Fuck What You Think

Fuck What You Think
Studio album by Main Source
Released	March 22, 1994
Recorded	1993-1994
Genre	East Coast hip hop
Label	Wild Pitch/EMI Records E2-98469
Producer	K-Cut
Main Source chronology
Breaking Atoms (1991) Fuck What You Think (1994)

Fuck What You Think is the second and final album by American hip hop group Main Source. It was released by Wild Pitch Records in March 22, 1994, and it was shelved after Main Source broke up later that year. However, the album was re-released as a CD and double LP in 1999. Large Professor, one of the group's founding members, left the group before the making of this album.

On this album, Sir Scratch and K-Cut combined their talents with Mikey D, an emcee previously signed to Sleeping Bag Records, who demonstrates a raw voice and delivery. The song "Set It Off" includes verses from Jadakiss and Sheek Louch of D-Block before they became successful a few years later. In addition, there is a female emcee named Shaqueen (Kool G Rap's wife) who contributes to "Set It Off" and "Fuck What You Think." Only one single was released from the album, "What You Need" in 1993.

Singer Madonna sampled the bass line from "What You Need" in the song "Human Nature," which appeared on her 1994 album, Bedtime Stories.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

• All tracks produced by K-Cut

1. "Diary of a Hitman" – 5:23
2. "Only the Real Survive" – 3:31
3. "What You Need" – 4:15
4. "Merrick Boulevard" – 3:27
5. "Down Low" – 3:36
6. "Intermission" – 1:56
7. "Where We're Coming From" – 3:22
8. "Hellavision" – 4:00
9. "Fuck What You Think" – 4:37
10. "Set It Off" (feat. The LOX) – 4:41
11. "Scratch and Kut '94" – 2:06

Samples

• "Diary of a Hitman"
  • "Can You Do Without" by Meters
• "Only The Real Survive"
  • "Never Can Say Goodbye" by James Brown
  • "Soul" by Jackie McLean
  • "Thoughts of Old Flames" by Pleasure
• "What You Need"
  • "Spinning Wheel" by Maynard Ferguson
• "Merrick Boulevard"
  • "Rural Still Life #26" by Tom Scott
• "Set It Off"
  • "Summer in the City" by Quincy Jones
• "Fuck What You Think"
  • "Fly With the Wings of Love" by Joe Sample
• "Hellavision"
  • "Wah-Wah Man" by Young-Holt Unlimited
• "Scratch and Kut '94"
  • "Pontieo" by Woody Herman

Singles

Single information
"What You Need" Released: 1993 B-side: "Merrick Boulevard"

Singles charts

Year	Song	Chart positions
		Hot Rap Singles
1994	"What You Need"	48

Personnel

• The Bomb Squad – Rap
• Terry Clarke – Design
• Amy Fine – Artwork
• Chris Gehringer – Mastering
• Paul Goodrich – Sequencing
• Daniel Hastings – Photography
• Richard Horniblow – Engineer
• K-Cut – Scratching, Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing
• Gregg Mann – Mixing
• Kevin McKenzie – Drums
• Shawn McKenzie – Guitar
• Bob Power – Bass, Mixing
• Michael Warner – Keyboards

References

1. Allmusic review