Fuck What You Think is Main Source

Main Source

Main Source was an innovative, acclaimed Toronto and New York-based hip hop group comprising Toronto natives Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Queens native Large Professor...

's second and final album. It was released by Wild Pitch Records

Wild Pitch Records

Wild Pitch Records was a hip hop record label started in the mid 1980s by Stuart Fine and was eventually distributed by EMI and eventually acquired by Jay Faires, who tried to reactivate it as part of his short-lived JCOR Entertainment label...

 in 1994, and it was shelved after Main Source broke up later that year. However, the album was re-released as a CD and double LP in 1999. Large Professor

Large Professor

Large Professor , also known as Large Pro and Xtra P, is a New York City-based hip hop record producer and emcee. He is also best known as a founding member of the influential underground hip hop group Main Source, and as a frequent collaborator with Nas...

, one of the group's founding members, left the group before the making of this album.

On this album, Sir Scratch and K-Cut combined their talents with Mikey D, an emcee previously signed to Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records

Sleeping Bag Records is a defunct New York City-based old school hip hop and dance music independent record label that operated from 1981 to 1992...

, who demonstrates a raw voice and delivery. The song "Set It Off" includes verses from Jadakiss

Jadakiss

Jason Phillips , better known as Jadakiss, is an American rapper. He is a member of the group The LOX. Jadakiss is one of the three owners of the imprint known as D-Block. In early 2007, Jadakiss signed to Roc-a-Fella Records / Def Jam Records.-Early life:By the age of 16, Jadakiss was a freestyle...

 and Sheek Louch

Sheek Louch

Sean Divine Jacobs, better known as Sheek Louch , is an African American rapper and member of The LOX , along with Styles P and Jadakiss.-Personal life and career:...

 of D-Block

D-block

The d-block is the portion of the periodic table that contains the element groups 3-12. These groups correspond to the filling of the atomic d-orbital subshell, with electron configurations ranging from s2d1 to s2d10...

 before they became successful a few years later. In addition, there is a female emcee named Shaqueen (Kool G Rap

Kool G Rap

Nathaniel Thomas Wilson , better known by his stage names Kool G Rap , Kool G. Rap, and Giancana , is an American rapper, from the Corona neighborhood of Queens, New York. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as a member of the Juice Crew...

's wife) who contributes to "Set It Off" and "Fuck What You Think." Only one single was released from the album, "What You Need" in 1993.

Singer Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

 sampled the bass line from "What You Need" in the song "Human Nature

Human Nature (Madonna song)

"Human Nature" is the fourth and final single by American singer-songwriter Madonna from her sixth studio album Bedtime Stories, released on June 6, 1995 by Maverick Records.-Song information:...

," which appeared on her 1994 album, Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)

Bedtime Stories is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on October 25, 1994 by Maverick Records. Madonna collaborated with Dallas Austin, Babyface, Dave "Jam" Hall and Nellee Hooper, deciding to move into a more R&B direction...

.

Track listing

1. "Diary of a Hitman" – 5:23
2. "Only the Real Survive" – 3:31
3. "What You Need" – 4:15
4. "Merrick Boulevard" – 3:27
5. "Down Low" – 3:36
6. "Intermission" – 1:56
7. "Where We're Coming From" – 3:22
8. "Hellavision" – 4:00
9. "Fuck What You Think" – 4:37
10. "Set It Off" (feat. The Dog Pack
    The LOX
    The Lox are an American hip hop group composed of Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Styles P. They were originally signed to Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records before joining Ruff Ryders Entertainment, and are now a part of their own label, D-Block Records-Early career:...
    
    ) – 4:41
11. "Scratch and Kut '94" – 2:06

Samples

• "Diary of a Hitman"
  • "Can You Do Without" by Meters
• "Only The Real Survive"
  • "Never Can Say Goodbye" by James Brown
    James Brown
    James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
    
    
  • "Soul" by Jackie McLean
    Jackie McLean
    John Lenwood McLean was an American jazz alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and educator, born in New York City.-Biography:McLean's father, John Sr., played guitar in Tiny Bradshaw's orchestra...
    
    
  • "Thoughts of Old Flames" by Pleasure
    Pleasure
    Pleasure describes the broad class of mental states that humans and other animals experience as positive, enjoyable, or worth seeking. It includes more specific mental states such as happiness, entertainment, enjoyment, ecstasy, and euphoria...
    
    
• "What You Need"
  • "Spinning Wheel" by Maynard Ferguson
    Maynard Ferguson
    Maynard Ferguson was a Canadian jazz musician and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957...
    
    
• "Merrick Boulevard"
  • "Rural Still Life #26" by Tom Scott
    Tom Scott (musician)
    Tom Scott is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.-Biography:Scott was born in Los Angeles, California...
    
    
• "Set It Off"
  • "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones
    Quincy Jones
    Quincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
    
    
• "Fuck What You Think"
  • "Fly With the Wings of Love" by Joe Sample
    Joe Sample
    Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
    
    
• "Hellavision"
  • "Wah-Wah Man" by Young-Holt Unlimited
    Young-Holt Unlimited
    Young-Holt Unlimited were an American soul and jazz instrumental musical ensemble from Chicago, Illinois.Drummer Isaac "Red" Holt and bassist Eldee Young, formerly members of Ramsey Lewis' jazz trio, formed a new outfit called the Young-Holt Trio with pianist Don Walker in 1966...
    
    
• "Scratch and Kut '94"
  • "Pontieo" by Woody Herman
    Woody Herman
    Woodrow Charles Herman , known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd," Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s and '40s bandleaders...
    
    

Singles

Single information
"What You Need" Released: 1993 B-side: "Merrick Boulevard"

Singles charts

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Hot Rap Singles Hot Rap Tracks Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...
1994	"What You Need"	48

Personnel

• The Bomb Squad – Rap
• Terry Clarke – Design
• Amy Fine – Artwork
• Chris Gehringer – Mastering
• Paul Goodrich – Sequencing
• Daniel Hastings – Photography
• Richard Horniblow – Engineer
• K-Cut – Scratching, Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing
• Gregg Mann – Mixing
• Kevin McKenzie – Drums
• Shawn McKenzie – Guitar
• Bob Power – Bass, Mixing
• Michael Warner – Keyboards