E-40

One of hip-hop's most prolific voices, E-40 has worked in relative obscurity for much of his career. A resident of Vallejo, CA, 40 is best known in the Bay Area. And like his fellow Bay man Too Short, 40 launched his career without the benefit of a major label, hawking tapes one by one on the streets of his hometown. 40's first two albums, Federal and The Mailman, were minimalist affairs doused in...