Big Shots (album)

Big Shots
Studio album by Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf
Released November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)
Recorded 1991-1993
Studio Studio Apogee, San Jose, California
Genre West Coast hip hop
Length 46:24
Label Stones Throw Records
Producer Peanut Butter Wolf
Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf chronology
M-Town EP
(2003)M-Town EP2003		 Big Shots
(2003)		 Big Shots Bonus EP
(2004)Big Shots Bonus EP2004
Singles from Big Shots
  1. "My World Premiere"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Devotion"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Here's a Smirk"
    Released: 2003
  4. "Jack the Mack"
    Released: 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The A.V. Clubfavorable[2]
CMJ New Music Monthlyfavorable[3]
Dusted Magazinefavorable[4]
East Bay Expressfavorable[5]
HipHopDX4.0/5[6]
Metro Silicon Valleyfavorable[7]
RapReviews.com6/10[8]
Spinfavorable[9]
XLR8Rfavorable[10]

Big Shots is a studio album by American hip hop duo Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf.[11] Recorded between 1991 and 1993 for Hollywood BASIC, it was released on Stones Throw Records in 2003, 10 years after Charizma's death.[6] It peaked at number 2 on CMJ's Hip-Hop chart[12] and at number 27 on the CMJ Radio 200 chart.[13] The first single, entitled "My World Premiere", was originally released in 1996.[4]

Critical reception

Sam Samuelson of AllMusic gave the album 3 stars out of 5, calling it "a treasure that should be cherished by hip-hop fans the world over."[1] Todd Inoue of Metro Silicon Valley said, "Charizma sounds like MC Shan blessed with youthful lung capacity while PB Wolf makes like Marley Marl programming beats in DJ Premier's lab."[7] Ross Hogg of XLR8R said, "Charizma's voice brims with eagerness, enthusiasm and earnestness; Wolf's textured, jazzy beats epitomize boom bap and are a sign of great things to come."[10]

Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club said, "while Big Shots is one of those charmed debuts where nearly every song sounds like a terrific single, it wouldn't be without Wolf, whose gorgeously constructed tracks, flawless ear for melody, and extensive sonic quotations anticipate Madlib."[2] Rachel Swan of East Bay Express said, "had Charizma not been shot and killed in '93, he might've turned into another Pharoahe Monch or J-Live."[5]

It was listed by East Bay Express as one of the best local albums of 2003.[14] In 2007, it was listed by The A.V. Club as one of the "10 Unjustly Overlooked Hip-Hop Classics".[15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Here's a Smirk"3:31
2."Methods"4:07
3."Jack the Mack"3:10
4."Talk About a Girl"1:24
5."Red Light Green Light"2:40
6."Tell You Something"3:38
7."Gatha Round"3:00
8."Devotion"3:59
9."Apple Juice Break"0:38
10."My World Premiere"2:07
11."Ice Cream Truck"3:37
12."Charizma What"3:47
13."Fair Weathered Friend"4:04
14."Soon to Be Large"3:15
15."Pacin' the Floor"3:27

References

  1. 1 2 Samuelson, Sam. "Big Shots - Charizma". AllMusic. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Rabin, Nathan (January 12, 2004). "Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf: Big Shots". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gladstone, Neil (January 2004). "Best New Music". CMJ New Music Monthly (120): 45.
  4. 1 2 Huffman, Emily (March 7, 2004). "Dusted Reviews: Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Swan, Rachel (December 31, 2003). "Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots". East Bay Express. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  6. 1 2 J-23 (November 30, 2003). "Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots". HipHopDX. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  7. 1 2 Inoue, Todd (February 12, 2004). "Charizma Comes Alive". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  8. ↑ Juon, Steve (October 28, 2003). "Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf :: Big Shots :: Stones Throw Records". RapReviews.com. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  9. ↑ Hermes, Will (February 2004). "Reissues". Spin. p. 100.
  10. 1 2 Hogg, Ross (February 24, 2004). "Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf - Big Shots". XLR8R. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  11. ↑ Li, Christina (May 19, 2011). "Peanut Butter Wolf on His History with 45s and Why the Vinyl Comeback Is Overhyped". SF Weekly. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Hip-Hop (Period Ending 2/3/2004)". CMJ New Music Report (852): 15. February 16, 2004.
  13. ↑ "CMJ Radio 200 (Period Ending 2/3/2004)". CMJ New Music Report (852): 8. February 16, 2004.
  14. ↑ Swan, Rachel (November 26, 2003). "Best Music of the East Bay". East Bay Express. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  15. ↑ Rabin, Nathan (January 5, 2007). "Inventory: 10 Unjustly Overlooked Hip-Hop Classics". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 30, 2017.

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