1995 studio album by Luniz
Operation Stackola studio album by American hip hop duo Luniz . It was released on July 4, 1995, through Virgin Records , C-Note Records and Noo Trybe Records . The album was produced by DJ Fuze , N.O. Joe , Tone Capone, Shock G , DJ Daryl, E-A-Ski & CMT, Gino Blacknell, and Terry T. It features guest appearances from Dru Down , Knucklehead, Eclipse, Michael Marshall , Nik Nack, Richie Rich , Shock G and Teddy.
The album peaked at number 20 on the Billboard 200Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts. On June 20, 2000, it received a Platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over one million units in the United States. It also made it to number 14 on the Dutch Album Top 100 , number 19 on the Swiss Hitparade , number 23 in Germany, number 37 in Sweden, number 41 on the UK Albums Chart and number 46 in Austria.
Its lead single "I Got 5 on It " became a huge hit, reaching top 10 in several countries music charts, was certified Platinum by the RIAA, BPI and BVMI and Gold by SNEP , IFPI Norway and IFPI Switzerland. The album's second single, "Playa Hata ", peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart , number 12 on the Dance Singles Chart and number 4 on the Hip Hop and R&B Singles Chart in the UK, number 51 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 13 on the Hot Rap Songs in the US.
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Title Writer(s) Producer(s) 1. "Intro" DJ Fuze 0:51 2. "Put the Lead on Ya" (featuring Dru Down ) Tone Capone 5:25 3. "I Got 5 on It " (featuring Michael Marshall ) Tone Capone 4:13 4. "Broke Hos" Shock G 4:11 5. "Pimps, Playas & Hustlas" (featuring Dru Down and Richie Rich ) N.O. Joe 5:02 6. "Playa Hata " (featuring Teddy) 4:31 7. "Broke Niggaz" (featuring Knucklehead and Eklipze) DJ Fuze 5:19 8. "Operation Stackola" Ellis Husband Johnson Robinson Serrell N.O. Joe 4:36 9. "5150" (featuring Shock G ) Shock G 4:03 10. "900 Blame a Nigga" 4:18 11. "Yellow Brick Road" N.O. Joe 5:35 12. "So Much Drama" (featuring Nic Nac) Ellis Husband Terrence Butler Terry T. 4:14 13. "She's Just a Freak" (featuring Knucklehead) Gino Blacknell 4:12 14. "Plead Guilty" Ellis Husband David Reeves Kurtis Walker Larry Smith DJ Daryl 4:23 15. "I Got 5 on It " (Reprise) Ellis Husband Gilmour Bell Bell Boyce Brown Mickens Smith Thomas Westfield Foster McElroy King Tone Capone 5:08 16. "Outro" 0:33 Total length: 1:06:34
Garrick "Numskull " Husbands – vocals, co-producer (track 10)
Jerold "Yukmouth " Ellis – vocals
Darnel "Dru Down " Robinson – vocals (tracks: 2, 5)
Michael Marshall – vocals (track 3) Richard "Richie Rich " Serrell – vocals (track 5)
Teddy – vocals (track 6)
Knuckle Head – vocals (tracks: 7, 13)
Erick "Eklipze" Carson – vocals (track 7)
Gregory "Shock G " Jacobs – vocals (track 9) , keyboards (track 4) , producer (tracks: 4, 9) , co-producer (track 10)
Demetrius Nicole "Nic Nac" Lyles – vocals (track 12)
David "DJ Fuze " Elliot – producer (tracks: 1, 7, 10)
Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 15)
Joseph "N.O. Joe " Johnson – producer (tracks: 5, 8, 11)
Shon "E-A-Ski " Adams – producer (track 6)
Mark "CMT" Ogleton – producer (track 6)
Terrence "Terry T." Butler – producer (track 12)
Ellis "Gino" Blacknell – producer (track 13)
Daryl Anderson – producer (track 14)
Dave "D-Wiz" Evelingham – engineering
Michael Denten – engineering
Darrin Harris – engineering
Tom Baker – mastering
Eric L. Brooks – executive producer, A&R
Accrraaa J. Pavel – executive producer, management
Chris "C&H" Hicks – executive producer
Jason Clark – art direction, design
Victor Hall – photography
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