{{Short description|Album by Main Source}} {{Infobox album | name = Fuck What You Think | type = studio | artist = Main Source | cover = Fckwhatyouthinkcover.jpg | alt = | released = March 22, 1994 | recorded = 1993–1994 | venue = | studio = | genre = East Coast hip hop | length = | label = {{hlist|Wild Pitch|EMI<br><small>E2-98469</small> }} | producer = {{hlist|K-Cut (also {{abbr|exec.|executive producer}})|L.T.|Sir Scratch<ref name=VB>{{cite journal |last1=Diggs |first1=Latasha |title=Revolutions |journal=Vibe |date=April 1994}}</ref> }} | prev_title = Breaking Atoms | prev_year = 1991 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fck-what-you-think-mw0000111023|title=F*ck What You Think - Main Source | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> |rev3 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=442}}</ref> |rev4 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' |rev4score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=510}}</ref> }} '''''Fuck What You Think''''' is the second and final album by American/Canadian hip hop group Main Source.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/main-source-mn0000237949/biography|title=Main Source | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-in-hip-hop-main-source-releases-final-album/|title=Today In Hip-Hop: Main Source Releases Final Album - XXL|website=XXL Mag}}</ref> It was scheduled for release by Wild Pitch Records in 1994, although it is unclear whether the album actually made it to stores.<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Main Source |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/main-source/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=14 November 2020}}</ref> However, the album was released, or re-released, in 1999.<ref name=TP/><ref name=RS/> Large Professor, one of the group's founding members, left the group before the making of the album.<ref name=VB/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/raps-main-source|title=Rap's Main Source|first=Tim|last=Perlich|date=December 19, 2002}}</ref>
On this album, K-Cut and Sir Scratch 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 The Lox before they became successful a few years later. A female emcee named Shaqueen (Kool G Rap's former wife) contributes to "Set It Off" and "Fuck What You Think." Only one single was released from the album, "What You Need," in 1993.
Madonna sampled the bass line from "What You Need" in the song "Human Nature," which appeared on her 1994 album ''Bedtime Stories''.
==Critical reception== ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' wrote that the group's "fresh, jazzy platform was well served by the indignant, often complex lyrical matter they pursued."<ref name=CL/> ''The Guardian'' called the album "only OK - but then, compared to [the] innovative debut, most records are."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/jan/03/thegoldenageofhiphop|title=The missing link of hip-hop's golden age|first=Alan|last=McGee|date=January 3, 2008|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks produced by K-Cut, except track 2 produced by L.T., and tracks 4, 8, and 10 produced by Sir Scratch. {{Track listing | title1 = Diary of a Hitman | length1 = 5:23 | title2 = Only the Real Survive | length2 = 3:31 | title3 = What You Need | length3 = 4:15 | title4 = Merrick Boulevard | length4 = 3:27 | title5 = Down Low | length5 = 3:36 | title6 = Intermission | length6 = 1:56 | title7 = Where We're Coming From | length7 = 3:22 | title8 = Hellavision | length8 = 4:00 | title9 = Fuck What You Think | note9 = {{Abbr|feat.|featuring}} Shaqueen | length9 = 4:37 | title10 = Set It Off | note10 = {{Abbr|feat.|featuring}} Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, Lotto & Shaqueen | length10 = 4:41 | title11 = Scratch and Kut | length11 = 2:06 }}
==Singles== {| class="wikitable" ! Single information |- |align="left"|"What You Need" *Released: 1993 *B-side: "Merrick Boulevard" |}
==Singles charts== {| class="wikitable" !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Song ! Chart positions |- ! Hot Rap Singles |- | 1994 | "What You Need" |align="center"| 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 (Kevin McKenzie) – Scratching, Producer, Executive Producer, Mixing, Drums *Gregg Mann – Mixing *Bob Power – Bass, Mixing *Sir Scratch (Shawn McKenzie) – Guitar *Michael Warner – Keyboards
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