The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2

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The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 2012
Recorded2011–2012
Genre Hip hop
Length71:40
Label
  • Heavy on the Grind
  • EMI
Producer
E-40 chronology
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1
(2012)
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
(2012)
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3
(2012)
Singles from The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
  1. "Function"
    Released: February 17, 2012
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The A.V. Club C [2]
Dusted Magazine80/100 [3]
Fact Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Pitchfork Media 7.9/10 [5]
RapReviewsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Totally Dublin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [8]

The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2 is the sixteenth studio album by American rapper E-40. It was released on March 26, 2012, by Heavy on the Grind Entertainment and EMI. His fifteenth and seventeenth albums, The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1 and The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3 , were also released on the same day.

Contents

The album has 18 tracks, along with 2 bonus tracks, and it features YG, Twista, T-Pain, Spice 1, Celly Cel, JT the Bigga Figga, C-Bo, Tech N9ne, Brotha Lynch Hung, Cellski, Andre Nickatina, T-Nutty and Suga-T among others. In addition, Butch Cassidy and Dorrough are featured on the two bonus tracks.

The album's first single is "Function", featuring YG, Iamsu! and Problem, released on February 17, 2012. It peaked at #1 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and #62 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and #42 on the Rap Songs chart. The music video was released on March 6. [9] A video for "Zombie" featuring Tech N9ne, Kung Fu Vampire & Brotha Lynch Hung was released on May 11, [10] while one for "I'm Laced" was released July 6, 2012. [11]

Two commercials were released in March 2012 to promote the Block Brochure album series. [12] The second volume scored a 68/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally positive reviews". [13] It is the lowest of the three volumes.

Commercial performance

The volume debuted at #58 on the Billboard 200, [14] and at #9 on the Hot R&B/Hip-hop albums chart. As of April 18, 2012, the album has sold 13,000 copies in US. [15]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s) [16] Length
1."I'm Laced"DJ Fresh3:00
2."On the Case"Chris "THX" Goodman3:37
3."Function" (featuring YG, Iamsu! & Problem)Trend4:19
4."Tryna Get It" (featuring Twista & T-Pain)JohnG & Haze3:07
5."Street Nigga"Scorp Dezel3:12
6."The Other Day Ago" (featuring Spice 1 & Celly Cel)Mike Mosley & Sam Bostic3:52
7."This Is the Life" (featuring Sam Bostic)Sam Bostic4:11
8."Sell Everything" Rick Rock 4:30
9."My Life" (featuring R.O.D.)Sam Bostic3:32
10."Grey Skies" (featuring Deltrice)ReeceBeats3:44
11."With the Shit" (featuring JT the Bigga Figga & Cellski) Droop-E 3:26
12."Hittin' A Lick" (featuring C-Bo & T-Nutty)Fastraks4:56
13."This Shit Hard"Droop-E3:14
14."Scorpio" (featuring Tech N9ne & London) Willy Will 4:34
15."Red & Blue Lights"Rick Rock4:22
16."Zombie" (featuring Tech N9ne & Brotha Lynch Hung)J2 Muzik3:50
17."Memory Lane" (featuring Andre Nickatina)Droop-E4:40
18."I Know I Can Make It" (featuring Suga-T & Agerman)Aaron Harris5:27
Total length:71:40
iTunes Bonus Track
No.TitleProducer(s)Length
19."I Can Do Without You" (featuring Butch Cassidy)Nonstop Da Hitman4:17
20."I'm Doin' It" (featuring Dorrough)C-Ballin4:18
Total length:80:16

Notes

Sample credits

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [18] 58
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [19] 9
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard) [20] 8
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [21] 9

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