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STONES THROW IS 10! intr-o noua formatie imbogatita de: J Rocc, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Roc 'C', and Aloe Blacc.

Aparitii 2006:

J DILLA "Donuts" (Feb 7)
MADLIB "Beat Konducta Vol 1-2" CD (Mar 7)
MADVILLAIN
DUDLEY PERKINS "Expressions"
PERCEE P
KOUSHIK
GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW
ALOE BLACC
ROC 'C'
OH NO
+ plus a couple other currently top-secret joints.
From Now-Again and Soul Cal Records:

HELIOCENTRICS
WHITEFIELD BROTHERS
KASHMERE STAGE BANG ANTHOLOGY
AMNESTY ANTHOLOGY
SOUL CAL COMPILATION

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MADLIB - BEAT KONDUCTA VOL 1-2 / STREET DATE: MARCH 7
Long awaited Beat Konducta Vol 2 LP will be released simultaneously with Vols 1-2 together on one CD - 35 Tracks total and a full hour of Madlib heat. "An extended bong hit session ... it would be a pretty bugged out movie that rocked this for a soundtrack." - XLR8R

Peep some Beat Konducta tracks: http://myspace.com/madlib
CD cover and track list: http://stonesthrow.com/records/sth2133.html
Madlib: http://www.stonesthrow.com/madlib

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J DILLA - DONUTS / STREET DATE: FEB 7
Early reviewers are buggin' out. "Donuts" is four weeks away from release, but pre-sale is already available at fatbeats.com, hiphopsite.com, sandboxautomatic.com - all with special bonus item, the Donuts picture disc 45. The picture disc features J Dilla feat. Roc C & Oh No "Louder (vocal version) b/w "Signs" (not available on LP). This 45 will sell out and will not be re-pressed.

J Dilla / Donuts on Myspace.com: http://www.myspace.com/jdilla

Listening parties for "Donuts":
Feb 02 - Houston
Feb 07 - Grand Rapids
Feb 07 - Detroit
Feb 09 - NYC (with Waajeed & Koushik)
Feb 17 - San Francisco (with Madlib/Sound Directions, PBWolf, J Rocc)
MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
http://www.stonesthrow.com/upcoming/

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PERCEE P / KOUSHIK / J ROCC / COLD HEAT
The Rhyme Inspector Percee P's album was promised for 2005 and will be delivered in 2006. This delay is not due to a lack of recording - Percee & Madlib have recorded and remixed a ton of material and Madlib is remixing even more. Percee P stayed busy with unforgettable guest shots in 2005 - Edan's "Torture Chamber", Four Tet's "A Joy" - and has several others in the pipeline for this year, including a rap version of Sound Directions "Theme For Ivory Black" and Koushik's remix of Now Again's "Cold Heat" funk comp.

Here is an advance MP3:
Koushik feat. Percee P - "Cold Beats (Cold Heat Megamix)"
http://www.stonesthrow.com/koushik_percee-cold_beats.mp3
More on J Rocc & Koushik's Cold Heat remixes:
http://stonesthrow.com/nowagain/coldheat/remixes.htm
Percee P:
http://myspace.com/perceep | http://www.stonesthrow.com/perceep

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GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW / DUDLEY PERKINS
New Dudley P. & Madlib single "Funky Dudley" b/w "Testin Me" coming soon. Ms. Muldrow's self-produced, self-released EP "Worthnothings" will have an official commercial release in March through Stones Throw. The two will TOUR EUROPE:

21st Jan (Sat) - Friends & Family @ Cargo, LONDON
04th Feb (Sat) - La Palma, ROME, ITALY
09th Feb (Thr) - Cabaret Voltaire, EDINBURGH, U.K
10th Feb (Fri) - New Bohemia @ The Faversham, LEEDS, U.K
18th Feb (Sat) - Friends & Family @ The Roadhouse, MANCHESTER, U.K
24th Feb (Fri) - Club Vandemecum, PORTO, Portugal
25th Feb (Sat) - ViGO, Spin (Venue TBC)
03rd Mar (Fri) - PARIS, France

Everybody's got a story, here's mine.
by Peanut Butter Wolf

I first discovered popular music as a young kid in the mid 1970's. The first song I remember making an impact on me (besides Schoolhouse Rock) was "What's Goin On" by Marvin Gaye. The TV station I used to watch would play it saturday morning right before cartoons started at 6AM. I remember liking the music, the vocals, and even the message it brought. (Kids understand more than we give them credit for). In the late 1970's I started buying records. My second grade teacher would play us disco songs on Fridays. I was maybe 6 years old and would get a record for my birthday or Christmas. Some favorites were "Saturday Night Fever," "Boogie Nights," and "YMCA."

