Hip-Hopera is the debut album by Volume 10

Volume 10

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, released on March 1, 1994 through RCA Records

RCA Records

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. Production was handled by a variety of producers, most notably The Baka Boyz

The Baka Boyz

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, Cut Chemist

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 and a pre-Sugar Ray

Sugar Ray

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 DJ Homicide

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The album spawned the underground hit "Pistolgrip Pump", which reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot Rap Singles. The album, however, suffered from poor promotion and only made it to number 66 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums

Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

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Track listing

1. "A'cappella/Stylesondeck" - 4:13
2. "Where's the Sniper?" - 4:34
3. "A Real Freestyle" - 4:49
4. "Pistolgrip Pump" - 2:57
5. "Mom & Deb" - 1:33
6. "Sho Is Hype" - 5:22
7. "Hip-Hopera" - 4:58
8. "Interlude/Tops Wall" - 1:05
9. "First Born" - 4:49
10. "Knockoutchaskull" - 3:02
11. "Home Alone" - 3:27
12. "Harderthanallya'll" - 4:03
13. "Sunbeams" - 3:00
14. "Tops Toe" - 0:59
15. "Flow Wood" - 3:34
16. "Tricks-N-Hoes" - 3:52
17. "What's up To..." - 4:03

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