Customer Reviews

Operation Stackola

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

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.

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.

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

I just happened to be listening to this album and had to come on here and recommend it! Here it is 2007 and this album is still amazing at it was the first time I heard it. Music is no longer like how this was!

what an album!best songs are 5150 & blame a nigga, a must by for any luniz fan.

funny, raw, powerful stuff...i got 5 on it is still bumpin on every radio station...i love this album...has a lot of really good tracks on it...open yer mind 2 this and buy it

This particular CD is surely one of the best Rap CDs I have ever listened to. The songs have great lyrics and the harmonious part of it is outstanding.. These guys from Oakland really deserve a award for their music. I would be even more audacious and would say that it has a touch of Quincy Jones in it. I showed the Cd to a musician and rap specialist, friend of mine, and he thought the same. The US should be proud to have such a wonderful pair of musicians in their country, that mixes blues and guetto life stories and day-to-day life. Enlightening, brilliant, I have no more words to describe it. Mano Brown

The best Luniz Album. With I Got 5 on it-Both Versions, Sadly missing the remix featuring E-40,Dru Down,spice 1 which later came out. Funny, Good Beats and rhymes. Luniz-Yuk and Num at it's best. Good Cd.

funny, raw, powerful stuff...i got 5 on it is still bumpin on every radio station...i love this album...has a lot of really good tracks on it...open yer mind 2 this and buy it

The Luniz debut album is a classic gangsta-rap album at gangsta-rap prime times. It's 2001 and I still like listening to it. So... I think it's off the hook! Maybe this ain't a well-planned album but that ain't a point of gangsta-rap. It's about repping the OAK on their G-level. Some people may know them from 'I got 5 on it' but there's much way better tracks on the album. I don't wanna dis' 'I got 5 on it' cuz that rtack a WestCoast classic but there's songs with better lyrics. But I can admit that I really nod my head on "I got 5 on it (+ the Reprise)" and "5150", too. In addition, I can't dis' the Luniz 1st album in no way! That's a classic and everybody should'a admit it! Told: 5-stars!