1998 studio album by E-40
The Element of Surprise Released August 11, 1998 Recorded 1997–1998 Genre Gangsta rap , West Coast hip-hop , G-funk Length 107 :59 Label Jive , Sick Wid It 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
"Hope I Don't Go Back" Released: July 30, 1998
"From the Ground Up" Released: November 12, 1998
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 .[3] 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 1993 extended play , The Mail Man .
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 Gold. 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.[4]
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1. "The Element of Surprise" Rick Rock 4:21 2. "Trump Change" 4:30 3. "All Tha Time" (featuring B-Legit ) Bosko 3:21 4. "Dump, Bust, Blast" Bosko 4:11 5. "Hope I Don't Go Back" Ant Banks 4:38 6. "$999,999 + $1 = A Mealticket" Rick Rock 4:32 7. "Money Scheme" (featuring Jayo Felony ) Bosko 6:20 8. "Zoom" Bosko 4:09 9. "Mayhem" (featuring A-1) Rick Rock 5:09 10. "Personal" (featuring D-Shot , Suga T , The Mossie & Levetti) 4:31 11. "My Hoodlumz & My Thugz" (featuring WC & Mack 10 ) 4:44
1. "Do It To Me" (featuring Busta Rhymes ) Tone Capone 3:40 2. "Lieutenant Roast A Botch" Studio Ton 4:41 3. "It's On, On Sight" (featuring C-Bo ) Funk Daddy 4:13 4. "From The Ground Up" (featuring Too Short & K-Ci & JoJo ) Ant Banks 4:52 5. "Flashin'" Studio Ton 4:54 6. "Doin' Dirt Bad" (featuring B-Legit ) Bosko 4:24 7. "Broccoli" Ant Banks 4:07 8. "Jump My Bone" Bosko 3:57 9. "Back Against The Wall" (featuring Master P ) Bosko 4:16 10. "To Da Beat" Studio Ton 4:12 11. "Dirty Deeds" Dave Everingham & E-40 3:46 12. "Ballin' Outta Control" Sam Bostic & Mike Mosley 4:22 13. "One More Gen" Sam Bostic 6:09
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