And I agree This Type of hip-hop & rap is often frowned upon by traditional lyricists for being unorthodox and usually off-beat. Legendary Rappers like E-40 coming from a hustler’s perspective & Suga Free coming from a Mack’s-pimp perspective are considered the originators & God Fathers of the risky but relatable style. E-40 Dealt with so much backlash in the 1990’s for off-beat flow that is used mainly used today by Oakland rappers like Allblack, and Puablo15 & Detroit/Michigan Rappers Rio Da Yung Og & Sada Baby Ect.
The Legendary Biggie Smalls was on an interview dissing the Style of E-40 saying he was wack. E-40 shed even more light on the incident during an interview with Complex.com this week. He again stated that he took no part in the fake concert that was booked for Biggie in Sacramento and also shared the details of a phone call he received while Biggie was in town. According to E-40, he received a phone call late at night from a man claiming to be in the same area as Biggie. The man then asked E-40 if he wanted him to do anything to the rapper. When asked to rank a handful of West Coast artists on a scale from one to 10, E-40 says Biggie gave him a zero.
“But a concert was booked that I didn’t book,” E-40 said. “And I wanna tell y’all this. I got a call like 11 at night. ‘40, I got this n#### Biggie Smalls down here woo wopty woo. What do you want me to do with him?’ You gotta understand. Just being upset cause somebody said they ain’t f##### with your music that ain’t enough to try to do somebody in. That’s not cool. That’s some b#### s###. That ain’t cool. I got on the phone with a dude.
I was like ‘I didn’t know you felt like that’…Anyway, to make a long story short, I got him home safe. Got him back to the hotel safe. I didn’t book that concert. That’s the main thing I want to say. But the s### that went down as far as my folks on his head, they were. And I called it off.” E-40 says his cordial interaction with Biggie as a result of the incident led to the rapper giving him a shout-out in the album notes for Life After Death. I pray forward to seeing a game spittin type of Artist win a Grammy or at least get lyricist of the year.