Water Giver

3y

MY CHILDHOOD PART 2 LETS GO

ILL BREAK ANY ANKLES

I'LL DROP ANY NIGGAS TURF

I'LL SHAKE A B****

SaintJitterxburgFL

3y

Water Giver Approved

SaintJitterxburgFL

3y

I WISH I WAS
40!
I WISH I WAS
WATER!

SaintJitterxburgFL

3y

Breakin News (2003)

With this album, it almost feels like we are informally introduced to Hyphy, the hypnotic, sort of cartoon-y rap subgenre that the Bay created. The intro/title track is 5 minutes long and honestly mid imo, but then we get our feets wet with some early hyphy music. Hot, I Got Dat Work, Quarterbackin, Married To The Ave and One Night Stand are very percussive songs with a dash of mob music. Turf Talk lowkey is on my list of favorite West Coast rappers, I really like his style it can sound like B-Real in a way. And the Clipse sound so natural over Quarterbackin. I can hear a connection between hyphy music and particularly their album Lord Willin now…. @proper
Married To The Ave sounds familiar as a f***. I feel like that horn stack was used in a different song. Either way it’s pretty cool. I Hope U Get This Kite is the odd ball on the track list because it’s another Just Blaze/Kanye type beat which isn’t bad, but it’s just so out of place. It doesn’t help the next two songs leave a bad taste in my mouth. Act A Ass just has an annoying beat imo and Anybody Can Get It is a crunk posse cut with David Banner & Bonecrusher, no disrespect to them as artists but just not my cup of tea. While I’m here there’s another posse cut, Northern Califoolya, but it’s Bay artists over a meh beat. The last half of the album is pretty consistent, minus that posse cut and Wa La which didn’t do much for me. Show and Prove featuring Goapele is a beautiful song that does stray away from all the Hyphy music like Hope U Get This Kite, but much better. The beautiful production fits 40 better. Gasoline, This Goes Out, and If If Was A 5th keep that Hyphy theme running which I have to admit is refreshing but still in its early stages. Throughout the 90’s and into the 2000’s he has relied heavy on the same types of sounds, G-Funk/Funk/R&B. Overall, the Hyphy songs tend to lack what I really liked about Quarterbackin and allot of the tracks on this one just feel like it would be a chore to give replay value.

Giving Breakin News a 2 out of 5

Favorite songs: Hot, Quarterbackin, Show & Prove

SaintJitterxburgFL

3y

My Ghetto Report Card (2006)

After a 3 year hiatus, Fosheezy releases his 8th studio album, My Ghetto Report Card. Now under Lil Jon’s BME Records after his little slump, 40 now has the tools readily available to make his standard of HEAT again. Yay Area kicks it off with a vocal sample of Digable Planets intermixed with wacky synth work and those groovy drums that make you want to shake your dreads. E-40 says “I got my second wind” and he’s not wrong. This is his comeback album. Tell Me When To Go is next, an undisputed classic song and his instantly most recognizable one at that. I hadn’t heard the song in a while and realized that Keak Da Sneak also has a part in the chorus. Something you tend to hear in Hyphy beats is the “beatbox” (if that’s what you want to call it) like in Muscle Cars with Keak making a bassline groove BMMMM BM-BM BM BM-BMMMM….
The consistency continues with songs like Go Hard Or Go Home, Gouda and Sick Wid It II. Then we come across a pretty harmless skit lol. It’s just Stomp Down the Pimp spittin some pimp s*** for 20 seconds. They Might Be Taping just showcases 40’s rapping hasn’t lost a step and he’s just goin in non stop on that one. Do Ya Head Like This is just straight MOB music. White Gurl features UGK and Juelz Santana over a 80’s type drum beat rapping about that Yay. The second skit is a part 1 of T-Pain I believe, tellin his homie that he used to “beat that p**** up” after seeing “Ray Ray’s girl” and a man cuts in like a commercial about Getthefuckon.com. Eh it’s kinda funny but could just do without skits on this. Then the first E-40 song I ever heard comes on, U & Dat featuring T-Pain and Kandi. Damn I used to recite this song until I knew all the words. Loved it and still do. One of the best songs on the album. I thought at this point the album sort of drops off tbh. I’m Da Man is ok and I especially enjoyed Mike Jones verse it was one of his better ones too. Yee felt boring imo and had more of a crunk vibe. The second Getthefuckon.com skit comes on and 3 tracks that just don’t do much for me except for Gimme Head which had a great beat and even went on for 5 minutes without me realizing. The very last song is a great way to go out on this one. It’s Happy To Be Here and is the only real soulful, personal song on here where 40 raps about the many things he’s witnessed throughout his life. Overall, this is a major comeback and extremely consistent record from the legend himself. If you want to go stupid, go DUMB DUMB I highly suggest slapping this one.

Giving My Ghetto Report Card a 5 out of 5

Favorite songs: Yay Area, Tell Me When To Go, Gouda, Do Ya Head Like This, U & Dat

Bestowed

3y

this is so other worldly man.

Bestowed

3y

this is so other worldly man.

proper

3y

only real bay heads know

Some kids in my hs made a video for this for video production class that was so on point lol pretty sure it’s on YouTube but not sure what to search for to find it

babylon sherm

3y

OP were you aware that E-40 and Sada Baby just had a song come out?

SaintJitterxburgFL

3y

I was aware but I haven’t peeped yet

Have you?

babylon sherm

3y

Yeah its pretty meh but I like that it sounds like it’s actively trying not to be a hit

proper

3y

you taking water breaks now? I need my daily e40 album review

proper

3y

you taking water breaks now? I need my daily e40 album review

SaintJitterxburgFL

3y

I had to cleanse my palate