4068]

I'm with ya man. Second only to dre imo, and only behind him because dre is beyond rap now and basically part of history.

[@LuciousWeatherby]

No Guns, No Drugs, No Violence just dope beats and fly lyrics

[@siya9Karib]

For real 💢👌💢

[@LifeBehindtheMusicandCameras]

This was when music was music. I sure do miss those days!!!

[@LuciousWeatherby]

@@LifeBehindtheMusicandCameras True indeed!

[@josecolon3185]

💥💯💥

[@meyou5789]

This came during the same time Ready To Die did

[@Crunchysopa52]

CL still has one of the illest voices and butter-like flows of all-time.. classic cut.

[@donbur1553]

All Facts!!!

[@geraldkfrazier8667]

Yeah he definitely got a smooth flow

[@Mr_JRH]

yeah CL Smooth and Grand Puba

[@AMSteez]

Some people thought I was listening to LL Cool J when I was bumping this song on my speaker lol

[@anthonybradford1016]

So LL took his style huh?

[@gilberthall7148]

October 2024 one of the best songs still I'm 50 years old ❤💯🙏💪!!!!! Love it

[@alfredomata5445]

Shedding tears cuz they don't make them like this no more...

[@IJoy78]

@Alfredo Mata, I'm afraid you are probably right. My mom always says never say never, but in this case it's an exception!!!!

[@selenabrown8123]

😢... I know

[@mathulizagoba2103]

❤

[@andersongarrett5585]

Fa sho, bra bra!!

[@trezortambi2253]

Alfredo Mata I’m with you bro. I feel the same way. It takes you to a place. The first time I heard this, I was driving with my girl watching the the sun go down. I’ll never forget it.Rest In Peace to a Sound we will never hear again.

[@yule4kin]

That is the sound of real hip hop....

[@CASHANDRELAXRECORDS]

THIS SO DOPE!!!!!!! Type in ( Lunden Ivory - Hotline ) IF YOU LIKE Comment and subscribe! Thank you for helping me reach my dreams Thank you, God Bless.

[@yule4kin]

@Shanon B I wish...these were better days.

[@calik7712]

I agree. Back then it seemed more like art, now it all seems more commercial.

[@mrod5921]

@@calik7712 yup. You're right

[@darrylreedy5079]

Facts. Not that repetitive garbage

[@blackdragon6]

This album is a slept on classic!

[@Wiggy74]

Blackdragon6 Those that did should listen 💯🔊

[@LBoogie-fn5kp]

Blackdragon6.....not slept on by our generation

[@eliwol3789]

This was slept on because biggie smalls was running and game then.

[@LBoogie-fn5kp]

@@eliwol3789 ....cant REALLY say that....did you have this album and biggie album....i did

[@bobbyjohnson8968]

@@eliwol3789 I bought they shit b4 I EVER thought of buying Biggie's SHIT,that Mecca and the soul brother was straight FUKKNG fire B!!!!✊😎

[@lillianno1]

Pete Rock & C l Smooth is one of the dopest duos I've ever heard in hip-hop history! Classic.

[@DBevill]

This is Hiphop Music. This is the way it was supposed to be.👏🏾👏🏾✊🏾

[@danieldelorge4593]

Yep

[@pacificriverstorm1179]

That gorgeous lady harmonizing the hook killed it 🔥🔥🔥

[@aidanfox8219]

Pete Rock: Great Producer C.L. Smooth: Great lyricist

[@ziroh8294]

FOR THOSE THAT EXPRIENCED IT....LONG LIVE THE 90s boys..its jus different...real brothers recognise ...sending that African love.🙃

[@pacandpal3]

A masterpiece and Not a single curseword required.

[@fabian.k17]

EXACTLY 💯

[@adamgordon2572]

Real talk 🔥🔥

[@kaygee6224]

Yep 👍👍👍👍💯💯💯

[@BugOnAChip]

He literally said God Damnit at 2:52

[@TalkinnGrubbinMedia]

@@BugOnAChip That's just one cuss word. Even Will Smith cussed in one of his songs.

[@action8859]

One of the dopest shit to ever come out. Brings back great memories

[@GhosTrader_GT]

2024! Who listening?.. unwinding my trading day with this.

