>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.
>

lol dude had that one song with Greg Osby which was nice, other than that he didn't have any material without Pete until "American Me".

If y'all want to say he has a groovy flow, that's fine. But nobody recites his lyrics. Personally I know more Pete Rock verses than CL's.