1979 was my "coming of age" year. I was nine years old and started getting allowance. What that translates to is: I started buying records weekly. I could only afford the 45 singles, but that was enough for me. Holidays would get me a 12" (Double Dutch Bus) or an album (Cameo). I would also save my lunch money and eat when I came home so I could buy more records.

Coincidentally, 1979 was also the year that hip hop records started to spring up at the neighborhood record store. It was mostly songs on an independent label called Sugarhill Records that made it to the West Coast (They had their promotion, as well as their distribution together.) I soon noticed that whatever I bought from that label would be consistant to the other songs from the label.

In 1982, I bought "Planet Rock" on Tommy Boy Records. I started to realise that they always had it together. With songs like "Pack Jam", "Play That Beat," "Space Is the Place," and "Play At Your Own Risk," you always got your five dollar's worth.

Then I noticed a pattern. Sunnyview Records was cool because of "Jam On Revenge" and "ET Boogie". Beauty & the Beat Records had "Triple Threat," "King Kut," and "What the Party Needs." Vintertainment had "2,3 Break," "Hip Hop On Wax," "Girls," and "Pee Wee's Dance." Def Jam had "It's Yours," "I Need A Beat," "Drum Machine," "Beat The Clock," and "Party's Gettin Rough" (They couldn't go wrong.) At this time, I was a bedroom DJ, making mixtapes for my friends at school. I also borrowed a drum machine and started recording demos with a group called The Slobs.

Dreams of being the next Cold Chillin

For me, 1986 was the year that I first considered starting a label when I grew up. I wrote a high school essay about it that year (Just recently found it). I even went so far as to decide against college, since I figured it wouldn't help my music career anyway. (I later changed my mind and got my degree in Business Marketing).

Four years later while still in college, I put out my first record ("You Can't Swing This" by Lyrical Prophecy) with a label called PMR Records. It was run by Kim Collett, who DJed with me at the local radio station (KSJS). I got my dad to pitch in $500 to get the thing released, making me a part owner in the label. We only pressed 500 copies, never mastered it, cut and pasted the artwork, and didn't even know you could sell them to a distributor. We gave some copies away to our friends and family and local radio stations and sold some to the local stores. After all that, we still had about half of the records leftover. But our goal was to make a record and we had reached it! We were local heros. Who would ever think a group from San Jose, California could put out their own hip hop record?

Later, that year I met Charles Hicks AKA Charizma. We hit it off right away and before you knew it, we were a group. Charizma was a lot like myself in that he was weird, liked to take chances musically, and had a good knowledge and appreciation of hip hop (even though he was only 16 when we met.) After a while, Charizma and I decided that we wanted to sign with a label that had already proven themselves. Wild Pitch and Tuff City came to mind, since we liked their artist rosters, but we were thinking bigger like an Elektra (Leaders, KMD, Del, Brand Nubian) or Jive (Tribe, BDP, Too Short). The Source had just come out as did Yo MTV Raps and hip hop promotion was becoming the fifth element of hip hop.

After shopping our tape to a few labels, we decided to "settle" for Hollywood Basics (Walt Disney). We were never too excited about the deal (we were cocky back then), although we were fans of Organized Konfusion. We figured that at least we would have artistic freedom with them, since they were the most interested in us. Besides, they were promising us soundtracks, a movie role in "Sister Act 2" alongside a then unknown Lauryn Hill, and a big wad of cash.

As far as the artistic freedom, the exact opposite was the case. Since they hadn't proven themselves as a hip hop label, they wouldn't give any of the groups freedom. Being owned by Walt Disney made it even a harder situation, because the people in charge had no experience with hip hop. Charizma and I eventually got out of the deal right before they ended their hip hop division. Two months later, in December 1993, Charizma passed away.

Of course, this put my life into perspective. At first I quit music completely. Eventually, making beats and DJing was a way for me to deal with the pain of losing both my music partner and my best friend. I also decided that our music had to be heard. I made some demos and gave them out to a few industry people I knew, but nobody was serious about the project.

