#708 Fakin’ The Funk / Instrumental – Main Source

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Listen:https://youtu.be/5MmfsZjI5yM

https://youtu.be/bWrBRVGvifc

A: Fakin The Funk (Remix) / B: Fakin The Funk (Instrumental)

When the film White Men Cant Jump was released in 1992, an EP of music from the film was dropped almost simultaneously. That EP, cheekily titled White Men Cant Rap, featured a couple of exclusive gems, notably Gang Starrs Now Youre Mine and a cut from Main Source called Fakin the Funk.

The only single borne of that six-track EP was the Main Source track, released in remixed form on Wild Pitch records the same year. No surprise, it was head and shoulders above the rest.

Opening with those unmistakable harmonies from Main Ingredients Magic Shoes, the intro segues into a crisp beat borrowed from Grady Tates frequently sampled Be Black Baby from 1969. Throw in a sprinkle of Kool & The Gang and youve got a track that would fit seamlessly onto Main Sources masterpiece of an album, Breaking Atoms.

Instead, its the groups last hurrah, the final collaboration between K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor before the latter departed the trio. Its fitting that he saves one of his best vocal performances for last, railing at sell-outs with the assistance of his long-term collaborator Neek the Exotic.

Never released before on an official 7, its a track that has lost none of its appeal, and the remix is the definitive version of this classic.