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

Their will never be another era like the 90s!!!!! So many magical moments 😧😁

[@miguelbueno7056]

Época sin igual música hecha con el corazón

[@shawnsta7779]

One of the best feel good hip hop songs ever 😌

[@selenabrown8123]

Shawnsta 777 they’re lost 😔.. damn 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@MartellThaCool]

This song ages like fine wine. Perfecto!

[@omosurulere]

I graduated in 1994 [at 23yrs young]; now some 30years later still struggling to move beyond 'replay'; a true 90's classic!

[@beyondthematrix3945]

I feel you! I was 24 at the time!

[@followthedrip4455]

This track is smooth and cool!! I’m glad I was alive to experience the 90’s era!! I was 15 when this track/album was released

[@wordsworth41]

Broke my heart when these two parted ways.

[@straightlead8]

First the Fat Boys break up

[@wordsworth41]

Sengo lol Chris Rock - Boomerang!

[@TheWillog]

i seen them play last year but they travel separate and have different tour managers for the same tour haha

[@mooreoftre]

What happened??

[@wordsworth41]

Tré creative differences

[@proseminded]

RIP to the legends, RIP to my mother who just passed this year, long live the culture and everyone in it...so many stories are told through this song...1 love

[@kharyrichardson4491]

Julian Mihdi sorry for your loss bro my condolences!

[@proseminded]

@@kharyrichardson4491 appreciate you bro!

[@xBLACKNINJAx]

Sorry for your lost fam. Moms watching over you. Dont worry

[@ashleycarter4155]

Jesus Christ is there with you every step of the way man. I lost my uncle who was like my father figure and I used to be so upset but I feel he is at peace now and is watching over me as well. Death isn’t the last part of life it just means your soul is somewhere more beautiful and precious. I pray that you make it through and sustain your strength through these hard times!

[@proseminded]

@@ashleycarter4155 thank you so much for your kind words! I share that perspective, our loved ones are all still with us and we'll see them again in that higher reality, when our souls too cross over. Many blessings to you!

[@rodneydye6788]

If anyone is listening to this song Knows true hip hop and that’s for real Until next time peace and I’m out here banging this song

[@kennyreck]

Aww man perfect timing I need classics like this in my life right now

[@YETH1NKYAKNOWHUDUMMEANIN]

Duude I downloaded this a couple days ago for my playlist and this got here.

[@kennyreck]

@@YETH1NKYAKNOWHUDUMMEANIN Thats Crazy!!!

[@Mr.22980]

Facts!!!

[@ThirtyThreeHipHop]

This was grown man music then, its grown man music now! Watch Thirty-Three Hip Hop on KZbin!

[@-M0LE]

DJ Kenny RecK why what’s up

[@JEDASE]

As a adult I understand the lyrics and appreciate how great cl and ahead of his time this brother was and still is

[@rethuglikan]

One of the most underrated. I tell peeps all the time

[@nistramo]

True true.....I've always said cl was well ahead and quality intelligent lyrics!!!!

[@reachshishir]

CL Smooth was so underrated. His flows and lyrics are so real and smooth. Effortless!!

[@zhenyamugisa9423]

I think commercially yeah, but rap aficianados who scour plenty of 90s rap and put premium on lyrical ability dont.

[@nirajlal9469]

The music of New York city!

[@derrickmcmillian3040]

I loved when hip hop sounded like this! It had so much substance,originality and power!! It's so dumbed down now til its ridiculous!!

[@ironfistentertainmentptylt3846]

And it felt good. Unmatched vibe.

[@hasaniali3489]

I stumbled on this joint last night on Facebook. My older brothers were big fans of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, but I NEVER heard this joint until now. This is straight fire. It's like the further you go back in time, the better the music gets. Shoutout to C.L.!

[@Damon_Fall-Guy_Mitchell]

You are going to be; a very ntelligent man one day.🧐

[@MrCbwTV]

This should have been the first single! 1994 was a feeling!

[@sharkdeepwater8]

CL Smooth is 5th in my top 5. They came out with records at pivotal points in my life. Those albums marked a time period for me.

[@anyaw743]

The Main Ingredient was one of the first hip hop albums I properly listened to, so definitely an all time favourite and important album for me

[@kbtitan2464]

That's what music does for you

[@midnightmarauder5099]

I'm 15 and I'll take Pete Rock and CL over any rappers today.