While I was giving out tapes, Dave Paul from the Bomb Hip Hop Magazine put out an album featuring the best hip hop artists of the Bay Area. It featured (among others) Blackalicious, Mystic Journeymen, Qbert, and of course Charizma.

The next two years brought several compilations (Return of the DJ), instrumental beats (Peanut Butter Breaks), and production work (Kool Keith) for me. I even released an EP called "Step On Our Egos" for Southpaw Records. Still in the back of my mind, I wanted to release the Charizma songs.

Making the dream a reality

After recording for these other labels, I realised that I was having as much fun promoting the records as recording the songs. I also became confident that I could do a good job running a label, and more importantly convinced a distibutor (Nu Gruv Alliance) that I could do it. 1996 saw the release of "My World Premier" by Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf on Stones Throw Records. The name "Stones Throw" came from a saying my mom used that Charizma and I teased her about (We were big on mom jokes). It had been three years since he died, but people still thought it was a new song. A year later, I was at KRS One's "Step Into A World" video shoot when Kenny Parker played it. KRS was nodding his head and asked Kenny who it was and how he could get a copy. At that point, I realised another goal had been met - approval from someone who influenced us.

So, why am I telling you this personal story? Because Stones Throw Records is a very personal label for me. I put out what I personally like and save the rest for the other labels out there. As executive producer, I don't put out what I think the people will like, I put out what I like. This has worked for me so far, and if it stops working for me, it will be the end of Stones Throw as a label. I've passed on some artists that I knew would sell a lot of units because I didn't like the songs. That sounds like a bad business move and from a purely financial standpoint it is one, but profit isn't the only thing that drives my label. If money were my sole motivation, I'd be rich by now because so far I've attained everything I've put my mind to. I may be wealthy someday, but only as an indirect consequence of putting out what I believe to be good music.

As an artist myself, I have the artists help decide how much money to spend on promoting their records. We all split the profits after expenses, so it makes sense that we collectively decide how much to spend on promotion. This includes video budget, advertising, radio promotion, video promotion, street teams, snippet tapes, stickers, flats, posters, 8x10 glossies, etc.

As a DJ myself, I have always been commited to releasing vinyl LPs as well as breakbeat records. I put out instrumental versions of the albums because (1) the artists should be able to rock a show from vinyl, and (2) the DJs ask for it.

Since my record buying "career" started as a kid buying 45's, I'm now releasing 45's and have found several artists commited to joining the cause of preserving this endangered species, even if it means selling only 1,000 units per title.

Does the reality live up to the dream?

So is it stressful running a record label? Of course.

First of all, there are never enough hours in the day to answer every letter, phone call, and email. People get straight up offended when you don't respond. In the morning you brainstorm about work while taking a shower and at night your dreams revolve around deadlines that you missed. Collecting money from people and for people also takes a toll after a while. Monthly phone bills the size of a house payment can bring on an ulcer. Also, you want to help people starting out because you were there once, but when people get aggresive and demanding, you have to draw the line. Others are upset with you perceived success and want to keep you down so they talk about you and of course it gets back to you.

Is it challenging? Of course.

Maintaining relationships is the biggest challenge because it is so time intensive. You have relationships with your artists, distributors, radio stations, video stations, stores, writers, promoters, publicists, designers, pressing plants, and of course the people buying your records. Sometimes you piss people off by giving your opinion and at other times people piss you off by giving you theirs. The challenge is to move ahead with that person, because the industry is small and incestual and you'll probably have to work together in the future.

Is it fulfilling? Of course.

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OH NO VIDEO FOR CUBA GOODING JR.'S "DIRTY"

Oh No's "Chump" has been chosen for the upcoming Cuba Gooding Jr film "Dirty" directed by Chris Fisher.
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Music


J Dilla - Airworks MP3
Feb. 7, 2006: Donuts from J Dilla aka Jay Dee.
FOUR OTHER TRACKS: www.myspace.com/jdilla
More Info: www.stonesthrow.com/jdilla


Madlib/Beat Konducta - Understanding (Comprehension) MP3
March 7, 2006: CD Beat Konducta, Vol. 1-2: Movie Scenes.


