Label: Wild Pitch Records
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
UPC: 091693201225
EAN: 0091693201225
ASIN: B00000HZAB
Release Date: 1999-02-09
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Artist: Main Source
Label: Wild Pitch Records Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 UPC: 091693201225 EAN: 0091693201225 ASIN: B00000HZAB Release Date: 1999-02-09 |
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Wicked nice!.......2005-03-08
whats the name of the song with jada and sheik ?.......2002-04-17
'Forever' is not the word to play..........2002-01-31
Those were the final words from Large Professor in one of his last recordings with the group (the Brand New Heavies/Main Source colab). About a month later, Large Pro found himself at odds with the group's manager, ironically the mother of the two DJ's, Sir Scratch & K-Cut, and left the group.
About a couple of years later, they went to the New Music Seminar in NY, and saw an MC named Mikey D rip on some kids. They decided to bring him to the fold as the new frontman of the Main Source. Thing is, Mikey D found himself in a situation similar to the one that Spanish guy had when he was chosen to take Lionel Richie's place in the Commodores: no matter how hard he tried, no one will ever deem him worthy of taking the place of the crew's most pominent voice.
Not that he didn't try, however. His presence brought the group to another direction. He brought a much harder edge to the group. Whereas Extra P was more comfortable with socio-political subjects ("...Baseball") and a more light-hearted feel and less comfortable with battle rhymes ("I milked your cow/better yet I hit your heifer"???), Mikey was the other way around. His main strength was battling (which is displayed throughout this CD) while his weakness is the socio-political commentary (the mad-forced "Hellavision"). He didn't try to go Extra P's route...He went his own route...and held his own in th process.
Production-wise, Scratch 'n' Cut do an impeccible job of pulling their weight, and the big void left by Large Pro. Though they added a harder egde to compliment Mikey D, they kept some of the original jazziness of BREAKING ATOMS, with pleasant results.
There were some major roadblocks along the way. Aside from the mixed reception of Mikey replacing Large Pro, there were many things that didn't make matters any better. First, the guests! There were many [weak] guests on this CD. I seemed like everyone was holding a 'Who can come off the hardest' contest and the tape so happened to be on RECORD. (Oh..by the way...two of those participants so happen to be none other than Sheik & Jadakiss, soon to be 2/3's of the L.O.X.'s on 'Set It Off'. Who woulda thought...) To make matters worse, Scratch 'n' Cut thought it would be a brilliant idea to get in the vocal booth theselves. The result?...Let's put it this way: take the worst attempts of a producer trying t rhyme...J-Dilla...Mannie Fresh...name anyone. It doesn't matter, because after listening to Scratch 'n' Cut's verse in "What You Need", those other guys will sound like Pharoah Monche in comparison. They were THAT horrible. With all those wack fools hoggin' studio time, nothing Mike D tried to do got through, and it ended up a complete mess.
If they had just let Mikey D do his job without the guests, it would've been better off. Unfortunately, due to differences between the Mikey D and the 2 DJ's, Mike found himself 'looking at the front door' as well, leaving the Main Source in obsurity.
If you want to hear more examples of Scratch 'n' Cuts production, want to hear what Jadakiss sounded like he first got put on, or just curious, give this joint a try. Otherwise, it's back to BREAKING ATOMS...
It's The Beats.......2000-03-09
Mikey D.......1999-04-12
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Guys and Dolls Like Vibes ~ Eddie Costa
Country Girl ~ John Dee & Fris
Virtues of the Well ~ Robert Tye
Instant Party ~ Mongo Santamaria
Let's Go to the Rumba! ~ Rumbantela