Main Source US Hip Hop 23 Items

LP | 1991 | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

22,99 €*

Release: 1991 / Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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One of the best albums ever.

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LP | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

The Science

35,14 €* 36,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Formed by Toronto DJ/ producers K.Cut, Sir Scratch, and Brooklyn MC/producer Large Professor, Main Source was one of the seminal groups of the East Coast’s hip-hop scene in 90’s. The original trio’s first and only album Breaking Atoms, was released in 1991 to critical and commercial acclaim, before Large Professor left the group. They recorded a second album, The Science, and even ran ads for it in The Source, before the group’s breakup led to its indefinite shelving. Until now! P-vine Records is proud to announce that we’re giving The Science its long deserved official release, almost three decades after it was initially set for release. This gem among gems of 90’s hip-hop, which had never seen so much as a bootleg release, is going to be released on CD, Analog vinyl (1xLP and 1xLP+7 Inch), and cassette tape. With tracks such as “Bootleg”, “Raise Up, “Time (Alternate Mix)”, and “Hella Vision”, taken from master tapes owned by the three original members, as well as well-loved classics like “Fakin’ The Funk” and “How My Man Went Down In The Game”, this record is sure to be killer. Large Professor’s flows are as smooth and lyrical as ever, and the sample-heavy beats that the producers lay down are supreme. Trust me when I say, that this is one record you’re not going to want to miss.

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The Science Deluxe Edtion

LP+7" | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

46,54 €* 48,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Looking At The Front Door / Watch Roger Do His Thing Turquoise Vinyl Edition

7" | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

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Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This edition is limited to 300 copies exclusive available at HHV.

Taken from stunning "Breaking Atoms" album. This is the first official UK release. Features Donald Byrd's Blue Note classic "Think Twice" loop and drums from Funkadelic's "You'll Like It Too".

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Tape | 2023 | JP | Original (P-Vine)

The Science

20,89 €* 21,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Looking At The Front Door / Snake Eyes Picture Disc Edition

7" | 1990 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

25,99 €*

Release: 1990 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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P-vine is thrilled to release ‘Looking At The Front Door’ and ‘Snake Eyes’ from Main Source’s phenomenal debut album Breaking Atoms as a world-exclusive 7” single pairing. Originally released a year before the 1991 album, lead single ‘Looking At The Front Door’ thrust the band into the spotlight by reaching number one spot on Billboard’s US Rap chart. ‘Snake Eyes’ is coated in iconic chants as the album’s opening track, and makes its first appearance in single form. The record features a new jacket design and is pressed on a limited edition picture disc.

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Live At The Barbeque / Large Professor Picture Disc Edition

7" | 1991 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

25,99 €*

Release: 1991 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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P-vine is thrilled to release 'Live At The Barbeque' and 'Large Professor' from Main Source’s phenomenal debut album Breaking Atoms as a world-exclusive 7” single pairing. Lifted from the 1991 album, 'Live At The Barbeque' is famed for featuring the first recorded material from Nas as well as other guest verses from Joe Fatal and Akinyele. 'Large Professor' has only been released before as a 12” single in 1996 with their long-serving label Wild Pitch Records. The single features a brand new jacket design and is pressed on a limited edition picture disc.

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Breaking Atoms Picture Disc Edition

2LP | 1991 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

51,99 €*

Release: 1991 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Breaking Atoms, the debut album from hip-hop group Main Source, was a quietly revolutionary hit in 1991, and its pioneering approach to sampling and production methods continue to be hailed and documented by dedicated fans old and new. Composed of Toronto brothers K-Cut and Sir Scratch, and Queens MC Large Professor, the group used wide-ranging samples from jazz and soul records to weave introspective tales of relationship fatigue on ‘Looking At The Front Door’, sobering satire of police violence on ‘Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball,’ and many more sketches from the New York/Toronto underground. The album also includes the first recorded appearance of Nas on ‘Live At The Barbeque’ that would mark the beginning of many collaborations for Nas and Large Professor, with the former also producing three tracks on Nas’ Illmatic. P-vine is delighted to reissue the classic album as a limited edition 2x picture disc package for the first time ever, with ‘Fakin’ the Funk (Legends Circle mix) and other bonus tracks bringing its total track length to fifteen tracks.

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Fakin' The Funk (Remix) / Fakin' The Funk (Instrumental) Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1992 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1992 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue When the film ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ was released in 1992, an EP of music from the film was dropped almost simultaneously. That EP, cheekily titled ‘White Men Can’t Rap’, featured a couple of exclusive gems, notably Gang Starr’s ‘Now You’re Mine’ and a cut from Main Source called ‘Fakin’ the Funk’. The only single borne of that six-track EP was the Main Source track, released in remixed form on Wild Pitch records the same year. No surprise, it was head and shoulders above the rest. Opening with those unmistakable harmonies from Main Ingredient’s ‘Magic Shoes’, the intro segues into a crisp beat borrowed from Grady Tate’s frequently sampled ‘Be Black Baby’ from 1969. Throw in a sprinkle of Kool & The Gang and you’ve got a track that would fit seamlessly onto Main Source’s masterpiece of an album, ‘Breaking Atoms’. Instead, it’s the group’s last hurrah, the final collaboration between K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor before the latter departed the trio. It’s fitting that he saves one of his best vocal performances for last, railing at sell-outs with the assistance of his long-term collaborator Neek the Exotic. Never released before on an official 7”, it’s a track that has lost none of its appeal, and the remix is the definitive version of this classic.

