E-40 His 30 Year Career, 2Pac, Mac Dre, Lil Jon, T-Pain (Full Interview)

E-40 came through for his first all-encompassing VladTV interview, where he spoke about his 30 year career in hip-hop. He shared stories about meeting and working with 2Pac after the late rapper shouted him out on his album, and E-40 also shared a story about his last conversation with 2Pac. Moving along, E-40 addressed his relationship with Mac Dre and denied that there was any direct beef between them. He also spoke about working with Lil Jon on the monster hits "Tell Me When to Go" and "Snap Yo Fingers." To hear more, including working with T-Pain on his first feature, hit the full interview above.

[@daniellerivera3783]

The most underrated rapper in the game but everybody wants to use his slang.

[@Kitchywac]

Yessir Definitely Top 10!

[@392_RHINO]

Most underrated is busta rhymes. This nigga cant rap and sound like a clown. Yeah hes a OG and hustler but he cant rap for shit

[@stevenjohnson4717]

E40 aint never been unrated that's the goat 🐐 old school playa that's my guy!!

[@brucedavis394]

@@Kitchywac make

[@brucedavis394]

Cold blood it Bruce Davis

[@mattwaste5590]

“Put it in the air like its fair” “hater like a voltage regulator “ E-40. Absolute LEGEND, not in just hip hop, but in music period....

[@sloanmagnum5009]

Lol hell yeah. Hes can not be duplicated

[@marthettalewis5107]

Mac Dre, so - called diss E-40 on a song called “stay on my toes” what’s really going on… 1992 old BayArea tea🤣

[@Mister5020s]

Im all over the place like space 😂😂. Gotta love E-40

[@charleskeller5326]

Nprptnn

[@andreplayboi22moneymaker]

Yessir he from the westside boi

[@awkshot3946]

@@charleskeller5326 yuyyyyygvgg BBC c F F c F

[@desertmusic7O2]

E-40 an uncle you can hear out for hours... like “come here young mustache let me sprinkle you with some game”

[@jpokeefe8122]

Yep, BLM needed like 40 & $hort, duh!

[@niloc8134]

@@jpokeefe8122 is BBC

[@niloc8134]

Ivbvivv b

[@jacquelineharris-braxton7385]

Lol young mustache

[@jeromemitchell6252]

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[@PurpleFreq708]

It’s amazing how people attitude change when talking about 2Pac. It’s like the whole spirit and soul gets humble when remembering this iconic giant! You can tell E-40 loved that brother and it’s amazing to see true friendship at its best when he tells his story of them too! E-40 is still one of the best in the game… Stay Drippin bro!

[@issavibez394]

A true old school OG yup lol

[@josephgus5638]

@@issavibez394Truth

[@mistyk1design]

Respect to E-40... been listening to him since In a Major way. One of the best.

[@lindenbyass6902]

Mistyk One Design Mis-ter Flamboyant!!

[@asiantone7153]

Me too! Love E40

[@-roejogan-]

Yo I been straight banging major way in the whip, where I go from here? What's the next best thang

[@issavibez394]

True old school OG

[@arlandojohnson6966]

Federal album then the mailman album

[@ThurroAlexander]

Been sleeping on E40... Damn... He's definitely one of the realest and smartest to ever enter the rap game 👊🏾💯

[@TheRadicalBlackConservative]

The reality is...I love his music and have for decades.

[@EE-iy9rq]

Preach

[@robrobinson5000]

Detroit been rockin wit E-40 and Da Click from Day 1!! Much Love to ya 40!

[@marcusgomez3307]

VALLEJO CALIFORNIA~MR. FLAMBOYANT!

[@Tech_-on1ou]

Held on like a hubcap in the fast lane 😂😂

[@ikeike5033]

😂😂😂 I came to the comments just to see if someone besides me caught that... 40 water is naturally funny...

[@DomDeVille]

E-40 is one of the most underrated entertainers, period. He doesn’t age, and he stays relevant. I could legitimately see (hear) him doing voices for cartoons.

[@karimbabir4342]

E-40 is a GENIUS! Lyrically and business wise I truly admire this man!

