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Real Name: Earl Stevens

Birth of Date: November 15, 1967

Birth of Place: Vallejo, California, Album

Throughout the '90s and into the next decade, E-40 led a generation of Cali Bay Area rappers and attracted a large cult following of listeners that spread from the West Coast to the South. Forty's uncanny rhyme delivery set him apart from the mainstream, as he coined a plethora of slang terms and experimented with overdubbed vocals. Moreover, his longevity and sincerity earned him many alliances, first among his Bay Area colleagues, then with Jive Records and numerous Dirty South camps, among them No Limit and Cash Money Records. Forty never did completely crossover to mainstream success, remaining mainly a regional sensation, yet influenced many over the years with his unique style and stayed true to his principles throughout.
Born Earl Stevens and later host to numerous nicknames -- "Charlie Hustle," "Forty Fonzarelli," "40-Watter," and more -- 40 grew up in the Cali Bay Area and aspired to follow in the footsteps of Too Short. Like that Oakland legend, 40 built a street presence with mixtapes long before he released his first album. After years of mixtape hustling, he decided to start his own label, Sick Wid' It, and began extending his reach beyond the streets of Vallejo, the Bay Area city he called home. Forty entered the national rap game forcibly in 1994 with an EP (The Mail Man), a single ("Captain Save a Hoe"), and an album (Federal); and he also released an album by his group, the Click (Down and Dirty).
These recordings made their way to the office of Jive Records, who offered to distribute the Sick Wid' It catalog. As part of the deal, in 1995 Jive re-released the aforementioned releases as well as new albums by 40 (In a Major Way) and the Click (Game Related), and attracted substantial interest toward the Sick Wid' It camp. For 40's next album, Tha Hall of Game (1996), he again worked with longtime producer Mike Mosley but also collaborated with Bay Area heavyweight Ant Banks, who produced "Rappers' Ball," a successful single that featured Too Short and K-Ci.
After Tha Hall of Game put 40 on the brink of a mainstream breakthrough, the rapper took a year off and returned with a massive double album, The Element of Surprise (1998), and then another album shortly afterward, Charlie Hustle (1999). These two albums, unfortunately, did little to expand 40's fan base, nor did subsequent albums such as Loyalty and Betrayal (2000) and Grit & Grind (2002); though they did spawn a few popular singles ("Nah Nah," "Rep Yo City"). By this point, ten years or so after 40 had established Sick Wid' It, the rapper seemed perennially poised for breakthrough success yet, at the same time, was perfectly content with his strong following amid the West Coast and Dirty South scenes. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

 

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Federal Album

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  • Drought Season
  • Rat Heads
  • Federal
  • Outsmart the Po Po's
  • Hide 'n' Seek
  • Let Em Have It
  • Questions
  • Extra Mannish
  • Carlos Rossi
  • Nuttin' Ass Nigga
  • Shouts Out

 

Mail Man Album

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  • Neva Broke
  • Bring the Yellow Tape
  • Practice Looking Hard
  • Ballin' Outta Control
  • Where the Party At
  • Captain Save a Hoe
  • The Mail Man
  • Captain Save a Hoe (Remix)

 

In a Major Way Album

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  • Intro
  • Chip In Da Phone
  • Da Bumble
  • Sideways
  • Spittin' It
  • Sprinkle Me
  • Outta Bounds
  • Dusted 'n' Disgusted
  • 1-Luv
  • Smoke 'n' Drank
  • Dey Ain't No
  • Fed
  • H.I. Double L
  • Bootsee
  • It's All Bad
  • Outro

 

Tha Hall of Game Album

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  • Record Haters
  • Rappers' Ball
  • Growing Up
  • Million Dollar Spot
  • Mack Minister
  • I Wanna Thank You
  • The Story
  • My Drinking Club
  • Ring It
  • Pussy Talk
  • Keep Pimpin'
  • I Like What You Do to Me
  • Things'll Never Change
  • Circumstances
  • It is What it Is
  • Smebbin'

