E-40 (rapper)

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E-40 in 2007

E-40 (born November 15, 1967 in Vallejo , California ; real name Earlington Reginald Stevens III ) is an American rapper from the San Francisco Bay Area . His album In a Major Way (1995) was awarded a platinum record in the USA , with three other albums he achieved gold status .

The rapper uses a variety of names. In addition to his stage name E-40 , he is also known by the nicknames Charlie Hustle , E-Bonics , 40 Fonzarelli , The Ambassador of the Bay , The Ballatician , 40 Belafonte , E-Pheezy , Fortywater and Earl Poppin 'His Collar .

Earl chose the “40” in “E-40” as an allusion to the “40s” - in American colloquial language, a glass bottle for malt beverages or beer that contains 40 fluid ounces . The "E" was derived from Earl's first name.

Career

After a talent show at Grambling State University , E-40 and his cousin B-Legit decided to try a career in rap. They moved back to Vallejo and teamed up with E-40's brother D-Shot to form the Most Valuable Players group. E-40's uncle, Saint Charles, was a gospel singer and helped them put out recordings. E-40's sister, Suga T , later joined the group to form The Click .

After the release of The Click's first album ( Down and Dirty ), E-40's solo debut album was released. From 1994 to 2003 he was under contract with Jive Records .

E-40 released over ten albums when counting the albums with The Click. He appeared in numerous film soundtracks and had guest appearances on albums of befriended rappers.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1993 The Mail Man US131 (5 weeks)
US
1995 In A Major Way US13
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US
1996 Tha Hall of Game US4th
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
1998 The Element of Surprise US13
gold
gold

(9 weeks)US
1999 The BluePrint of a $ eleven-Made Millionaire US28 (6 weeks)
US
2000 Loyalty and Betrayal US18 (6 weeks)
US
2002 Grit & Grind US13 (10 weeks)
US
2003 Breakin News US16 (1 week)
US
2004 The Best of E-40: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow US133 (1 week)
US
2006 My Ghetto Report Card US3
gold
gold

(1 week)US
2008 The Ball Street Journal US42 (10 weeks)
US
2010 Revenue Retrievin ': Day Shift US47 (4 weeks)
US
Revenue Retrievin ': Night Shift US49 (4 weeks)
US
Revenue Retrievin ': Day Shift / Night Shift US130 (1 week)
US
Double album , consisting of the two works listed above
2011 Revenue Retrievin ': Overtime Shift US42 (2 weeks)
US
Revenue Retrievin ': Graveyard Shift US40 (2 weeks)
US
Revenue Retrievin ': Overtime Shift / Graveyard Shift US174 (1 week)
US
Double album, consisting of the two works listed above
2012 The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1 US59 (2 weeks)
US
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2 US58 (2 weeks)
US
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3 US71 (1 week)
US
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2 & 3 US44 (1 week)
US
Triple album , consisting of the three previously listed works
History: Function Music US62 (1 week)
US
History: Mob Music US71 (1 week)
US
Collab album with Too Short
History: Mob Music and Function Music US97 (1 week)
US
Collab album with Too Short;
Double album, consisting of the two works listed above
2013 The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 4 US136 (1 week)
US
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 5 US140 (1 week)
US
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 6 US151 (1 week)
US
2014 Sharp on All 4 Corners: Corner 1 US61 (1 week)
US
Sharp on All 4 Corners: Corner 2 US197 (1 week)
US
2016 The D-Boy Diary: Book 1 US178 (1 week)
US
2018 Connected and Respected US103 (1 week)
US
Collab album with B-legit
2019 Practice Makes Paper US65 (1 week)
US

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE UK UK US US
1994 Captain Save a Hoe
The Mail Man 		- - US94 (2 weeks)
US
feat. The Click
1995 Sprinkle Me
In a Major Way 		- - US44 (13 weeks)
US
feat. Suga T
1-Windward
In a Major Way 		- - US71 (14 weeks)
US
feat. Leviti
1996 Things'll Never Change
Tha Hall of Game 		DE95 (2 weeks)
DE 		UK98 (1 week)
UK 		US29 (14 weeks)
US
feat. Bo rock
2006 Tell Me When to Go
My Ghetto Report Card 		- - US35
gold
gold

(15 weeks)US
U and Dat
My Ghetto Report Card 		- - US13
Platinum + Gold (Mastertone)
Platinum + Gold (Mastertone)
Platinum + Gold (Mastertone)

(25 weeks)US
feat. T-Pain & Kandi Girl
2012 Function
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2 		- - US-
gold
gold
US
feat. YG , Iamsu! & Problem
2014 I Don't Fuck With You
Dark Sky Paradise 		DE95 (1 week)
DE 		UK67
gold
gold

(13 weeks)UK 		US11
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(9 weeks)US
Single from Big Sean feat. E-40
Choices (Yup)
Sharp on All 4 Corners: Corner 1 		- - US-
platinum
platinum
US
2016 Saved
Free TC 		- - US81
platinum
platinum

(8 weeks)US
Single from Ty Dolla Sign feat. E-40
Law
The Art of Hustle 		- - US79
gold
gold

(9 weeks)US
Single from Yo Gotti feat. E-40
2017 Jungle
Greatest Hits 		- - -
Single from Pitbull & Stereotypes feat. E-40 & Abraham Mateo

Web links

Commons : E-40  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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  1. ↑ Recording Industry Association of America - Searchable Database: E-40 on riaa.com, accessed August 28, 2015
  2. ↑ Interview with E-40 ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Westcoast 2K  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.westcoast2k.net
  3. ↑ Chart sources: Billboard : E-40 - Chart history (US)
  4. ↑ a b RIAA : Database with artist search for "E-40"
  5. ↑ Chart sources:
personal data
SURNAME E-40
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stevens, Earlington Reginald III (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Vallejo , California , USA