The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil, Pt. 2

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. The second volume, like the first, seems to start mid-mixtape as the off-kilter "I'm Laced" ignores the massiveness of the project. It just doesn't feel big enough as an opener, but the glorious backseat number, "Tryna Get It" with Twista and T-Pain does, and two numbers later, it's like the old-school returned with a full clip as Spice 1 and Celly Cel join for the superior gangster number "The Other Day Ago." Minimal bass and scrappy attitude turn "Function" into a five-star pusher anthem, while "Zombie" finds Tech N9ne's love of monsters and E-40's endless bag of slang-filled punch lines combining for that special brand of horror hyphy that was explored on 2011's great Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift. Speaking of which, when compared to the 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:	0852020002331

Tracks

1. I'm Laced
2. On the Case
3. Function
4. Tryna Get It
5. Street N*gga
6. The Other Day Ago
7. This Is the Life
8. Everything
9. My Life
10. Grey Skies
11. With the Sh*t
12. Hittin' a Lick
13. This Sh*t Hard
14. Scorpio
15. Red & Blue Lights
16. Zombie
17. Memory Lane
18. I Know I Can Make It

Album Credits

Performance Credits

E-40   Primary Artist
London   Featured Artist
R.O.D   Featured Artist
Brotha Lynch Hung   Featured Artist
Cousin Fik   Vocals
T-Nutty   Featured Artist
Spice 1   Featured Artist
Tech N9ne   Featured Artist
YG   Featured Artist
C-BO   Featured Artist
Deltrice   Featured Artist
Cheryl Johnson   Vocals
Andrew Miller   Vocals
R.O.D.   Featured Artist
Andre Nickatina   Featured Artist
Celly Cel   Featured Artist
JT the Bigga Figga   Featured Artist
Cellski   Featured Artist
Twista   Featured Artist
Sam Bostic   Featured Artist
T-Pain   Featured Artist
Problem   Featured Artist
Stressmatic   Vocals
Suga T   Featured Artist
Agerman   Featured Artist
Den'ali Rutherford   Vocals
Gerron Edmondson   Vocals
Lynn Edmondson   Vocals
Iamsu   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

DJ Fresh   Producer
Sudan Williams   Composer
Marquise Simms   Composer
Marcellus McCarver   Composer
Jason Martin   Composer
R. Green   Composer
Todd Cooper   Engineer
Willy Will   Producer
Chris "THX" Goodman   Composer,Producer
Earl Stevens   Composer,Executive Producer
Andrew Miller   Composer
T. Jackson   Composer
Droop-E   Producer
J. Martin   Composer
J. Gonzalez   Composer
Thomas McCree   Engineer
M. Mosley   Composer
S. Bostic   Composer
S. Thomas   Composer
Sam Bostic   Producer
S. Stevens   Composer
Rick Rock   Producer
Mike Mosley   Producer
Deegan Mack Adams   Engineer
N. Franklin   Composer
Aaron Harris   Composer,Producer
Michael Denton   Mixing,Mastering
Chaz Hayes   Management
Scorp Dezel   Producer
Brad Davis   Engineer
Keenon Jackson   Composer
Migui Maloles   Engineer,Mixing Assistant
Hakiem Bostic   Engineer
Kashmere Harris   Engineer
Echo Hattix   Publicity
Reese Beats   Producer