![]() ![]() ![]() The results are “Ballaholic,” “Earl That’s Yo’ Life,” and “Borrow Yo’ Broad,” which attack as hard as any West Coast gangsta rap songs, but also feature detours like this (from “Ballaholic”): “You play the frog, if you feel froggish n***a leap / I neglect my dogs, starving sometimes they don't eat / Elroy speak to me about my triple-beam, officer I got proof / Po'-po', that's for weighing nuts and fruits.” More so than ever before, 40 opens the seams on the English language and gives every track here its own invented word, including “weeples,” “cooning,” “plinayed,” “perking,” and “gangsterous. Those two sides of his personality complement each other perfectly. Verse 3: E-40 Wha-da-da-dey, wha-da-da-da-dang Hustlin on the thirteen-hundred block slangin caine Carquenez Bridge, Mini-14, thats gangster shit With walkie-talkies and po-po scanners on. The album shows 40’s taste for fundamental West Coast bass becoming more pronounced as his vocabulary skills become more spectacular. Perhaps because rap fans began to take his untamed creativity for granted, Charlie Hustle was overlooked upon its release and it remains one of 40’s most underrated efforts. ![]() ![]() All in all, this is a furious and energetic release of truths, guts, and the triumph of the American Dream.By 1999 E-40 had achieved legend status, and he was so locked in to his signature sound that it was impossible for him to make a song that missed the mark. Fellow West Coast rappers C-Bo, Yukmouth, Fat Joe, and Jayo Felony guest star on what amounts to a semi-autobiographical accounting of E-40's own ascent from the ghetto to the California suburbs. This is best evidenced on "Big Ballin' with My Homies" and "Rules and Regulations," where the masterful MC adopts various styles of cadence and vocal texture to hype the overall effect. This 17-track recording artfully delivers funky backbeats, melodic hooks, and a flurry of synthesizer-enhanced rhythms to complement the unique stutter-stop patois of E-40's flowing rap lyrics. Undoubtedly more than a flash in the pan, E-40's staying power as one of the tried and true superstars in the rap game is validated by the workmanship in Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire, a display of guttural growls and speed-rap techniques that takes listeners along a journey through the harsh realities of surviving in inner-city ghettos. With the 1999 release of his fifth solo effort, E-40 commemorated ten years in the rap music business. ![]()
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