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The Luniz Are A Rap Duo Out Of Oakland Consisting Of Yukmouth And Numskull Two Friends Who Have Known Each Other Since Junior High. Originally Calling Themselves The Lunitunz The Two Gained Fame After Six Years Together When They Appeared On Dru Down's Explicit Game Album. Their Debut Album Operation Stackola Was Released In 1995 And Knocked Michael Jackson's HIStory Off The Top Of The R&B Charts On The Strength Of The Hit Single "I Got 5 On It " Which Featured Guest Vocals By Michael Marshall Of The Timex Social Club. Luniz Lyrics Take Novel Comic Approaches To Sex Drugs And Everyday Occurrences.They Have Released 3 Albums "Operation Stackola" "Lunitik Muzik" And "Silver & Black". Currently The Group Is Signed Up To Yukmouth Smoke-A-Lot Records.
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"I Got 5 On It" Is A Mobb Music Song By American Rap Duo Luniz Featuring R&B Singer Michael Marshall Released In May 1995 As The Lead Single From The Duo's Debut Album Operation Stackola 1995 . The Song Reached Number Two In Germany Number Three In The United Kingdom And Number Eight In The United States. It Is A Drug Anthem About The Consumption Of Marijuana Its Title And Chorus Refer To The Practice Of Splitting The Cost Of A Marijuana Purchase And Claiming Five Dollars' Worth Of It. The Single Was Certified Platinum By The RIAA On October 31 1995 And Sold One Million Copies Domestically. In 2022 Pitchfork Ranked "I Got 5 On It" One Of "The 250 Best Songs Of The 1990s". The Track Is Performed By Yukmouth And Numskull Who Duet About Splitting The Cost Of A $10 Bag Of Weed Before Going To A Convenience Store To Buy Tanqueray Gin Carlo Rossi Wine Arizona Brand Soft Drinks And A Swisher Sweets Cigar To Break Down And Convert Into A Blunt. The Reprised Version Of The Track Suggests That The Original 'five On It' Came From A Man Who Had Prepaid Numskull For Yet-Undelivered Cocaine. The Track Samples Club Nouveau's "Why You Treat Me So Bad" 1987 Kool And The Gang's "Jungle Boogie" 1973 And Audio Two's "Top Billin'" 1987 .
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The Luniz Are A Rap Duo Out Of Oakland Consisting Of Yukmouth And Numskull Two Friends Who Have Known Each Other Since Junior High. Originally Calling Themselves The Lunitunz The Two Gained Fame After Six Years Together When They Appeared On Dru Down's Explicit Game Album. Their Debut Album Operation Stackola Was Released In 1995 And Knocked Michael Jackson's HIStory Off The Top Of The R&B Charts On The Strength Of The Hit Single "I Got 5 On It " Which Featured Guest Vocals By Michael Marshall Of The Timex Social Club. Luniz Lyrics Take Novel Comic Approaches To Sex Drugs And Everyday Occurrences.They Have Released 3 Albums "Operation Stackola" "Lunitik Muzik" And "Silver & Black". Currently The Group Is Signed Up To Yukmouth Smoke-A-Lot Records.
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"I Got 5 on It" is a mobb music song by American rap duo Luniz featuring R&B singer Michael Marshall, released in May 1995 as the lead single from the duo's debut album, Operation Stackola (1995). The song reached number two in Germany, number three in the United Kingdom and number eight in the United States. It is a drug anthem about the consumption of marijuana; its title and chorus refer to the practice of splitting the cost of a marijuana purchase and claiming five dollars' worth of it. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 31, 1995 and sold one million copies domestically.
In 2022, Pitchfork ranked "I Got 5 on It" one of "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s".
The track is performed by Yukmouth and Numskull, who duet about splitting the cost of a $10 bag of weed before going to a convenience store to buy Tanqueray Gin, Carlo Rossi wine, Arizona brand soft drinks, and a Swisher Sweets cigar to break down and convert into a blunt. The reprised version of the track suggests that the original 'five on it' came from a man who had prepaid Numskull for yet-undelivered cocaine.
The track samples Club Nouveau's "Why You Treat Me So Bad" (1987), Kool and the Gang's "Jungle Boogie" (1973) and Audio Two's "Top Billin'" (1987). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.