Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

by E-40
Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow

by E-40

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Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date: 08/24/2004
Label: Jive
UPC: 0828766257328
Rank: 39734

Tracks

  1. Intro
  2. Da Bumble
  3. Flashin'
  4. Zoom
  5. Sideways
  6. Carlos Rossi
  7. Rapper's Ball
  8. Captain Save a H**
  9. Hope I Don't Go Back
  10. Sprinkle Me
  11. Automatic
  12. Gas, Break, Dip
  13. It's On
  14. Thick & Thin
  15. Bust Yo S**T

Album Credits

Performance Credits

E-40   Primary Artist
K-Ci & JoJo   Primary Artist
Too $hort   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Bone Crusher   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
B-Legit   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Fabolous   Primary Artist
Lil' Mo   Primary Artist
Suga T   Primary Artist
Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey   Guest Artist
Chaz Harper   Sequencing

Technical Credits

Ant Banks   Producer,Composer
E. Blake Davis   Composer
E. Stevens   Composer
Michael Mosley   Composer
TJ Jackson   Composer
Rahiem Prince Thomas   Composer
Greg Buren   Composer
Shemp   Design,Photography,Art Direction
Chaz Harper   Remastering
E-40   Producer
Funk Daddy   Producer
Sam Bostic   Composer,Producer
Lionel Richie   Composer
Ronald LaPread   Composer
Rick Rock   Producer
Mike Mosley   Producer
Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey   Composer
Jake One   Producer
Bosko   Producer
Avery Johnson   Producer
Todd Shaw   Composer
A. Jackson   Composer
J.J. Jackson   Composer
Kenny Gamble   Composer
Studio Ton   Producer
T.M. Stevens   Composer
Supa Dave West   Producer
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