[@RelloSoDamnDizObeyish]

That's saying A LOT!

[@Africa1000]

Well spoken young sir. If only there were more like you!

[@SJB2000]

@@Africa1000 there is, im 20 and been bumping 90s rap since early teens but we in the minority

[@jakefromstatefarm2019]

Same I’m 15 and CL Smooth Is where itz at

[@eddharmony6356]

Im 25 and its a fact. C.L Smooth..one of the only rappers who really got to work w Nujabes. The Methodon*

[@proklaimrapper2303]

One of the smoothest and articulate mcs to ever bless a mic. Perfect balance of big daddy kane lyrical and ll cool j slick..underrated great.

[@makomzee2983]

Dope.......Jus Dope

[@MCCABEWORLD]

Classics! 🌴🔈🎶 the 90s were unbeatable.

[@MikeJay-on5tt]

No doubt about it

[@zunetrucker]

Don’t forget the late 80s too

[@da0484]

Listening to this makes me sad. The good old days when life was simple 😩😞...

[@TheLordAI]

Pete's ingenious production coupled with C.L slicing through it with his silky smooth flow goes together like peanut butter and jelly

[@lsamoa]

Don't forget the singer! She's ace

[@borutaicho]

They were such a perfect duo, like many ones in the east during that era. Guru & preemo, eric b and rakim, kool g rap, qtip & phife dawg. So much inspiration the guys nowadays lack, I never lived It so Id rather be born in the 80s not 90s (._. )

[@theherbpuffer]

Masta Ace & Marco Polo

[@zakiyawiggins2421]

Nice & smooth

[@vincentturner8441]

Kool g rap is 1 person but hes legendary.

[@BLACKSTA361]

If your born in the 70s you can live the 70s 8s snd 9s in yohng years

[@frank-xp6pj]

So true, even to this day these bomb ass lyricist & dope emcees from the 90's are yet to be outdone as far as rhyming & dope beats....this new shit today just sounds plastic as a motherfucker.

[@V59971]

CL underrated , much respect from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@lawrenceofarabia5299]

'True to the table' There are the well versed soldiers we have today, then the ones whom spoke before, but these soldiers here just put it out on the table long before, yeah gotta admit they definitely took us there and further !!! They are reminisced and most certainly remembered.

[@h.m.5724]

I hate the fact kuti vanhu vakachinjwa kuita mabhambhi neka duzvi Jonathan Moyo. I still listen to this

[@V59971]

@@h.m.5724 ohh that evil professor of doom who messed up the airwaves ...akandibhowa paakaisa zvima 100% local crap music

[@ronblessed7218]

Remember George Munetsi’s Rap City on Radio 3 on Saturday’s in the 90s? That’s where I first heard this and fell in love with rap…

[@munyaradzimadondo9055]

Arume we have a track here

[@wlrouse7024]

Man this just bring back so many memories. You don’t get any smoother than this. Keni Burke keep rising to the top.

[@bradleygordon1622]

Kenny Burke is my uncle

[@wlrouse7024]

Bradley Gordon he’s a legend.

[@dwighthayes4738]

Same here fam

[@bradleygordon1622]

Dwight Hayes he is related to you?

[@dwighthayes4738]

@@bradleygordon1622 No we're not related. My comment was in agreement with this bringing back great memories.

[@buhleamandamaseko6711]

Back in the days weekends had a different feel😢thank you CL for this timeless piece

[@boignyflynn2653]

C.L Smooth was born to flow over Pete Rock beats.... I hope they get back together after this pandemic, economic depression & a social uprising..2020 the year of "clear vision"

[@BOXINGEGO]

LL COOL J “Paradise” later sampled this as well. This is fire, C.L. went off 🔥

[@Mar.Escobar24]

They both sample Keni Burke - Rising to the Top along with OC's Born to Live

[@markroach4383]

Classic.

