E-40 screams innovation, creativity, and originality. With many rappers in the game borrowing slang and linguistics he made up from scratch, his influence on the game is immense. While hard to get into for beginning rap fans; E-40 is a legend to others already heavy in the game. His unorthodox style, sound, and flow admittedly takes a while to get into and thus is only mainly suited for advanced rap fans. That's not to say that you won't be able to instantly like a song like his classics `Captain save A hoe" and Sprinkle Me, its just that he's harder to get into than most rappers.

With that said E-40's album is banging. Songs such as All Gravity, The Slap, Automatic, Mustard & Mayonaisse, Whomp Whomp, My Cup, Til The Dawn, Lifestyles, and Fallin Rain are all great songs smothered in that classic bay area sound. The best song on the album though is Rep Yo City feat. Petey Pablo, Eightball, Bun B, and Lil John & The Eastside Boyz. It has the most bumpable beat on the album and is crunk to the fullest. Peeps down heya in the ATL is loving that song and rightfully so; it's a classic.

E-40's album is definitely worth having because it is one of the best releases so far this year. Banging beats, potent lyrics and creativity make for an album that you must hear. Get That!

This was a great effort by E 40..Once again 40 shows why he is one of the top rappers out there...I would have to say he is the most influential artist today...My personal favorites are Fallin Rain a track where 40 goes back in time to reflect on life before rap and his independent start in the rap game...Roll On is very catchy featuring Afro Man and B Legit...Why they dont f**k with us opens the albulm with a tight ... beat...The Slap...Way above average song...MY Cup featuring Suga T is the knock (slap)...Til the DAwn.. producer Bosko does it again...Lifestyles...40 once again is a few notches above the competition....Great overall effort

I bought E-40 and Styles on the same day and I find E-40's album better. One of my favorite producers "Rick Rok", produced 75% of the album. "Rep Yo City" produced by Lil' Jon is a banger. When first saw that it had appearances by Petey Pablo, Bun B, & Eightball I couldn't wait. Other Highlights include "My Cup", "Mustard & Maynosse", "Automatic", and "The Slap". You won't be disappointed with this one.

e40 keeps putting out good cd's but if you don't go pop the world ain't trying to hear you still e40 fans and rapheads who know something about the real street stuff know what time it is.

For years now, Earl "E-40" Stevens has been blessing the West Coast and Bay Area with hard hitting quality music. One of the first big rappers in Northern California, not one of his releases since his debut has been less than great work. Over the years his style has slightly changed, and the most evolutionary style we see from E-40 can be seen in this 2002 album.

From the start, the CD shows us what kind of beats and production we're going to see on it. It's definitely different than his previous work, which seemed to be more thugged out and harder. I like to think of these new beats as "synthetic", more technological sounding, etc. I find this not to not be quite as suitable to E-40's true style and long-time fans will probably not agree with the new more main-streamish sound. But that's pretty minor - overall this is still very quality music put out by the boss of the bay. E-40 expands his featured artist horizons in this one, putting on Petey Pablo, Fabulous, Afroman, Keak Da Sneak, and Suga Free. The standout tracks are Roll On, Mustard & Mayo, Automatic (the single), The Slap, and It's A Man's Game. Also great is "Fallin' Rain" where E-40 raps over a sample of an old rock/r&b beat... its extremely unique and emotional. I also like the E-40 and Afroman duo song, "Roll On", also featuring B-Legit and Mugsy. I think 40 and Afroman go together very well.

E-40 is one of the hardest spitters in Northern Cali and all of the rap game in my opinion. His unique character and made-up slang combined with his lightning speed flows create a type of rap music that is unparalled and unmatched by any other rapper out there. And while I don't believe Grit And Grind is even near his best release, It's still definitely a good addition to any hip hop fan's collection. Pick it up!

Overall Rating: 9.0 / 10