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People's Party with Talib Kweli

The Luniz On “I Got 5 On It,” Making “operation stackola,” Pimping In Oakland, Strip Clubs, And More

People's Party with Talib Kweli

UPROXX

Music

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of People's Party, Talib Kweli sits down with The Luniz to discuss how their timeless hit "I Got 5 On It" got made, "operation stackola," Oakland life, and much more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Peace of love party peoples, Tylip Kwa in the city.

0:05.0

Jump, yum, what we don't start it.

0:08.0

Look at what we don't start it.

0:10.0

This the people party.

0:12.0

It's a food. Peace of love party people's Talaquale in the place to be is the BKMC, the M CEO.

0:17.4

You are tuned into the world's best podcast, The People's Party.

0:21.0

And right about now, this show is all about town business.

0:24.4

That's right we are going to the Bay Area with this show.

0:27.4

This show today has one of the legendary iconic groups from the West Coast.

0:31.8

They took it from the streets of Oakland, California and went worldwide.

0:37.0

This group is global, but this group is still from right around the way.

0:41.0

They came onto the world stage where I got five on it,

0:43.8

a song that was not just a song,

0:45.5

but it's also a cultural movement.

0:47.4

Operation Stackola,

0:48.9

crash onto the Billboard charts,

0:50.6

stayed there, yellow brick road,

0:52.4

pimps play as hustlers, These is Classics, albums like Thugged Out.

0:56.6

They came of albums later like Silver and Black, No Pressure.

1:01.5

Recently you've seen the iconic song I Got Five on it in the movie Us we gonna get into that.

1:06.5

We gonna pay homage to architects of the Bay Area Sound, the highest niggas in the industry with a new member.

1:13.4

Shah to Kuzo, Shahad to Yugmouth, the loonies in the mother-fucking bill.

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