Grit & Grind

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:09:44
Personnel includes: Fabolous, Nate Dogg, Suga T, Petey Pablo, Bun B, Eightball, Keek The Sneak, Bosko, James "Stomp Down" Bailey, Afroman, B-Legit, Kokane. Producers include: Rick Rock, Tone Capone, DJ Fingaz, DJ Rick, Mike D. Personnel: E-40 (vocals); Andrew Seidel (vocals, keyboards, percussion); Bosko (vocals, talk box); Afroman (vocals, percussion, background vocals); Suga T (vocals, background vocals); Cousin MOMO, B-Legit (vocals); D-Wiz (guitar); Ray Cham (Fender Rhodes piano); Bob McDowell (keyboards); Harm, Gibson, Kokane, Levitti, Moochie Mack, Young Mugzi of the Mossie (background vocals). Audio Mixers: D-Wiz; Mr. Seay; Lil Jon; Michael Denten; Rick Rock; Andrew Seidel. Recording information: Bombay Digital Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Doppler Studios; The Den; The Orange Room; The Sound Lab. Photographer: Jay Blakesberg. Often imitated but never beaten in the rap slangin' stakes, E40 drops GRIT & GRIND, his third major-label album. which continues his innovative tradition of freestyle rapping (he's also compiling a dictionary that'll help us decipher what he's talking about). The West Coast Bay Area rapper is partnered here with a plethora of guests, including Afroman, Eight-Ball, Kokane, and Peet The Sneek, in a roller-coaster of an album that takes us from autobiography on "Da Bay" to drink recipes on the Funkadelic-influenced "7 Much," and is peppered along the way with glimpses of E's fabulous West Coast lifestyle. Less gangsta than playa, E40's content to be driving along in his tricked-out SUV, inventing rhymes and words to confound the outside world and dealing on the side to earn a little cash. There's little talk of guns and not much violence on GRIT & GRIND--more typical is "Mustard and Mayonnaise," a run-down of luxury items West Coast rappers can't afford to be without. This, combined with E40's new, improved vocal stylings ("I slowed down my spit," he says) make this good-humored slice of life go down nice and easy.
エディション : Edited
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)