Operation Stackola

The Luniz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 1995)
• Original Release Date: July 4, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000000W98
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,218 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #21 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > West Coast
  • #86 in Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Gangsta & Hardcore

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comedian's of Rap, November 21, 2001

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26 (Temple Hills, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operation Stackola (Audio CD)

This album is real tight.I decided to buy this album because I heard the Luniz on my homie Dru Downs album explict game, back in 94'.I liked they rap so I got this joint, and I wasn't disappointed either.I mean the Luniz ain't as good as Dru Down but they good enough to listen to.This album features Dru Down,Richie Rich,Shock G and others.The Beats on this joint is real tight nice and smooth grooves to ride to.The lyrics is what separates the Luniz from anybody else in the rap game thoy.Them fools be saying the funniest stuff you can think of and they just make it sound real tight in they street based raps.So if you like WestCoast music like me you'll like this and if you wanna get a good laugh this the one for you too no doubt.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Somewhat disturbed, not quite as good as others., January 20, 2001

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3rdeadly3rd (Brisbane, Queensland Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Operation Stackola (Audio CD)

I'll be honest with you, I only really bought this album for "I Got 5 On It". The first time I heard it that was pretty much the only track I liked, there were some tracks (especially "5150" and the one with Shock G) where I did re-start the track but I didn't think too highly of the album.

Listening to it later, I found that some of the lyrics were a lot funnier than I'd given them credit for being - "Icecream Man" is a good example of this. Another thing which I didn't notice the first time round was the unorthodox style of rapping that Yukmouth and Knumskull bring to bear.

One of the funnier tracks is the reprise of "I Got 5 On It" (maybe not on this album , it was on the version I got over here in Australia) without Michael Marshall's vocals on the chorus. While most rappers would be happy to rap their respective lyrics over again and possibly forgo the chorus, the Luniz think otherwise. They begin by having a very funny conversation in a vaguely rap manner about not having enough money to buy a bag of dope and then re-do the verses of "I Got 5 On It" in the reverse order to the order they appear in the first version. If you think that's enough, they then proceed to pretend to sing the chorus themselves - let's just say that as singers they prove why they shouldn't.

It's certainly not an album for everyone, lots of listeners would be turned off by the passages of almost incoherence and the abrasive style of many of the MCs featured but those who aren't will find themselves a marvellous little gem.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars :IT IS THE SHIZNIT!!!!, May 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Operation Stackola (Audio CD)

I thinx this is one of the best CDs ever I got 5 on it and 5150 are the best songs EVER!!!