Element Of Surprise (Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Element Of Surprise, The ~ E-40

2. Trump Change ~ E-40

3. All Tha Time - (featuring B-Legit) ~ E-40

4. Dump, Bust, Blast ~ E-40

5. Hope I Don't Go Back ~ E-40

6. $999,999 $1=A Mealticket ~ E-40

7. Money Scheme - (featuring Jayo Felony) ~ E-40

8. Zoom ~ E-40

9. Mayhem - (featuring A-1) ~ E-40

10. Personal - (featuring D-Shot/Suga T./The Mossie/LeVitti) ~ E-40

11. My Hoodlums & My Thugz - (featuring WC/Mack 10) ~ E-40

Disc 2

Song Title

1. Do It To Me - (featuring Busta Rhymes) ~ E-40

2. Lieutenant Roast A Botch ~ E-40

3. It's On, On Sight - (featuring C-Bo) ~ E-40

4. From The Ground Up - (featuring Too Short/K-Ci & JoJo) ~ E-40

5. Flashin' ~ E-40

6. Doin' Dirt Bad - (featuring B-Legit) ~ E-40

7. Broccoli ~ E-40

8. Jump My Bone ~ E-40

9. Back Against The Wall - (featuring Master P) ~ E-40

10. To Da Beat ~ E-40

11. Dirty Deeds ~ E-40

12. Ballin' Outta Control ~ E-40

13. One More Gen ~ E-40

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: E-40, B-Legit, A-1, D-Shot, Suga T, LeVitti, The Mossie, WC, Mack 10, Busta Rhymes, Silk E, C-Bo, Too Short, K-Ci, JoJo, Master P (vocals); Bosko (various instruments); Sam Bostic (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Carl Burnett, Flat Top (guitar); Keith Eaddie (bass); Mike Mosley (keyboards, drum programming); D.J. TNT (scratches); Otis, Shug, Alechia Campbell, Kaveo (background vocals).
	Producers include: Rick Rock, Big Tyme, Bosko, Ant Banks, Studio Ton.
	Engineers include: D-Wiz, Bosko Kante, Ant Banks, Studio Ton, Joel Pierre.
	Personnel includes: E-40, B-Legit, Jayo Felony, A-1, D-Shot, Suga T., LeVitti, The Mossie, WC, Mack 10, Busta Rhymes, Silk E, C-Bo, Too Short, K-Ci & JoJo, Master P (vocals); Bosko (various instruments); Sam Bostic (guitar, keyboards, drum programming); Carl Burnett, Flat Top (guitar); Mike Mosley (keyboards, drums programming); Keith Eaddle (bass); D.J. TNT (scratches); Otis & Shug, Kaveo, Alechia Campbell (background vocals)
	Producers: E-40, Rick Rock, Big Tyme, Bosko, Ant Banks.
	Engineers include: D-Wiz, Bosko Kante, Ant Banks.
	Personnel: E-40 (vocals); Busta Rhymes (vocals, background vocals); D-Shot, Too Short, Jayo Felony, JoJo , K-Ci & JoJo, Levitti, Mack 10, Master P, WC (vocals); Sam Bostic (guitar, keyboard programming, drum programming); Carl Burnett (guitar); Michael Mosley (keyboard programming, drum programming); Kaveo, Otis (background vocals).
	Audio Mixers: D-Wiz; Lance Pierre; Ant Banks; Carlos Warlick.
	Recording information: Chicken & Beats Studio; Cosmic; Digital Studios; Michael Denton Studios; Orange Room; Plant Studios.
	E-40's ELEMENT OF SURPRISE is like a cold splash of water in the face, startling the listener with a head-on dose of street reality. The most startling aspect of the album is E-40's unique rapping style; with his mile-a-minute rhymes, he makes Onyx sound like a bunch of slackers. His lyrics go by at such a breakneck pace that, while one is able to glean the general intent of the lyrics, his voice becomes another instrument, taking a place in the mix that's more physical than cerebral. He's pretty prolific, too, as evidenced by the 24 cuts spread out over ELEMENTS OF SURPRISE's two discs. Too Short, Master P and others make guest appearances on these funk-inflected tracks, but this is E-40's show all the way.
Musical Guests
	Too Short
	Mack 10
	WC
	A-1
	Master P
	B-Legit
	Silk-E
	Busta Rhymes
	Jayo Felony
	K-Ci & JoJo
	C-Bo
	D-Shot
	Levitti
	Suga-T
	The Mossie

Artist Overview

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.

Compilation Appearances

	Based On A True Story (Explicit Version)
	Thug Mentality 1999 (Explicit Version)
	Get Wiggy-Soundtrack (Explicit Version)
	New Old Songs (Explicit Version) (Bonus Tracks)
	Blade Trinity (Explicit Version)
	Thug Love-Swishahouse Mix (Explicit Version)
	High-Life Hustle (Explicit Version)
	Gangsta Party (Box)(Explicit Version)
	2k7:tracks
	Everready(Explicit Version)
	Blue Carpet Treatment (Explicit Version)
	I'm 'Bout It (Explicit Version)
	Incredibad
	Ugk 4 Life
	Blow The Whistle(Explicit Version)
	Hustle & Flow (Explicit Version)
	Greatest Hits With Our Buds(Explicit Version)
	Naked Sweet Soul Of Sweet Jones Swish(Explicit Version)
	Appearances 2(Explicit Version)
	Give The Drummer Some(Explicit Version)
	Dremixx Vol 1(Explicit Version)
	Girls Gone Wild Music Vol 1 (w/ Bonus DVD) (Explicit Version)
	Revolver - Deluxe Edition (Explicit Version)
	Revolver - Deluxe Edition (Edit)
	South Park Mexican Presents Playamade(Explicit Version)
	Napalm(Explicit Version)
	Breathtaking Trip To That Otherside(Explicit Version)
	Get Off The Stage(Explicit Version)
	Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones
	All 6'S And 7'S(Explicit Version)
	Incredibad
	The State Vs Radric Davis (Explicit Version)
	The State Vs Radric Davis (Explicit Version)
	Best Of Bc13(Explicit Version)
	Cryptic Collection 4(Explicit Version)
	Guce Leeroy(Explicit Version)
	Memoirs Of A Curb Server(Explicit Version)
	Da Thisness(Explicit Version)
	Da Thisness(Explicit Version)
	Bashtown
	Nosebleed Muzik(Explicit Version)
	Da Bidness Part 2
	Orca
	Hip Hop Mix Usa
	No Trespassing(Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

	G-Cell
	History: Function Music [PA] ~ Too Short
	History: Mob Music [PA] ~ Too Short

Technical Info

	Release Date : 08/11/1998
	Original Release Date : 1998
	Catalog ID : 41645
	Label : Jive (USA)
	Number of Discs : 2
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00012414164520

Professional Reviews

Vibe (9/98, p.286)
- "...E-40 casts a lyric spell with a nonstop flow of vividly engaging rags-to-riches tales..."

The Source (9/98, p.244)
- 4 Mics (out of 5)
- "When it comes to creativity, originality and personality in today's hip-hop music, there are few rappers who can hang with E-40....40 Water sticks to his original recipe--elastic flows that stretch rhymes out of shape against beats funkier than a can of sardines..."

Rap Pages (10/98, p.119)
- 4 (out of 5)
- "...E-40 returns to the Hip-Hop lecture hall with a collection of songs that mentor those in the struggle....40, again, proves that he is a trailblazer and not a follower..."