C.L. Smooth is lyrical, not on some Nas or Rakim level but he was really spitting just with a smooth flow, and with Pete's beats it wasn't like he was trying to be some hard rock emcee over Pete's jazzy/soulful beats.

C.L. Smooth is one of those kats most haven't heard his material outside of Pete's sound, he has rhymes that make sense, he doesn't use simple words, he has wordplay just comes off like it's braggadocios girl rhymes which is what Slum Village did a ton of.

I think he fell victim to having a producer who out shined his performance but they both fit together like a glove though.