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2012 studio album by E-40
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1
Released March 26, 2012 Recorded 2011–2012
Genre
Hip hop Length 75 :11
Label
Producer
"Fast Lane" Released: February 12, 2012
"They Point" Released: March 6, 2012
"Turn it Up" Released: March 31, 2012
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1 is the fifteenth
studio album by American rapper
E-40 . The album is part of a trilogy that was released on March 26, 2012, by Heavy on the Grind Entertainment and
EMI . The other albums in the trilogy include
The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2 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
Juicy J ,
2 Chainz ,
B-Legit ,
Richie Rich ,
Gangsta Boo ,
Droop-E ,
The Jacka ,
Raheem DeVaughn ,
Mugzi ,
Turf Talk , and
Mistah F.A.B. , and Go Hard Black among others.
A behind the scenes for the music video for "They Point" featuring Juicy J and 2 Chainz and produced by Bangladesh was released on February 16, 2012,
[10] and the video was released on March 22.
[11] The music video for "Fast Lane" was released on the album's release date.
[12] On August 1, the video for "Turn It Up" was released.
[13] Despite not being released as a single, "In This Thang Breh" featuring Turf Talk and Mistah F.A.B. peaked at #19 on the
Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it Turf Talk's first and only charting song.
Two commercials were released in March 2012 to promote the Block Brochure album series.
[14] The first volume scored a 78/100 on
Metacritic , indicating "generally positive reviews".
[15] It is the highest of the three volumes. The volume debuted at #59 on the
Billboard 200 ,
[16] and at #10 on the
Hot R&B/Hip-hop albums chart.
Track listing
Title Producer(s)
[17] 1. "Fast Lane"
Droop-E 3:26 2. "They Point" (featuring
Juicy J &
2 Chainz )
Bangladesh 4:13 3. "Rock Stars"
Rick Rock 4:18 4. "Outta Town" (featuring
B-Legit & Laroo T.H.H.)
DJ Toure 5:00 5. "What's My Name" @ToneBonebeats 3:26 6. "Slummin'" Rick Rock 2:54 7. "Do the Playa" (featuring DecadeZ) Jelly Roll 3:31 8. "Cutlass" (featuring B-Legit &
Richie Rich ) Mike Mosley & Sam Bostic 4:36 9. "Turn It Up" C-Ballin 4:02 10. "Let's Fuck" (featuring
Gangsta Boo ) Droop-E 4:19 11. "Bust Moves" (featuring
Droop-E & Big Omeezy) AJ 3:52 12. "Can You Feel It?" (featuring B-Legit) Droop-E 4:34 13. "What Is It Over?" (featuring J Banks) Droop-E 4:17 14. "In the Ghetto" (featuring
The Jacka & Rankin Scroo) Black Key Beats 5:43 15. "Rollin'" (featuring
Raheem DeVaughn , Laroo T.H.H.,
Mugzi , Work Dirty, Droop-E & Decadez)
DJ Toure 4:25 16. "In This Thang Breh" (featuring
Turf Talk &
Mistah F.A.B. ) @ToneBonebeats 3:09 17. "Mary Jane" (featuring Christian Keez, Cousin Fik & Droop-E) The 8thgraders 4:07 18. "Help Me" (featuring
Mike Marshall & Go Hard Black) C-Ballin 5:11 Total length: 75:11
iTunes Bonus Track Title Producer(s) 19. "Blame It on the DJ" (featuring C-Ballin) C-Ballin 4:05 20. "Beatin' the Trunk Loose" Bosko 4:18 Total length: 83:35
Notes
Stressmatic is not credited on "Rock Stars" and "Cutlass"
Cousin Fik, Christian Real Keez and Droop-E are not credited on the iTunes version of "Mary Jane"
"Bust Moves" heavily samples "
Going Back to Cali " by the
Notorious B.I.G.
Charts
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