Main Source

Hip-Hop/Rap

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Top Songs By Main Source

Looking At the Front DoorMain Source

Fakin the FunkMain Source

Live At the Barbeque (feat. Nas, Akinyele & Joe Fatal)Main Source

Set It OffMain Source

What You NeedMain Source

Only the Real SurviveMain Source

Bonafide Funk (feat. Main Source)The Brand New Heavies

F*Ck What You ThinkMain Source

Down LowMain Source

Diary of a HitmanMain Source

More albums from Main Source

ALBUMThe ScienceMain Source

ALBUMF**k What You ThinkMain Source

About Main Source

Hometown

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Formed

1989

Genre

Hip-Hop/Rap

The Canadian rap band Main Source formed in Toronto in 1989, but was based in New York for most of its career. Its groundbreaking first album, 1991’s BREAKING ATOMS, included the #1 rap hit "Lookin' At The Front Door," gave the rappper Nas his start. One of the group's principals, Large Professor, went on to produce A Tribe Called Quest among others. The group’s imaginatively constructed soundscapes, which culled samples from a wide range of sources and combined them with sharp, subtle observations on street culture and social issues, were hugely influential on early-1990s hip-hop.

Members of Main Source include, or have included, Large Professor.