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Infobox musical artist|name = Main Source|image = Main Source.jpg|background = group_or_band|origin = New York City|New York , New York , United States|U.S. Toronto , Ontario , Canada |genre = Hip hop music|Hip Hop |years_active = 1989& ndash;1994|label = Wild Pitch Records|Wild Pitch / EMI|EMI Records |website = http://www.myspace.com/mainsource1 Main Source's MySpace|current_members = K-Cut Mikey D Sir Scratch|past_members = Large Professor Main Source was an innovative, acclaimed Toronto - and New York -based hip hop music|hip hop group comprising Toronto natives Sir Scratch and K-Cut, and Queens, NY|Queens native Large Professor . Later, Mikey D (also a Queens native) replaced Large Professor.cite web | url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/main-source-p15099 | title=Main Source - All music.com | accessdate=April 7, 2011 | author=Kellman, Andy The group was often compared to Steely Dan for its meticulousness in the studio.
The group's first album, Breaking Atoms , featured conscious tracks such as "Looking at the Front Door," "A Friendly Game of Baseball," and "Watch Roger Do His Thing," as well as the first on-record appearance of Nas (rapper)|Nas on "Live at the Barbeque," which also featured Joe Fatal and Akinyele Adams|Akinyele . Because of business differences, the group broke up before its second album, tentatively entitled The Science could be released. However, Sir Scratch and K-Cut released a second album under the Main Source name titled Fuck What You Think , with new recruit Mikey D on vocals; however, the album was shelved due to inner conflicts between the record label and group management.Citation needed|date=January 2012 Singer Madonna Ciccone|Madonna sampled the bassline from "What You Need" on Fuck What You Think in the song " Human Nature (Madonna song)|Human Nature ," which appeared on her 1994 album, Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)|Bedtime Stories .
Large Professor went on to be an instrumental producer for hip hop stars such as Eric B. & Rakim , Pete Rock and CL Smooth , Nas , and Diamond D . He released a solo album titled First Class (Large Professor album)|First Class , and his shelved The LP was widely bootlegged.
K-Cut also produced for a wide range of hip hop artists including Big Pun , Maestro (rapper)|Maestro Fresh-Wes , Fu-Schnickens , Queen Latifah , and even NBA star Shaquille O'Neal . He also mentored another Toronto-based producer named Watts (producer)|Watts .
Large Professor makes a reference to his falling-out with Sir Scratch and K-Cut on A Tribe Called Quest 's third album Midnight Marauders . On the track "Keep It Rollin'" he says, "I'm Uptown chillin', takin in this grand master Vic blend/from the projects, the PJ's, fuck them two DJ's/Self mission, i had to end that ill position."
Mikey D currently works with HushHip Hop Tours as a celebrity tour guide on its Queens tour.
Discography
Studio albums
Breaking Atoms : Released by Wild Pitch Records , Feb, 1991. Compact disc|CD , Vinyl record|LP , and special double LP.
Fuck What You Think : Released by Wild Pitch Records (eventually shelved ), March 22, 1994. Double LP and CD.
Singles
"Think" (1989)
"Looking at the Front Door" Producer Rob (1990)
"Watch Roger Do His Thing" (1990) was not released for sale
http://www.myspace.com/mainsource1 Main Source's MySpace
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