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 or  iTunes Price: $13.99 Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Released: Nov 24, 2008 Customer Ratings (86 Ratings)
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View More By E-40 Our ReviewAfter 20 years in the business, E-40 has developed a lot of sides to his career. To some The Ball Street Journal might appear to be all over the place, but it takes a lot of space for a veteran of his caliber to flex every aspect of his persona. 40 can adapt his inimitable delivery to contemporary pop songs (“Wake It Up” and “Pain No More”) then turn around to collaborate with old pals like Ice T and Too Short (“Earl” and “Sliding Down the Pole”). Naturally, the strongest songs return 40 to the Bay Area sound he helped to create. The tracks produced by Rick Rock display a rare perfect fusion between producer and performer: “The Ambassador” and “Tell It Like It Is” feel both classic and futuristic, bombastic yet completely controlled. “Alcoholism” and “Hustle” find 40 collaborating with family and friends from the Sick Wid It umbrella, while “Poor Man’s Hydraulics” and “Got Rich Twice” are two excellent cuts produced by 40’s son, Droop-E. 40 is living proof that a rap star can achieve career longevity by staying true to a single unique vision. Rather than pander to the rap world, the rap world now comes to him, and The Ball Street Journal finds the proud ruler at home in his kingdom.. Customer ReviewsE-40 - The Ball Street Journal (4 stars)Two years since his last release, "My Ghetto Report Card". E-40 bounces back with his latest album, "The Ball Street Journal". Here is how it did. The Ambassador 4/5 I'm On One 2.5/5 Break Ya Ankles 3.5/5 Got Rich Twice 4/5 Pain No More 4/5 Tell It Like It Is 3.5/5 Give Her the Keys 3.5/5 Hustle 2.5/5 Wake It Up 4/5 40 Water 3.5/5 Poor Man's Hydraulics 3/5 The Recipe 3.5/5 Earl 3/5 Sliding Down the Pole 4/5 I Can Sell It E-40-The Ball Street Journal (3 stars) Bay veteran and self-proclaimed “Ambassador Of The Yay”, E-40 is back with his eleventh solo album. His second with BME and Lil Jon, 40 Water backs his successful My Ghetto Report Card with The Ball Street Journal. The Ambassador: Same start as his last album, Rick Rock samples Digable Planets Ladybug Mecca and goes into a sparse production of claps and pounding bass hits. 40 states his status in the bay, as the ambassador and lets you Feezyz Return (2 stars) Although its not that "mob make it sound like a gorilla tryin to get up out the trunk, super duper, trunk raddlin, old school in the basement, magazine street Hill Side type mob ish" Forty Water ish its 2,000,000 times better than this new era mess we have to listen to now days ie: Soldier Boy, TI, etc. BiographyBorn: November 15, 1967 in Vallejo, CAGenre: Hip Hop/Rap Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s Synonymous with Bay Area rap, E-40 garnered a regional following, and eventually a national one, with his flamboyant raps, while his entrepreneurial spirit, embodied by his homegrown record label, Sick Wid' It Records, did much to cultivate a flourishing rap scene to the east of San Francisco Bay, in communities such as Oakland and his native Vallejo. Along with Too Short, Spice 1, and Ant Banks, E-40 was among the first Bay Area rappers to sign to a major label, penning a deal with Jive Records...
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