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Much in the same way he released his 11th and 12th albums in 2010, and his 13th and 14th albums in 2011, E-40's 15th, 16th, and 17th albums were all released on the same day. That may look prolific, but The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2, or 3 -- or the three-CD set that boxes them all -- is proof that almost every E-40 mixtape you've seen is a bootleg and that in 2011, "getting paid" is at the top of the rapper's list. The second volume, like the first, seems to start mid-mixtape as the off-kilter "I'm Laced" ignores the massiveness of the project. It just doesn't feel big enough as an opener, but the glorious backseat number, "Tryna Get It" with Twista and T-Pain does, and two numbers later, it's like the old-school returned with a full clip as Spice 1 and Celly Cel join for the superior gangster number "The Other Day Ago." Minimal bass and scrappy attitude turn "Function" into a five-star pusher anthem, while "Zombie" finds Tech N9ne's love of monsters and E-40's endless bag of slang-filled punch lines combining for that special brand of horror hyphy that was explored on 2011's great Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift. Speaking of which, when compared to the Revenue Retrievin' onslaught, which was sorted into thematic sets (Day, Night, etc.), these unwieldy Block Brochures come off as a hyphy data dump, leaving all executive production up to the listener.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - Jason Martin, ComposerLyricist - YG, FeaturedArtist - Keenon Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Sudan Williams, ComposerLyricist - M. Simms, ComposerLyricist - Problem, FeaturedArtist - IamSu!, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - T-Pain, FeaturedArtist - Twista, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - Celly Cel, FeaturedArtist - E-40, MainArtist - The Spice, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - Sam Bostic, FeaturedArtist - E-40, MainArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - R.O.D., FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - Deltrice, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - Cellski, FeaturedArtist - JT The Bigga Figga, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - C-Bo, FeaturedArtist - T-Nutty, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - London, FeaturedArtist - Tech N9ne, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - Brotha Lynch Hung, FeaturedArtist - Tech N9ne, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - Andre Nickatina, FeaturedArtist
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Earl Stevens, ComposerLyricist - E-40, MainArtist - Suga-T, FeaturedArtist - Agerman, FeaturedArtist
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Album review
Much in the same way he released his 11th and 12th albums in 2010, and his 13th and 14th albums in 2011, E-40's 15th, 16th, and 17th albums were all released on the same day. That may look prolific, but The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2, or 3 -- or the three-CD set that boxes them all -- is proof that almost every E-40 mixtape you've seen is a bootleg and that in 2011, "getting paid" is at the top of the rapper's list. The second volume, like the first, seems to start mid-mixtape as the off-kilter "I'm Laced" ignores the massiveness of the project. It just doesn't feel big enough as an opener, but the glorious backseat number, "Tryna Get It" with Twista and T-Pain does, and two numbers later, it's like the old-school returned with a full clip as Spice 1 and Celly Cel join for the superior gangster number "The Other Day Ago." Minimal bass and scrappy attitude turn "Function" into a five-star pusher anthem, while "Zombie" finds Tech N9ne's love of monsters and E-40's endless bag of slang-filled punch lines combining for that special brand of horror hyphy that was explored on 2011's great Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift. Speaking of which, when compared to the Revenue Retrievin' onslaught, which was sorted into thematic sets (Day, Night, etc.), these unwieldy Block Brochures come off as a hyphy data dump, leaving all executive production up to the listener.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:32
- Main artists: E 40
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Heavy On The Grind
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
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