Tag: Mr. Chop

We’re really, really, really sorry – but it’s really a comment on the sad state of the record-pressing industry that we had to recut the lacquer for the Mr. Chop and C.L. Smooth 7″ singles that were supposed to come out alongside Chop’s For Pete’s Sake album what seems like a dozen times.

But now they’re sounding great (when does Malcolm Catto on drums ever sound anything but great?!) and in/shipping over at Stones Throw’s webstore. And we’re giving you the vocal track for “T.R.O.Y. (The Resurrection)” to thank you for your patience.

Download: “T.R.O.Y. (The Resurrection).”
Buy: Mr. Chop and C.L. Smooth: “T.R.O.Y. (The Resurrection).”
Buy: Mr. Chop and C.L. Smooth: “Straighten It Out.“

Mr. Chop’s Pete Rock inspired For Pete’s Sake is out now. The man himself explains it’s genesis in this interview with Hiphopdx.com

” Throughout the album, released on November 3, Mr. Chop freaks some Funk of his own with a series of intermezzos. Asked about their genesis, the producer and engineer revealed, “The interludes on For Pete’s Sake are ideas I wanted to throw in there to break up Pete’s instrumentals and help the album flow as a whole. They weren’t intially intended from the start, but after I finished the Pete Rock tracks, it became apparent that something was missing. I had a few ideas, sketches of my own that I made while editing the tracks had become tiresome. I usually do that while working on a edit, something else mutates and I’ll have to side track for a while and capture a potential new piece. This was the beginning of what became seven intermezzos. ‘Intermezzo 3’ was the first idea that bore fruit, I think they create nice little breathing spaces and perhaps the listener who is familiar with the original works of Pete Rock & CL Smooth, can do a little reminiscing of their own.” ”

Link.

The album will hit stores in CD format and see wide digital release on 11.03.09; the album format will be slightly delayed.

Soon, Stones Throw’s webstore will offer an exclusive pre-sale on two 7″ singles related to the album – Mr. Chop, drummer Malcolm Catto and longtime Pete Rock partner CL Smooth’s vocal and instrumental takes on the classics “T.R.O.Y” and “Straighten It Out.” More info coming soon.