[@bryantworthing2215]

For the young kids at home the album from 1995 In a Major Way is essential hip hop listening. Check back in after you listen to that all the way through. It is a top 5 best {yet} under appreciated record in hip hop history in my humble opinion.

[@jerryanthony1814]

These kids won't get it,the game 40 spits on those records will go over their heads.Let them stick to mumble rap, that's all they can understand unfortunately.

[@mikepeez3257]

+1 . Early stuff was really cool especially flambouyant, rossi, federal....but "in a major way" was next level. Man i played that over and over. Funny, at the time the source mag was big, gave 'in a major' 3.5 mics out of 5 and i just couldnt understand it. Now we know they just had no taste and couldnt recognize true artistry.

[@mauriciohernandez1941]

Wym im 25 an am up on all the real shit from 90s i function wit the bay I'm from Sac

[@marthettalewis5107]

The Best album 💯

[@marthettalewis5107]

I practice lookin hard… 94590

[@scorpiobeauty1269]

I love E-40. One of the realest rappers of all time💯

[@danassadbeez6190]

And you fine as hell

[@scorpiobeauty1269]

@@danassadbeez6190 Thank you! I'm flattered 😊

[@danassadbeez6190]

Just keeping it 1 thow wow lol in my 40 voice

[@jsemmo]

@@scorpiobeauty1269 yea you are fine as some expensive wine

[@scorpiobeauty1269]

@@jsemmo aww thank you!

[@Theglammmroom]

E-40s vernacular is One of a kind

[@odflea5513]

I'm from ga and I gotts admit...40 lingo cold as hell💯man said "you just a hater wit a faulty regulator"

[@mznik723]

I absolutely love & respect Earl Stevens. He’s such a creative artist and a great business man. It doesn’t hurt that the Earl Stevens Mangoscato is my favorite wine 🍷..... can’t wait to taste the cognac 🥃!!! DETROIT LOVES E-40!!!

[@ChillydontCap]

I knew a girl named Nikki I guess you could say she was a....

[@farrowfletcher2509]

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[@musizlovva1570]

Yassssss and so does Killi Calli the bay all day........yeah yeah yeah.

[@nathanjones6882]

This boy a livin legend. Always been in my top 5. Hands down one of the best to ever get on a mic. Been listening to this dude since 95… Respect Forty.

[@bert3163]

I'm gonna take a shot every time he drops some slang I've never heard before. "Young moustache"...drink...

[@granddaddy408]

U feel me

[@johnnyparker2128]

You trying to die?

[@bert3163]

@@johnnyparker2128 🤣

[@squirmythedawg11]

E-40, the most honest and legitimate rapper of all time. 💯💯

[@benjamindavis4130]

You trippen

[@squirmythedawg11]

@@benjamindavis4130 ok 👌 👍

[@youthmanrecords965]

@@benjamindavis4130 your channel has no content . Who is more crucial than e-40. I’d like to know who you think is a bigger boss hog

[@benjamindavis4130]

@@youthmanrecords965 I would say J Diggs, I’m not a rapper.

[@mansaobi4014]

Thumbs up for e-40 and thumbs down for agent vladimir

[@vinvegasown7776]

Walkin and talkin Legend/Icon in the flesh. This is where we get "most" of the lingo we still use to this day.

[@Kitchywac]

Realism!! I’m from Southern California & we fasho got most of our slang from the Bay Area/ E-40. We got cap too but the Bay on the reals runs California. Long Beach California speak up ⬆️

[@garystewart5326]

So Humble, great interview 👏🏾👏🏾🌹💯💯💯💯🌹🌹👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🌹💯💯🌹👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🌹🌹👏🏾👏🏾🌹

[@nicupinya9153]

E-40 "You ain't finna leave me on magazine street mane" 🤣🤣🤣 Too playa

[@TranceCore3]

aye that's facts

[@geeway9885]

Can't do nothing but respect, and salute the real. E-40 much luv, and respect real 1. Much luv to Vallejo California💯

[@sagetscippio8878]

The legend, and everything he said was fact, the sound you hear in music till this very day is BAY AREA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, from the beats to wordplay. We BEEN ON!

