Breakin News (Explicit Version) (2003)

Artist: E-40
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Label: Jive Records
UPC: 00012414185723
Release Date: 9/9/2003
Buy.com Sku: 60603501
Item#: MGKWRM
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Breakin News ~ E-40
2. Hot ~ E-40
3. I Got Dat Work - (featuring Turf Talk) ~ E-40
4. Quarterbackin - (featuring The Clipse) ~ E-40
5. Married To The Ave ~ E-40
6. One Night Stand - (featuring DJ Kayslay) ~ E-40
7. I Hope You Get This Kite ~ E-40
8. Act A Ass - (featuring Rankin' Scroo) ~ E-40
9. Anybody Can Get It - (featuring Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz/Bone Crusher/David Banner) ~ E-40
10. Gasoline - (featuring Turf Talk/Doonie) ~ E-40
11. Show & Prove - (featuring Goapele) ~ E-40
12. This Goes Out ~ E-40
13. Northern Califoolya - (featuring San Quinn/Messy Marv/B-Legit/EA Ski/Keek Da Sneak/James "Stomp Down" Bailey) ~ E-40
14. That's A Good Look 4 U ~ E-40
15. If If Was A 5th ~ E-40
16. Wa La - (featuring The Mossie/Mo Mo) ~ E-40
17. Pharmaceutical Outro ~ E-40
18. Quarterbackin' - (DJ Quick remix, featuring The Clipse) ~ E-40



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel: E-40, Turf Talk, Clipse, DJ Kayslay, Rankin Scroo, Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, Bone Crusher, David Banner, Doonie, San Quin, Messy Marv, B-Legit, Ea-Ski, Keek Da Sneak, James "Stomp Down" Bailey, The Mossie, Mo Mo
(rap vocals); Goapele (vocals).
Producers include: Rick Rock, Ea-Ski, CMT, Kavior, Ova Dose.
Principally recorded at Right Track, New York, New York & The Cosmic Slop Shop, Sacramento, California.
Personnel: Dom Parma, Doonie Baby, Passion, Stress, Mo-Mo, Rankin' Scroo, Turf Talk, Young Mugzi of the Mossie (vocals); Andrew Seidel (percussion); Bosko (programming).
Audio Mixers: D-Wiz; E-A-Ski; Michael Denten; Ray Seay; Rick Rock; Sam Bostic; Andrew Seidel; Bosko; CMT.
Recording information: Bosko's Chicken And Beats Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Hard Knock Studios; Right Track Studios, New York, NY; The Archives; The Cosmic Slop Shop, Sacramento, CA; The Orange Room; The Pharmacy.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Clipse; DJ Kayslay; David Banner; Goapele; James "Stomp Down" Bailey; Keak da Sneak; Messy Marv; B-Legit; East Side Boyz; Bone Crusher.
The most impressive things about E-40 are the way he combines quick and slang-filled rhymes that bridge alternative and hardcore rap and the fact that his albums bounce between excellent and very good. Breakin News is the latter, taking a little longer to get to the high points than his best. There are plenty of great tracks here and E-40 is as adept as ever at joining whacked-out phrases and killer choruses that stand with the best in contemporary R&B. Heck with the mainstream pop world though. His raps are aimed at the hood, whose residents will still need his long-promised slang dictionary (to be released in conjunction with Murder Dog magazine) to understand it all. "Quarterbackin'" stands up to his best, and an especially slick run of rhymes makes "One Night Stand" memorable. Rick Rock's production contains plenty of fine moments, and a nod or two to old-school electro gives the album that extra stylish touch. Marvel at his delivery first and catch up with what he's saying later. There are quite a few out-and-out belly laughs, and the keen observations are numerous. It's no Charlie Hustle, but like everything he does, it's worthy of attention. ~ David Jeffries
In the first minutes of BREAKIN' NEWS, E-40 observes how he's "still hungry, still rappin'" like he's "still poor," and the immediacy and the frenetic pace of his raps back up this claim. This hunger is especially evident since BREAKIN' is Earl Stevens' (E-40, A.K.A. Charley Hustle, A.K.A. a multitude of other names) eighth record since 1994's "Captain Save a Hoe," the crossover gangsta-novelty single that introduced the world to his uncompromising lyrics and an inimitable, unrelenting, slow-then-quick rapping style.
With a new hardcore flavor-of-the-month rapper emerging almost every minute, it's easy to overlook E-40, but even a cursory glance at West Coast rap history reveals E-40's influence, and BREAKIN' NEWS reminds the hip-hop world why. The California lyricist references cartoons, raps both playfully and thuggishly (often mixing the two within one verse), gives credit to less-visited soul influences like Clarence Carter and Johnnie Taylor, and even possesses the confident vulnerability to work in an earnest flow about his struggles with his weight. One of the best up-and-coming crews, the Clipse, drop by for the powerful single "Quarterbackin'," and an all-star Dirty South rap line-up (Lil' Jon, Bone Crusher, David Banner) represents on the merciless "Anybody Can Get It."

