1st Class CASSETTE

Large Professor built 1st Class the same way he built his name in early-'90s New York: stacking samples into thick, boom-bap blocks and handing the mic to Nas, Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, and Akinyele across sixteen tracks on Matador. The record climbed to No. 52 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, proof the Main Source architect could still land punches solo. High Rise Records presses it back onto cassette for another run.