All Souled Out | ||||
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Released | June 25, 1991 | |||
Studio | Greene St. Recording (New York, NY) | |||
Genre | Golden age hip hop[1] | |||
Length | 29:09 | |||
Label | Elektra 61175 | |||
Producer |
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Pete Rock & CL Smooth chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Tom Hull – on the Web | B+ ()[1] |
All Souled Out is the debut EP by Pete Rock & CL Smooth. It was released in the summer of 1991 to rave reviews and spawned a modest hit in "The Creator".
After participation in the production and/or remixes of songs by various hip hop and R&B artists in the late 1980s to early 1990s, the duo signed to Elektra Records. All Souled Out was a warm up to their debut album, Mecca and the Soul Brother. All the rapping on the album is performed by C.L. Smooth with the exception of "The Creator", a Pete Rock solo track. A deluxe edition of All Souled Out was released on February 18, 2014 on Traffic Entertainment Group, featuring the original 6 EP tracks, along with remix and instrumental versions of "The Creator" & "Mecca & the Soul Brother".
The first single "The Creator" was featured in the opening credits of the 2015 Christmas film, The Night Before.[5]