Engineer: D-Wiz; EA Ski; Michael Denten; Rick Rock; Andrew Seidel; Brian Garten; CMT

Musical Guests
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz
Bonecrusher
David Banner
The Clipse
Goapele
B-Legit
Turf Talk
DJ Kayslay
Rankin' Scroo
Doonie
EA Ski
James "Stomp Down" Bailey
Keak Da Sneak
Messy Marv
San Quinn
Mo Mo
The Mossie

 
Compilation Appearances
1990-Sick (Explicit Version)
Hemp Museum (Explicit Version)
Lunitik Muzik (Explicit Version)
Based On A True Story (Explicit Version)
Unpredictable (Explicit Version)
Shadiest One (Explicit Version)
Til My Casket Drops (Explicit Version)
Big Hit
They Never Saw Me Comin' (Explicit Version)
Vol. 2-Hip Hop Hits (Explicit Version)
Thug Mentality 1999 (Explicit Version)
Hempin
Knocks (Explicit Version)
So Cold (Explicit Version)
Chase The Cat (Explicit Version)
New Old Songs (Explicit Version) (Bonus Tracks)
Block Report (Explicit Version)
Best Of N2deep (Explicit Version)
Spice-1 Presents Playa Rich Project2 (Explicit Version)
West Coast Mafia
Hard 2 B-Legit (Explicit Version)
Song'z U Can't Find (Explicit Version)
Cash Money Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (Explicit Version)
The Still Explosive Project
Velvet City 0201
Krushadelic Presents Wb The Untold
Kings Of Crunk (Explicit Version)
Kings Of Crunk (Clean Version)
Thug Love-Swishahouse Mix (Explicit Version)
West Coast Mafia (Explicit Version)
Green Book (Explicit Version)
High Caliber (Explicit Version)
Da Derrty Versions - The Reinvention (Explicit Version)
Da Derrty Versions - The Reinvention (Clean Version)
High-Life Hustle (Explicit Version)
Afroholic... The Even Better Times (Explicit Version)
Source Hip Hop Hits: Volume 8
Source Hip Hop Hits: vol 8 (Explicit Version)
Harvest Time (Explicit Version)
Federation (Explicit Version)
West Coast Playaz 1004
Blade Trinity (w/ Bonus DVD) (Explicit Version)
Blade Trinity (Explicit Version)
Blade Trinity(clean)
Greatest Hits (Explicit Version)
Bandannas Tattoos & Tongue Rings (Explicit Version)
Super Saucey (Explicit Version)
Brings The Hood Mixtape (Explicit Version)
That Fire
Mp Da Last Don (Explicit Version)
Mac Dre Presents: Son Of A Pimp (Explicit Version)
Same !@#$ Different Day (w/ Bonus DVD)
Hustle & Flow (Clean Version)
Hustle & Flow (Explicit Version)
Sick Wid It Records Presents:bay Brid (Explicit Version)
Block Movement (Explicit Version)
Truth (Explicit Version)
East Side Rider Vol 1 (Explicit Version)
Love, Lies & Life 1005
All Eyez on Me
Lost (chopped & Screwed)
HUSTLAN.A.I.R.E.(Explicit Version)
SOIL SAVY(Explicit Version)
Bay Commission
Presents Draped Up & Chipped Out(Explicit Version)
Blow The Whistle(Explicit Version)
Neighborhood Rapster
2k7:tracks
Oregon Documentary(Explicit Version)
Outsider(Explicit Version)
Blood Sweat & Triumph(Explicit Version)
Everready(Explicit Version)
Go Dumb Get Stupid
Only Hits
Killa Thugs 1(Explicit Version)
Blue Carpet Treatment (Explicit Version)
Blue Carpet Treatment (Cln)
Somethin To Lean To Part 4(Explicit Version)
Hyphy Hitz (Explicit Version)
Da Bidness(Explicit Version)
King Of Tha Supa Dupa Hyphy
Mr. Predicter Chapter 2(Explicit Version)
Stomp The Yard
Best Of Mac Dammit Friends(Explicit Version)
Thizz Nation 13:thizz Nation(Explicit Version)
Bone Box:thugs For Life(Explicit Version)
So Much Better
It's Whateva(Explicit Version)
It's Whateva
I'm 'Bout It (Explicit Version)
Best Of Celly Cel 2
Beat N Down Yo Block(Explicit Version)
Ghetto Passport(Explicit Version)
Slangin At The Corner Store(Explicit Version)
Gangsta Party(Explicit Version)
Tbd
Official Tribute
Throwblock Muzic(Explicit Version)
5150 Ratchet
5150 Ratchet
5150 Ratchet(Explicit Version)
Get Off The Stage(Explicit Version)
Detox(Explicit Version)
Dirty South Hits:best In Crunk
U Stupid(Explicit Version)
Machine(Explicit Version)
Get Money
Tycoon Status(Explicit Version)
All Star Season(Explicit Version)
Vitiligo(Explicit Version)
Thizz Nation V24:sky Balla(Explicit Version)
Lost Found(Explicit Version)
Oakland Gone Wild(Explicit Version)
Beast
Beast(Explicit Version)
Da Thisness(Explicit Version)
Ghost Ride The Whip(Explicit Version)
Corporation(Explicit Version)
Dufflebag Musik(Explicit Version)
Ugk For Life(Explicit Version)
Incredibad
Spirit Of Apollo
Cake Ice Cream 2(Explicit Version)
Official Bay Area Rap Scene Awards So(Explicit Version)
Best Of Thizz Nation V4(Explicit Version)
Fist Of God
Ugk 4 Life
Nosebleed Muzik(Explicit Version)
Incredibad
I'm Not A Fan But The Kids Like It
Genius(Explicit Version)
Student Ov Da Game(Explicit Version)

 
Associated Artists and Works
G-Cell
The Bay Bridges Compilation [PA] ~ Various Artists

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 09/09/2003
Original Release Date : 2003
Catalog ID : 41857
Label : Jive Records (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00012414185723

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (10/30/03, p.93)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...A solid West Coast rap album...full of excellently tuneful electro production and E's authoritative, dextrous flow."

  


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