Released November 9, 1999 Length 74:07 Release date 9 November 1999 | Recorded 1998–1999 Artist E-40 Label Jive Records | |
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Producer Ant Banks, Bosko, Battlecat, Clint "Payback" Sands, Fingaz, Funk Daddy, Rick Rock, Studio Ton Charlie Hustle The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire
(1999) Loyalty and Betrayal
(2000) Genres Hip hop music, West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap Similar E-40 albums, West Coast hip hop albums | ||
Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire is the fifth studio album by American rapper E-40, released November 9, 1999 on Jive and Sick Wid It Records. The album features production by Ant Banks, Bosko, Battlecat, Clint "Payback" Sands, Rick Rock and Studio Ton. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 28 on the Billboard 200. The album features guest performances by fellow members of The Click: B-Legit, D-Shot and Suga-T, as well as Jayo Felony, C-Bo, Fat Joe, Celly Cel, Levitti, The Mossie, Lil Wayne, Birdman and Juvenile.
A music video was produced for the song "Big Ballin' with My Homies". A second music video was produced for, "Earl That's Yo' Life/L.I.Q." featuring Too Short, Otis & Shug.
The song "Ballaholic", which features uncredited vocals from Kaveo, would later be sampled in E-40's "I'm Laced", also featuring uncredited vocals from Cousin Fik, taken from his 2012 album The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2.
Songs
1LIQ4:56
2Ballaholic5:14
3Cause I CanC-Bo - Jayo Felony3:18