Roc 'C' / Lover's Choice - Joy 'N Pain MP3
From Roc 'C's Ox Shit white label EP.
Read More: www.stonesthrow.com/roc

P.S.: Save Link Target As... After Enjoy!

VIDEOS


Oh No - Chump
Directed by Chris Fisher. Contains clips from the movie "Dirty" (2006).
Read More: Dirty


Madvillain - All Caps
Directed by James Reitano.
Read More: Interview with the director


PB Wolf/Stones Throw Singers - Rain of Earth
Directed by Ross Harris. Taken from Dimension Mix (Ennie Meenie Records).
Read More: www.DimensionMix.com


MED - Push
Directed by Andrew Gura
Read More: www.stonesthrow.com/med


Oh No - Move
Directed by Lex Sidon
Read More: www.stonesthrow.com/ohno


Quasimoto - Bullyshit
Directed by James Reitano
Read More: www.stonesthrow.com/quasimoto


Jaylib - McNasty Filth
(on iFilm.com)
Directed by Lex Sidon
Read More: www.stonesthrow.com/jaylib


Gary Wilson - Gary's in the Park
Directed by Ross Harris
Read More: www.stonesthrow.com/garywilson

Other Stones Throw Videos:
Stones Throw 101 DVD/CD

"DONUTS" FULL CD STREAMING AT REAL

Spring 2006: new album by Dudley Perkins "Expressions"
Produced by Madlib. MP3: Funky Dudley <-
12-inch "Funky Dudley" b/w "Testin' Me" out now

You might know Dudley Perkins through one of his many roles as an essential player in the West Coast 805 Hip Hop crew that brought you the likes of Lootpack, Quasimoto, Wildchild, Oh No, and Medaphoar. Although a rapper since 1987, Dudley first came on the scene in 1995 under the MC alias Declaime, featured on the opening track of The Alkaholiks second album, "Coast To Coast" (Loud). A few years later, hip hop fans saw different talents at work as his illustration of the Lootpack coincidentally became the album cover for their debut release: Soundpieces (Stones Throw).

It was around this time in 1999 that he and Madlib were messing around in the studio and came up with a unusual track, ??€?Flowers??€? about Dudley??€�s love affair with sticky green trees. Eventually, Peanut Butter Wolf heard the track and insisted on releasing it on a limited edition 7??€? to surprisingly great results.

Flowers was embraced both by Hip-Hop fans as well as Nu Soul enthusiasts like British DJ Gilles Peterson, who featured the track on his Worldwide Mix CD (Talkin Loud). Lemon Jelly mentions in Muzik Magazine (April 2003) that "Flowers" is one of their favorites of all time, describing Dudley as sounding like ??€?a very early Erykah Badu on acid??€?. Vinia Mojica, who??€�s sang with everyone from ATCQ to Mos Def, has also recently expressed interest in collaborating with Dudley as well. Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Although the success of this song may have been a quirky fluke, Dudley??€�s debut album is proof that his attempt at entering the realm of the singing world was anything but a mistake. A Lil' Light is the direct result of demand for a follow-up to Flowers.

Chestnut??€�s debut, Dudley presents us with a new, unique type of soul on A Lil Light. Mr. Perkins takes us for a ride through his own very unique, intimate, wild and bumpy road. No wonder people compare Dudley to a cross between ODB and Snoop (with whom he bears an uncanny resemblance). A painfully honest MC attitude mixed with the presentation of a cracked soul singer.

Listen to the new single, Money about how the evils of money make the world go ??€?round. His tongue in cheek method goes over most people??€�s heads, but even this most controversial yet predictable of topics gets a new take when presented through the mind of Dudley.

A Lil' Light is the first fully-produced Madlib album since Yesterdays New Quintet's "Angles Without Edges" (Stones Throw, 2001). It is also the precursor to Madlib??€�s albums with Jay Dilla, MF Doom and comes out at the same time as his Blue Note remix album, Shades of Blue. For Dudley Perkins, Madlib has created a backdrop that lets the man be loose and liberated in ways that most artists wouldn't dare. The question now is how wide are your ears? And can you get with this?

