Take T.R.O.Y. out the Picture The Main Ingredient > Mecca and the Soul Brother

[NigerianDonDada]

Mecca and the Soul Brother had some tracks on there. Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y) Lots of Lovin, Straighten It Out, and few other tracks were dope. Me personally I always liked the Main Ingredient more.The production on the Main Ingredient was smooth. Love that album. In the House, Caramel City, Searching, Check It Out, Take You There, The Main Ingredient, Escape, All the Places, and a few others off that album. Playing "Searching" cruising through the city at night time Cl Smooth's delivery and flow on this album was

Did anybody else on here messed with the INI album? Pete Rock sampling Fela Kuti on Grown Man Sport . Production on this album by PR was dope.

 

[Apollo Kid]

^ agreed.."It's on You" was my shyt

 

[Darts]

Completely agree with OP. Production was just fresher on Main Ingredient.

Agreed

 

[JulesWinfield]

yeah i prefer the main ingredient as well.

 

[THE 101]

The standouts are better on Mecca but Ingredients' production is just so lush and beautiful.

Mecca is a little rawer, it has the classic horn samples, banging drums while CL's rapping is a bit more aggressive.

While Ingredient is just smooth as fukk. Silky basslines, hypnotic keyboards, small little details in the beats.

They're two different albums but I listen to Ingredient a lot more.

 

[THE K-MAN]

Mecca is a little rawer, it has the classic horn samples, banging drums while CL's rapping is a bit more aggressive.

While Ingredient is just smooth as fukk. Silky basslines, hypnotic keyboards, small little details in the beats.

Agree 100%

thats why im more of fan of Mecca cause of the rawness of the production and the mc

 

[Cliche]

I dunno if I can agree, but The Main Ingredient is certainly under-appreciated in general. Some of Pete's best work.

 

[ManBearPig]

agreed. take off all the singles off that album and that record is a ceritified weed plate. no good album cuts. one of the records i wish i never brought.

 

[Newark88]

Sonically, they are 2 different albums. Main Ingredient is a laid back album with more lavish (and you could argue better) production. But Mecca and The Soul Brother is the pure definition of a "truck thumpin" type of album. That joint came out in the summer of 92, and I remember nikkas riding around in the jeeps with the big sound system blasting songs like "Skinz", "The Basement", "For Pete's Sake", "Straighten It Out". And them songs use to ring off hard! So I think Main Ingredient is a better album to zone out too. But Mecca and The Soul Brother had more bangers that had the streets buzzin.

 

[Non Sequitur]

Just saying

the beats doesnt all sound alike like they kind of do in Mecca and the Soul Brother, CL Smooth raps better, just a great summer album to put in yo whip.

Spoiler

Might have to revisit TMI, though. Underrated album.

 

[Non Sequitur]

well when i play mecca

Return of the mecca
For Pete sake
Its Like That
The Basement
Wig Out

just so man bangas on there besides T.R.O.Y.

Don't forget "Straighten It Out"

 

[Grand Eeezus Maxwell]

Main Ingredient was better, but Mecca is a great album. Younger cats won't really feel Mecca's production, but that's understandable.

 

[THE K-MAN]

Don't forget "Straighten It Out"

Lots Of Lovin
Skinz

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I can't say much except that I cosign.

 

[Non Sequitur]

Lots Of Lovin
Skinz

The list goes on and on. OP makes it seem like TROY is the only dope song on the album. Track for track, I think its better than TMI, which is really saying something because TMI is a dope album in its own right.