>Why did Geffen decide to not pull the trigger on this
>project. He had two videos (one for each single). I'm
>listening to this album now and it's good, the production is
>real nice with some cool lyrics. I can't see how with a little
>push this album would have failed. Was it dropping during the
>jiggy era?
>
>What was the deal? I think this album not dropping really
>messed up his career. He should be bigger than what he is IMO.
>

Main Source 1st album was a classic. "Fakin' The Funk" was a classic. Then Large Pro made a very strong statement on Tribe's "Keep It Rollin" which had his buzz way up.

The album probably sounds better in retrospect because his post Main Source career is a bit all over the place. But my first listen to the bootleg had me feeling like it was a 3, 3.5 outta 5 at best. Plus it was 2 years too late people were expecting it in '94, the singles dropped maybe late '95, early '96.

There are multiple versions of the bootleg. I'm sure the later versions are stronger than the first bootleg which was probably the real album. The first bootleg I heard was pretty short with only about 13 full songs (no Nas feature), 5 of which were already available on his two singles. I found the first two singles to be really good but maybe a little too old school to connect with the newer rap audience. Geffen's never done a particularly good job of promoting rap artists, so there you have it.

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