Earl Tywone Stevens Sr.,better known by his stage name E-40,is an American rapper. Stevens is a founding member of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 26 studio albums to date,appeared on numerous movie soundtracks,and has also done guest appearances on a host of other rap albums. Initially an underground artist,his 1995 solo album In a Major Way opened him up to a wider audience. Beginning in 1998,he began collaborating with mainstream rappers outside the San Francisco Bay Area. He rose to higher mainstream popularity in 2006 with his single "Tell Me When to Go",which was produced by Lil Jon.
Jonathan H. Smith,better known by his stage name Lil Jon,is an American hip hop artist. He was instrumental in the commercial breakthrough of the hip hop subgenre crunk in the early 2000s and is often credited as a progenitor of the genre. He was the frontman of the crunk group Lil Jon &the East Side Boyz,with whom he has released five albums. In addition,Lil Jon served as a producer for most recordings by artists who popularized the genre;these include Pitbull,Too Short,E-40,Ludacris,Ciara,and Usher.
My Ghetto Report Card is the ninth studio album by American rapper E-40. It was released on March 14,2006,by BME Recordings,Sick Wid It Records,Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records. The album was supported by two singles:"Tell Me When to Go" featuring Keak Da Sneak,and "U and Dat" featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl.
"Tell Me When to Go" is the first single from E-40's BME/Warner Bros. debut,My Ghetto Report Card. Keak da Sneak is also featured on the track. It was produced by Lil Jon,and one of the first singles to kick off the hyphy movement on a national level and popularized the phrase "ghost ride the whip". The song reached number 35 in the U.S. and eventually was certified Platinum by the RIAA on February 2,2024. The song first premiered online on the MySpace.com homepage and it was the first hip hop single to premiere online before being released.
"Snap Yo Fingers" is a song by American rapper Lil Jon. It was originally intended to be the first single from Lil Jon's solo debut album,Crunk Rock. However,the release date of Crunk Rock was subsequently delayed. In August 2006,Lil Jon's label TVT Records released the second volume of its Crunk Hits compilation,and "Snap Yo Fingers" was the opening track. When Crunk Rock was finally released four years later,the song was left out of the album.
American rapper E-40 has released 27 studio albums,7 collaborative albums,6 compilation albums,1 mixtape,5 extended plays,38 singles,and 8 other charting songs.
"Get Low" is a song by American rap group Lil Jon &the East Side Boyz,featuring American hip hop duo Ying Yang Twins,released as a single in 2003. It first appeared on the 2002 album Kings of Crunk. "Get Low" peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the Hot Digital Songs chart. It was number five on the top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs of 2003. Outside of the United States,"Get Low" peaked within the top ten of the charts in the United Kingdom,the top twenty of the charts in Germany and the top forty of the charts in Australia,Austria,and New Zealand. It is also known as a breakthrough song for the crunk genre,as the song's success helped it become mainstream. It is listed number 99 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip-Hop.
"Money in the Bank" is a hip hop single from Lil Scrappy's debut album Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live,featuring Young Buck. The video has cameo appearances including Lil Jon,Lloyd Banks,Chamillionaire,Project Pat,Spider Loc,T-Pain,David Banner,Nick Cannon,All Star Cashville Prince,Diamond,Princess of Crime Mob,Young Hot Rod,Katt Williams and Ike Dirty.
"Oh Yeah (Work)" is the third single from American rapper Lil Scrappy's second album Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live. The song's beat structure incorporates typical southern hip hop snares as well as Lil Jon's signature crunk synths. Although on the release of the album,the single was an unlisted track. It features E-40 and Sean P of the YoungbloodZ.
"Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" is a song by American singer T-Pain featuring American rapper Yung Joc. Produced by T-Pain himself,it was released on February 20,2007,as the lead single from his second studio album,Epiphany.
The discography of American singer T-Pain consists of seven studio albums,one compilation album,one soundtrack album,one instrumental album,seven mixtapes,21 singles and nineteen music videos.
"Shawty" is a song by American rapper Plies featuring American singer T-Pain. Released in July 2007,it is Plies' lead single from his debut studio album The Real Testament and samples "Fantasy" by Earth,Wind &Fire. The song won an award at the 2007 Ozone Awards for Best Rap/R&B Collaboration.
