Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Element of Surprise, The
2. Trump Change
3. All Tha Time - (featuring B-Legit)
4. Dump, Bust, Blast
5. Hope I Don't Go Back
6. $999,999 + $1=A Mealticket
7. Money Scheme - (featuring Jayo Felony)
8. Zoom
9. Mayhem - (featuring A-1)
10. Personal - (featuring D-Shot/Suga-T/The Mossie/LeVitti)
11. My Hoodlums & My Thugz - (featuring WC/Mack 10)
DISC 2:
1. Do It to Me - (featuring Busta Rhymes)
2. Lieutenant Roast a Botch
3. It's On, on Sight - (featuring C-Bo)
4. From the Ground Up - (featuring Too $hort/K-Ci & JoJo)
5. Flashin'
6. Doin' Dirt Bad - (featuring B-Legit)
7. Broccoli
8. Jump My Bone
9. Back Against the Wall - (featuring Master P)
10. To da Beat
11. Dirty Deeds
12. Ballin' Outta Control
13. One More Gen
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | A-1, B-Legit, Busta Rhymes, C-Bo, D-Shot, Jayo Felony, K-Ci & JoJo, LeVitti, Mack 10, Master P, Silk E, Suga T., Suga T, Suga-T, The Mossie, Too Short, WC | | Distributor: | BMG (distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: E-40, B-Legit, A-1, D-Shot, Suga T, LeVitti, The Mossie, WC, Mack 10, Busta Rhymes, Silk E, C-Bo, Too Short, K-Ci, JoJo, Master P (vocals); Bosko (various instruments); Sam Bostic (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Carl Burnett, Flat Top (guitar); Keith Eaddie (bass); Mike Mosley (keyboards, drum programming); D.J. TNT (scratches); Otis, Shug, Alechia Campbell, Kaveo (background vocals).
Producers include: Rick Rock, Big Tyme, Bosko, Ant Banks, Studio Ton.
Engineers include: D-Wiz, Bosko Kante, Ant Banks, Studio Ton, Joel Pierre.
Personnel includes: E-40, B-Legit, Jayo Felony, A-1, D-Shot, Suga T., LeVitti, The Mossie, WC, Mack 10, Busta Rhymes, Silk E, C-Bo, Too Short, K-Ci & JoJo, Master P (vocals); Bosko (various instruments); Sam Bostic (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Carl Burnett, Flat Top (guitar); Mike Mosley (keyboards, drums programming); Keith Eaddle (bass); D.J. TNT (scratches); Otis & Shug, Kaveo, Alechia Campbell (background vocals)
Producers: E-40, Rick Rock, Big Tyme, Bosko, Ant Banks.
Engineers include: D-Wiz, Bosko Kante, Ant Banks.
E-40's ELEMENT OF SURPRISE is like a cold splash of water in the face, startling the listener with a head-on dose of street reality. The most startling aspect of the album is E-40's unique rapping style; with his mile-a-minute rhymes, he makes Onyx sound like a bunch of slackers. His lyrics go by at such a breakneck pace that, while one is able to glean the general intent of the lyrics, his voice becomes another instrument, taking a place in the mix that's more physical than cerebral. He's pretty prolific, too, as evidenced by the 24 cuts spread out over ELEMENTS OF SURPRISE's two discs. Too Short, Master P and others make guest appearances on these funk-inflected tracks, but this is E-40's show all the way.
Editorial Reviews
4 (out of 5) - ...E-40 returns to the Hip-Hop lecture hall with a collection of songs that mentor those in the struggle....40, again, proves that he is a trailblazer and not a follower...
Rap Pages (10/01/1998)
4 Mics (out of 5) - When it comes to creativity, originality and personality in today's hip-hop music, there are few rappers who can hang with E-40....40 Water sticks to his original recipe--elastic flows that stretch rhymes out of shape against beats funkier than a can of sardines...
The Source (09/01/1998)
...E-40 casts a lyric spell with a nonstop flow of vividly engaging rags-to-riches tales...
Vibe (09/01/1998)
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