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He was programming beats and producing records for hip-hop legends while still a teenager, but Large Professor waited nearly a decade to put out his own album. If 1st Class isn't as exciting as any of his outside productions (which are simply begging for a greatest-shots collection), it's because LP tries to handle nearly everything himself. The album's five tracks in before we finally hear a guest, and it's a long wait -- Large Professor doesn't have much to say on a track like "Brand New Sound" (with his beats or his rhymes), and he repeats the title enough to make it sound more like desperation than defiance. A three-track spate of features finds him trading some tough rhymes with Nas, Akinyele, and Q-Tip, though here Q-Tip is basically reduced to freestyling over the choruses. Large Professor gets back to boasting with "Born to Ball," but he doesn't prove up to the task. Either more space for guests, or a little more time in the studio would've resulted in a better effort than this half-baked record.
© John Bush /TiVo
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W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - Nas, FeaturedArtist - The Large Professor Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ill Will Music Inc., MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Akinyele Adams, AssociatedPerformer - Large Professor, MainArtist - A. Adams, ComposerLyricist - The Large Professor Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Gina Diner Music, MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Q-Tip, FeaturedArtist - Large Professor, MainArtist - Kamaal Ibn John Fareed, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Large Professor Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - T.T. Raic, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Y'all Better Like My Music, MusicPublisher - Xplicit Beats, MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - J-Love, Producer - J Elias, ComposerLyricist - The Large Professor Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - Not On My Level Music, MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - T Spearman III, ComposerLyricist - Hill, Inc, Producer - Straight Live Hill, MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Busta Rhymes, FeaturedArtist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
Trevor Smith, ComposerLyricist - W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Busta Rhymes, AssociatedPerformer - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher - T'Ziah's Music (BMI), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
W.P. Mitchell, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Large Professor, MainArtist - The Large Professor Music, MusicPublisher - K.J. Johnson's Music (ASCAP), MusicPublisher
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
Album review
He was programming beats and producing records for hip-hop legends while still a teenager, but Large Professor waited nearly a decade to put out his own album. If 1st Class isn't as exciting as any of his outside productions (which are simply begging for a greatest-shots collection), it's because LP tries to handle nearly everything himself. The album's five tracks in before we finally hear a guest, and it's a long wait -- Large Professor doesn't have much to say on a track like "Brand New Sound" (with his beats or his rhymes), and he repeats the title enough to make it sound more like desperation than defiance. A three-track spate of features finds him trading some tough rhymes with Nas, Akinyele, and Q-Tip, though here Q-Tip is basically reduced to freestyling over the choruses. Large Professor gets back to boasting with "Born to Ball," but he doesn't prove up to the task. Either more space for guests, or a little more time in the studio would've resulted in a better effort than this half-baked record.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:21
- Main artists: Large Professor
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Matador
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records 2002 High Rise Records & Films under exclusive license to Matador Records
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