My Vinyl Weighs a Ton

My Vinyl Weighs a Ton
Studio album by Peanut Butter Wolf
Released January 18, 1999
Genre Hip hop
Length 67:02
Label Stones Throw Records
Copasetik Records
Producer Peanut Butter Wolf
DJ Design
Peanut Butter Wolf chronology

Lunar Props
(1995)		 My Vinyl Weighs a Ton
(1999)		 My Vinyl Weighs a Ton Instrumentals
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
CMJ New Music Report (favorable)[2]
NME (6/10)[3]

My Vinyl Weighs a Ton is the first solo album by American hip hop producer and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf. It was released in 1999 on his own Stones Throw Records, in conjunction with Copasetik Records.

The album reached #1 on KTUH's charts on the week of March 1, 1999.[4] In 2015, it was chosen by Fact as one of the Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time.[5]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s)Producer(s) Length
1. "Sit Down Shut Up"   Peanut Butter Wolf 0:15
2. "In Your Area" (featuring Planet Asia)C. Manak/J. GreenPeanut Butter Wolf 2:25
3. "Styles, Crew, Flows, Beats" (featuring Lootpack)C. Manak/R. Jimenez/J. Brown/O. JacksonPeanut Butter Wolf 5:50
4. "Casio" (featuring DJ Babu)C. Manak/C. OrocPeanut Butter Wolf 3:50
5. "Barter"   Peanut Butter Wolf 0:21
6. "Hold Up" (featuring Rasco)C. Manak/K. BrewerPeanut Butter Wolf 3:45
7. "The Everliving" (featuring Zest)C. Manak/D. HerdPeanut Butter Wolf 0:42
8. "Rock Unorthodox" (featuring Pablo)C. Manak/PabloPeanut Butter Wolf 2:58
9. "Top Illin"   Peanut Butter Wolf 0:22
10. "Necromancin" (featuring Dave Dub)C. Manak/D. WhalenPeanut Butter Wolf 2:05
11. "Keep On Rockin It" (featuring Charizma)C. Manak/C. HicksPeanut Butter Wolf 4:31
12. "T Shirts"   Peanut Butter Wolf 0:29
13. "Breaks 'Em Down" (featuring Kazi)C. Manak/KaziPeanut Butter Wolf 3:59
14. "Tale of Five Cities" (featuring A-Trak, Cut Chemist, DJ Hands, DJ Quest, DJ Total Eclipse, DJ Z-Trip, J-Rocc, Kid Koala, Rhettmatic, Rob Swift, and Shortkut)C. ManakPeanut Butter Wolf 8:50
15. "Mr. Dibbs"   Peanut Butter Wolf 0:22
16. "Definition of Ill" (featuring Planet Asia)C. Manak/J. GreenPeanut Butter Wolf 3:20
17. "Theme from a Peanut Butter Wolf"   Peanut Butter Wolf 0:59
18. "Run the Line" (featuring Rasco)C. Manak/K. BrewerPeanut Butter Wolf 5:18
19. "Phonies" (featuring DJ Design)C. Manak/K. GriegoPeanut Butter Wolf, DJ Design 3:15
20. "Ten Minutes Left" (featuring Capt. Funkaho)C. Manak/J. CarlsonPeanut Butter Wolf 3:15
21. "Mobbin" (featuring Persevere and Vin Roc)C. Manak/J. MedinaPeanut Butter Wolf 3:09
22. "Competition Gets None" (featuring Grand the Vis and Shortkut)C. Manak/E. AcknowledgePeanut Butter Wolf 4:14
23. "Interruptions" (featuring Zest)C. ManakPeanut Butter Wolf 3:30
24. "Hawaii 5000"   Peanut Butter Wolf 0:18

References

  1. ↑ Bush, John. "My Vinyl Weighs a Ton - Peanut Butter Wolf". AllMusic. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hart, Ron (March 1, 1999). "Must Hear: The Essential Releases of the Week". CMJ New Music Report: 3.
  3. ↑ "My Vinyl Weighs A Ton". NME. September 12, 2005.
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "The 100 best indie hip-hop records of all time - 58. Peanut Butter Wolf - My Vinyl Weighs a Ton (Stones Throw, 1998)". Fact. February 25, 2015.

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