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Peanut Butter Wolf

Stones Throw Founder · DJ · Producer 28 albums picked

Christopher George Manak, better known by his stage name Peanut Butter Wolf, is an American disc jockey and record producer from San Jose, California. He has been based in Los Angeles since 2000. He is the founder of Stones Throw Records.

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Ep #212 ·
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What Peanut Butter Wolf said · 7 records

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The Blasters
The Blasters ·2026
"One of my friends that was in the class with me, he was like, 'Our teacher looks like the lead singer of The Blasters,' you know? And we were asking him one day if he was going to teach summer school and he's like, 'Oh no, my band's on tour.'"
Watch this moment 2:18
On the Nile
The Egyptian Lover ·1984
"Egyptian Lover was one of the first concerts that I went to in '85 and my mom dropped me off. This is before cell phones; I went there and it was sold out, so I had to wait till the concert was over for her to come pick me up."
Watch this moment 3:32
Fresh
Sly & The Family Stone ·1973
"Fresh, I discovered this in like the late 80s when people started buying old records to get samples from. With Sly, I mean you could find samples but it's just really good music just to listen to."
Watch this moment 5:07
The Doldrums
Ariel Pink ·2000
"I think this is like really powerful solid stuff. This is one of Ariel Pink's records... and this is just something I've never had on CD but I've always had on vinyl."
Watch this moment 6:56
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