Being a sucka for 90s hip-hop and the brains behind the music means that Large Pro is on my shortlist of favorite producer-MCs by default. I’m excited to see Extra-P back in action with a new album, Main Source, slated for September 30th. Main Source as you probably guessed is the name of P’s NY rap group that folded up after a slew of hits.

Main Source the album looks to further P’s legacy as an intelligent sound architect. A producer’s producer. P’s rhymes won’t exactly overwork your rewind button, but they work to complement the production perfectly, yielding a thoroughly cohesive body of work. The beats here are as clean and polished as anything Pro has done in the past couple decades. You know you’re good when DJ Premier is giving you credit for teaching him a few production tricks.

Hit up the Main Source swag bag below.

Large Professor - Main Source Tracklist

1. The Entrance
2. Hot: Sizzling, Scorching, Torching, Blazing
3. Maica Living (feat. Killa Sha and Guardian Leep)
4. Pump Ya Fist (feat. Mikey D Lotto)
5. Party Time
6. In The Ghetto
7. Hardcore Hip Hop
8. Frantic Barz
9. Sewin’ Love
10. Ru Dope (feat. Jeru Tha Damaja)
11. Dap (feat. Lil Dap)
12. Noyd (feat. Big Noyd)
13. Classic Emergency
14. Rockin’ Hip Hop
15. Large Pro Says
16. To The Meadows
17. The Hardest (feat. Styles P & AZ) <<--Actually, this one's been around for a while

If you like what you hear, be sure to cop Main Source on Sept. 30th.

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