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Just Hangin' Out / Live At The Barbecue Purple Vinyl Edition

16,99 €*

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue Main Source’s paean to the simple pleasures of relaxing with friends is built over two tried-and-tested samples. The dreamy, swoony sounds of Vanessa Kendrick’s timeless ‘90% of Me is You’ is ever-present during this stone-cold classic, while Sister Nancy’s unmistakeable ‘Bam Bam’ lends several elements to the mix. Throw in some Skull Snaps and Sweet Charles and you’ve got the perfect soundtrack for a roll call of Large Professor’s nearest and dearest. There are plenty of reasons why so many regard ‘Breaking Atoms’ as an all-time classic album, and the sheer variety of singles lifted from it is chief among them. Large Professor was happy to roam over varied topics at a time when many rappers had a manic focus on one thing. And where better to hang out with friends than at a barbecue? ‘Live at the Barbecue’ is rightly regarded as one of the best posse cuts of all time, and famous for showcasing the debut of one Nasty Nas. While he delivers a dope verse full of quotables over drums from Bob James’ oft-plundered ‘Nautilus’, credit is also due to the other guests. Fatal and Akinyele aren’t disgraced in this company, and Large Professor tops it off with a rare verse of pure brag-rap. An undisputed entry in the pantheon of head-nod hip-hop, this is its first official UK release, and another debut on 7”.

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Just Hangin' Out / Live At The Barbecue Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Looking At The Front Door Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue. One thing hip-hop has never been great at – and certainly something for which it has zero reputation – is nuanced emotion. Enter Large Professor and ‘Looking at the Front Door’, the group’s first single on Wild Pitch Records and the lead out for their stunning ‘Breaking Atoms’ album. Wrapped around a loop from Donald Byrd’s Blue Note classic ‘Think Twice’, bolstered by the infectious chorus of ‘Chick A Boom’ by The Pazant Brothers and Beaufort Express, it’s a melancholy tale of love gone wrong. It was a brave choice of lead single in the 1990 hip-hop landscape, plucked from an album full of genuine head-nodders and standout tracks. It was also the right choice – a piece of production perfection laced with romantic honesty. The B-side also strikes a different tack, a tale of a brother who “doesn’t fight, his brain is his left and right.” Using a solid foundation of drums from Funkadelic’s ‘You’ll Like It Too’ (most famously used on Eric B & Rakim’s ‘I Know You Got Soul’), Large Pro weaves his tale of an ambitious, studious man over an original organ line (by JD Drumsticks) that wouldn’t sound out of place at a hockey rink. The theme is sledgehammer subtle – don’t sell drugs, stay in school – but delivered with the lightness of touch that would be Main Source’s signature.

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Tape | 1994 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

Fuck What You Think

21,99 €*

Release: 1994 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Following the departure of Large Professor during the production of their second album "The Science," the newly revived Main Source welcomed Mikey D as a replacement. They had planned to release their album "Fuck What You Think" in 1994 under Wild Pitch Records, but it was shelved due to Mikey D's departure. However, the album was unexpectedly released in 1998 after Main Source's disbandment, and now it is being reissued as a limited edition cassette from P-vine! The album, which includes the single "What You Need," a track that Madonna later sampled in her song "Human Nature" (1995), explores the NY hardcore sound that was trending in the scene at the time. It remains popular among fans for its approach to the hardcore sound of that era.

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Tape | 1991 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

21,99 €*

Release: 1991 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Fakin' The Funk / He Got So Much Soul (He Don't Need No Music) Picture Disc Edition

7" | 1992 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

25,99 €*

Release: 1992 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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P-vine is thrilled to release ‘Fakin’ The Funk’ and ‘He Got So Much Soul (He Don’t Need No Music)’ as a world-exclusive 7” single pairing. After releasing their influential debut Breaking Atoms in 1991, ‘Fakin’ The Funk’ was their first follow-up material appearing on the soundtrack to the film White Men Can’t Jump, and as a 12” single in 1992. ‘He Got So Much Soul (He Don’t Need No Music)’ was the 9th track on Breaking Atoms, and makes its first appearance as a single. The record features a brand new jacket design, and is pressed on a limited edition picture disc.

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Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball / Vamos A Rapiar Picture Disc Edition

7" | 1991 | JP | Reissue (P-Vine)

23,39 €* 25,99 € -10%

Release: 1991 / JP – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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P-vine is thrilled to release 'Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball' and 'Vamos a Rapiar' from Main Source’s phenomenal debut album Breaking Atoms as a world-exclusive 7” single pairing. Lifted from the 1991 album, the social commentary of police violence on 'Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball' is biting sharp, and resonates thirty years on. 'Vamos a Rapiar' has previously featured as a B side on 1996’s Large Professor single, and was the only track on the album to feature co-production from Pete Rock. The record features a brand new jacket design, and is pressed on a limited edition picture disc.

