A West Coast phenomenon whose previous seven albums reached the R&B/Hip-Hop Top 10, E-40 rap pioneer in the made his gold major-label debut in 2006 with My Ghetto Report Card. Suddenly, E-40 became a sensation as the album debuted #3 Pop and #1 R&B/Hip-Hop, went platinum-plus and spun off the Top 15 R&B/Hip-Hop "U And Dat" and Top 10 Rap "Tell Me When to Go." Now the innovative E-40 returns with his most polished product to date, the imaginatively titled the Ball Street Journal, featuring superstar guests from Snoop Dogg and Ice T to the Game and Akon.