Peanut Butter Wolf

Christopher George Manak (born October 8, 1969), He has been based in Los Angeles since 2000.

Career In 1989, Peanut Butter Wolf met rapper Charizma. They became friends and started making music together. They made a name for themselves in San Jose and the Bay Area through their live shows and demo tapes. Charizma was shot dead in 1993. which released the duo's Big Shots in 2003.

In 1999, Peanut Butter Wolf released My Vinyl Weighs a Ton. It peaked at number 44 on the UK Independent Albums Chart. In 2010, Jeff Weiss of Los Angeles Times called it "a crate-digging classic that remains one of the seminal statements of the underground golden era."

In 2024, he released an album with the Escondido-based multi-instrumentalist Brian Ellis, under the group name Campus Christy.

Discography

Studio albums My Vinyl Weighs a Ton (1999) Big Shots (2003)

Compilation albums Peanut Butter Breaks (1994) Peanut Butter Wolf's Jukebox 45's (2002) Chrome Children (2006) Chrome Children Vol. 2 (2007) B-Ball Zombie War (2007) Straight to Tape 1990-1992 (2009) Circa 1990-1993 (2014)

Mixtapes Fusion Beats (2002) Badmeaningood Vol.3 (2003) 666 Mix (2006) Chrome Mix (2006) Zombie Playoffs (2007) Ladies First (2007) Be Our Valentine (2008)

EPs Step on Our Ego's? (1996) Lunar Props (1996) Styles, Crews, Flows, Beats (1998) Big Shots Bonus EP (2004)

Singles "My World Premiere" (1996) "Run the Line" / "The Undercover (Clear & Present Danger)" (1997) "Definition of Ill" (1999) "Tale of Five Cities" (1999) "Devotion" (2000) "Here's a Smirk" (2003) "Jack the Mack" (2003) "Melody" (2020)

Guest appearances BT - "Love on Haight Street" from Movement in Still Life (1999) Deltron 3030 - "St. Catherine St." from Deltron 3030 (2000) Scuba Chicken- "Butane Fuel on da BBC" and "Voicemail" from Quantity Over Quality (2004) Scuba Chicken - "Stop Calling Me" from Let's Play Doctor (2006)

Productions Kool Keith - "Wanna Be a Star" (1996)