"Cyclone" is the second single by American rapper Baby Bash from his album Cyclone. The song features T-Pain on the last verse and Mickaël Zibi on the intro and chorus though he is only credited on the album. The song was produced by Lil Jon and the song's musical structure incorporates typical Roland TR-808 crisp Southern hip hop dance claps,basslines,and pizzicatos,as well as Lil Jon's signature crunk synths and whistles. The Recording Industry Association of America certified the song as double platinum. The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Got Money" is a song by American rapper Lil Wayne featuring American singer T-Pain,released as the third single from the former's sixth studio album Tha Carter III (2008). Both artists use the Auto-Tune effect in the song. The single was released as a digital download on iTunes on May 27,2008. Lil Wayne and T-Pain performed the song at the BET 2008 awards and the 2008 MTV Music Video Awards. MTV also ranked the song as the number 19 Hip-Hop song of 2008.
"Sunshine" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Lil' Flip,released May 24,2004,as the second single from his third album,U Gotta Feel Me (2004). The song,produced by the Synphony,features vocals by American singer Lea. It reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100,Hot Rap Tracks,and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles &Tracks charts,stuck in each case behind Terror Squad's "Lean Back".
"Rapper's Ball" is a song by American rap artist E-40,featuring rapper Too $hort and Jodeci lead singer Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey. It is a single from the lead rapper's 1996 album Tha Hall of Game and is a B-side for E-40's song "Things'll Never Change",featuring The Dove Shack rapper Bo-Rock. The song peaked at #29 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart along with "Things'll Never Change",becoming E-40's most successful song as a lead artist until "U and Dat" featuring T-Pain and Kandi Girl peaked at #13 on the Hot 100 in 2006. This song is considered a classic by most west coast rap fans,especially in E-40's hometown Vallejo which is in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. This song is also notable for featuring a diss to Brooklyn rapper The Notorious B.I.G. in which E-40 says,"Don't buy an $85,000 car before you buy a house",making reference to Biggie owning expensive cars but still not having purchased his own home. In the video,Tupac Shakur,who makes a cameo appearance,winks at the camera when this line is said. This song is also one of Too Short's successful songs amongst many Platinum Albums Too Short has recorded with other Bay Area HipHop Rap Legend. Later several Top Artists around the Bay would collaborate on the album Derty Werk by T.W.D.Y. a west coast supergroup formed by Ant Banks and released in 1999. The music video also features another Rap artist from the Bay Area most known for his Raw Gangsta Rap lyrics,Ice-T arriving with Too Short &playing pool with Tupac,albeit doesn't perform.
American rapper Lil Wayne has released 286 singles including 19 promotional singles. Lil Wayne attained his first singles chart entry in 1999 as a featured artist on Hot Boys member Juvenile's single "Back That Azz Up",which peaked at number 19 on the United States Billboard Hot 100 and became a top ten hit on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts. Wayne later released his debut solo studio album Tha Block Is Hot in November 1999. Its title track and lead single,which features B.G. and Juvenile,reached number 72 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lights Out followed in December 2000 and produced the singles "Get Off the Corner","Everything" and "Shine". "Way of Life",the lead single from Wayne's third studio album 500 Degreez,peaked at number 71 on the Hot 100 and became a top 20 hit on the Hot Rap Songs chart. In 2004,Wayne was featured on the single "Soldier" by American girl group Destiny's Child,which became his first top ten hit on the Hot 100 and enjoyed commercial success internationally.
American rapper Rich Homie Quan released two studio album,four extended plays,nine mixtapes and twenty-three singles after his death.
"Heart on Ice" is the debut single by American rapper and singer Rod Wave,released on May 31,2019,as a single for his fifth mixtape PTSD. The remix of the song,featuring American rapper Lil Durk,was released on September 27,2019,as a single for Wave's debut studio album Ghetto Gospel.
"Go Crazy" is a song by American singer Chris Brown and American rapper Young Thug,from their collaborative mixtape Slime &B,released on May 5,2020. After it became the only charting song from the mixtape,it was officially released as a single on May 19,2020. The song is a trap-infused R&B record,with production that samples the Showboys's 1986 single "Drag Rap",for which the Showboys are credited as writers. The official remix of the song was released on February 19,2021,and features fellow American rappers Future,Lil Durk,and Latto.
