Stones Throw Records founder Peanut Butter Wolf joins Jeff and Vic on The Truth Hurts for a deep dive into 30 years of one of hip-hop’s most influential independent labels.

Peanut Butter Wolf tells the stories behind working with Madlib, J Dilla, MF DOOM, Aloe Blacc and more, including how Madvillainy came together in the Stones Throw house and bomb shelter, the origins of Jaylib, and KRS-One hearing an early Peanut Butter Wolf and Charizma record.

Wolf also talks about discovering Madlib, the evolution of Stones Throw Records, almost signing Odd Future, Tyler, the Creator and the next generation of artists influenced by the label, the rise of streaming, AI-generated music, and what the future looks like for independent record labels.

From the early Bay Area years to Madvillainy, Donuts, Quasimoto and Stones Throw’s 30th anniversary, this is a retrospective on the artists, records and unlikely decisions that helped shape underground hip-hop.

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00:00 Intro
00:26 How Peanut Butter Wolf Got His Name
02:08 The Origins of Stones Throw & Charizma
09:18 Carrying on Charizma’s Legacy
13:25 What Could Charizma’s Legacy Have Been?
15:41 Discovering J Dilla
18:00 When Madlib Met J Dilla
19:40 The Biggest Misconception About J Dilla
21:58 How Jaylib Came Together
25:02 Madlib Wanted to Work With J Dilla & MF DOOM
29:55 The Early Madlib Years & Quasimoto
31:25 Aloe Blacc, Mayer Hawthorne & Trusting His Taste
36:57 Anderson .Paak, Knxwledge & Dr. Dre
40:17 How Madlib Helped Shape Stones Throw
45:49 Making Madvillainy in the Stones Throw House
51:15 Madlib Medicine Show, Reissues & the Stones Throw Catalog
54:55 What 30 Years of Running a Record Label Taught Him
57:49 From Vinyl to Streaming
1:01:57 Peanut Butter Wolf on AI Music
1:07:15 The Odd Future Signing That Got Away
1:10:52 What’s Going On With Madvillain 2?
1:12:01 Lightning Round
1:17:48 What He’s Most Proud of After 30 Years

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