CHOPS

CHOPS

CHOPS is the stage name of Scott Jung, an Asian American hip hop producer, rapper and former member of the Asian American Hip-Hop group, the Mountain Brothers. Jung grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has Chinese ancestry. While with Mountain Brothers, he became known for using a combination of programmed and live instruments in his work, as opposed to sampling the work of others. Since the disbanding of the Mountain Brothers, CHOPS has worked primarily as a producer, with his most high profile piece being the critically acclaimed 2011 video for Lonely Island entitled "The Creep."

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chops

Noun

  1. The mouth, jaws or jowl.
  2. A wind instrument player's embouchure.
  3. One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
    Although the bass player had no experience playing in New Orleans, the crowd's enthusiastic response showed that he had the chops to make it in the very particular Crescent City jazz scene.
  4. One's skill at any endeavor.
    Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.
  5. The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
  6. A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.

Verb

He chops wood all day.


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