The Main Event (album)

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The Main Event
Fingathing TheMainEvent albumcover.jpg
Studio album by
Fingathing
Released20 November 2000
Genre Hip-hop
Length54:55
Label Grand Central
GCCD108
Producer Fingathing
Fingathing chronology
The Main Event
(2000)		 Superhero Music
(2002)

The Main Event is the debut album by Fingathing. [1] It was released in 2000 on Grand Central Records. [2]

Contents

Production

The album was produced by Fingathing's DJ Peter Parker and Sneaky; Parker provided the scratching, and Sneaky played double bass. [3] Many of the tracks are about wrestling. [4] [5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

AllMusic wrote that "it's rare that discs released by scratch or battle DJs ever hold a candle to their respective live performances, but here Fingathing definitely defy convention." [6] The Guardian wrote that some of the songs "are lushly atmospheric, while others have the rudimentary feel and brutal minimalism of earliest hip hop." [7]

Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 0:43
  2. "Check It Out" – 2:58
  3. "Big Monsters Crush Cities" – 5:56
  4. "Come On Girls" – 1:50
  5. "Head to Head" – 4:08
  6. "How to Smoke" (featuring DJ Noize) – 4:11
  7. "Slappy's Tune" – 2:22
  8. "Just Practice" (featuring Mr. Scruff) – 3:52
  9. "Big Kid" – 2:40
  10. "Remember This?" – 0:48
  11. "You Fly Me" – 3:11
  12. "Ffathead" – 3:20
  13. "Slippin" (featuring Veba) – 5:14
  14. "A Light Refreshment" – 1:11
  15. "Crowd Pleasers" (featuring DJ Noize) – 3:42
  16. "Ffling" – 3:42
  17. "The Final Bout" – 5:07

References

  1. ↑ "Pop review: Fingathing". The Guardian. 6 February 2001.
  2. ↑ "Fingathing Biography & History". AllMusic.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 452.
  4. ↑ "Fingathing Fingathing and the Big Red Nebula Band". RapReviews.
  5. ↑ Smith, Jack. "Review of Fingathing -– And the Big Red Nebula Band". BBC.
  6. 1 2 "The Main Event Fingathing". AllMusic.
  7. 1 2 Lester, Paul (17 November 2000). "Friday review: music: Pop CD releases: Fingathing: The Main Event". The Guardian. p. 23.


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