From: klm3298@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Re: Were they fakin' the funk?
Reply-To: klm3298@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:28:07 GMT

Ok, first off, I believe "Who Makes The Loot" was Grand Puba only, not Brand
Nubian, which no longer consists of Grand Puba from what I understand.  Is it
fucked up that all these groups are breaking up?  Yeah, but if you look at
the reasons behind mosts of the break-ups, it only follows a logical order.
For instance, with Large Professor and Main Source I believe he left because
of management discrepancies.  I don't know what they were, but consider this:
Main Source was managed by Sir Scratch and K-Cut's mother, so who do you
think was being mis-managed?  With 3rd Bass, I think it was creative 
differences, so they broke up.  Serch came out with a solo album that I have
NO regrets buying.  But back to Main Source, I think the remaining Main 
Source will fall without Large Professor.  First of all, he was the rapper.
Second of all, look at tracks produced for other people by the Large 
Professor:  Kool G. Rap, "It's A Boy" remix for Slick Rick, and the list goes
on as dope.  Now look at tracks produced by the rest of the old Main Source,
ala K-Cut, because I myself have never seen a track with only Sir Scratch's
name on it: some cuts off of Latifah's album(anybody put any of those on a 
fat tape?), "La Schmoove" remix(I prefer the album version, IMO), some group
called D-Influence whose promo I picked up last week(has some "Fakin The
Funk" sound to it).  To make a long story short, who do you think got the
short end of the stick by Large Professor leaving.  I know I will buy his solo
album when it comes out, but Main Source's new album without him.  Will they 
have to take off the tracks from the new album that he did with them or that
he produced?  Who will they get to replace him?  With all that change and
talent loss, what is the chance that their album will be good?  Unless they
bring someone in that can contribute a lot to the group, I would say not very
likely that the album will be good, but I could be wrong.  With the Brand
Nubian album, I don't know what to expect.  Although they were out before 
Brand Nubian, I had never heard of Sadat X(Derek X) or Lord Jamal, doesn't
mean they weren't out there, but I think their skills have improved since
Brand Nubian formed.  As for production, I don't know who they will get, but
I think they have a much better chance of putting out a good album.  As for
the ex-3rd Bass, I am expecting nothing spectacular from Pete Nice.  I think
these break-ups are showing who in the groups possessed the real skills, but
it is still a shame that they had to break-up.  What about Doug E. Fresh and
Slick Rick way back in the day?  I don't know why they broke up.  As far as
the hip-hop fan goes, are we really suffering from these brak-ups?  Yes and
no.  Yes because it is showing constant division and uncooperativeness among
artists, but no because these people are either collectively or individually
still putting out good music.  Simply putt, the good artists continue, and
the not so good artists eventually fade away.  It might not be considered
fair by some, but this isn't a fair world we live in.  I'm starting to 
babble.  Peace out.

K-Mello
SHYGUY Productions
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