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The Main Ingredient

album by Pete Rock & CL Smooth
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The Main Ingredient

Summary

The Main Ingredient is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Main Ingredient's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • The Main Ingredient's genre is East Coast hip-hop[4].
  • The Main Ingredient's genre is golden age hip-hop[5].
  • The Main Ingredient's genre is jazz rap[6].
  • The Main Ingredient followed Mecca and the Soul Brother[7].
  • The Main Ingredient was followed by American Me[8].
  • The Main Ingredient was produced by Pete Rock[9].
  • Among the performers on The Main Ingredient was Pete Rock & CL Smooth[10].
  • The Main Ingredient's record label is recorded as Elektra[11].
  • The Main Ingredient was released on 1994[12].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[13]

  • First release date: 1994-11-08[14]

  • Genre(s): boom bap, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, hip hop, jazz rap[15]

  • Community tags: atmospheric, boastful, boom bap, conscious, conscious hip hop, east coast hip hop, ethereal, golden age hip hop, hedonism, hip hop, jazz rap, lush, male vocalist, mellow, nocturnal, playful, rhythmic, sampling, sexual, urban, warm[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 96a1d0c7-719b-334a-9f5a-d6f5698560bc[17]

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Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on The Main Ingredient was Pete Rock & CL Smooth[10]. It was produced by Pete Rock[9].

Publication

The Main Ingredient was released on 1994[12]. Genres include East Coast hip-hop[4], golden age hip-hop[5], and jazz rap[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

The Main Ingredient followed Mecca and the Soul Brother[7]. It was followed by American Me[8].

Why It Matters

The Main Ingredient ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (213 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

Related Entities

Elektra

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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