Hip-Hopera

For the genre, see rap opera.

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Vinyl Addicts	favorable

Hip-Hopera is the debut album by Volume 10, released on March 1, 1994 through RCA Records. Production was handled by a variety of producers, most notably The Baka Boyz, Cut Chemist and a pre-Sugar Ray DJ Homicide.

The album spawned the underground hit "Pistolgrip Pump". The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles chart and was later recorded by Rage Against The Machine for their album Renegades. The album, however, suffered from poor promotion and only made it to number 66 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"A'cappella / Stylesondeck"	Moe Doe, Bosco Kante	4:13
2.	"Where's the Sniper?"	Bosco Kante	4:34
3.	"A Real Freestyle"	Fat Jack	4:49
4.	"Pistolgrip Pump"	Baka Boyz	2:57
5.	"Mom & Deb"	Fat Jack	1:33
6.	"Sho Is Hype"	Theodore Stanley, Cut Chemist	5:22
7.	"Hip-Hopera"	Baka Boyz	4:58
8.	"Interlude / Tops Wall"	DJ Homicide	1:05
9.	"First Born"	Fat Jack	4:49
10.	"Knockoutchaskull"	Moe Doe, Bosco Kante	3:02
11.	"Home Alone"	Fat Jack	3:27
12.	"Harderthanallya'll"	Massive, Fat Jack	4:03
13.	"Sunbeams"	Soup	3:00
14.	"Tops Toe"	DJ Homicide	0:59
15.	"Flow Wood"	Baka Boyz	3:34
16.	"Tricks-N-Hoes"	Fat Jack	3:52
17.	"What's Up To..."	Fat Jack	4:03

Chart history

Hip-Hopera

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	66

"Pistolgrip Pump"

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	64
Billboard Hot Rap Singles	14

External links

• Hip-Hopera at Discogs (list of releases)