Classic Material W/ Large Professor

Yep, the CM fam is bringing back Large Pro to the Burgh after he slid through two years back for our 1 yr. Anniv + my 35th B-day soiree'. Extra P was so cool and down to earth the first time around that I didn't have to think twice when brainstorming on a special guest for my 37th revolution around the sun bash. P will be doing double duty, displaying his skills on the sticks as well as blessing the mic to performing classics from "Breaking Atoms" and his solo releases.

Bonics (KISS FM) will be making his Classic Material debut with a 45 minute guest set. Hosting duties will be held down with style by the legendary. Paradise from the X-Clan and contributing force behind the Latin Quarter in Nueva York.

We will also be celebrating the born day of Classic Material fam Liana Maneese. Needles to say it will be an action packed event so be sure to get there early for guaranteed admission.



720 Records + Timebomb present:
Classic Material-Selecta's B-Day Bash Edition W/ Large Professor (Main Source)
W/ Bonics + Selecta + SMI
Hosted by Paradise (X-Clan)
Shadow Lounge
5972 Baum Blvd
East Liberty
10pm-2:30am
$8 advance $10 door


More info on Large Pro:

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.[2] About.com ranked Large Professor #5 on its Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers list.

Mitchell moved in his early childhood to Flushing, Queens, where he was raised. His production career started early in his adolescence. As a young teenager, he would make pause tapes, in which he would pause a beat and blend it in with other sequences. Eventually, he managed to own a Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard that allowed him to make his beats in the comfort of his own home. He became a protégé of the late Paul C, a record producer and musician with whom he credits for teaching him virtually everything he knows about record production as well as the associated technology used for making hip-hop music. Paul C was doing production work with Eric B. & Rakim and Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, and then, at age 17, Large was given the opportunity to program beats for Eric B. & Rakim's album Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990) while still attending high school. While working with them, he discovered Nas, who got a management deal with Serchlite Publishing (headed by MC Serch from former group 3rd Bass) and produced three tracks on Nas's debut album, Illmatic (1994), after he was signed by Columbia/SME Records. His work with Eric B. & Rakim eventually led him to work on Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's Wanted: Dead or Alive (1990), producing (officially credited as a co-producer) the album's lead single and iconic hip-hop classic, “Streets of New York.”

In 1989, he joined the group Main Source, which also included K-Cut and Sir Scratch from Toronto. Main Source recorded one album with Large called Breaking Atoms, which was released in 1991. It included hits such as "Just Hangin' Out", "Looking at the Front Door," and featured Nas' first public appearance on a track called "Live at the Barbeque", along with Akinyele and Joe Fatal. In 1992, their success allowed them to record "Fakin' the Funk", a track on the White Men Can't Jump motion-picture soundtrack. Because of business differences, Large and Main Source quietly parted ways and Large went on to sign with Geffen/MCA Records. During and after his tenure with Main Source, he worked with Pete Rock & CL Smooth, and he produced a number of tracks for Nas, Busta Rhymes, Masta Ace, The X-Ecutioners, Tragedy Khadafi, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, and others during the 1990s.