Stones Throw Records

Wogan isn't widely known for his support of underground West Coast hip hop labels. But A Strange Arrangement, released on LA's respected Stones Throw imprint, recreates the Motown sound pioneered by Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye with a...

In this article: Motown, Detroit, Mark Ronson, Stones Throw, Back to Black, and Curtis Mayfield

Dam-Funk (pronounced "Dame," as in Damon) is from Los Angeles, Calif. His debut album, Toeachizown, is out now on Stones Throw Records, a prominent haven for forward thinking, experimental hip-hop. The result is a behemoth 139 minutes long.

In this article: Funk, West Coast hip-hop, G-funk, WC, Westside Connection, Mack 10, and Ice Cube

...would believe anyone would devote this much time and energy in jest-the album was picked up by California experimental hip-hop label Stones Throw after the label's chief, rapper/producer Peanut Butter Wolf, heard only a snippet of Hawthorne's...

In this article: Smokey Robinson, R&B, Stones Throw, Peanut Butter Wolf, Isaac Hayes, Motown, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and Bar-Kays

...you are / You hold the flame of the funk and that's real / You know who you are / Live your dreams, don't let no one take them from you." Stones Throw Records last week released all 139 minutes of Dam-Funk's full-length debut,...

In this article: Peanut Butter Wolf, Funk, Leon Sylvers III, E mail, and God

Sole-source albums such as Radio Do Canibal aren't anything new. Stones Throw mad scientists (and brothers) Madlib and Oh No have both tackled this concept in their careers. Oh No, for example, released two albums of this kind; Dr. No's...

In this article: Brother Ali, P.O.S., Raekwon, Phonte, Dr. No's Oxperiment, Oh No, Scarface, Rhymesayers, and Black Thought

...collector's item-- a stack of newly-pressed 45s of these edits, stacked inside a PiL-style circular metal box and sold through Stones Throw's site-- yet is there really any benefit to hearing your favorite hip-hop classics, but...

In this article: Peanut Butter Wolf, MC Shan, DJ Shadow, Fearless Four, Old School, Just-Ice, T La Rock, Cut Chemist, Juice Crew, and Run-DMC

...with a free, unreleased track. Artist: Doom (aka King Geedorah, Victor Vaughn, MF DOOM, Metal Fingers) Label: Lex Records, Stones Throw Records, Rhymesayers (and many others) Doom is well known for his love of comic books,...

In this article: John Vanderslice, GTA: Chinatown Wars, MF Doom, Lex Records, Ghostface Killa, and Pixel Revolt

...of Detroit, and he wears the badge of the classic Motown sound proudly. His work now reaches the masses through Los Angeles's Stones Throw Records, known as much for twisting retro sounds into new contexts as it is for tweaking the...

In this article: Mayflower Hotel, Arlington, Washington, Prince Paul, and Flying Dog Brewery

...sold-out show. Hawthorne, born Drew Cohen, has been a deejay and in hip-hop bands for years. Then two songs ended up in the hands of Stones Throw label head Peanut Butter Wolf, igniting a foray into neo-soul that even surprised him. "I...

In this article: Motown, Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw, Snoop Dogg, Smokey Robinson, Curtis Mayfield, and Ghostface Killah

It was recently reissued on the Messin' With Sly compilation. Egon is the general manager of the Stones Throw label. He also founded Now-Again Records, which reissues American funk and soul albums, as well as the Soul-Cal imprint with...

In this article: Tehran, Iran, Hava Nagila, I Want to Take You Higher, Stones Throw, Woody Allen, Aretha Franklin, and Afrobeat