The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil, Pt. 1

by E-40

Overview

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. Otherwise, the Bay Area's slang king would actually acknowledge this epic undertaking somewhere toward the beginning of volume one, but the first Block Brochure kicks off with the good and small "Fast Lane," a standard-issue trunk rumbler that has "mixtape" written all over it. Worthy bangers like the Juicy J and 2 Chainz feature "They Point," the "yes I can" "Can You Feel It!" with B-Legit, and the draped-up and dripped-out anthem "What's My Name" make this the volume to pick over all the others, plus you get the wicked cheap thrills of "Let's F*ck," featuring the freak of any week, Gangsta Boo. Add the reggae-hop winner "In the Ghetto" and a strong second line of tracks, and you've got good set track by track, but compared to his 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

Product Details

Release Date:	03/26/2012
Label:	Heavy On The Grind
UPC:	0852020002324
Rank:	99289

Tracks

1. Fast Lane
2. They Point
3. Rock Stars
4. Outta Town
5. What's My Name?
6. Slummin'
7. Do the Playa
8. Cutlass
9. Turn It Up
10. Let's F*ck
11. Bust Moves
12. Can You Feel It?
13. What Is It Over?
14. In the Ghetto
15. Rollin'
16. In This Thang Breh
17. Mary Jane
18. Help Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

E-40   Primary Artist
Juicy J   Featured Artist
Rankin' Scroo   Featured Artist
Richie Rich   Featured Artist
Big Omeezy   Featured Artist
Decadez   Vocals,Featured Artist
Mike Marshall   Featured Artist
Work Dirty   Featured Artist
C-Ballin   Vocals
Immanuel "Grego" Simmons   Guitar
2 Chainz   Featured Artist
Scott Thompson   Bass
J-Banks   Featured Artist
Clifton Moffitt   Vocals
Go Hard Black   Featured Artist
The Hard Hitter Laroo   Featured Artist
Droop-E   Featured Artist
B-Legit   Featured Artist
The Jacka   Featured Artist
Gangsta Boo   Featured Artist
Turf Talk   Featured Artist
Sam Bostic   Vocals
Stresmatic   Vocals
Mugzi   Featured Artist
Mistah F.A.B.   Featured Artist
Raheem DeVaughn   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Rick Rock   Producer
Jamil "Face" Johnson   Engineer
Fabian Marasciullo   Mixing
Ghazi Hourani   Assistant
Earl Stevens   Composer,Executive Producer
A.J.   Producer
Tone Bone   Producer
Mike Marshall   Composer
Jeff Edwards   Engineer
Shondrae Crawford   Composer,Producer
Migui Maloles   Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Earl Stevens, Jr.   Composer,Executive Producer
C-Ballin   Producer
Hakiem Bostic   Engineer
Kashmere Harris   Engineer
The 8thgraders   Producer
Droop-E   Producer
Sam Bostic   Composer,Producer
Jelly Roll   Producer
Mike Mosley   Composer,Producer
Michael Denten   Mixing,Mastering
Black Key   Producer
Raheem DeVaughn   Composer
DJ Toure   Producer