Track Listing
1. L.I.Q.
2. Ballahollic
3. Cause I Can - (featuring Jayo Felony/C-Bo)
4. Get Breaded - (featuring Sauce Money/Fat Joe)
5. Look at Me - (featuring Juvenile/B.G./Lil Wayne/Baby)
6. Duckin' and Dodgin'
7. F**Kin' They Nose - (featuring The Click)
8. Seasoned
9. Earl Dats Yo' Life - (featuring Too $hort/Otis/Shug)
10. Rules and Regulations
11. Borrow Yo' Broad - (featuring B-Legit)
12. Do What Ya Know Good - (featuring Levitti)
13. Mouthpiece
14. Big Ballin' With My Homies
15. Ghetto Celebrity - (featuring Suga-T)
16. Gangsterous - (featuring D-Shot/The Mossie)
17. Brownie Points - (featuring A-1)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | A-1, B-Legit, B.G., BG, Baby, C-Bo, Celly Cel, D-Shot, Fat Joe, Jayo Felony, Juvenile, Levitti, Lil Wayne, Lil' Wayne, Otis, Sauce Money, Shug, Suga T, Suga-T, The Click, The Mossie, Too Short | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: E-40, The Click, Celly Cel, B-Legit, B.G., Juvenile, Lil'
Wayne, A-1, D-Shot, The Mossie, Suga T, Too Short, Baby, Sauce Money, Jayo Felony, C-Bo, Shug, B-Legit, Levitti, Kavio, Trayce, Mr. Kain, Omeezy, (vocals); Bosko (various instruments, programming, scratches, talk box); Ant Banks (various instruments, programming); D-Wiz (guitar); Nutt, Warren Mceanna (bachground vocals).
Producers: Ant Banks, Rick Rock, Bosko.
Principally recorded at the Cosmic Slop Shop, Sacramento, California and Chicken & Beats Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Though West Coast wordsmith E-40 has been working his particular brand of Too Short-influenced hip-hop for more than a decade, BLUEPRINT OF A SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE makes clear that his formula hasn't lost any of its luster. Most impressive here are the arrangements--busy, jazzy soundscapes, rife with quick snippets of vocal overdub that add subtle shades of meaning to the rotund MC's street-influenced narratives.
On "Ballahollic, he brings a welcome sense of levity to his lyrical tough-guy posturing ("If you see me in a fight with a bear / Don't help me, help the bear!). While "Get Branded" may remind listeners of DOGGYSTYLE-era beat backdrops, the song is marked by psychedelic Rick James-like incantations. "Look at Me" bears the closest resemblance to the West Coast playa style, with its dry and trebly drum-machine beats, vocoder flourishes, and pitch-bending keyboards. Fans of self-aggrandizing West Coast hip-hop at its most hyperbolic won't want to miss BLUEPRINT OF A SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE.
Editorial Reviews
3.5 mics out of 5 - ...E-40 is one of [Oakland's] most respected prophets....[He] weaves disturbingly vivid tales of the Bay Area's underworld, spit with his trademark slangtionary and a hint of humor....40 manages to hit a homerun nevertheless...
The Source (12/01/1999)
...a pixilated excursion through E's playa lifestyle: parties, pretty women, and paper....leaving you with a...good idea of how an 11-year vet can make a hip hop album that doesn't sound stale...
Vibe (12/01/1999)
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