E-40 - My Ghetto Report Card
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Artist: E-40Edition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 2006-03-14
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Yay Area
- Tell Me When To Go featuring Keak Da Sneak
- Muscle Cars featuring Keak Da Sneak & Turf Talk
- Go Hard Or Go Home featuring The Federation
- Gouda featuring B-Legit & Stressmatic of The Federation
- Sick Wid It II featuring Turf Talk?
- JB Stomp Down (Skit)
- They Might Be Taping
- Do Ya Head Like This
- Block Boi featuring Miko & Stressmatic of The Federation
- White Gurl featuring Bun B, Pimp C of UGK & Juelz Santana
- GetTheF***On.com Part 1 (Skit)
- U and Dat featuring T. Pain & Kandi Girl
- I'm Da Man featuring Mike Jones & Al Kapone
- Yee featuring Too $hort & Budda
- GetTheF***On.com Part 2 (Skit)
- Just F***in featuring Bosko
- Gimme H*** featuring Al Kapone and Bosko
- She Say She Loves Me featuring 8 Ball & Bun B
- Happy To Be Here featuring D.D. Artis
Free Music Notes for My Ghetto Report Card
Free Music Review: "5, 10 15, 20 (Gouda!), 25, 30, 35, 40 (Chalupa!)" (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4.0 stars)
Hit: 4 Stars
Bay Area's E-40 has been in the music scene since the early 90's striking a deal with Jive Records, and putting his family members, The Click, on with him. Having numerous albums under his belt, mainly In a Major Way, you know that he can squeeze out good albums whenever he puts his mind to the process. In 2006, he gives us his latest album My Ghetto Report Card, signing with Lil' Jon's BME Records (Warner Brothers/WEA). Now when I first heard that E-40 was making this album here in Atlanta, I immediately wrote this album off and didn't give it a chance, because I thought to myself "Oh no, here comes another Bay Area artist trying to get with the ATL (like a certain bald headed rapper who moved here back in '95 and has bordered awful $hortly after). So about two and a half years later, I finally decide to order this album, giving it a full listen. How does it stack up?
Call Earl Stephens an innovator on the hyphy movement in the Bay Area. The album has bass pumping production, and 40 actually spits good rhymes, proving that he's "A vet, not an amateur" said on the album's opening track "Yay Area". That track is kinda cool, because in the background is a repeated sample from Digable Planets' Ish saying "We be to rap, what key be to lock". The album's lead single "Tell Me When To Go" is another surprisingly good single with Keak da Sneak, as 40 says the popular phrase "Ghost ride the whip!". "Go Hard or Go Home" featuring Federation is one of the best tracks, because 40 turns a simple hook to a great song. "Gouda" featuring B-Legit is another great track. Later on is the upbeat "They Might Be Taping", where 40's fast delivery flow shows here. Other tracks worth mentioning enough to standout were the second single "U and Dat" featuring Chris Brown, and Kandi Girl, as well as the final track "Happy To Be Here". Many guests don't disappoint, such as Juelz Santana, and UGK (RIP Pimp C) on "White Gurl", and "She Said She Love Me" with UGK and 8-Ball.
Songs that aren't that good are "Do Ya Head Like This" with a weak uncreative hook. Mike Jones' guest appearance doesn't so well on "I'm Da Ma".
Overall, 40's latest album is excellent. The hyphy production and the great lyrics really proves that 40 ain't nothing new to the game. If you like that kind of style from the Bay Area, this is a must have for you. This is one I can enjoy many times, and has kept in rotation since I purchased it, this is highly recommended for any fan. Peace.
Lyrics: A-
Production: A-
Guest Appearances: B
Musical Vibes: A-
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Gouda (featuring B-Legit)
2. Go Hard Or Go Home (featuring Federation)
3. Yay Area
4. Tell Me When To Go (featuring Keak da Sneak)
5. They Might Be Taping
Honorable Mention:
1. U and Dat (featuring Chris Brown and Kandi Girl)
2. Happy To Be Here (featuring Bosko and D.D. Artis)
My Ghetto Report Card Poster
"It's all good," "fo'shezzy, fo'shizzle" and "what's up pimpin" are all phrases originated by E-40. He also named Hyphy, the San Francisco Bay Area movement Rolling Stone has anointed as the "hot new scene." With each of his most recent seven albums having reached the R&B/Hip-Hop Top 10, the acclaimed platinum-selling rapmaster now teams with executive producer Lil Jon for My Ghetto Report Card-and Hyphy goes to the head of the class.Riding on the popularity of the song/video "Tell Me When To Go," E-40's latest album also doubles as an introduction of the Bay Area's burgeoning "Hyphy" movement to a national audience. His constantly evolving slangcabulary and taffy-like vocal style are acquired tastes--especially outside the Yay--but this new album makes smart choices and is one of 40's most crossover-friendly albums to date. His signature "mob sound" has been stripped down to a minimalist bed of thick bass kicks and catchy hand claps by everyone from Rick Rock ("Yay Area") to Droop-E ("Sick Wit It II"), even Lil' Jon ("Tell Me When To Go"). The album can feel a little repetitive at times, but it's also a sound that plays well in clubs, cars, and earbuds. 40 also opens his door to a host of guests, including local talent like Keak Da Sneak ("Muscle Cars") and The Federation ("Go Hard or Go Home"), but he wisely collaborates with others like NY's Juelz Santana and Houston's UGK ("White Gurl") as well as R&B crooner T-Pain ("U And Dat"). Will this album have the rest of the nation ghostriding the whip? Give it three months and we'll see. --Oliver Wang
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