''Tha Hall of Game'' is the third
studio album 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, ...
, released October 27, 1996, 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, ...
. The album features production by
Ant Banks
Anthony Banks (born March 4, 1966) is an American record producer and rapper from Oakland, California.
Biography
As a child, he took part in a band at school and then learned to play a variety of instruments along the way. At school he only le ...
, Mike Mosley,
Rick Rock
Ricardo Thomas, also known as Rick Rock, is an American record producer originally from Montgomery, Alabama and based in Fairfield, California. He is a founding member of the former rap group Cosmic Slop Shop and the Federation with fellow ...
, Studio Ton and Tone Capone. It peaked at number 2 on the
''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 4 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
[ Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))">((( Tha Hall of Game > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums ))) All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on December 30, 2009.] One single, "Things'll Never Change"/"Rapper's Ball", peaked at number 19 on the
''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
[ Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))">((( Tha Hall of Game > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles ))) All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on December 30, 2009.] and performed well on
several other charts as well. The album was certified gold in 1997 by the RIAA. The album 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 ...
,
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 ...
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 ...
, 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 ...
,
Luniz,
Cold 187um
Gregory Fernard Hutchison (born August 4, 1967), known as Big Hutch and Cold 187um, is an American rapper and producer, and leader of the rap group Above the Law. He currently records for his self-founded label.
Biography
Hutchison is ...
,
Kokane
Jerry Buddy Long Jr. (born March 10, 1969), better known by his stage name Kokane, is an American recording artist best known for his distinctive vocal style and numerous guest appearances, such as on Snoop Dogg's ''Tha Last Meal''.
Early life ...
,
Keak da Sneak
Charles Kente Williams ( né Bowens; born October 21, 1977), better known by his stage name Keak da Sneak, is an American rapper from Oakland, California, known for his scratchy, gruff voice and for coining the term '' hyphy'' in 1994.
Early li ...
and Levitti.
Along with the single, a
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 promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device ...
was produced for the song, "Rapper's Ball", featuring
Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper and record producer. He became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s, with lyrics often based on ...
and
K-Ci
Cedric Renard Hailey (born September 2, 1969), known professionally as K-Ci (formerly Little Cedric as a member of Little Cedric and the Hailey Singers), is an American singer, songwriter and member of K-Ci & JoJo and Jodeci.
Although Hailey ...
and features
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 ei ...
s by 2Pac,
Ice-T and
Mack 10
Dedrick D'Mon Rolison (born August 9, 1971), better known by his stage name Mack 10, is an American rapper. He has sold nearly 11 million records combining his solo and group works. Mack 10 made his first appearance on Ice Cube's 1994 " Bootle ...
. A second single, "Things'll Never Change", was also released as a music video, featuring
Bo-Roc of The Dove Shack.
Track listing
;Samples
*"Ring It" contains sample of "Telephone Bill" by
Johnny Guitar Watson
Johnny is an English language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germ ...
and "187 Proof" by
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 ...
.
*"I Wanna Thank You" contains sample of "I Want to Thank You" by
Alicia Myers and "Ready for Your Love" by
Mtume
Mtume (pronounced ''em-tu-may'') was an American funk and soul group that rose to prominence during the early 1980s and had several R&B hits during its career. Its founder, former percussionist James Mtume, previously played and toured with M ...
.
*"Rappers' Ball" contains sample of "Playboy Short" by
Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper and record producer. He became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s, with lyrics often based on ...
.
*"The Story" contains sample of "Friends" by
Whodini
Whodini is an American hip hop group that was formed in 1982. The Brooklyn, New York-based trio consisted of vocalist and main lyricist Jalil Hutchins; co-vocalist John Fletcher, a.k.a. Ecstasy (who wore a Zorro-style hat as his trademark; J ...
and "
Paul Revere
Paul Revere (; December 21, 1734 O.S. (January 1, 1735 N.S.)May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, Sons of Liberty member, and Patriot and Founding Father. He is best known for his midnight ride to a ...
" by
Beastie Boys.
*"Things'll Never Change" contains sample of "Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse)" by
Run-DMC and
"The Way It Is" by
Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. His music draws from folk rock, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Southern rock, country rock, jam band, rock, heartland rock, and blues rock musical traditions ...
.
*"Smebbin'" contains sample of "Da Bumble" by E-40 and "Learn About It" by
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 ...
.
Charts
Weekly charts
Weekly charts
Certifications
References
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E-40 albums
1996 albums
Albums produced by Ant Banks
Albums produced by Rick Rock
Albums produced by Studio Ton
Jive Records albums
Sick Wid It Records albums
Gangsta rap albums by American artists