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Main Source was a Canadian-American East Coast hip-hop group based in New York City/Toronto, composed of Toronto-born DJs and producers, K-Cut and Sir Scratch, as well as the New York City natives, DJ J.O.D and record producer Large Professor. Later, another Queens MC, Mikey D (Michael Deering), replaced Large Professor.
Prior to Main Source, Mikey D was also one third of the Laurelton, Queens-based hip-hop group Mikey D & The L.A. Posse. The group also consisted of DJ Johnnie Quest and engineer/producer Paul C (who was also the mentor of Large Professor). In 1988, Mikey D was also the winner of the New Music Seminar battle for world supremacy.
Large Professor went on to be an instrumental producer for hip-hop stars such as Eric B. & Rakim, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Nas, and Diamond D. He references his falling-out with Sir Scratch and K-Cut on A Tribe Called Quest's third album Midnight Marauders. On the track "Keep It Rollin'" he says, "I'm Uptown chillin', takin in this Grandmaster Vic blend/from the projects, the PJ's, fuck them two DJ's; Self mission."
K-Cut also produced for a wide range of hip-hop artists, including Big Pun, Maestro Fresh-Wes, Fu-Schnickens, Queen Latifah, and even NBA star Shaquille O'Neal. He also mentored another Toronto-based producer named Watts.
On December 22, 2002, at a concert in Toronto, the original members of Main Source performed together for the first time in nearly 10 years.
Breaking Atoms was named as one of two jury vote winners, alongside Buffy Sainte-Marie's It's My Way!, of the Polaris Heritage Prize at the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. "2020 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize Winners Named". FYI Music News, November 16, 2020.
| 1990 | "Looking at the Front Door" | 1 | Breaking Atoms |
| 1991 | "Just Hangin' Out" | 11 | Breaking Atoms |
| 1992 | "Fakin' the Funk" | 1 | White Men Can't Rap |
| 1994 | "What You Need" | 48 | Fuck What You Think |
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