Name: Peace Is Not The Word To Play (Remix) / Peace Is Not The Word To Play
Brand: Main Source

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

MRB7189

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-02-12

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

7119691271071

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Total Cap

1 / 7" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Main Source

Genre GB

Hip Hop

Label GB

Mr Bongo

We'll get to the vocal content in a second, but first it's time to acknowledge what a patchwork tapestry of genius 'Peace is not the word to play' is in terms of production. Large Professor being a prodigy on the SP-1200 is well established, but the way he flips parts of MFSB's TLC and Milly and Silly's obscure Gettin' Down for Xmas with a sprinkling of Lyn Collins here establishes his credentials in the top tier. Lyrically, it's a tour de force, with Main Source taking exception with the misuse of the word 'peace' by the hip-hop fraternity. With even the most homicidal of gangster rappers dropping it at the end of tracks at the time, time was overdue for some regulation. The album version makes its point pithily in a single verse, while the remix, included on the flip of this first ever 7" release, expands on the topic with new verses and some new samples too. It's a welcome reminder of the time when remixes were remixes not just the identical track with the latest hot rappers joining in. Most of all, Main Source once again walk the fine line between lyrical lecture and head-nodding banger the rare example of a track with a point to make that can still fill a dancefloor and get necks snapping.

Peace Is Not The Word To Play (Remix) / Peace Is Not The Word To Play

Music GB