http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/21/the-next-spot-e-40-my-ghetto-report-card/ I'm a Bartender, I Do Great Things. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:16:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/21/the-next-spot-e-40-my-ghetto-report-card/#comment-128745 hook Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:23:04 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/21/the-next-spot-e-40-my-ghetto-report-card/#comment-128745 It was great to see 40 (and the Bay in general) get some national attention again, but My Ghetto Report Card is not even close to among 40's best albums. What really should have put him back on the map was Grit and Grind. That shit was Bay Area as fuck, without riding trends or jocking the South. Rick Rock was all over it, so were Bay legends like Tone Capone, Mike Moseley, Bosko, Studio Ton, etc., and Lil' Jon (thankfully) only had one beat. And it knocks all the way through. Anyway My Ghetto Report Card is a decent album but even I gotta admit it has a a lot of filler. It may have seemed like a good idea in the short term (and it did increase 40's sales), but in the long run I think signing with Lil' Jon was a mistake. Can't knock 40's rapping though; he's as sharp as ever. It was great to see 40 (and the Bay in general) get some national attention again, but My Ghetto Report Card is not even close to among 40’s best albums. What really should have put him back on the map was Grit and Grind. That shit was Bay Area as fuck, without riding trends or jocking the South. Rick Rock was all over it, so were Bay legends like Tone Capone, Mike Moseley, Bosko, Studio Ton, etc., and Lil’ Jon (thankfully) only had one beat. And it knocks all the way through. Anyway My Ghetto Report Card is a decent album but even I gotta admit it has a a lot of filler. It may have seemed like a good idea in the short term (and it did increase 40’s sales), but in the long run I think signing with Lil’ Jon was a mistake. Can’t knock 40’s rapping though; he’s as sharp as ever.

]]> http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/21/the-next-spot-e-40-my-ghetto-report-card/#comment-128679 pat c Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:15:20 +0000 http://passionweiss.com/2009/08/21/the-next-spot-e-40-my-ghetto-report-card/#comment-128679 yeh im sorry since that memory man tape was completely ridiculous but come on E40 is everything that has been wrong with hip hop in the last decade or so yeh im sorry since that memory man tape was completely ridiculous but come on E40 is everything that has been wrong with hip hop in the last decade or so

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