2012 studio album by E-40
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.
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.
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
Title Producer(s)[16] 1. "I'm Laced" DJ Fresh 3:00 2. "On the Case" Chris "THX" Goodman 3:37 3. "Function " (featuring YG , Iamsu! & Problem ) Trend 4:19 4. "Tryna Get It" (featuring Twista & T-Pain ) JohnG & Haze 3:07 5. "Street Nigga" Scorp Dezel 3:12 6. "The Other Day Ago" (featuring Spice 1 & Celly Cel ) Mike Mosley & Sam Bostic 3:52 7. "This Is the Life" (featuring Sam Bostic) Sam Bostic 4:11 8. "Sell Everything" Rick Rock 4:30 9. "My Life" (featuring R.O.D.) Sam Bostic 3:32 10. "Grey Skies" (featuring Deltrice) ReeceBeats 3:44 11. "With the Shit" (featuring JT the Bigga Figga & Cellski ) Droop-E 3:26 12. "Hittin' A Lick" (featuring C-Bo & T-Nutty ) Fastraks 4:56 13. "This Shit Hard" Droop-E 3:14 14. "Scorpio" (featuring Tech N9ne & London ) Willy Will 4:34 15. "Red & Blue Lights" Rick Rock 4:22 16. "Zombie" (featuring Tech N9ne & Brotha Lynch Hung ) J2 Muzik 3:50 17. "Memory Lane" (featuring Andre Nickatina ) Droop-E 4:40 18. "I Know I Can Make It" (featuring Suga-T & Agerman ) Aaron Harris 5:27 Total length: 71:40
iTunes Bonus Track Title Producer(s) 19. "I Can Do Without You" (featuring Butch Cassidy ) Nonstop Da Hitman 4:17 20. "I'm Doin' It" (featuring Dorrough ) C-Ballin 4:18 Total length: 80:16
Notes
Cousin Fik is not credited in "I'm Laced" and "This Shit Hard".
Stressmatic is not credited in "The Other Day Ago", "Sell Everything" and "Hittin' a Lick".
Kung Fu Vampire has a cameo in the "Zombie" music video, but he was not involved in the production of the song.
Sample credits
"I'm Laced" - Contains a sample of "Ballaholic" by E-40[17]
Charts
References
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^ "E-40: The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, 2, & 3 | Album Reviews" . Pitchfork. 2012-04-18. Retrieved 2013-03-09 .
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^ "Video: E-40 (feat. Cousin Fik) - I'm Laced [Music Video]" . Ilpvideo.com. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2013-03-09 .
^ "E-40 'Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil' Album Commercials | HipHop-N-More" . Hiphop-n-more.com. 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2013-03-09 .
^ AlexxTrusc. "The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil, Pt. 2 Reviews" . Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-03-09 .
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