Eric B & Rakim. Biz Markie's 'All Samples Cleared'. Pete Rock & CL Smooth's 'Mecca and the Soul Brother'. Nas's 'Illmatic' and 'Stillmatic'. Diamond D's 'Stunts, Blunts & Hip-hop'. Kool G Rap. Big Daddy Kane. A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders. Rob Swift. The Beastie Boys. Roxanne Shante. Gang Starr. Main Source.

Sound familiar? Then you know Large Professor. Go ahead, check the credits. We'll wait. [...]

News

11/13/02 — Large Pro made his UK debut last weekend at London's packed 93 Feet East. He also managed to make appearances on XFM's "All City" program and visited Kiss FM, BBC's 1Xtra and chatted non-stop with dj's and journalists from all over Europe. We're hopeful Large Professor will be taking the 'First Class' show on the road in 2003,but prior to that we're looking forward to a video for "Radioactive" which should be available for viewing on this site in the weeks ahead.

For more background on this pioneering artist, check out the Large Professor/Nas cover story in the latest issue of 'Mass Appeal'. Or, to find out for real why this hip hop legend is only getting started, you can hear a real audio stream of the Large Professor mix CD.

07/03/02 — Debut album '1st Class', coming in October
Over a year in the making, Matador is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of the long-awaited solo full-length album from Large Professor, '1st Class'. The legendary producer/MC has delivered classic tracks since the late '80's, under his own name, in collaboration with others and as the one time voice behind Main Source...but this is the first official album from one of the genre's unsung innovators. '1st Class' is out October 8 and includes guest appearances by Busta Rhymes, Nas and Q-Tip.

06/07/02 — newly confirmed NYC date as we patiently await delivery of Large Pro's Matador full length debut LP/CD, the legendary MC/producer has confirmed a rare solo date at Manhattan's SOB's, Wednesday, June 19.

03/23/02 — Large Pro Live
at the WQMC Free For All, April 11, 2002, 8PM - 1AM at the Queens College Student Union 4th Floor Ballroom. Featuring: Large Professor, Juggaknots, Showoff, Cropduster, Mr. R, and Overzealous.

07/12/00 — 12" Series and Subsequent Compilation Revealed:
When scheduling a series of hip hop 12"es, could there possibly be a better title for it than “The Matador Hip Hop 12" Series?” Of course there could, but we’re a little too late for your second guessing. How about some of you geniuses out there give us a hand before it’s too late next time? Here’s how the beginning of this series breaks down:

More titles to be announced at a later date. We’re planning on a compilation CD of all of the above, plus more material sometime in 2001.

05/25/00 — No titles yet, but Large Professor is busy mixing and finishing his first Matador single for release this summer. When we know more, so will you.

05/03/00 — We’re always saying things like “we’re thrilled to announce an upcoming record by ____” and it isn’t as though we’ve ever lied in the past. But the thrill meter just went into the red zone and damn busted into pieces. Later in 2000, Matador will be releasing a new 12" by Large Professor, the pioneering MC/producer who earned his legendary status way back when he was fronting Main Source. Along with production credits that include early stuff by Gangstarr, Nas, Eric B & Rakim, Roxanne Shante, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Chris Lowe and too many others, Large Professor has been busy with some new solo stuff, including recent live performances and a great 12" collaboration with Neek The Exotic (“Rhymemania ’99”) that came out on the Replay label last fall. He’s also been doing some production work on the upcoming Non Phixion ‘The Future Is Now’ full length. When we’ve got more details, titles, dates, etc., we’ll let you know.