 

The Element of Surprise (Disc 1) Album

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  • The Element of Surprise
  • Trump Change
  • All Tha Time
  • Dump, Bust, Blast
  • Hope I Don't Go Back
  • $999,999 + $1 = A Mealticket
  • Money Scheme
  • Zoom
  • Mayhem
  • Personal
  • My Hoodlums and My Thugz

 

The Element of Surprise (Disc 2)

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  • Do It To Me
  • Lieutenant Roast a Botch
  • It's On, On Sight
  • From the Ground Up
  • Flashin'
  • Doin' Dirt Bad
  • Broccoli
  • Jump My Bone
  • Back Against the Wall
  • To Da Beat
  • Dirty Deeds
  • Ballin' Outta Control
  • One More Gen

 

Charlie Hustle Album

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  • L.I.Q.
  • Ballaholic
  • 'Cause I Can
  • Get Breaded
  • Look at Me
  • Duckin' & Dodgin
  • Fuckin' They Nose
  • Seasoned
  • Earl That's Yo' Life
  • Rules & Regulations
  • Borrow Yo' Broad
  • Do What You Know Good
  • Mouthpiece
  • Big Ballin' With My Homies
  • Ghetto Celebrity
  • Gangsterous
  • Brownie Points

 

Loyalty and Betrayal Album

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  • Intro
  • Loyalty and Betrayal
  • Lace Me Up
  • Ya Blind
  • Sinister Mob
  • Nigga Shit
  • Nah, Nah...
  • Pop Ya Collar
  • Record Company Skit
  • To Whom it May Concern
  • Like a Jungle
  • Behind Gates
  • Doin' the Fool
  • Flamboastin'
  • It's Pimpin'
  • Clown Wit It

 

Grit & Grind Album

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  • Why They Don't Fuck Wit Us
  • The Slap
  • Automatic
  • Rep Yo City
  • It's All Gravity
  • 77 Much
  • Mustard & Mayonnaise (Intro)
  • Mustard & Mayonnaise
  • My Cup
  • Whomp Whomp
  • Lifestyles
  • 'Til the Dawn
  • End of the World
  • It's a Man's Game
  • Pimps, Hustlas (Intro)
  • Pimps, Hustlas
  • Fallin' Rain
  • Roll On

 

Breakin News Album

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  • Breakin News
  • Hot
  • I Got Dat Work
  • Quarterbackin'
  • Married to the Ave
  • One Night Stand
  • I Hope U Get This Kite
  • Act a Ass
  • Anybody Can Get It
  • Gasoline
  • Show & Prove
  • This Goes Out
  • Northern Califoolya
  • That's a Good Look 4 U
  • If If Was a 5th
  • Wa La
  • Pharmaceutical Outro
  • Quarterbackin' (DJ Quick Remix)

 

The Best of E-40 Album

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  • Da Bumble
  • Flashin'
  • Zoom
  • Sideways
  • Carlos Rossi
  • Rapper's Ball
  • Captain Save a Hoe
  • Hope I Don't Go Back
  • Sprinkle Me
  • Automatic
  • Gas, Break, Dip
  • It's On
  • Think & Thin
  • Bust Yo Shit

 

My Ghetto Report Card Album

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  • Yay Area
  • Tell Me When to Go
  • Muscle Cars
  • Go Hard or Go Home
  • Gouda
  • Sick Wid It II
  • JB Stomp Down (Skit)
  • They Might be Taping
  • Do Ya Head Like This
  • Block Boi
  • White Gurl
  • GettheFuckOn.com Part 1 (Skit)
  • U and Dat
  • I'm Da Man
  • Yee
  • GettheFuckOn.com Part 2 (Skit)
  • Just Fuckin
  • Gimme Head
  • She Say She Loves Me
  • Happy to be Here

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