On February 12, Stones Throw Records will release In Living the True Gods, its second DVD collection of music videos. Its first such disc, Stones Throw 101, served as a visual primer for those unfamiliar with the label.
Ten years ago, DJ/producer Peanut Butter Wolf started Stones Throw Records after the death of his partner DJ Charizma. PB Wolf abandoned their commitment to a Disney subsidiary music label, who promised him a role in Sister Act 2, and chose “My World Primiere,” Charizma’s posthumous single, to launch the label.
Now PB Wolf has assembled a follow-up to the label’s introductory video compilation. Its title, In Living the True Gods, is a line borrowed from Madvillain’s “Accordion,” seen for the first time in the new DVD collection. In Living the True Gods is a time-capsule retrospective and includes many unreleased and lo-fi gems, like “Studio Time 92,” VHS documentary footage of Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf in 1992.
The video also includes Quasimoto’s animated surrealist video “Bullyshit,” an interview with the late J Dilla, and J Dilla’s last appearance on film in MED’s “Push.”
Music videos included in In Living the True Gods:
Madvillain: “Monkey Suite”
Madvillain: “Accordion” (previously unreleased)
Oh No ft. J.Dilla and Roc C: “Move”
Quasimoto: “Rappcats Pt. 3”
J Dilla: “Nothing Like This”
MED: “Push”
James Pants: “Do a Couple of Things”
Madlib: “Take It Back”
Gary Wilson: “Gary’s in the Park”
Quasimoto: “Bullyshit”
Aloe Blacc: “Busking”
Roc C ft. Aloe Blacc: “My Life”
Lootpack: “Crate Diggin'” (prev. unreleased on DVD)
Baron Zen: “At The Mall”
Stones Throw Singers: “Rain Of Earth”
Bonus features:
J Dilla 2003 interview in the Netherlands
“Move” Behind the Scenes
Quasimoto live at Justice League, filmed in San Francisco, CA, Summer 2000
Jaylib live at Conga Room in Los Angeles, October 2004
Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf “Studio Time 92” – a newly assembled mini-doc of the group with VHS footage circa 1992
The Funky 16 Corners rehearsal, 2001
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