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Digipak CD | 2021 | EU | Original (90's Tapes / HHV)

14,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited edition of 300 copies on CD of Main Source's classic debut "Breaking Atoms" from 1991.

With "Breaking Atoms", the trio comprised of K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor delivered a timeless classic in Hip Hop history. The album features cameos by a young Nasty Nas, Joe Fatal and Akinyele as well as a co-production by Pete Rock. Setting standards with its »crunchy digitized drums, choppy segmented samples, and murky filtered basslines«, as Ben Detrick wrote in the Village Voice, the album received 4.5 mics in the Source that later on in 2002 were revised to 5 mics.

Available in a limited run on 2LP vinyl, CD and cassette.

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Tape | 2021 | EU | Original (90's Tapes / HHV)

12,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited edition of 100 copies on cassette of Main Source's classic debut "Breaking Atoms" from 1991.

With "Breaking Atoms", the trio comprised of K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor delivered a timeless classic in Hip Hop history. The album features cameos by a young Nasty Nas, Joe Fatal and Akinyele as well as a co-production by Pete Rock. Setting standards with its »crunchy digitized drums, choppy segmented samples, and murky filtered basslines«, as Ben Detrick wrote in the Village Voice, the album received 4.5 mics in the Source that later on in 2002 were revised to 5 mics.

Available in a limited run on 2LP vinyl, CD and cassette.

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2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (90's Tapes / HHV)

28,99 €*

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited 2LP edition of 1000 copies of Main Source's classic debut "Breaking Atoms" from 1991. Comes with additional "Records Revisited" inlay sheet.

With "Breaking Atoms", the trio comprised of K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor delivered a timeless classic in Hip Hop history. The album features cameos by a young Nasty Nas, Joe Fatal and Akinyele as well as a co-production by Pete Rock. Setting standards with its »crunchy digitized drums, choppy segmented samples, and murky filtered basslines«, as Ben Detrick wrote in the Village Voice, the album received 4.5 mics in the Source that later on in 2002 were revised to 5 mics.

Available in a limited run on 2LP vinyl, CD and cassette.

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Fakin' The Funk (Remix) / Fakin' The Funk (Instrumental) HHV Exclusive White Vinyl Edition

7" | 1992 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

17,99 €*

Release: 1992 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This edition is limited to 300 copies exclusive available at HHV.

Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue When the film ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ was released in 1992, an EP of music from the film was dropped almost simultaneously. That EP, cheekily titled ‘White Men Can’t Rap’, featured a couple of exclusive gems, notably Gang Starr’s ‘Now You’re Mine’ and a cut from Main Source called ‘Fakin’ the Funk’. The only single borne of that six-track EP was the Main Source track, released in remixed form on Wild Pitch records the same year. No surprise, it was head and shoulders above the rest. Opening with those unmistakable harmonies from Main Ingredient’s ‘Magic Shoes’, the intro segues into a crisp beat borrowed from Grady Tate’s frequently sampled ‘Be Black Baby’ from 1969. Throw in a sprinkle of Kool & The Gang and you’ve got a track that would fit seamlessly onto Main Source’s masterpiece of an album, ‘Breaking Atoms’. Instead, it’s the group’s last hurrah, the final collaboration between K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor before the latter departed the trio. It’s fitting that he saves one of his best vocal performances for last, railing at sell-outs with the assistance of his long-term collaborator Neek the Exotic. Never released before on an official 7”, it’s a track that has lost none of its appeal, and the remix is the definitive version of this classic.

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Peace Is Not The Word To Play Red Vinyl Edition

16,99 €*

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue We’ll get to the vocal content in a second, but first it’s time to acknowledge what a patchwork tapestry of genius ‘Peace is not the word to play’ is in terms of production. Large Professor being a prodigy on the Sp-1200 is well established, but the way he flips parts of MFSB’s ‘tlc’ and Milly and Silly’s obscure ‘Gettin’ Down for Xmas’ with a sprinkling of Lyn Collins here establishes his credentials in the top tier. Lyrically, it’s a tour de force, with Main Source taking exception with the misuse of the word ‘peace’ by the hip-hop fraternity. With even the most homicidal of gangster rappers dropping it at the end of tracks at the time, time was overdue for some regulation. The album version makes its point pithily in a single verse, while the remix, included on the flip of this first ever 7” release, expands on the topic with new verses and some new samples too. It’s a welcome reminder of the time when remixes were remixes – not just the identical track with the latest hot rappers joining in. Most of all, Main Source once again walk the fine line between lyrical lecture and head-nodding banger – the rare example of a track with a point to make that can still fill a dancefloor and get necks snapping.

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Peace Is Not The Word To Play Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Think / Atom Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1989 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)