[@muntublackson4757]

@@Mar.Escobar24 no, LL COOL J did sample this track for paradise, and Pete Rock & CL sampled Keni Burke & OC as their arrangement is what LL Cool J took. LL COOL J sampled a sample of a sample(s)

[@djnitetrain6171]

I love Pete Rock so much that I made this mix… check it out!! Subscribe to my channel! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIC8h4mZnNOal8U

[@truballr32]

@@Mar.Escobar24 yessir that was the original one. That’s why I love hip hop. It all sounds familiar to me because I’ve heard these beats before as a baby. My father had a lot of those records with keni Burke

[@AM-ri9ut]

My favorite song of all time. In heavy rotation to this day😎🎶🔈🔉🔊 Don't understand how CL isn't mentioned among the greatest MCs of all time. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@BonnieEm-i2l]

CL man…dope rhyme sayer immaculate lyricist

[@dwightevans3928]

Another Banger that NEVER get old. Miss these days!

[@samuelblinne6040]

Love Pete rock and cl smooth

[@03lisajade]

The 1990s..The music..the videos..Karl Kani..🌟🌟🌟🌟I was leaving school when this came out!! Damn!! #Memories #BestTimes

[@els1f]

OMG, the Karl Kani! You just closed the door on a time machine for me there 😆 I remember being in elementary school and wanting SO BADLY to be able buy the Karl Kani jeans from that "cool store." ✌️😆

[@temimokuolu4960]

This beat laced with the lyrics is just so nostalgic. How I reminisce my teenage years. I am literally time travelling now...

[@ericturner9600]

What happened to hip hop😢😢😢😢😢tracks like this make me wanna go back into the 90s and just be stuck in that era

[@hellopeople909]

Still gives me the chills when I hear this. This song forever lives

[@musiclover-cn7tb]

yessssss CL's voice is just I cannot lol.

[@oliverfriday6480]

It's 2023 tell me who's still rocckin to this❤

[@dubbled7286]

I'm not a rap fan, but I still consider this one of the greatest songs (rap or otherwise) in the history of mankind!! 🔥💝😍🥰😘🎶🎵🎶😘🥰😍💝🔥

[@whozgod2005]

I wish they never broke up. Miss there music. This joint reminds me of my Lil Bro

[@jordan4748]

19 year old from Germany here, this music will never and nowhere ever be forgotten

[@oneluv72]

This is purely hip-hop culture at it's finest brought to you by the legendary one and only Peter Rock & CL Smooth!!

[@tirellv4938]

i still have this cassette. To think i bought this in the golden era.🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 nostalgia.

[@sherell273]

That's what I'm talking about!! Real rap!!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@zevlove612]

Illest producer and illest MC one of the best smoothest flows ever to touch the mic!!!

[@doncicero7833]

Pete Rock and C.L.Smooth was the classic group in Hip-Hop and I love the soundscape of Pete Rock with the sample placements and smooth production, and C.L. With the smooth wordplay just riding it was flawless 💯💯💯

[@timothykangethe7700]

CL is the kind of man I would like to hang out with as a Brother...His Mature Lyrics are pure Musical genius 🙌

[@jetted_out]

Back in the 90s I swear when this came on the radio.it felt so 90s and relaxed me

[@kobieglenn2305]

This era was so short lived.

[@chrisbennett6260]

isnt any era if your lucky to be born before the era an d old enough to appreciate it and experience it in real time when it was cut fresh you carnt buy that ,i was 25 at the time to hear it when it was released is just priceless

[@bmt973]

Effortless Dopeness. When you look back 25yrs ago to 1994. Pete Rock n CL Smooth solidified their position with The Main Ingredient. If only they had the wisdom to overcome their differences... Representing south Africa🇿🇦 ✌🏾

[@arress2052]

The 9 people who give this a thumbs down aren't too bright.

[@su420bizsidefamily5]

From France, East old school 40's grimlins .... when we reminisce over us...🤔🤔🤔un truc dans l'genre Big UP

[@JahRandom]

Ahhh...that buttery voice is like an ear massage...lol. CL has got one of my top 3 or so favorite voices in the game. And is for sure one of my favorite emcees, and also is just highly underrated these days.

[@bluemannmakhanya4598]

26 Here. Been on Pete Rock and CL smooth since high school but DMX my all time favorite since I was 7

[@BamaScorpio69]

Love this jam!!! Still sounds good in 2019!!!

[@cariocabassa]

Deadly!!! What a duo that was... Pete Rock & CL....

