E-40 Breaks Down His 25 Most Essential Songs
By Willy Staley | Apr 1, 2011 | 1:41 pm | Permalink
Earlier this week E-40 simultaneously dropped his fifteenth and sixteenth solo studio albums, Revenue Retrievin’: Overtime Shift and Revenue Retrievin’: Graveyard Shift. He’s been rapping for almost a quarter century, and has seen the game change from selling cassettes out the back of his car to selling mp3s on iTunes. He’s gone from the Hillside of Vallejo, CA, to more comfortable surroundings, but to hear him talk today you’d swear he was still hustling. Well, it’s cause he always is.
Whether it’s a new slap, a new artist (probably a family member), a new drink recipe, or a new piece of slang, E-40 always has something tucked in his ballcap. The Ambassador of the Bay’s future remains bright, but today we’re concerned with his past. So sit back, all you squares and don’t-knows, and make sure you don’t listen too slow: the boy 40 Water is about to tie your shoes, and lace you with some game, by breaking down his 25 most essential tracks.
As told to Willy Staley (@bushwickwill).
conducta April 2nd, 2011 at 12:07 AM
V-Town to Vacaville! 7-O-Smebbin'
conducta April 3rd, 2011 at 01:50 AM
RoseTown!!
fffffffffffffffffff April 2nd, 2011 at 07:19 AM
wtf is wrong with this guys voice
510kid April 2nd, 2011 at 08:51 PM
nothing is wrong with his voice. 40water will always be dope as fuck
LennyLOCO April 2nd, 2011 at 10:08 PM
Water da best rapper alive! Wish he wudda calobarated mac dre moo yadidimeen!
DUB April 3rd, 2011 at 06:59 AM
this was that slapp back in the G!!!!! DC all day respect to the bay.
dameSTATUS April 4th, 2011 at 07:28 AM
"I'm from the V-town dude!, seven oh seven!". 40 got so many quotables. I been lacing my non-Cali folks with his lingo for years. Met him in atlanta, and told him my lil cuz right here had just moved from the bay, without missing a beat he was like "you eating good, huh!". A lil double entendre about southern cooking & getting money. We still use that lil joke. Shoutout to the boys DESEAN Kennedy, Maurice garland, and my cold with the pen potna Willy Staley. We eating good!
Big Ant April 4th, 2011 at 01:52 PM
Dat nigga 40 got the hardest muffkin album right now. He doesn't get his props like he needs to and it's because he talks in code alot and they don't underdigg him. But the fellas out here that need to know do. Digg it!
demauriee April 4th, 2011 at 05:21 PM
this E-40 was the one who showed me the difference between rap and reality..
Bayshow April 4th, 2011 at 05:41 PM
East Pali alto off top! E-40 is best rapper on west coast! This shit bang slaps hard
XBiGBONE4 April 4th, 2011 at 05:47 PM
916NE$$ 2 THE V, 2 VALLEY$ NORTHERN CALi.
BUG April 6th, 2011 at 04:13 PM
What was E-40 bumpin in the car when the video first came on????