Partially inspired by that last Marco Polo Radar post, I wanted to take a sec and lay it down for Large Professor. This man is NICE on the production tip, always has been. I’ve always been partial to his remixes (which always make me grab records), but he’s also got some landmark production credits from Main Source to Common‘s Resurrection to Nas‘ Illmatic (he produced; It Ain’t Hard To Tell, Halftime & One Time 4 Your Mind) . Though I’ve always preferred him as a producer VS MC – though he can hold his own. The man’s discography is not to be overlooked. I took a sec and made a point to revisit Extra P‘s work and try to dig out some gems. I found more worth mentioning than I expected and this may be my longest post to date (until I do a DITC one). This is just the tip of the iceberg really…

Main Source – Fakin The Funk
This cut is just slammin. You should all know this cut.

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Leaders Of The New School – What’s Next (Large Pro Remix)
I think I was a freshman in high school when I first heard this. I was all over the Native Tongue fam and What’s Next was a hard ass cut already. I was floored with I heard the remix.

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Slick Rick-It’s A Boy (Large Pro Remix)
I admit, I never really paid too much attention to this 12″ until recently when my man LRS started pulling this out. The Large Pro remix kills the OG in my opinion.

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Common – Resurrection (Extra P Remix)
What really needs to be said here? He also did another remix of this cut too, though I prefer this one.

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These next two are straight classics. Both off his 96 album The LP.

Large Professor-Ijustwannachill

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Large Professor-Mad Scientist

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SOME EXTRA EXTRA P SHIT

Lord Finesse-Isn’t He Something (Larg Pro Remix)

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Large Professor – The Rap World ft. Pete Rock

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Yes, new GOOD hip hop is still coming out (not trying to get the agrument going), you just need to know where to look. I’ve been waiting for the 12″ to drop since I heard Premier cutting it on Live From HeadQCourterz a little while back. I believe Marco Polo himself reflipped this song into this remix. It’s banging. In all honesty, I wasn’t too impressed with the album in it’s entirity, but this is going to make me revisit it.
Marco Polo – The Radar REMIX (Featuring Large Professor)

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Marco Polo – Nostalgic (Featuring Masta Ace)
This is the other cut I’ve had in rotation since Marco’s album dropped. First, the beat is just too nice. Second, it’s Ace.

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OUT SCOOPED! Props to O-Dub for his Who Flipped It Better series (which is quite dope on the regular). I didn’t even make the connection to the People Under The Stairs song, NOR to I even have this 45.

PS check in on the homie UNITE, who just put up a new post on local San Diego spot Landlord Jim’s. Its where we get down every Saturday night. More on how we get down at SanDiegoJumpOff.com