![]() ![]() The 12 second intro is sampled from the 1971 song "When She Made Me Promise" by The Beginning of the End. The chorus's ad libs are provided by Pete Rock. Over a saxophone and bass sample of Tom Scott's cover of " Today" by Jefferson Airplane, CL Smooth unravels fond memories of his own childhood, being the son of a young teenage mother, her father and four siblings, and the love he feels for other family members in working class Mount Vernon. When I mixed the song down, I had Charlie Brown from Leaders of the New School in the session with me, and we all just started crying. Next thing you know, I have a beautiful beat made. I found some other sounds and then heard some sax in there and used that. It had such a beautiful bassline, and I started with that first. When I found the record by Tom Scott, basically I just heard something incredible that touched me and made me cry. And to this day, I can't believe I made it through, the way I was feeling. I had a friend of mine that passed away, and it was a shock to the community. ![]() Pete Rock in a 2007 interview with The Village Voice: The song peaked at #58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Rap Tracks chart. The song was the lead single off their debut album, Mecca and the Soul Brother, released in 1992, and later became a staple of early 1990s hip hop. " They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" is a song by Pete Rock & CL Smooth, inspired by the death of their close friend Troy Dixon (better known as "Trouble" T. "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" on YouTube ![]()
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