Big Shots (album)
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Big Shots is Charizma
& Peanut Butter Wolf
's first album. While the tracks for Big Shots were recorded in the early 90's while signed to the Disney owned Hollywood Basic record label, an album was never released due to artistic conflicts with the labels executives. Peanut Butter Wolf retained the tracks and released Big Shots through his label Stones Throw Records
in 2003, 10 years after Charizma's death. The album's first single, entitled "My World Premiere", was originally released in 1996. Big Shots was well received by critics and fans alike, earning 3 out of 5 stars on Allmusic.com and reaching number 3 on CMJ Magazine's
hip-hop chart.
Charizma
Charles Hicks a.k.a. Charizma was an MC from San Jose, California, United States. He is most known for his work with Peanut Butter Wolf; the two of them formed a duo together, but their music was cut short when Charizma was murdered in late 1993.-Biography:Charizma was 13 when he got his first...
& Peanut Butter Wolf
Peanut Butter Wolf
Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is a DJ, hip-hop producer and the founder of hip-hop label Stones Throw Records.A native of San Jose, California, He took on the name Peanut Butter Wolf in the late-80s when he realized that a girlfriend’s youngest brother feared the “peanut butter wolf monster”...
's first album. While the tracks for Big Shots were recorded in the early 90's while signed to the Disney owned Hollywood Basic record label, an album was never released due to artistic conflicts with the labels executives. Peanut Butter Wolf retained the tracks and released Big Shots through his label Stones Throw Records
Stones Throw Records
Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20....
in 2003, 10 years after Charizma's death. The album's first single, entitled "My World Premiere", was originally released in 1996. Big Shots was well received by critics and fans alike, earning 3 out of 5 stars on Allmusic.com and reaching number 3 on CMJ Magazine's
College Music Journal
College Music Journal, commonly known as CMJ, is a music events/publishing company which hosts an annual festival in New York City, the CMJ Music Marathon, as well as a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada. It publishes top 30...
hip-hop chart.
Track listing
| # | Title | Producer (s) | Performer (s) | Time | Sample (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Here Is a Smirk" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:32 | |
| 2 | "Methods" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 5:29 | *"Island Letter" by Shuggie Otis Shuggie Otis Shuggie Otis is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, and multi-instrumentalist.... |
| 3 | "Jack the Mack" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:10 | |
| 4 | "Talk About a Girl" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 1:24 | |
| 5 | "Red Light, Green Light" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 2:40 | |
| 6 | "Tell You Something" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:39 | |
| 7 | "Gatha Round" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:00 | |
| 8 | "Devotion" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:59 | |
| 9 | "Apple Juice Break" | PB Wolf | N/A | 0:38 | *"Les Fluers" by Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Lewis Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis, Jr. is an American jazz composer, pianist and radio personality. Ramsey Lewis has recorded over 80 albums and has received seven gold records and three Grammy Awards so far in his career.-Biography:... |
| 10 | "My World Premiere" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 2:07 | |
| 11 | "Ice Cream Truck" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:37 | |
| 12 | "Charizma What?" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:48 | |
| 13 | "Fair Wheathered Friend" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 4:05 | |
| 14 | "Soon to Be Large" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:15 | |
| 15 | "Pacin' the Floor" | PB Wolf | Charizma | 3:28 |
Singles
| Single information |
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"My World Premiere"
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| "Devotion"
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| "Here's a Smirk"
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| "Jack the Mack"
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