Episode 54 - Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw Series)
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
Higher Ground
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2017
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
This week Sam sits down with DJ and music producer Chris Manak, also known as Peanut Butter Wolf. Chris has been active in the music industry since the late '80s, and founded the LA-based independent record label @StonesThrow Records in 1996. For over 20 years, Chris' label has demonstrated a far-reaching taste in music, representing the many flavors of hip-hop alongside cross-genre and experimental acts. Aloe Blacc, Mayer Hawthorne, and Talk Easy alum Mndsgn are among the vast list of musicians on the Stones Throw roster. The first of a series spotlighting musicians from Stones Throw Records, this week's episode includes Sam and Chris discussing everything from Chris' musical influences while growing up (8:02), to the highs and lows of the evolving music industry (27:35), as well as his late friend and collaborator J Dilla (40:41). ------------------------------------------------- Music for the show provided by @Vanilla and @jinsangbeats. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi: www.krishnabalashenoi.com/. Learn more about the show at www.talkeasypod.com
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| 0:54.0 | Oh, Oh, Hello welcome to the show this is talk easy I'm Sam for Goso and thank you for |
| 1:10.1 | being here as I mentioned at the tail end of last week's episode with |
| 1:13.6 | Corinne Bailey Ray, we're doing something a little bit different on the show |
| 1:17.0 | through the rest of May. For the next four episodes we'll be diving into the |
| 1:21.1 | past, present, and future of Stones Thore records, the innovative independent |
| 1:26.3 | label behind acts like Jay Dilla, Dam Funk, Aio Black, and so many more, a few of which |
| 1:32.3 | we're going to talk to in the next few weeks. |
| 1:34.7 | But first, we're kicking the series off with Chris Manac, better known by his stage name, |
| 1:40.0 | Peanut Butter Wolf. |
| 1:41.9 | Wolf founded Stones Th Throw Records in 1996 with the intention to distribute music he loved. |
| 1:48.0 | To this date, they have stuck by that idealistic mission statement. |
| 1:52.3 | Shepherding diverse acts across different genres, |
| 1:55.2 | Wolf is responsible for kick-starting the careers of Mad Lib slash Quasimodo, |
| 2:00.0 | Kareem Riggins, Mayor Hawthorne, and Beyond. |
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