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E-40 is a rapper who was long overdue for a best-of collection, which finally came in 2004 when Jive released Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. The Bay Area eccentric debuted his tongue-twisting style for Jive back in 1994 with the Mail Man EP, so this collection spans an entire decade -- and a busy one at that, given that E-40 put out roughly an album a year over that span. He didn't score many genuine hits over those years, as only a few of his singles broke into the Billboard Hot 100, but his fresh style did influence a legion of rappers who began to emulate his slangtastic rhyming style. So, given E-40's lack of hits, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is somewhat of a grab bag. Some of the tracks are clear career highlights: "Carlos Rossi," "Captain Save a Hoe," "Rapper's Ball," "Zoom," and "Automatic" in particular. Others are excellent and exemplary if somewhat unexceptional, likewise the few previously released inclusions that close the compilation. Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow unfortunately misses a number of seemingly obvious highlights, for example the Nate Dogg gem "Nah Nah" from Loyalty & Betrayal or his most-recent single, "Quarterbackin'." There's an emphasis on E-40's early, less-heard albums, which means some may quibble also about the lack of latter-day inclusions. That's all to be expected, of course, for the only way this best-of could be definitive would be if it were a double-disc collection (and even then it'd a bit short of definitive given E-40's especially deep canon and generally consistent level of quality, not to mention his innumerable guest appearances elsewhere). Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is excellent for what it is, however: a single-disc sampler of E-40's long, influential decade with Jive that rounds up some of his most obvious highlights in the process and leaves others for later discovery.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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E-40, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist
(P) 2004 Zomba Recording LLC
E-40, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Mike Mosley, Composer - Mike Mosley, Lyricist - Mike Mosley, Producer - Sam Bostic, Composer - Sam Bostic, Lyricist - Sam Bostic, Producer
(P) 1995 Zomba Recording LLC
E-40, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Marvin Whitemon, Composer - Marvin Whitemon, Lyricist - Studio Ton, Mixing Engineer - Studio Ton, Producer
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
Bosko Kante, Composer - Bosko Kante, Lyricist - Bosko Kante, Mixing Engineer - Bosko Kante, Producer - E-40, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Lionel Richie, Composer - Lionel Richie, Lyricist - Ronald LaPread, Composer - Ronald LaPread, Lyricist
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
Brandt Jones, Composer - Brandt Jones, Lyricist - E-40 featuring B-Legit of The Click and Mac Shon of the Funk Mobb, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Funk Daddy, Producer - Gregory Buren, Composer - Gregory Buren, Lyricist
(P) 1995 Zomba Recording LLC
E-40, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Marvin Whitemon, Composer - Marvin Whitemon, Lyricist - Studio Ton, Engineer - Studio Ton, Producer
(P) 1993, 1995 Zomba Recording LLC
Ant Banks, Composer - Ant Banks, Lyricist - Ant Banks, Mixing Engineer - Ant Banks, Producer - Carlos Warlick, Mixing Engineer - E-40 featuring Too $hort and K-Ci, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - K. Ci Hailey, Composer - K. Ci Hailey, Lyricist - Todd Shaw, Composer - Todd Shaw, Lyricist
(P) 1996 Zomba Recording LLC
E-40, Producer - E-40 featuring The Click - D-Shot, B-Legit and Suga-T, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Studio Ton, Producer
(P) 1994 Zomba Recording LLC
Ant Banks, Composer - Ant Banks, Lyricist - Ant Banks, Mixing Engineer - Ant Banks, Producer - Carlos Warlick, Mixing Engineer - E-40, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Jonathan Lind, Composer - Jonathan Lind, Lyricist - Maurice White, Composer - Maurice White, Lyricist
(P) 1998 Zomba Recording LLC
