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艺人: Large Professor
语种: 英语
厂牌: Sandbox Automatic / HipHopSite.com
发行时间: 2002年10月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Brandon Burke

In a just world, a review of this album would have been simply about the music. Instead, this is a story riddled with tales of record-label politics, high expectations, poorly pressed bootlegs, and careers put on hold. In 1993 Large Professor made an appearance as a guest MC on A Tribe Called Quest's &Keep It Rollin',& a track he produced for their Midnight Marauders album. The last line of his verse, &buy the album when I drop it,& has since become a classic of golden-era New York rap. Unfortunately, it was for the wrong reasons. As it turns out, the world would have to wait another nine years for a proper full-length solo debut, 2002's 1st Class. It wasn't for a lack of effort, though. In 1996 Geffen released two Large Professor 12& singles (&IJUSWANNACHILL& and &The Mad Scientist&) in anticipation of his then-forthcoming album. After a number of delays and disagreements about the album's &outdated& vibe, Geffen dropped the project, leaving it to collect dust in the label's vaults for seven years. Fortunately, Large Professor reacquired the rights to the recordings in 2002, resulting in a limited promo-only CD pressing. Fans familiar with the singles should already know what to expect here, especially since five of the album's 12 tracks were spread among the two 12&s. From a production standpoint, the sound is similar to that heard on Pro's previous full-length, Main Source's Breaking Atoms, though in a more stripped-down and mid-'90s manner. Among the highlights are the two singles, the hazy organ loop of &Hungry,& and the flat-out stunning Nas collabo, &One on One.& Remember, Nas was fresh from his classic debut, Illmatic, when he recorded this track, so fans that felt a little disillusioned by his later, ghetto-fabulous leanings owe it to themselves to check this track out. All said, Large Professor was never flooded with consistently interesting lyrics -- and there are some flat moments here -- but they never get in the way of the consistently high-quality production. A lost treasure.

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