The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2

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The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
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Studio album by E-40
Released March 26, 2012
Recorded 2011–2012
Genre Hip hop
Length 1:11:40
Label Heavy on the Grind Ent., EMI
Producer Trend, DJ Fresh, T-Pain, Sam Bostic, Reese Beats, Droop-E, Scorp Dezel, THX, Aaron Harris, Mike Mosely, Rick Rock, Willy Will, Fastracks, C-Ballin, JohnG, Haze
E-40 chronology
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1
(2012)The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 12012		 The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
(2012)		 The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3
(2012)
Singles from The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
  1. "Function"
    Released: February 17, 2012

The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 32012
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars[1]
The A.V. Club C[2]
Dusted Magazine 80/100[3]
Fact Magazine 3.5/5 stars[4]
Pitchfork Media 7.9/10[5]
RapReviews 6.5/10 stars[6]
Spectrum Culture 2/5 stars[7]
Totally Dublin 4.5/5 stars[8]

The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2 is the sixthteenth studio album by American rapper E-40. The album is part of a trilogy that was released on March 26, 2012. The other albums in the trilogy include The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1, and The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3. E-40's last four albums were released in pairs; Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift were released in 2010, and Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift were released in 2011.

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, Kung Fu Vampire, Andre Nickatina, 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.

Commercial performance

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

No. Title Producer(s)[16] Length
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) Reese Beats 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) Fastracks 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 & Kung Fu Vampire) 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:
 1:11:40

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

Chart (2012) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[18] 58
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19] 9
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[20] 8
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[21] 9

References

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  18. ↑ "E-40 – Chart history" Billboard 200 for E-40. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  19. ↑ "E-40 – Chart history" Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for E-40. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  20. ↑ "E-40 – Chart history" Billboard Top Rap Albums for E-40. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  21. ↑ "E-40 – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for E-40. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
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