E-40’s best album, the perfect synthesis of his swaggering flow and the Bay Area style he pioneered, also contains a transcendentally sweet moment. On the socially conscious song “It’s All Bad,” 40 addresses his then-five-year-old son, who asks “Daddy sprinkle me with some more ...
And there are treats for longtime fans of the beatsmith: Intrepid listeners will recognize, in “For Fork’s sake,” a sample similar to the intro loop used in the late MF DOOM’s “Rhymes Like Dimes,” one of Blockhead’s favorite songs. Despite the over-the-top album art and title...