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The late ‘90s marked the pinnacle of the hip-hop double album, but few of those albums had the stunning consistency shown by The Element of Surprise. These 24 songs opened a new era in E-40’s career. While a handful of tracks were contributed by longtime collaborators Ant Banks and Studio Ton, E-40 gives most of Element of Surprise to two up-and-coming Bay producers: Rick Rock and Bosko. Bosko breathes new life into 40’s mob music with several monstrous tracks, including “All Tha Time,” “Money Scheme,” “Doin’ Dirt Bad” and the backwards-running “Jump My Bone.” In the years to come Rick Rock would become 40’s most important collaborator, and together they would formulate the hyphy movement. Rock’s specialty is illuminating heavy tracks with flashes of old-school electro. His productions here push E-40 into even more inventive rhyme schemes, as evidenced by the title track, “Mayhem” and “$999,999 + $1 = a Mealticket.” Even as E-40 breaks new ground, there is something definitive and timeless about The Element of Surprise.

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Coldest E-40 album!!

I feel lke this is the best E-40 album(s)!

great e-40 album

if you prefer e-40's older stuff, this album is loaded. check lieutenant roast-a-botch & from the ground up. you'll see what i mean. you can't say you like e-40 if you don't have this one.

Last of the true E40

You really can't go much past this album for good E40. Loyalty and betrayal maybe but that's it. When he hooked up with Akon is when it went down hill. Hall of the game is by far the best album by E Feezy 40 Fonzarelli! So if you want some of the last of the good 40 water get this album.

Biography

Born: November 15, 1967 in Vallejo, CA

Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Synonymous with Bay Area rap, E-40 garnered a regional following, and eventually a national one, with his flamboyant raps, while his entrepreneurial spirit did much to cultivate a flourishing rap scene in communities such as Oakland and his native Vallejo. E-40 spent years releasing music independently and was among the first Bay Area rappers to sign to a major label. Throughout the '90s and into the following decade, he released a series of widely distributed albums on Jive, and though only 1995's...
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