[@midwestdolo818]

E-40 so different man lol much love to the OG

[@elyaphata]

I'm So Happy To Be Here🎙️🔥🔥🎧

[@alanboyd7998]

The greatest lyricist in the rap game of all time. Jay z has nothing on this dude. He is the only dude who has his own language that everybody has used!!! And yet, he stays so humble!!!!

[@kingjaydaps7649]

E-40, is one of the smartest rappers from wayback I had to listen to the whole interview it was a history lesson but not boring great storyteller very innovative

[@yungblaze223s]

The way he talk and conveys his words that turn into images in your brain is called talking slick.Think Dolamite 😂

[@centralcal6604]

Respect I love e40 West coast legend

[@rubenparkerjr1531]

40 a real one. He's real close to my pops and my cousin Tiffany, but he's always been humble whenever he came to the House of Soul.

[@victorvilln]

He love that word SOIL... 😂

[@Volostatus]

Uuuughhhhhh....

[@tonygoldakagoldentony6951]

I think that's his word for Streeeeet

[@Devante516]

I was at 51:18when I read this. 5118 not 5119

[@preciousberry9962]

@@Devante516 Slick

[@marthettalewis5107]

You know…💪🏿

[@tenor-haute-contre]

A rapper who is actually articulate, educated and doesn’t feel the need to be constantly vulgar… and to top it off one of the most original flows.

[@covertnotovert]

One of the best to ever do it water don’t get the respect he deserves

[@wakebake7169]

FULL INTERVIEW( PART 1 ) cmon now Glad lol

[@cliftonford748]

E-40 is a BOSS, one of my ALL-TIME favorites!!!

[@Willonlybeme]

This the one I been waiting on the WHOLE VIDEO not the chopped up one 👌

[@locyrhoden]

THIS INTERVIEW IS FIRE!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ajenee7773]

He literally said "don't get it twisted, just because I went to college dont mean I'm smart". 🤔🤔

[@murkeywaters850]

I'd say alot of the kids that head to college just go for the experience

[@AdamAnthony7]

Booksmart

[@angelawhite9665]

Thats correct

[@centralcal6604]

He probably didn't want it to take away from his street cred

[@centralcal6604]

I know some dumb mf's that went to college frfr

[@williammorrison5333]

Been roccin wit Cuhz since I was 16... I'm 43

[@jhonjaundadon414]

40 Water 💦 lol

[@Moeskibaby404]

15 to 40. I remember when him and Rasheed Wallace was beefing from the Rap City shit. He even dissed my man AZ too but it’s still all love and respect for GOAT artist from the bay. 40 Fonzarelli mane🙌🏾

[@derriushare2748]

Top of the line wine Carlos Rossi...

[@scottallen7195]

My kids are 19 & 18 had 40 on radio on the way home from the hospital after they born, dare ya to ask them who there Favorite artists is...

[@stevengoodman7593]

Long time

[@MichaelJohnson-kw1dj]

I really feel like listening to E40 is like listening to one of my uncles,😁 I'm from Southern California, and the jewels they dropped on me when I visited there, still stick with me💯😎

[@robjustice9399]

FORTY WATER MUCH LOVE TO THE MAN WHO TOLD ME GAME I DONT NRED A IRON I'M ALREADY CREASED I DON'T NEED NO MONEY$$ I GOT MOUTHPIECE. THANK YOU FO THAT.

[@KingChav3z]

Timeless the game 40 Spits! Since I was born Big Homie been putting me on game 🔥🐐

[@somehaloguy9372]

*"I'm a couple tacos short of a combination"*

[@jpokeefe8122]

If 40 sick of Heineken, it was Hindu Kush, definitely worked!

[@tg4760]

Vlad dont want to hear about baseball...he like lets get to the crack...smh

[@mrgoforit7813]

Lol smfh

[@michaelsandersjr5465]

Exactly wit his police ass😉

[@daveblood00]

Hell yeah.

[@UntamedSnow]

Or hear my boy say he and his people smoked Mac Dre and he admitted to the hit on his song "The Art of Story telling"

[@TRACINA510]

🤣 right

[@nikeroor6612]

40, been bumping since middle school. You stayed cool like a mini split on asparagus .

