{"id":119203,"date":"2017-06-10T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=119203"},"modified":"2017-06-09T09:46:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T07:46:08","slug":"pete-rock-cl-smooths-mecca-the-soul-brother-25-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/pete-rock-cl-smooths-mecca-the-soul-brother-25-year-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Rock &#038; CL Smooth\u2019s &#8216;Mecca &#038; The Soul Brother&#8217; 25 Year Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OrfThAFQOfE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This years marks the 25th anniversary of <strong>Pete Rock &#038; CL Smooth<\/strong>\u2019s timeless classic <em>Mecca &#038; The Soul Brother<\/em>. Considered by many as one of the top albums in the Hip-Hop history, it is a clear definition of a masterpiece. Years ago, Complex produced a standout mini-documentary on <strong>Pete Rock &#038; CL Smooth<\/strong>\u2019s hallmark track, T.R.O.Y., and it will give any Hip-Hop Head chills. In it, Soul Brother #1 and the Mecca Don discuss the song\u2019s importance, not just in its being an homage to fallen comrade Troy \u201cTrouble T-Roy\u201d Dixon but also its significance to Hip-Hop\u2019s Golden Era.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"119204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/pete-rock-cl-smooths-mecca-the-soul-brother-25-year-anniversary\/pete-rock-cl-smooth-mecca-and-the-soul-brother-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?fit=640%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-119204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Pete-Rock-CL-Smooth-Mecca-And-The-Soul-Brother.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/ambrosiaforheads.com\/2017\/06\/pete-rock-cl-cmooth-25th-anniversary-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">AHF<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This years marks the 25th anniversary of Pete Rock &#038; CL Smooth\u2019s timeless classic Mecca&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-v0D","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}