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Loyalty & Betrayal

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Oh boy!! This is why I love the West Coast. THe ones with skills come wit it and Fonzarelli is included in that group. My favorite track is "Behind Gates"becuase my dawg Cube is in it. Then there is "Ya Blind" "Doin The Fool" and "Clown WIt It". 40 water definitely brings the skills to the table. This album is not meant to grab new fans because a lot of people can't underdig the slanguage that 40 spits. However, fans of 40 should definitely get this. EVen if you're not a fan, free your mind and give it a try. Ya underdig?

This cd is tight to def! It will definately knock hard in ya trunk. E Feeze is at his best here. His pimpish flow sprinkled over his crackalatin beats makes this album truly a work of art. The hardest tracks are: #2(Loayality and Betrayal) #4(Ya Blind) #5 (Sinasta Mob) and my favorite #12 (Behind Gates)with my dogg Ice Cube. This is a must have if you're a fan of the west coast. OH BOY!!! PLEEZEBELEAVEIT!!!!!!

A solid follow-up to 1999's Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire and 1998's double cd classic The Element of Surprise. This is west coast underground bay area gangsta rap at it's best. This 2000 release is E-40's last great album. The album features several stand-out tracks, including: "Loyalty and Betrayal", "Ya Blind" with Eightball & Jazze Pha, "To Whom This May Concern" about the state of the record biz, a dope track with Ice Cube called "Behind Gates" and an all-star list of guest stars on "Doin The Fool" (Pimp C of UGK, Too Short, Pastor Troy and one time Sic Wid It alum Ska Face Al Kapone). A video was released back in 2000 for the song "Nah, Nah..." with Nate Dogg. "Pop ya Collar" is also a good track and has B-Legit, D-Shot and Suga T - aka - The Click.

In 2000, E-40 drops yet another west coast masterpiece, his 6th album (including 1994 EP The Mailman). Once again, E-40 hits you with some great slanguage ("Flamboastin") and has some of the best west coast producers to lace him with cool G-Funk and Mobb Music. The beats on this album are some of the best out the west in 2000. Bosko, Battlecat, Tone Capone, Blaqtoven, DJ Silk, Rick Rock, Jazze Pha, and SMK produce some of the highest quality cuts for E to spit his game over. "Lace Me Up" has that vintage west coast G-Funk updated for the 21st century. He and sister Suga-T lace ya with real game; it seems like a cool sequel to 1995's "Sprinkle Me." "N---a Sh--" features Mack 10, D-Shot, Suga-T, and B-Legit and is a hard lowrider ready mobb joint. The beat simply slaps with that Bosko funk perfect to c-walk or b-walk to. Levitti provides one of his cool, vintage moany hook vocals. A nice gangsta joint is "Like A Jungle" featuring another lowrider Bosko beat, and Bosko's slick vocorder and Kokane's moany hook vocals, a cool mobb joint. "Pop Ya Collar" definitely bangs with some deep-groove, cool-breezy g-funk (cool funk samples). The Click (40 Water, Suga T, B-Legit, D-Shot) deliver a fun, party starting track here. "Flamboastin'" has a bangin' heavy beat and features Baby of Cash Money Records and floss hard, and 40 really busts out his slanguage like crazy here. "Nah Nah..." w/ Nate Dogg's cool hook vocals is a west caost classic. The beat is smooth Battlecat L.A. style G-Funk (one of his best beats ever), which E-40 raps over as good as he does to the bay funk. It is a song dealing with the drama with the opposite sex. This song got so much play in my senior year in high school 1999-2000. E flows real good over southern style beats too! He kills it on "Clown Wit It" f/ Mystikal. Bosko did a great job creating a pulsating southern beat, and the 2's different rap styles fit the beat perfectly. Jazze Pha creates a cool G-Funk smoker on Ya Blind, and he, E-40, Eightball, Too Short school ya about scandalous women. This album definitely has a lot going for it. I feel that this is one of his best albums, and he has had some real classics from the 1990's. I like this one better than the ones that followed, and better than 1999's Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint Of A Self-Made Millionaire, and maybe even more than 1998's double banger The Element If Surprise. Soak up some real game and get laced by E.

I really enjoyes this album. Every other song is a hit, making this one of E-40's best works so far. I would recomed this album to any rap fan. I give it 4 1/2 stars.

this album is one that i wasnt to happy wit. dont get me wrong e is still spittn game,but i feel this album had way too many guests. guests arent a bad thing, but if your goin to have guests, have guests that complement your style not belittle. e-40 has so much game and talent he dosnt need any guests. e keep doin what u do playa,but next time get some tighter guests. get this if u a e-40 fan if not dont, cause you probably wont get the game thats comin out of this.

Keep it comin, we over here at mob life ent.feel you and the whole click crew. because life is a motha, and the street's are cold.

This album is hard! E-40 always come sic wit it. If you don't got it, ya betta git it. It reminds me of his (my fav.)"I a major way" album. Sluppin' from intro till outro. He is the bay area's finnest. Please belave it!

I have just about every 40 album, and I must say he still has skills. My personal favorites are tracks number 2,4,13, and a few others. When I bump these tracks in my car they really knock. So if your looking for something to get you hyped this is definately the cd to pick up and add to your collection.

Loyalty And Betrayal is album number seven (if I'm not mistaken) for the Bay's Ambassador, E-40. Very few emcees / rappers have released this many albums, maintained street credibility, and been such an influence on slang and still takes it in stride as 40 has. As the title track maximize the stop and go flow to unmatched heights. The brother and sister combination of hustling on "Lace Me Up" featuring Suga T. is a simple track that emphasizes game and nothing but. "Sinister Mob" featuring Nate Dogg is a slow gangster groove where Nate almost stole the show with his singing / rap flow. For the mainstream appeal, "Nah, Nah..." featuring Nate Dogg still has a rough edge to it. Upbeat and more of a disco / 70's tune blended well with the expensive taste of "Pop Ya Collar" featuring B-Legit & D-Shot. The West Coast connection between 40 Fonzarelli and Ice Cube is just a classic collaboration on "Behind Gates". The off-beat, loud high production of Pastor Troy didn't affect the flows of these veterans on "Doin' The Fool" featuring Too $hort, Pastor Troy & Pimp C. Rick Rock's production on "It's Pimpin'" is nothing to sleeper as this is one of the album's highlights as well as "Clown Wit It" featuring Mystikal for example. Earl stay's consistent and evolving and that's what keeps the word longevity as an understatement.