GPBear
The Tape Crusader
I know you all know "Breakin Atoms" that shyt's an early 90s classic
But how many of you know that Large Professor was ghostproducing some of the most iconic albums of the late Golden Age?
“The back cover features a dedication to the memories of Rakim's father William and producer Paul C., who had worked on many of the album's tracks before his murder in July 1989. Paul's protégé Large Professor completed his work. To make "In The Ghetto", he sampled directly off of a cassette tape of sample ideas Paul C had made for Rakim. Neither receive credit in the album's notes.”
Paul C died, and Eric B hit up Large Pro (who was still in high school) to finish the album. Album was considered Rakim/Eric B's most coherent and got 5 mics in the source. This led to Large Pro being contacted again a year or so later to help produce this album
“Large Professor's involvement was much larger than on Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em, and the only tracks not noted as being produced by him are "Rikers Island", "Erase Racism" “
Then from there he goes on to put out "Breakin Atoms" with the Main Source (which introduced Nas to the world on 'Live at the BBQ', and later produced three tracks off "Ilmatic" including 'It Aint Hard To Tell'
"That's a deep record. At that time in life, I was eighteen years old. It was a kid with a pure heart, just writing, and putting his soul out there for the world."
But how many of you know that Large Professor was ghostproducing some of the most iconic albums of the late Golden Age?
“The back cover features a dedication to the memories of Rakim's father William and producer Paul C., who had worked on many of the album's tracks before his murder in July 1989. Paul's protégé Large Professor completed his work. To make "In The Ghetto", he sampled directly off of a cassette tape of sample ideas Paul C had made for Rakim. Neither receive credit in the album's notes.”
Paul C died, and Eric B hit up Large Pro (who was still in high school) to finish the album. Album was considered Rakim/Eric B's most coherent and got 5 mics in the source. This led to Large Pro being contacted again a year or so later to help produce this album
“Large Professor's involvement was much larger than on Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em, and the only tracks not noted as being produced by him are "Rikers Island", "Erase Racism" “
Then from there he goes on to put out "Breakin Atoms" with the Main Source (which introduced Nas to the world on 'Live at the BBQ', and later produced three tracks off "Ilmatic" including 'It Aint Hard To Tell'
"That's a deep record. At that time in life, I was eighteen years old. It was a kid with a pure heart, just writing, and putting his soul out there for the world."
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