''5 * Stunna'' (stylized as ''5 ★ Stunna'', also known as ''5 Star Stunna'') is the third studio album by American rapper Birdman. It was released on December 11, 2007, by

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and

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. The album includes the

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s from Kane Beatz, T-Mix,

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, Young Yonny, DJ Tone, the Fliptones, Tommy Gunnz,

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, Steve Morales and Raymond "Sarom" Diaz, among others. Rapper

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has featured 7 out of 22 tracks throughout the whole album. The album debuted at number 18 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, selling 80,000 copies in the first week. To date, the album has sold 372,000 copies in the United States. All three

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were released from the album, and each of them contains the collaborations with Lil Wayne; " Pop Bottles", which also features guest vocals from fellow rapper

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, "

100 Million "100 Million" is the second single from Birdman's third studio album, '' 5 * Stunna''. The track features Young Jeezy, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, and was produced by Cool & Dre. Dre performs the chorus and DJ Khaled performs the intro and outro, bu ...

", which also features guest vocals from these fellow rappers

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and

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, along with these

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s Dré and

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, " I Run This".

Background

The album was first rumored to be titled as ''5 Star General'', however, the title of the album was later changed into ''5 Star Stunna''.

Singles

His official debut

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for his third album, titled " Pop Bottles" was released on June 15, 2007. The song features guest vocals from his frequent collaborator and fellow rapper

, while it was produced by Raymond "Sarom" Diaz and Steve Morales. The album's second single, titled "

" was released on November 23, 2007. Lil Wayne also featured on this track, along with fellow rappers

and

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s Dré and

. The song was produced by the production duo

. The album's third single, " I Run This" was released on May 14, 2008. For the third time, Lil Wayne was featured on this track, while it was produced by T-Mix and

Lawsuits

In October 2009, Birdman, Lil Wayne,

, and various music distribution outlets were sued for copyright infringement by Thomas Marasciullo, who claims his voice was used without permission. The rappers asked him to record some "Italian-styled spoken word recordings" in 2006. The lyrics were allegedly used on "Respect", and other tracks from the rappers' collaboration album ''Like Father, Like Son''.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. Sample credits * "Pop Bottles" contains interpolations from "Put Ya Hands Up", performed by

. * "100 Million" contains a sample from " Mr. Crowley", performed by

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Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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