E-40 was/is the ambassador of MOBB MUSIC. During the zenith of that shyt. You muthafukkaz undadig? We NEVA gave a fukk if that nikka was top 10, or if anybody outside the Bay listened to him
nikka...A nikka named Studio Ton, do the googles, Studio Ton was the in house producer who captured that particular sound that had muthafukkaz confused. He handled the production of EVERY one of them early Sic Wid It albums.We talkin a production sound that chipped paint offa walls, had red lights and stop signs vibratin, pagers chirp in.... Topped with samples that made ya granma nodd her gead. Mobb music fit that Bay Area lifestyle muthafukkaz was living back then...
Hustlin, partyin, fukkin with broads, nice ass weather.....mobbin everything from clean ass cutlasses and box Chevy's to yo uncle's astro van with the cheetah skin seat covers...
No L's, sideshows, we talkin bass wars in the high school parking lot with the muthafukkin principal judging. Muthafukkaz calling the police living nearby thinking the big one done hit...
4 15's witta zappco hot as fish grease crackin shyt in half to Da Bumble! Da Bumble nikka! The music went hand in hand with the culture out here. And that's JUST the production. nikkaz had never heard a nikka do a buck 50 before Federal...
Wihth content and slang muthafukkaz could relate to out here. nikka 40 was foe the poor, the underdog, still is to this day. West, Midwest, south fux wit 40 or at least in the 90"s. If you don't like him or Bay Mobb Music don't fukk with it or try to force yourself to...
It would be like a New York nikka tryna explain to somebody from sunny ass Cali the vibe listening to Wu Tang during the winter walking to the station with the headphones, grimey beats, dusty, cold ass world. Different strokes, artists, culture.