The Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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UPC Code: 828766257229
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Number of Discs: 1
Description
E-40 is a rapper who was long overdue for a best-of collection, which finally came in 2004 when Jive released Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. The Bay Area eccentric debuted his tongue-twisting style for Jive back in 1994 with the Mail Man EP, so this collection spans an entire decade -- and a busy one at that, given that E-40 put out roughly an album a year over that span. He didn't score many genuine hits over those years, as only a few of his singles broke into the Billboard Hot 100, but his fresh style did influence a legion of rappers who began to emulate his slangtastic rhyming style. So, given E-40's lack of hits, Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is somewhat of a grab bag. Some of the tracks are clear career highlights: "Carlos Rossi," "Captain Save a Hoe," "Rapper's Ball," "Zoom," and "Automatic" in particular. Others are excellent and exemplary if somewhat unexceptional, likewise the few previously released inclusions that close the compilation. Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow unfortunately misses a number of seemingly obvious highlights, for example the Nate Dogg gem "Nah Nah" from Loyalty & Betrayal or his most-recent single, "Quarterbackin'." There's an emphasis on E-40's early, less-heard albums, which means some may quibble also about the lack of latter-day inclusions. That's all to be expected, of course, for the only way this best-of could be definitive would be if it were a double-disc collection (and even then it'd a bit short of definitive given E-40's especially deep canon and generally consistent level of quality, not to mention his innumerable guest appearances elsewhere). Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow is excellent for what it is, however: a single-disc sampler of E-40's long, influential decade with Jive that rounds up some of his most obvious highlights in the process and leaves others for later discovery. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
Tracks
| Track | Title | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | 0:33 | |
| 2 | Da Bumble | 4:11 | |
| 3 | Flashin' | 4:47 | |
| 4 | Zoom | 4:09 | |
| 5 | Sideways | 4:25 | |
| 6 | Carlos Rossi | 4:45 | |
| 7 | Rapper's Ball | 5:27 | |
| 8 | Playboy $hort | 0:00 | |
| 9 | Captain Save A Hoe | 4:47 | |
| 10 | Hope I Don't Go Back | 4:39 | |
| 11 | Sun Goddess | 0:00 | |
| 12 | Sprinkle Me | 4:10 | |
| 13 | Automatic | 4:42 | |
| 14 | Dancing Machine | 0:00 | |
| 15 | For The Love Of Money | 0:00 | |
| 16 | Gas, Break, Dip | 5:04 | |
| 17 | It's On | 4:03 | |
| 18 | Thick & Thin | 4:51 | |
| 19 | Bust Yo s*** | 5:02 |
