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Good Life: The Best of Pete Rock & CL Smooth

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Good Life: The Best Of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Greatest hits album by
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

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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

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  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.