Editing Main Source (section)

==History==
Main Source was founded in 1989.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter=Main Source|editor-last=Bynoe|editor-first=Yvonne|title=Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip-Hop Culture|year=2006|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|isbn=0-313-33058-1|oclc=60835444|page=[[iarchive:encyclopediaofra0000byno/page/239/mode/1up|239]]}}</ref> The group's first album, ''[[Breaking Atoms]]'', released in July 1991,<ref>{{Cite news|last=Patch|first=Nick|date=2016-08-15|title=Main Source: A hip-hop classic with Toronto ties turns 25|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2016/08/15/main-source-a-hip-hop-classic-with-toronto-ties-turns-25.html|access-date=2021-02-01|work=[[Toronto Star]]|language=en}}</ref> featured tracks such as "[[Looking at the Front Door]]", "Just a Friendly Game of Baseball", and "Watch Roger Do His Thing", as well as the first on-record appearance of [[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 titled ''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]]'',<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=209}}</ref> with new recruit Michael Deering aka [[Mikey D]] on vocals & featured another first on-record appearance for The Dog Pack which would later become the Yonkers rap group [[The LOX]] on "Set It Off"; however, the album was shelved due to inner conflicts between [[Wild Pitch Records]] and group management.,<ref name="LarkinDM"/> The singer [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] sampled the bassline from "What You Need" on ''Fuck What You Think'' in her song "[[Human Nature (Madonna song)|Human Nature]]," which appeared on her 1994 album, ''[[Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)|Bedtime Stories]]''.

Prior to Main Source, [[Mikey D]] was also one third of the [[Laurelton, Queens]]-based hip hop group Mikey D & The L.A. Posse. The group also consisted of DJ Johnnie Quest and engineer/producer [[Paul C]] (who was also the mentor of Large Professor). In 1988, Mikey D was also the winner of the [[New Music Seminar]] battle for world supremacy.

Large Professor went on to be an instrumental producer for hip hop stars such as [[Eric B. & Rakim]], [[Pete Rock & CL Smooth]], Nas, and [[Diamond D]].  He references 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 Grandmaster Vic blend/from the projects, the PJ's, fuck them two DJ's; Self mission."

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]].<ref name=hiphopcanada>{{cite news
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On December 22, 2002, at a concert in Toronto, the original members of Main Source performed together for the first time in nearly 10 years.<ref name="now">{{cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/raps-main-source |title=Rap's Main Source |website=[[Now (newspaper)|NOW]] |date=19 December 2002 |accessdate=August 2, 2021}}</ref>

''Breaking Atoms'' was named as one of two jury vote winners, alongside [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]]'s ''[[It's My Way!]]'', of the Polaris Heritage Prize at the [[2020 Polaris Music Prize]].<ref>[https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/articles/2020/11/16/2020-slaight-family-polaris-heritage-prize-winners-named "2020 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize Winners Named"]. ''FYI Music News'', November 16, 2020.</ref>