[@humannature712]

Memories of the 'Golden Era'...one of my favs

[@omargarcia6130]

Much love from MEXICO 🇲🇽🇲🇽real hip hop❤❤☝️

[@els1f]

Man, idk why this was just uploaded, but I'm damn glad it was. Pete rock and cl were among the best to ever do it

[@giraud74]

This brings me way back to some good memories. This album was smooth as x.

[@mp6226]

The good old times - hip hop as a masterpiece 👌

[@InfectedChris]

One of my all time jams...

[@anyaw743]

The whole of the Main Ingredient is an all time jam

[@InfectedChris]

anya williams Truth!

[@OTGCEO]

These are the type of pure lyricists that keep me going love it much respect 💯💯💯✊🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cedricreid1062]

Major league .. all praises to the ladies..,no make believe. Know thy self!

[@johnygunnzz]

Take me back to the Era of Rock and CL.... miss these days.. 2019

[@MRFXPLAYAZ2007]

still sounds fresh ❤this joint is timeless

[@miajackson41]

2023 Still Popping 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@chubbyswagg77]

I'm sure all the commentors are mid 40's lol. Shout out to real hip hop lovers.

[@AmayaMichelle]

I'm 21 bro, this shit slaps more than most of the new music out now.

[@AztecaAguilar04]

33 Years old, But that's the beauty of classic music. It never dies

[@fredo3106]

Yes sir 🙋‍♂️

[@johnnycruz8123]

I've been blessed to witness the beginning of Hip Hop to now and the mid 80's to early 2000 it was the best. Not saying today's Hip Hop is trash but it lacks context and substance. I'm from Bushwick Brooklyn born and raised I seen it all from jams in the park to parties in abandoned buildings. Greatness at it best.💯💯💯

[@phillipayoung10]

These comments are real and true. If you all wouldve been born during the golden age of rap and hip hop,oooweee

[@infintelyevolving4937]

I don’t care what anyone says, this is the best song off the best hip hop album of all time 🔥..

[@pantherfan621]

Mumble rappers take notes! #BringBackRealMusic #BringBack90sMusic #BringBackRealHipHop

[@Amari19_]

When rap was ART !!

[@jameswatkins7000]

Pete rock and c l smooth sounds like old school beautiful music back in the day like the temptation.

[@RCAllen-jy9ds]

Ya just had to be there friend✊🏽

[@BOMBAYBUBB]

This takes me back to some great days in my life!!

[@mhc12k]

"It ain't hard to the core, it ain't sex on the Beach/ It's just another plateau that brothers have to reach" .

[@qbcommando9394]

Nothing but a classic 💎

[@Rgnotown]

So smooth, his flow is cool, the hook and that beat. She’s sings so fine, dam miss these times. Good memories growing up.

[@smg9663]

One of my favs. I was born in ‘96. Glad my pops put me on all this real rap

[@Ilovechicago100]

Same

[@gaddy8964]

Damn I miss this era of Hio Hop music...!

[@damienchance2622]

Me too

[@bukacha_4020]

A Higher "Lyrical" Learning... A flawless, smooth & soulful timeless classic

[@scorpionkingggodson5507]

Man we need this type of artistry in music today, although you can see the change in the video to what we have today in music, his lyrics has substance/meaning!

[@DanielMoreno-jj1gi]

No violence no threat's This is the real essence rap to its finest

[@MikeyFit]

Absolute Masterpiece 💯 💪🏾👊🏾🔥🔥🔥

[@mikethegreat1840]

Damn finally we got them back together CL got mad flow good to hear good music again you know Pete rock did this beat

[@juiceharris30]

MANE :THIS JOINT STILL GIVES ME CHILLS & BLESSED FEELINGS EVERYTIME ITS SPUN..! MASTERPIECE ! PETE ROCK C.L SALUTE & BLESSINGS! 2 OF THE BEST! 2EVER DO IT.❤

[@BungSpoot]

Pete rock and cl smooth has followed me every where since I discovered their music.

[@essence____beauty_92]

I’ve listen to this song on repeat 🔁 every day love it 90’s baby ❤️❤️❤️😩😩🙏🏽🙏🏽💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@donneysimpson8536]

One of my favorite rap songs. And O.C. used this same sample on "Born 2 Live" another all time favorite of mine.

[@Travoo33]

I heard the OC song on IG, I’m like I heard that sample. It brought me to listen to CL and Pete rock. Both fire songs