Browse by Artist: CHARIZMA & PEANUT BUTTER WOLF

Artist:	CHARIZMA & PEANUT BUTTER WOLF
Title:	Big Shots
Label:	STONES THROW
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	STH 2077CD

"Hip hop sometimes comes from strange places. For instance, Charles Hicks, a.k.a. MC Charizma, from the tiny San Jose suburb of Milpitas, and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf, living 20 minutes by bus up the street. Here are two kids who grew up living, breathing, and dreaming of the unusual -- rap beats. Charizma (then 'Charlie C') was rapping at high school talent shows, and Peanut Butter Wolf (then 'Chris Cut') was secretly teaching himself DJ skills in his bedroom, and the two formed a full-time partnership in music shortly after meeting in 1990. They landed a deal with the Disney's Hollywood Basics label, home of Organized Konfusion, and for the next year followed a strict regiment of making music all day, taking breaks for pinball and apple juice, and learning the fundamentals of battling a major label over artistic integrity. As artists, Charizma and PBWoIf were still reaching new heights, but the music was soon cut short. Charizma was tragically killed in December 1993."

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