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E-40 - The Server
Artist: E-40
Producer: Rick Rock
Album: Revenue Retrievin'
Label: Sick Wid It/Heavy On The Grind/EMI
I know more than a couple Bay Area natives who were disappointed by E-40’s last album The Ball Street Journal – they felt like he had diluted his Yay Area roots just a little too much – but those waiting for 40 Water to fully return to his ghostridin ways need wait no longer. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you E-Fonzarelli’s new single The Server, a crushing track that finds him reuniting with long time production partner Rick Rock, who here overlays a fat bass line and percussive snares with an African-sounding vocal sample. But, as always, the real story here is 40’s tongue, which delivers a steady stream of street talk complete with slang so strange I don’t think even 40 knows what he’s saying: what does “flea flickin’ and fiddle faddlin” mean? Your guess is as good as mine. Has E-40 truly dug back into his native soil, as The Server suggests? We’ll have to wait until his new album Revenue Retrievin drops on March 30.
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This isn't one that is gonna go on my iPod probably but I definately enjoy 40's flow. This was an nice listen but nothing I will have on repeat.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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Out of all the E-40 records I've heard over the last 3-4 months, this WITHOUT A DOUBT bands the hardest. There is no doubt about it: Rick Rock gets the most out of 40.
And to answer your rhetorical question, Nathan - I don't think even 40 knows what he's talking about... but it sounds good rolling off his tongue (no homo). 
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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This sounds far better when accompanied by the video. I enjoy the best and verses but I feel like the chorus could have been tweaked a bit - a tad too repetitive for me. Regardless, this is going in rotation.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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beat*
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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Thia isn't 40 at his best but it's better than alot of the stuff he has been putting out lately.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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lol @ the sample of the foreign man. E-40 has a signature feel that I like. This song is hella unique, its almost indescribable. Its a collage of weirdness that is coincidentally FIRE.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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Haha, E 40 has one of the funniest/coolest rap voices of all time. This was highly enjoyable. The hook was pretty weak in my opinion.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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Rick Rock slap beat, slanquistic flow, hell yeah. This is the 40 I've been waiting for. 40 Water!
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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I guess I don't get it...I like the beat and the sample but I feel they're wasted...
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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being from Cali, 40 is a legend and I was a lil disappointed w/ the last album, but this track bangs, though i wish there were more to the beat...
and by the way "flea flickin'" is like dusting off your shoulders, "flicking fleas" off of you, fleas being haters, negativity, etc. "Fiddle Faddlin" is just a metaphor for making music. Our Cali slang can be a bit much, i can admit that, especially in the yay (i'm from LA and still don't get half the sh!t they say, lol |
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I just dont get why people like E-40.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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@ d mac- see one luv
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d mac im with you, I'm not impressed with this track at all.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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@d mac - 40 is a love him or hate him artist it seems like. I find his flow enjoyable and his songs have a time and place in my life. This isn't one I have on repeat but it's simply an enjoyable, humorous track. I know a lot of people that don't like him though, so its just a matter of taste.
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| Posted on Jan 29, 2010 |
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this is ku, but i like my E-40 hyphy. lets get hyphy, lets get krunk, lets get .... up.
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2010 |
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wat the heck???? -- Mi first reaction
idk -- second rection lmfao -- third reaction the beat fix it :) -- fourth reaction |
| Posted on Jan 30, 2010 |
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Tight beat .. Sick Flow But Na I Wont Keep This Around UnLeSs Im Sicck BlaZed tHeN MaYBe
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2010 |
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I have always like the flow that E-40 has, and I have no idea wat he is saying sometimes but, i still think that he is a lot more unique than most mainstream artists today. Anyways, keep goin 40!
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2010 |
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damn that bass DROppppps..shyt is fiyah,best e-40 joint yet,in a hawt minute-i agree z
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| Posted on Jan 30, 2010 |
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The African-sounding vocal sample gives it a distinct trance-inducing tribal feel, but actually its just a different way of doing the same thing - Minimalistic percussion, bass-heavy hyphy instrumental with E-40 doing what he does better than anyone.
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| Posted on Jan 31, 2010 |
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dope
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| Posted on Feb 02, 2010 |
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Goes hard, even on my laptop speakers!
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2010 |
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I'll admit, I couldn't stand 40 Water when he first came out around '91 but it didn't take long before I was a huge fan. His ability to transform himself but still stay unique always impresses me. This song is for those who dig Fonzi for who he is. Those who are looking for him to be Jay-Z will be understandably dissapointed. But I bet this is going on my next mixtape and on air this weekend on my show!
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| Posted on Feb 03, 2010 |
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this shit go
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