E-40 featuring Suga-T, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Mike Mosley, Composer - Mike Mosley, Lyricist - Mike Mosley, Producer - Sam Bostic, Composer - Sam Bostic, Lyricist - Sam Bostic, Producer - Tenina Stevens, Composer - Tenina Stevens, Lyricist
(P) 1995 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Andrew Seidel, Recording Engineer - Anthony Jackson, Composer - Anthony Jackson, Lyricist - DURO, Mixing Engineer - Dale Everingham, Recording Engineer - Donald E. Fletcher, Composer - Donald E. Fletcher, Lyricist - E-40 Feat. Fabolous, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - Harold E. Davis, Composer - Harold E. Davis, Lyricist - Kenneth Gamble, Composer - Kenneth Gamble, Lyricist - Leon Huff, Composer - Leon Huff, Lyricist - Ricardo Thomas, Composer - Ricardo Thomas, Lyricist - Rick Rock, Producer - Weldon Dean Parks, Composer - Weldon Dean Parks, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Zomba Recording LLC
Antoné Caldwell, Composer - Antoné Caldwell, Lyricist - E-40 featuring The Federation, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - M. Selmon, Composer - M. Selmon, Lyricist - Rick Rock, Composer - Rick Rock, Lyricist - Rick Rock, Producer - T. Jackson, Composer - T. Jackson, Lyricist
(P) 2004 Zomba Recording LLC
Avery Johnson, Composer - Avery Johnson, Lyricist - Avery Johnson, Producer - E-40 featuring Bone Crusher and Cotton Mouf, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - J. Anderson, Composer - J. Anderson, Lyricist - Wayne Hardnett, Composer - Wayne Hardnett, Lyricist
(P) 2004 Zomba Recording LLC
Cynthia Loving, Composer - Cynthia Loving, Lyricist - Dave West, Composer - Dave West, Lyricist - Dave West, Producer - E-40 featuring Lil' Mo, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist
(P) 2004 Zomba Recording LLC
Brandt Jones, Composer - Brandt Jones, Lyricist - E-40 featuring B-Legit and Rankin Scroo, Performer - Earl Stevens, Composer - Earl Stevens, Lyricist - H. Johnson, Composer - H. Johnson, Lyricist - Jake Dutton, Composer - Jake Dutton, Lyricist - Jake Dutton, Producer
(P) 2004 Zomba Recording LLC
Album review
E-40 is a rapper who was long overdue for a best-of collection, which finally came in 2004 when Jive released Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. The Bay Area eccentric debuted his tongue-twisting style for Jive back in 1994 with the Mail Man EP, so this collection spans an entire decade -- and a busy one at that, given that E-40 put out roughly an album a year over that span. He didn't score many genuine hits over those years, as only a few of his singles broke into the Billboard Hot 100, but his fresh style did influence a legion of rappers who began to emulate his slangtastic rhyming style. So, given E-40's lack of hits, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is somewhat of a grab bag. Some of the tracks are clear career highlights: "Carlos Rossi," "Captain Save a Hoe," "Rapper's Ball," "Zoom," and "Automatic" in particular. Others are excellent and exemplary if somewhat unexceptional, likewise the few previously released inclusions that close the compilation. Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow unfortunately misses a number of seemingly obvious highlights, for example the Nate Dogg gem "Nah Nah" from Loyalty & Betrayal or his most-recent single, "Quarterbackin'." There's an emphasis on E-40's early, less-heard albums, which means some may quibble also about the lack of latter-day inclusions. That's all to be expected, of course, for the only way this best-of could be definitive would be if it were a double-disc collection (and even then it'd a bit short of definitive given E-40's especially deep canon and generally consistent level of quality, not to mention his innumerable guest appearances elsewhere). Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is excellent for what it is, however: a single-disc sampler of E-40's long, influential decade with Jive that rounds up some of his most obvious highlights in the process and leaves others for later discovery.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:40
- Main artists: E 40
- Composer: Earl Stevens
- Label: Jive
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
This compilation (P) 2004 Zomba Recording LLC
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