Stones Throw 101 (2004)

Product Summary Label: Caroline Distribution UPC: 00659457210120 Release Date: 11/16/2004 Buy.com Sku: 63903432 Item#: MLCCPJ Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. My World Premiere - Charizma ~ Various Artists 2. In Rhymes We Trust (Instrumental) / Dinosaur Brain Beat - MED/Quasimoto ~ Various Artists 3. Falling - Dudley Perkins ~ Various Artists 4. Be With - Koushik ~ Various Artists 5. Accordion - Madvillain ~ Various Artists 6. Little Girl - Yesterdays New Quintet ~ Various Artists 7. Right Now Real / 6 Variations Of In The Rain - MED/Madlib ~ Various Artists 8. Chippin - Quasimoto ~ Various Artists 9. Green Tree - Oh No/Dudley Perkins ~ Various Artists 10. Dreams/Comrades - Stark Reality ~ Various Artists 11. Champion Sound - Jaylib ~ Various Artists 12. Ghetto Rhyme Story, A - Percee P ~ Various Artists 13. Raw Shit / #111 - Jaylib/Talib Kweli/Madlib ~ Various Artists 14. Kiana - Wildchild ~ Various Artists 15. I Can't Help Myself - Oh No ~ Various Artists 16. Bang Ya Head - MED ~ Various Artists 17. Good Morning Sunshine - Quasimoto ~ Various Artists 18. Blaze Up - Jaylib ~ Various Artists 19. Figaro / Beat # 222 - Madvillain/Madlib ~ Various Artists 20. Interlude - Malik Flavors ~ Various Artists 21. Play This One - J-Rocc ~ Various Artists 22. What About You - Co-Real Artists ~ Various Artists 23. Bunky's Pick - Cut Chemist ~ Various Artists 24. Six Pack Of Time / Runnin' Wild - Egon ~ Various Artists 25. Sunrise - DJ Rels ~ Various Artists 26. Listen To This - MED ~ Various Artists 27. I'm Here - Oh No ~ Various Artists 28. The Mission / Beat #333 - Jaylib/Madlib ~ Various Artists 29. She Makes Me Think Of Endicott - Gary Wilson ~ Various Artists 30. Eye - Madvillain (Koushik remix) ~ Various Artists 31. Fraudulent - Homeliss Derilex ~ Various Artists 32. Episode 2 - Lootpack/God's Gift ~ Various Artists 33. Gangsta Groove - Stezo ~ Various Artists 34. Unassisted - Rasco ~ Various Artists 35. Talk About A Girl - Charizma/Peanut Butter Wolf ~ Various Artists 36. Ladies Can I Have Your Attention - C$Money/DJ Chase ~ Various Artists 37. B-Boy Theme - Lootpack ~ Various Artists 38. Headbanger's Ball - Dooley-O ~ Various Artists 39. Showbiz / Blind Man / Color - Breakestra ~ Various Artists 40. Space Slut - Funkaho ~ Various Artists 41. In Your Area - Peanut Butter Wolf/Planet Asia ~ Various Artists 42. Parallel Worlds - Joe McDuphrey Experience ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info STONES THROW 101 includes a bonus DVD. This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Peanut Butter Wolf. Most underground hip-hop fans won't need a primer on Stones Throw, easily the best independent rap label of the late '90s and 2000s, and the home of Peanut Butter Wolf, Wildchild, and a host of Madlib projects (Madvillain, Quasimoto, Lootpack, Yesterday's New Quintet). Nevertheless, for its 101st release the label organized a two-disc package including a DVD with all of the label's videos and a CD with a Peanut Butter Wolf mix album of Stones Throw classics and unreleased tracks. Actually, the set works better as a fan-only release (of which the label has many) than an introduction, including more obscurities than truly excellent nuggets. Everyone exposed to this package, though, will discover exactly what makes the label special: an unerring ability to inflict the most bizarre material on unsuspecting listeners lured in by the label's world-class beat-making. The mix disc from Stones Throw boss PBW shows his affinity for resurrecting forgotten music from many varying generations and styles -- from acid rock (the Stark Reality) to funk (L.A. Carnival) to new wave (Gary Wilson) to golden age rap (Dooley-O). As good as the music is, the DVD portion is capable of luring in more buyers than the CD; anyone who follows the continuing development of innovative music videos should consider owning these. Madvillain's "All Caps," a Marvel comic come to life, is the most stunning, although Quasimoto's "Come On Feet" is fascinating as well (imagine if Tool were ever hired to make a video for Sesame Street), and, for label fans only, "Whenimondamic" has Lootpack ranging around the California desert reprising The X-Files (making a freak like OutKast's Andre 3000 seem like Father MC in comparison). ~ John Bush   Technical Info Release Date : 11/16/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 2101 Label : Stones Throw Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00659457210120