Main Source - Breaking Atoms

Cat. no: MRBLP254NB
Format: LP
Barcode: 5024017001053
Release Date: Jul 2025 (back in)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B

Thirty years after its original release, Main Source’s debut album Breaking Atoms has lost none of its capacity to surprise or delight. It remains a prime example of a classically styled hip-hop LP - two DJs, one MC, 11 tracks, no flab or filler. It wasn’t a slow burner - it was adored on release and hasn’t left the top ten of any serious rap fan ever since.

Few albums of this length are able to spawn four singles - all of them must-haves - while still having material galore on the album that could have been pressed as a 12”. ‘Snake Eyes’ ‘Vamos a Rapiar’ and ‘He Got So Much Soul (He Don’t Need No Music) could have been singles in their own rights, an embarrassment of riches.

1. Snake Eyes
2. Just Hangin' Out
3. Lookin' At The Front Door
4. Large Professor
5. Just A Friendly Game Of Baseball
6. Scratch & Kut
7. Peace Is Not The Word To Play
8. Vamos A Rapiar
9. He Got So Much Soul (he Don't Need No Music)
10. Live At The Barbeque
11. Watch Roger Do His Thing