Birdman - 5 * Stunna

Album Review by: Dale Coachman
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Birdman-5 * Stunna

With the release of his fourth album '5 * Stunna' Brian “Baby” Williams is doing the same thing he’s been doing before the levees broke (no disrespect)…stuntin’. With a record that had Lil’ Wayne on about eight to nine records of the 18 “ballin” track filled album with four Goodfellas themed interludes, the first nine cuts mirrored the last nine.

Redundancy reigned supreme on this album and one line summarized the whole effort. On the record 'I Run This' featuring Lil’ Wayne of course , “…a brand new truck, a brand new bike, a brand new house, a brand new site, a brand new bitch n*gga hood rich life.” This album was one long run-on sentence that could have been done on the same beat by taking out a piano key on one and a drum kick on another.

Everything was used and reused and Baby really didn’t need that many tracks to prove his point. There’s nothing wrong with stuntin…but it seems that this is all he does. The strongest records were the ones that videos were created for, '100 Million' was ill because Dre’s hook and voice blended well over the Scarface stemmed beat. 'Pop Bottles' worked again because of the baseline and the screwed Jadakiss hook. The only other record that somewhat stood out with a hint of individuality was 'Love My Hood' in which the tear drop tattooed rapper attempted to touch on the effects of his Katrina leaden city, but even then resorted back to guns and violence, “…I love my hood, I love my hood, them house back up bitch we up to no good.” That’s refreshing!

5* Stunna says nothing hip hop heads haven’t already heard, but I guess when you’re at the top economically and socially what else is there to rap about? There’s no need to rush to the stores to purchase this album, if you bought one, you bought them all.

(34) Comments | Post a comment »

Hahahahahhahahahahahahhahaahahhaahahha.d ope review...hilarious i say.

Posted by Masih

This is the kinda crap we hear on the mainstream radio makin hiphop look bad. But some lupe/common/wayne/roots/m.i.a./ idk just put some meaningful stuff on!

Posted by Amanti

Same old same old same old same old stuff from dude he sucks str8 up hot crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by soo ugly

Why is this entire review written in the past-tense? did birdman ghostwrite this? if so, why so negative baby? read a book mu'fukah.

Posted by literate

This album is a banga from start to finish, F*ck what a hater says

Posted by Hood$ta

Why n*ggaz play hate birdman is a stunner love it or hate it as game sad

Posted by Tindo tuk shop

Lol nuff said

Posted by Matusse nut

Birdman sucks black monkey tip

Posted by Hood Figga

F*ck all you N*gg*rs and your coon toons, keep it up and you will hang in my back yard along with all the others.

Posted by KKK Man

This is album suck tip... Birdman makes his album in da bathroom.. Its all crap!! if you like this album .. You must be his mother!!

Posted by Mash1

Crap with steam and flies

Posted by kenbo

Classic album support real artist like birdman and wayne....this album is 1000x better than any album out in the last 20 yrs...betta than 37 chamber , all eyez on me , big l lopd, any biggie album or pun.. Million times better that overrated illmatik.. When i listen ta baby i hear a real nigg* from the street not no studio gangsta (like wu-tang f*gz)... Real hip-hop in the building ... Southside

Posted by Bankhead

^bankhead you must be drinkin lean and eatin every part of the pig!!! you country-bumpkin pumpkin head muf.cka!!! yo mama sings the blues and plays the banjo!!! country b!tch imma burn down all yall juke-joints!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by MACHINE GUN GONZALES

Good review!why this dude is even making albums is beyond me...so amny talented rappers are out there!if yougon do it do it good.

Posted by glorious

Dale, good review. "one long run on sentence" i couldn't agree more. This crap is/was beyond boring. I lost time of my life. Pop bottles is horrible. Nothing but a 2007 version of tip drill, meaning further belittling women.

Posted by iYawnatbadrappers

Birdman is dam near wack as f#ck. The thing that saves his album is the features like fat joe and weezy. Dude need get his ugly ass a flow and a ghost writer and stop doing that stupid bird call.

Posted by nu blak

Whom ever ghost writes for baby,need not,ever come forward or be humiliated for life.baby sucks! how do he even get past 10 thousand records sold.a heavy dose of wayne,i guess.this is pure garbage.every sentence,he's living lavish.stop buying this trash people.

Posted by nymenace

Show of hands who believes dis sucks like bankheads moms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dis album is weak as F*ck real talk not hatin but 4 real birdman aint been hot since what happened 2 dat boi........bankhead did u read pointless comments will be deleted nbs u slackin lol

Posted by king of chi

I didn't even need to read this review to know.... 5 yrs ago, i thought that "hood rich" title track was okay, like in a funny kinda way, but that's where it ends.

Posted by onthStrenff

Oh, wow! he has a bently?!? ...neat!

Posted by onthStrenff

[ pointless albums should not be released ]

Posted by onthStrenff

Preview/download mp3....... Yeah right! no need for that link here, even bankhead aint click onnat, he juss blabbin cuz he got a little dwayne tatoo on his rt tit

Posted by onthStrenff

Boo boo. . . Somebody stop him before he start again

Posted by K'oz

I think its bout that time for him to give up and go in another direction with his music!!!

Posted by MISS TOPCITY

Hater alert! the album was tight...but then again i guess you gotta be from the south to enjoy it.....which is ironic because thats where hip hop lives these days. So i guess all other regions are kinda irrelevant right now

Posted by W ~ I

Wft happen to hip hop

Posted by demo

Whoever tha n*gga is that told this numskull he was hot and encourage him to rap/ needs to be taken in the back yard and stoned to death/ bird man is the absolute worse rapper i ever heard from down south/ he actually makes solja boy sh*t sound lyrical.

Posted by Gunz for my private war

A b c d e f g h i j k do u know what that mean. F*ck that down south sh*t. Corny ass nursery rhymin ass n*ggas. F*ck bird man the album is trash.

Posted by Gunz for my private war

Damn i miss the creativity in hip hop. Rappers have a platform to write, produce and direct what takes hollywood millions of dollars to create into 3 to 5 minutes of every 12 to 17 tracks of an album. Notorious b.i.g. - i gotta story to tell. Tupac shakur - me and my girlfriend. Scarface - mary jane. Mobb deep - quiet storm. For those of you that still don't get it, the current sh*t on the radio and being sold is hurting the genre, eating itself from the inside out.

Posted by It's Already Been Done

Imma big birdman fan, but this sh*t right here n*gga he could have done better i aint hating just i liked maybe three songs on there and lil wayne is on nine of his tracks so did he need lil wayne to make his cd better?

Posted by Near Death

I love bird manlike helland the way he raps he is what iwant tobe in feature

Posted by tweny grants

Baby is wack. The only reason he sellin records is because wayne is on just about every track. If wayne wasnt a genious lyrically record sales would go waaaaaaaaay down.

Posted by Lightskin

Posted by o

Man, somebody please quit lettin baby get on the mic. I miss the good old days when he kept his ass behind the scenes.

Posted by Mtown