Breaking Atoms
Album by Main Source
Released	1991
Recorded	Homeboy Studio, Power Play and Libra Digital
Genre	Hip hop
Length	46:14
Label	Wild Pitch Records
Producer(s)	Main Source
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Main Source chronology
	Breaking Atoms (1991)	Fuck What You Think (1994)

Breaking Atoms was the debut album of Main Source. It is widely thought of as a very influential album and is notable for the debut of hip hop superstar Nas. It is also highly regarded thanks to the virtuoso production of frontman Large Professor, whose heavy, and original, use of sampling influenced hip-hop producers for a good portion of the 90's. Image File history File links WPD2004. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ... Main Source is a New York hip-hop group comprised of Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Large Professor. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Wild Pitch Records was a hip hop label started in the mid 1980s, eventually going out of business in the mid 1990s. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links Description: 5 out of 5 star. ... Main Source is a New York hip-hop group comprised of Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Large Professor. ... Main Source is a New York hip-hop group comprised of Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Large Professor. ... Hip hop music (also referred to as rap or rap music) is a style of popular music. ... Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), known commonly as Nas, is a prominent African American rapper. ... Large Professor (born March 21, 1972), is an African-American hip hop record producer. ...

Track listing

1. "Snake Eyes" – 3:30
2. "Just Hangin' Out" – 4:10
3. "Looking at the Front Door" – 4:10
4. "Large Professor" – 3:08
5. "Just a Friendly Game of Baseball" – 3:22
6. "Scratch & Kut" – 2:57
7. "Peace Is Not the Word to Play" – 3:07
8. "Vamos a Rapiar" – 3:59
9. "He Got So Much Soul (He Don't Need No Music)" – 3:34
10. "Live at the Barbeque" – 4:35
11. "Watch Roger Do His Thing" – 4:22
12. "Just a Friendly Game of Baseball (Remix)" – 5:20

Trivia

• Nas' famous debut appearance, "Live at the Barbeque", is played in the background of "Genesis", the intro to his critically acclaimed album, Illmatic.

• Received a perfect rating of "5 Mics" in "The Source" magazine.