NOVEMBER 14 / 9:00PM
21+ / $7 before 11p, $10 After

Integral Music Group and GoTime.com present:

Large Professor
of Main Source

• J. Pinder
• Wizdom
• DJ Marc Sense

LARGE PROFESSOR

Eric B & Rakim. Biz Markie's 'All Samples Cleared'. Pete Rock & CL Smooth's 'Mecca and the Soul Brother'. Nas's 'Illmatic' and 'Stillmatic'. Diamond D's 'Stunts, Blunts & Hip-hop'. Kool G Rap. Big Daddy Kane. A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders. Rob Swift. The Beastie Boys. Roxanne Shante. Gang Starr. Main Source. Sound familiar? Then you know Large Professor. Go ahead, check the credits. We'll wait. Since high school student William Paul Mitchell broke in with Main Source as MC and producer, Extra P's been in demand. Think Lil' Bow Wow or Chi Ali was a prodigy? Hell, the Prof taught the real Prodigy -- the one out of Mobb Deep -- his way around a studio. And that was after he taught DJ Premier how to use his SP1200. A grateful Primo reciprocated, introducing LP to his record collection and brought Main Source to the attention of Wild Pitch. Not impressed yet? Try this: at seventeen, going to school by day, LP spent his nights programming beats for Eric B & Rakim's Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em. That led to a call to work on Kool G. Rap's Wanted Dead or Alive. And by that time his rep was already growing amongst those in the know: 15-year old Nasir Jones -- uh, NAS -- had already enrolled with the Professor. If Extra P was as business-minded as some, he'd have an empire. But for him, the art's always come first; LP's dedicated to his vision of the pure hip-hop sound, and neither bad industry deals nor changing styles have affected his mission. Don't feel bad for LP, though, and don't write him off as old school: he's classic. LP's sound is as timeless as hip-hop gets. A beat scientist of first order, no one gets more out a drum machine, and he serves up his beats garnished with just enough melody to keep things moving. P's a chef: his creations breathe. They get your head noddin' and let the MC do the rest.

LINKS

• Large Professor on Myspace
• J.Pinder on Myspace
• Wizdom on Myspace
• Marc Sense on Myspace

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