My Ghetto Report Card [PA]

Performer: E-40
Artist: Keak Da Sneak; Turf Talk; Stressmatic; B-Legit; Miko; Pimp C; Juelz Santana; Bun B; Kandi Girl; T-Pain; Al Kapone; Mike Jones; Too Short; Bud'da; Bosko; Eightball; D.D. Artis
Engineer: Chris Carmouche; Dale Everingham; Bosko Kante; Dustin "Nump" Perfetto; Andrew Seidel
Producer: Little E "Droop E"; Bosko Kante; Ricardo "Rick Rock" Thomas; Jonathan "Lil' Jon" Smith; Lil Jon; Rick Rock
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Personnel: E-40 (rap vocals); D. D. Artis (rap vocals, background vocals); Stressmatic, Miko, Kandi Girl, 8Ball, Federation, Keak da Sneak, Al Kapone, Mike Jones , Pimp C, B-Legit, Too $hort, Turf Talk, Juelz Santana, T-Pain, Bosko, Bud'da, Bun B (rap vocals); Craig Love (guitar); James Phillips, Jonathon "Lil' Jon" Smith (keyboards); Bosko Tante (talk box, background vocals); Little E "Droop E", Bosko Kante (background vocals). Audio Mixers: John Frye; Michael Denton; Bosko Kante; Jonathon "Lil' Jon" Smith; Andrew Seidel. Recording information: Atlanta, GA; Bombay Digital Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Stankonia Recordings, Atlanta, GA; Studiotone, Fairfield, CA; The Orange Room, CA. Photographer: Jonathan Mannion. Having helped bring ghetto slang like "It's all good" and "fo'shezzy, fo'shizzle" to the mainstream (and all the way to the 'burbs in some cases), West Coaster E-40 has earned his place among hip-hop's groundbreakers. His 2006 album, MY GHETTO REPORT CARD, produced by Lil John and Rick Rock, is evidence that 40's innovative musical style continues to influence the genre both musically and linguistically. The veteran rapper invites a host of guests, including Bay-area talent The Federation ("Go Hard or Go Home") and R&B crooner T-Pain ("U and Dat"), to contribute to MY GHETTO REPORT CARD. And while the platinum-selling MC delivers his own laid-back flow over thick bass kicks and catchy hand-claps, he also introduces the "hyphy" movement to a national audience. Basically the Bay Area's version of crunk, hyphy is a jittery, fast paced, synth-powered strain of hip-hop that will keep the clubs bouncing and the heads nodding as long E-40 has anything to say about it.

Rolling Stone (p.70) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he mix of witty rhymes and hooky beats makes for hip-hop with a highly developed pleasure principle." Q (p.134) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he sheer energy means it bears repeated listening." The Wire (p.55) - "[A] thrilling testament to the Bay's weirdness....MY GHETTO REPORT CARD shows flashes of E-40's considerable brilliance." XXL (Magazine) (p.137) - "Always loyal to his soil, E-Feezy makes it clear from jump that he's ready to carry his hometown on his back and introduce hyphy to the masses." Mojo (Publisher) (p.120) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A] relentless, profane and insistently exciting record."

As a solo performer, label owner (Sick Wid It Records), and member of hip-hop outfit the Click, rapper E-40 has been representing the often underappreciated Bay Area hip-hop scene since the early 1990s. E-40 is credited with helping the Bay Area hyphy movement (something of a West Coast version of crunk) gain national exposure and is well known for his legendary flow, which incorporates one of hip-hop's most extensive and developed slang vocabularies--a considerable amount of which was created by E-40 himself. His MY GHETTO REPORT CARD was released in 2006 and once again showed why 40 is one of the most respected gangsta rappers in the game.

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