''In a Major Way'' is the second

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by American rapper

E-40 Earl Tywone Stevens Sr. (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the rap group The Click, and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 26 studio albums to date, a ...

, released March 14, 1995 on Jive and

Sick Wid It Records Earl Tywone Stevens Sr. (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the rap group The Click, and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 26 studio albums to date, ...

. It peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 13 on the ''Billboard'' 200, ((( In a Major Way > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))) All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on January 7, 2010. selling 70,000 copies in its first week. The album is certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album features production by Funk Daddy, Kevin Gardner, Mike Mosley, Eugenius, Sam Bostic and Studio Ton. It also features guest performances by fellow members of

The Click The Click was a hip hop group consisting of 4 members from Vallejo, California. The group's members are E-40 (Earl Stevens), his cousin B-Legit (Brandt Jones), his brother D-Shot (Danell Stevens), and his sister Suga-T (Tanina Stevens). Toge ...

B-Legit Brandt Jones (born January 13, 1968), better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. Early life Brandt "B-Legit" Jones graduated from General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Senior High School on June 17, 19 ...

and

Suga-T Tenina Stevens (born December 21, 1971), better known by her stage name SUGA-T, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. She is a founding member of The Click, a rap group that also includes her brothers E-40 and D-Shot and her cousin B-L ...

, as well as

2Pac Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the b ...

Mac Shawn Funk Mobb was an American, short lived rap group composed of Bay Area rappers, K-1, G-Note and Mac Shawn who were signed by Sick Wid It and Jive Records. They were only active from 1994 to 1998, first appearing on Little Bruce's debut album, ...

Spice 1 Robert Lee Greene, Jr. (born July 2, 1970), better known by his stage name Spice 1 (an acronym for "Sex, Pistols, Indo, Cash and Entertainment"), is an American rapper from Hayward, California. He began releasing albums in 1992. Career Jive Re ...

Celly Cel Marcellus James McCarver, better known by his stage name Celly Cel, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. He released his first single, "Lifestyle of a Mack", on his independent record label Realside Records in 1992. He released his debu ...

Mac Mall Jamal Rocker (born June 14, 1975), professionally known by his stage name Mac Mall, is an American rapper who became known in the mid/late 1990s as one of the local artists putting the Bay Area on the hip hop map. Mac Mall signed with the record ...

, and his son

Droop-E Earl Tywone Stevens Jr. (born February 18, 1988), better known by his stage name Droop-E, is an American rapper, and producer. He is the son of the Bay Area rapper E-40. Biography Droop-E was born Earl Tywone Stevens Jr. on February 18, 19 ...

(credited as Lil E).

Music Videos

Three

music video A music video is a video of variable duration, that integrates a music song or a music album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a m ...

s were produced to promote the album, including "Dusted 'n' Disgusted", which features rap verses from E-40 with Spice 1, Mac Mall and Celly Cel. The chorus features vocals from Levitti and Suga-T. Celly Cel's verse replaces 2Pac's in the video version of the song as 2Pac was in jail at the time of filming. Richie Rich makes a

cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly eit ...

and says a few words in the early part of the video and is seen wearing a T-shirt that clearly reads: "Free 2Pac". B-Legit,

D-Shot Danell LaShawn Stevens Sr. (born December 12, 1969), better known as D-Shot, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. D-Shot got his start as a member of the rap group the Click, which also included his siblings E-40 and Suga-T, as well a ...

JT The Bigga Figga Joseph Tom, better known by his stage name JT the Bigga Figga (also known as Figg Panamera), is an American rapper, record producer, and record executive from the Fillmore neighborhood of San Francisco, California. He has produced music on over ...

, Captain Save 'Em and

Funk Mobb Funk Mobb was an American, short lived rap group composed of Bay Area rappers, K-1, G-Note and Mac Shawn who were signed by Sick Wid It and Jive Records. They were only active from 1994 to 1998, first appearing on Little Bruce's debut album, ...

also make cameo appearances in the video. Along with singles, music videos were also produced for the songs: "

1-Luv "1-Luv" is a song by American rapper E-40, and the second single from his second studio album ''In a Major Way'' (1995). It features R&B artist Leviti and interpolates "One Love" by Whodini. The song charted at number 71 on the Billboard Hot 100, ...

", featuring Levitti, and "

Sprinkle Me "Sprinkle Me" is a song by American rapper E-40 featuring American rapper Suga-T. The single was released on May 20, 1995, as the third single from E-40's second studio album ''In a Major Way ''In a Major Way'' is the second studio album by ...

", featuring Suga-T.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

E-40 albums 1995 albums Albums produced by Studio Ton Jive Records albums Sick Wid It Records albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub