A lifetime has passed since the murder of Bay Area emcee Charles “Charizma” Hicks who, in December of 1993 at the age of 20, was shot and killed at random while sitting in his car. Despite his short life, Charizma made an impression on everyone he encountered. Charizma’s death deeply impacted his close friend and hip hop production partner Chris “Peanut Butter Wolf” Manak, who at the time stopped making music (and everything else) for several months after receiving the news. Ultimately, however, it was Charizma’s murder that gave PB Wolf the impetus to carry on and get their music heard by the world – setting up his own record label to do so. In 1996, Wolf founded Stones Throw Records and put out the first release, a Charizma/PB Wolf 12” single called “My World Premiere.”
Fast forward to 2014 and over 400 releases later, including the 2003 Charizma album Big Shots, Peanut Butter Wolf now presents a comprehensive tribute to his friend and musical partner, properly showcasing the full body of work left behind by Charizma over 20 years ago.
With this posthumous release of an artist who was only 20-years-old when his life was cut short, hip hop fans can only speculate as to what heights might have been reached if Charizma was still here today.
M-Town
Move
Cut The Play
Raquel
Yeahhh
Pan Am
Charizma What
Bless You
Gatha Round (It’s A Demo)
High School Love
Soon To Be Large
Ice Cream Truck
Apple Juice Break
Devotion (’92)
Scratch ‘n’ Sniff
On & On
Red Light Green Light
Jack The Mack
Talk About A Girl
The Vapors
Tell You Something
RLGL remix
Take It Easy
Fair Weathered Friend
Wikki Wikki
Pacin’ The Floor
Methods
Keep On Rockin It
Devotion (‘93)
It’s Trendy
My World Premiere
Home Turf
Just Like A Test
That’s Word
Live in ’92 at the DNA Lounge
Live in ’92 on Mystic Television
Live in ’93 on the Wake Up Show
Top Notch Competitor
Wreckin Shoppin For 8 Tracks
The Countdown
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