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Breaking Atoms (2017 Remastered)

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Masterpiece alert! When the first album from the trio Main Source came out at the height of the summer of 1991, the group formed by New York MC Large Professor and Canadian DJs Sir Scratch and K-Cut from Toronto were already very well-respected on the hip hop underground. Written and recorded throughout the previous year, with the legendary E-mu SP-1200 sampler, Breaking Atoms marked a turning point in rap, in particular with its production that held up sturdily against an avalanche of jazz, soul and funk samples. We encounter snatches of song from Donald Byrd, Bob James, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Taylor, Lou Donaldson, Lyn Collins, MFSB, Kool & The Gang, the Three Sounds, Lou Courtney, S.O.U.L., Funk, Inc. and the Detroit Emeralds. Funky to the point of madness, Large Professor's flow and the subtlety of his punchlines set the album apart from the competition. Breaking Atoms is a major record of golden era hip hop, and also legendary for the début, on Live at the Barbeque, of a young rapper of 17 named Nas… This remaster of Breaking Atoms includes several bonus tracks, like the grandiose single Fakin' the Funk, released in 1992 on the soundtrack to White Men Can't Jump, and carried by its sample of Magic Shoes by The Main Ingredient. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

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Snake Eyes (2017 Remastered Version)
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Just Hangin' Out (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:04:10

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1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Looking at the Front Door (2017 Remastered Version)
00:04:09

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Large Professor (2017 Remastered Version)
00:03:08

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Just a Friendly Game of Baseball (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:03:22

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Scratch & Kut (2017 Remastered Version)
00:02:57

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Peace Is Not the Word to Play (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:03:07

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Vamos a Rapiar (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:03:58

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

9
He Got So Much Soul (He Don't Need No Music) (2017 Remastered Version)
00:03:34

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

10
Live at the Barbeque (feat. Nas) (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:04:35

Nas, FeaturedArtist - Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

11
Watch Roger Do His Thing (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:04:21

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Just a Friendly Game of Baseball (For Our Friends in a Tribe Called Quest) (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:04:03

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

13
Time (Bonus Track) (2017 Remastered Version) Explicit
00:03:58

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Fakin' the Funk (Bonus Track) (2017 Remastered Version)
00:03:40

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

15
Peace Is Not the Word to Play Remix (Bonus Track) (Remix)
00:03:50

Main Source, MainArtist

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

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Fakin' the Funk (Bonus Track) (Kobakov and Good The 6 Remix)
00:04:23

Main Source, MainArtist - Kobakov and Good The 6, Remixer

1991 Wild Pitch Records 1991 Wild Pitch Records

Album review

Masterpiece alert! When the first album from the trio Main Source came out at the height of the summer of 1991, the group formed by New York MC Large Professor and Canadian DJs Sir Scratch and K-Cut from Toronto were already very well-respected on the hip hop underground. Written and recorded throughout the previous year, with the legendary E-mu SP-1200 sampler, Breaking Atoms marked a turning point in rap, in particular with its production that held up sturdily against an avalanche of jazz, soul and funk samples. We encounter snatches of song from Donald Byrd, Bob James, Mike Bloomfield, Johnny Taylor, Lou Donaldson, Lyn Collins, MFSB, Kool & The Gang, the Three Sounds, Lou Courtney, S.O.U.L., Funk, Inc. and the Detroit Emeralds. Funky to the point of madness, Large Professor's flow and the subtlety of his punchlines set the album apart from the competition. Breaking Atoms is a major record of golden era hip hop, and also legendary for the début, on Live at the Barbeque, of a young rapper of 17 named Nas… This remaster of Breaking Atoms includes several bonus tracks, like the grandiose single Fakin' the Funk, released in 1992 on the soundtrack to White Men Can't Jump, and carried by its sample of Magic Shoes by The Main Ingredient. © Marc Zisman/Qobuz

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