''Operation Beatbox'' is a various artists compilation album released on September 17, 1996 by

Re-Constriction Records Re-Constriction Records was a division of Cargo Music based in California. The label was founded in 1992 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR, a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University. The ...

. The album compiles covers of popular hip hop tracks performed by

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acts, many of whom were part of the Re-Constriction roster. It served as a direct sequel to the similarly themed

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compilation '' Shut Up Kitty'', released in 1993.

Reception

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'' gave the album high praises, awarding it five out of five stars and saying "there's no doubt that when it comes to rewriting rap's classic moments, industrial/goth bands say more for the cultural links between the two black sheep of modern musical culture than one might have dreamed." ''Aiding & Abetting'' gave it a more mixed review, saying the material ranges "from the sublime (SMP thrashing out "

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") to the utterly silly (as any cover of "

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" was bound to be)." ''Sonic Boom'' found the compilation's absurdity to be part of its charm, saying "don't be surprised if you find the majority of these tracks more than amusing as there is something fundamentally wrong with a gang of privileged white kids trying to sound like a band of inner city black youths."

Track listing

Accolades

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Operation Beatbox'' liner notes. *

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* Scan, Boy! –

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* Steven Seibold – mastering

Release history

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Operation Beatbox 1996 compilation albums Alternative rock compilation albums Industrial rock compilation albums Re-Constriction Records compilation albums