Chops
November 19th, 2005 by mattmatical
Mountain Brothers - Ain’t Nuthin’ 98 1998
Snoop Dogg f. Pharrell - Drop It Like It’s Hot (Chops Remix) 2005
Online promotion of hip-hop may have been virtually non-existent during the first half of the 1990s, but that didn’t prevent a few pioneering heads from politicking across America and the Atlantic, exchanging opinions and music. The same usenet newsgroups that spawned this here weblog, alt.rap and rec.music.hip-hop (now archived by Google Groups, but best read with a newsreader), were meeting points for hip-hop’s early online community. One act that could be found promoting its sonic experiments were D.O.A., short for Da Other Asiatics. They were a trio hailing from Philadelphia, of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, who had formed at Penn State. But it was under their new moniker Mountain Brothers that Styles, Peril-L and Chops began to make noise in the music industry. In 1996, they won Sprite’s nationwide Rhymes From the Mind contest, resulting in a nationally aired radio commercial. One year later, they were the first Asian-American hip-hop act to sign with a major, but they split from Ruffhouse/Columbia after the promo single “Paperchase.”
Determined to make it happen, they released their debut “Self: Volume 1″ in 1998. It took them 5 years to follow up with “Triple Crown” in 2003, which also saw the release of producer Chops’ instrumental album “Food For Naught.” Last year, Chops, who also raps, put out “Virtuosity,” enlisting the help of acclaimed MC’s like Ras Kass and Raekwon. With the Mountain Brothers project apparently gone back into hibernation, it looks like Chops (born Scott Jung) is making his career as a producer a priority. Suddenly, he’s promoting his own mixtapes hosted by Paul Wall and Bun B, puts out break records on Brick Records, drops unsolicited remixes and is sure to let you know that it’s a “Chops remix, motherfuckers,” when before he did the occasional beat for the likes of Bahamadia, Mystic and Grand Agent. There was even an announcement that Chops, who has already worked on Nike commercials in the past, secured a deal with Reebok. Quote: To tap into the growing Asian hip-hop market in the US, as well as the rest of the globe, Reebok’s urban division RBK is currently designing the S. Jung sneaker.
Whether we’ll ever see that happen or not, the man is making moves. Personally I wasn’t too impressed with the three tracks he had on ODB’s “Osirus Mixtape,” but the “Drop It Like It’s Hot” remix he did for the “Gunner Palace” mix-CD was almost as daring as the original. Known for steering clear of samples since the Mountain Brothers days (check his verse on “Ain’t Nuthin’”), the new and improved Magnificent Butcher may be on the verge of producer stardom, and with this we hopefully secure the rights to a big fat “Told you so!”
Posted on November 19th, 2005 by mattmatical




excellent remix! thank you.
November 19th, 2005 at 1:34 pmnice post, man
November 20th, 2005 at 10:30 amnice matt
November 22nd, 2005 at 7:57 amOnly two tracks? C’mon, that doesn’t do im justice!
November 23rd, 2005 at 3:04 amI love the remix he did of Paul Wall’s Sittin Sidewayz.
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November 27th, 2005 at 4:59 pmHi you, sorry if i am using this comment for this comunication but i didn’t find any contact to mail you. With my italian blog we are doing a huge music-survey (top-ten 2005 album) contacting all the music-blog around the world. I want your music-blog partecipates to our survey. On my blog www.indiefordummies.blogspot.com there is a post with all the informations to how partecipate. thanks for your time, i hope you like the idea.
December 3rd, 2005 at 3:01 pmThe Game “My Lowrider” Paul Wall E40 Ice Cube and more (Chops produced)
http://stream.allhiphop.com/14-the_game_feat._paul_wall_.ram
December 10th, 2005 at 4:59 pmDag, 5 or 6 contributors and no one’s put any shit up for a month? Step ya game up! (and the blank frontpage looks really bad)
December 16th, 2005 at 4:25 amany chance to get that link up again? really tryin to find the chops remix of drop.. bangin track..
January 15th, 2006 at 3:47 pmFor link renewal, get at me via e-mail.
January 18th, 2006 at 7:19 pmcool…i’ll do…but how’s your email?
January 26th, 2006 at 1:15 amGood site! -fioricet-
August 12th, 2006 at 6:58 pm