Also see: www.myspace.com/dudleyperkins

The Stones Throw Podcast
Episode #1: Thank You Jay Dee

Subscribe on iTunes: Stones Throw Podcast
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Episode 1:
"Thank You Jay Dee" J Dilla mix by J Rocc
68 minute Tribute to J Dilla, courtesy of J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies.
The Stones Throw podcast in coming months will feature the Stones Throw 2006 sampler, Madlib's Mind Fusion #3.33, a J Rocc & Roc C mix, and many more exclusives.
Streaming audio: Thank You Jay Dee: J Dilla mix by J Rocc

Tre sa-mi pun Podcast-ul asta pe iPod.

BARON ZEN "AT THE MALL"

01. Baron Zen Theme
02. No More
03. Walked In Line - (Joy Division Cover
04. F***in' Bored
05. Shoes
06. Turn Around
07. Night In Jail
08. Last Night
0 9. When I Hear Music - (Debbie Deb Cover)
10. Gotta Get Rid Of Rick
11. At The Mall
12. Money
13. Walking On Sunshine - (Katrina & The Waves)
14. Burn Rubber - (Gap Band Cover)

Limited edition vinyl & CD
Available Now: Sandboxautomatic | Hiphopsite
Digital: iTunes

Also see: www.myspace.com/baronzen

Peanut Butter Wolf, before making his name as a DJ and Producer and before founding Stones Throw Records, was programming drums for a one-man punk rock/disco army known as Baron Zen. Known, that is, to almost no one, because Baron Zen did not play shows, did not release records, rejected all forms of publicity, and above all, rejected the bounderies separating hip hop, disco, punk rock, and pop.

Sweet Steve is the man behind Baron Zen. His recording career as Baron Zen lasted from 1988 to 1992, the best of which is collected on this album ??€� his first and only. He was ahead of his time in the ??€?80s, but the times have been threatening to catch up with him. Baron Zen today sounds like the missing link between PIL and DFA ... or sububan punk rock garage bands of the 80s and the DJ culture of today ... or The Dead Milkmen if they had been hip hop b-boys.

Baron Zen is DIY music that wears its pop influence on its sleeve: covers of Joy Division, Gap Band, Katrina and the Waves, and high-energy disco classic ??€?When I Hear Music??€? by Debbie Deb play along side Sweet Steve??€�s originals, many of which are odes to Steve??€�s frustration of being a hip hop & disco DJ stuck in suburbia.

WEEKEND OFFER:
FREE PERCEE P STICKERS

Send a SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE (39?‚?) and we'll send you some stickers. They're 5 inches wide, silkscreened on vinyl. Throw 'em up! This offer is only for this Mar 9-11. No 13's! One envalope per person! Don't be like that greedy dude in Woodland Hills CA who sends us 5 envalopes and gets clowned at the office.

US postage only.

Percee P Stickers
c/o Stones Throw Records
2658 Griffith Park Blvd #504
Los Angeles CA 90039

Catch Percee P on tour NOW through mid-April on the Video Trapped the Rapper Tour:

http://www.myspace.com/perceep
http://www.myspace.com/videotrappedtherapper

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Untitled aka Stones Throw White Label #1, or Stones Throw Summer 2002

[Madlib | Breakestra | Jaylib | Quasimoto | Charizma]



Side A:
Charizma - Phone Ring Track
Charizma - Red Light Green Light (Produced by PB Wolf)
Homeless Derelix - Fraudulent (Produced by Architect)
Funkaho - The Letter F (Produced by Funkaho)

Side B:
Jaylib - The Message (Produced by J Dilla)
Madlib - LAX To JFK (Produced byMadlib)
Quasimoto - Green Power Original Version (Produced by Madlib)
Breakestra - The Chicken

Madlib & Dangerdoom Space Ho's

the Villain need to get his own late-show
Do a monolouge n' he jest with the guest,
Madlib switch the beat n' walk 'em to the desk
with Danger, holdin' down the control room
??€� MF DOOM on Dangerdoom's "Space Ho's"

Dangerdoom's "Space Ho's" from their album The Mouse & The Mask was originally recorded over a Madlib beat - that would account for the Madlib name-drop. The track is now coming out in two different forms:

1 - Madlib's original, the instrumental, is coming out as "Outerlimit (Space Ho)" from his album Beat Konducta.
2 - Epitaph/Adult swim will release Madlib's OG Version of "Space Ho's" on a Dangerdoom 12-inch single this spring.

You can hear Madlib's version now at:
www.myspace.com/stonesthrow