CL Smooth

CL Smooth

Infobox musical artist

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Name = C.L. Smooth
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Corey Brent Penn
Alias = Caramel King
The Mecca Don
C.L.
Born = birth date and age|1968|10|8|
Died =
Origin = Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Genre = Rap, East Coast hip hop
Occupation = Rapper, Producer
Years_active = 1991 – present
Label = Elektra Records (1991–1995)
Shaman Work/Koch (2006–present)
Associated_acts = Pete Rock
Heavy D
AZ
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Nujabes
URL = http://www.clsmooth.com

C.L. Smooth (born Corey Brent Penn [ [http://www.discogs.com/artist/C.L.+Smooth C.L. Smooth ] ] on October 8, 1968 [ [http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Pete-Rock-and-CL-Smooth-Biography/8806E29CAA7F9E3548256A34000B3A8B Pete Rock And Cl Smooth Biography ] ] Fact|date=July 2007 in New Rochelle, New York) is an American rapper, poet and best known the vocal half of the influential hip-hop duo Pete Rock & CL Smooth.

After the pair split in 1995 Pete Rock, whose work with CL had garnered him a reputation as one of the finest producers in hip-hop, went on to produce (and remix) tracks for dozens of marquee-name and/or well-respected acts, and to release a batch of solo and instrumental albums. C.L. Smooth remained musically inactive.

The pair managed to reconcile their differences only long enough to record five isolated tracks in the ten years since their split: "Da Two," "Back On Da Block," "Fly 'Til I Die," "Appreciate," and "It's A Love Thing." There were talks of a definitive reunion and a new album in 2004; however, the speculation was dismissed by both parties after another fallout.

During his period of hiatus, C.L. Smooth declined even to appear as a guest on other artists' albums, with the exception of "Only the Strong Survive" with DJ Krush in 1996. Recently, however, he has contributed featured guest vocals to songs by AZ ("Magic Hour"), Nujabes ("Sky is Falling") and Dipset affiliate J. R. Writer (the remix of "Mesmerize").

He is currently signed to the Shaman Work Recordings label,Fact|date=September 2008 with whom he and producer Mike Lowe have released the singles "American Me", "Warm Outside," "Smoke In The Air" and "I Can't Help It." A music video was made for "Smoke In The Air" by production group Bin Bin High. He released his debut solo album, "American Me", in 2007. To promote the album, Shaman Work released a promotional mixtape compiled by DJ J Period called "Man On Fire" in late April 2006, featuring 36 minutes of freestyles and a remixed version of the track "Impossible". He was also been featured on the DJ Jazzy Jeff album "The Return of the Magnificent" on the track "All I Know", which was also featured in the video game NBA Live 08.

Discography

Solo albums

*"American Me" (2006)
*"The Outsider" (2007)

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth albums

References

External links

* [http://www.clsmooth.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/clsmoothmusic CL Smooth] at MySpace.com
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