The Ball Street Journal

The Ball Street Journal

This Vallejo, California veteran’s post-hyphy record features a few bids at mainstream crossover appeal (like “Break Ya Ankles,” a crunk collabo with Lil Jon), but 40’s still Bay all day. See “The Ambassador,” where he proudly reps his home turf over a less-is-more Rick Rock beat. But his enduring appeal is summed up nowhere better than “Got Rich Twice,” a second-wind anthem with an immense, modernist mob beat from none other than 40’s son, Droop-E.

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