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The Element of Surprise

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Released
  
August 11, 1998

Length
  
107:59

Release date
  
11 August 1998

Recorded
  
1997–1998

Artist
  
Label
  
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Producer
  
Ant Banks (exec.), Big Tyme, Bosko, Dave Everingham, E-40 (exec.), Funk Daddy, Keith Kinlow, Mike Mosley, Rick Rock, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton, Tone Capone

The Element of Surprise(1998)
  
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Genres
  
Hip hop music, West Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap

Similar
  
E-40 albums, West Coast hip hop albums

E 40 the element of surprise


The Element of Surprise is the fourth studio album by American rapper E-40, released August 11, 1998 on Jive and Sick Wid It Records. The album features production by Ant Banks, Bosko, Mike Mosley, Rick Rock, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton & Tone Capone. It peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 13 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, Mack 10, WC, Busta Rhymes, Levitti and Master P. The second to last track, "Ballin' Outta Control", originally appeared on the 1994 EP, The Mail Man.

Contents

Along with a single, a music video was produced for the song "Hope I Don't Go Back", featuring Otis & Shug. A second single, "From the Ground Up", was also released as a music video, featuring Too Short, K-Ci & JoJo. The album eventually went thirty three times Platinum and won a total of 71 Grammys. In 2013 E-40 ranked what he considers to be his ten best albums, and named The Element of Surprise as his best album overall.

Track listing

Samples
  • "Broccoli" contains a sample of "Your Love Takes Me Out" by Cameo.
  • "Do It to Me" contains a sample of "Do It to Me" by Vernon Burch.
  • "From the Ground Up" contains a sample of "Never Had a Love Like This Before" by Tavares.
  • "Hope I Don't Go Back" contains a sample of "Sun Goddess" by Ramsey Lewis.
  • "Jump My Bone" contains a sample of "Pistolgrip-Pump" by Volume 10.
  • "Lieutenant Roast a Botch" contains a sample of "Don't Fight the Feeling" by One Way and "Captain Save a Hoe" by E-40.
  • "To Da Beat" contains a sample of "Dope Fiend Beat" by Too Short.
  • "Zoom" contains a sample of "Zoom" by Commodores.
  • Songs

    1The Element of Surprise4:23
    2Trump Change4:30
    3All Tha Time3:21

    References

    The Element of Surprise Wikipedia


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