Quotes About E-40

I grew up in Oakland, California, and there was a really active scene in the Bay Area. Everyone else knew it as the 'Hyphy Movement' of Mac Dre, E-40, and The Pack.

When I had my house in '96, I had a Warriors basketball court built.

I did a double CD, 'The Element of Surprise,' in 1998. That album went gold.

I'm the greatest game-spitter of all time. I talk about the swell, the block, the 'hood. I'm a street commentator. I narrate how people live. That's E-40.

The West ain't been the same without 'Pac.

My default is e-40 because there's no one else in the world who raps like him. I've always loved e-40.

Well, I was doing platinum albums back-to-back with Jive when they were the hottest hip-hop label. There was a time when Jive made a lot more money than Def Jam. They had KRS-One, Too $hort, E-40, Mystikal, UGK and Keith Murray. They had Will Smith when he was still the Fresh Prince.

When you come to the Bay, we always had this slick talk. E-40 made it real famous. We make up words. We talk real funny. When you hang around a bunch of Bay cats, you're like, 'You guys are funny.' But that's our way.

I didn't invent the word 'hyphy' and I'm not trying to say I'm the king of hyphy.

I respect cats that can rap and everything, but the artist that inspires me is Turf Talk.

When I was 12 or 13, the hyphy movement was beginning to bubble. And you had local acts such as the Federation or E-40, Mac Dre, and Too Short that the local radio station would play all the time. You'd hear E-40 as much as you'd hear Jay Z.

All I can tell you is, all of the good product you got from E-40 with all the good product you got from Too $hort - it's almost impossible for us to make a terrible album together. We're both opinionated, so I damn sure am not co-signing a song that I think is wack.