[@damiongrayer4744]

I apreciate you 40 i grew up from MVP till now and you still make it look good

[@marthettalewis5107]

I still have that album💪🏿

[@EE-iy9rq]

e-40 Wisdom “history repeats itself opportunities don’t”

[@midwestside1974]

Thank you for this one E 40 always love from the Midwest KC is the town

[@augustineramospodcast5021]

E-40 is what happens when a legend actually lives and doesn’t get killed early by some hater. The people don’t understand what real is so they gotta hate on uncle 40.

[@fudge6999]

It's really interesting I remember growing up and seeing him and Lil John being the most underrated but literally everybody copied them from their peers to the generations after. Because in the early 2000s they are the reason why a lot of underground rappers were able to go mainstream and no one gives them the credit for also being self-made.

[@hassonlee3469]

👍

[@DSmith4ChristKC]

First heard Mr. Flamboyant Sept. ‘92, sophomore year in high school...it was a wrap after that! 💯👊🏾

[@ninerfantb]

One of the 🐐 ‘s in this Rap Game...”you a nerd if you ain’t got him on your playlist” ✊🏼

[@Stank-Stankson]

E Feezy, one of the coldest cats to ever do it & that is a cold hard fact. Definitely one of my favorite rappers since Federal, bump all his shit to this very day. Thanks for all that good game getting a brotha thru high school with all them hits lol. Salute E Feezy!!!

[@mitchellcowan945]

2003 I was in the 3rd grade, me and my friends used to sneak on the computer in class (before internet blockages) and find e40 Tell Me When to Go video and bump it in class and got everybody hipped.. He the reason we beat on desks and had all of us "ghost riding" our bikes lol. 40 water was my first favorite rapper

[@josebecool668]

It came out in 2005, you a time traveler?

[@bluestone9897]

@@josebecool668 Hahahahaha

[@jasularaez]

@@josebecool668 Fr do you research😭😭

[@securitysecurity5274]

Good listen. Surprised this doesn't have more views so far. E seem like a really Solid OG respect given and respect received. The one to snatch ya chain if ya tryed snatching his or someone else's chain. That's real lol

[@user-oq9ly8lr9z]

Best interview on this channel.

[@2020catcrazy]

STARTED WITH 40 WHEN I WAS 9YRS OLD IM HIS BIGGEST FAN NO ONE BIGGER THEN ME ME AND MR E40 HAVE THE SAME B DAY NOV 15

[@corbin303]

I love his music 🎶 🎵 for life and his stories are truly real foreal real talk

[@keffnerbenton8774]

He was ahead of his time in the 90s

[@teashiaincrediibleh.3646]

Yasser, E-40. Everybody love E-40 & his beverages. Thank you Vlad!

[@JohnSmith-lv8xk]

Mustard & Mayonnaise......gotta have those Vogues !!! Those analogies kill me 🤣🤣🤣 Holding on like a hubcap in the fast lane

[@Kitchywac]

Charlie Hustle is my favorite 40 album 💿 the Element Of Surprise

[@EE-iy9rq]

E-40 is a forever classic

[@carlosnovoa4346]

E-40 is will always be a Bay Area Legend as well as 2pac and Mac Dre...

[@TheHardestArtist707]

E40 is actually featured on track "Dredio" wit Mac Dre & Mac Mall on "Da US Open" album

[@kennethsimmons1863]

"Slicker than worm sperm"- E40- radio activity

[@princessroyalty7879]

King E-40 is one of the leaders in Hip-Hop.👑🎶🎼 My Bday is five days after 40’s bday. I am very proud of forty; he’s a businessman. Pac’s life seems to have a spiritual meaning. He and his family were members at the House of the Lord Church in Brooklyn, New York. Pac came in contact with all the heavy rap lyricists/musicians and they all really love him and speak highly of him.

[@matthewlindsay5323]

He's a great family man, he has a great heart

[@marquisjohnson9256]

My favorite rapper -soAked up a lot of game for many 🌙 ‘s thanks big cuhhh 🙏🏾

[@mattycapone4281]

Of course he wants to know how crack affected his city in the 80s. Vlad don’t wanna hear you had a good childhood.

[@jerryanthony1814]

@1CENT well crack addiction was prevalent in tha 80's-90's🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jerryanthony1814]

@1CENT he probably still lived in Russia during that time &didn't know what it was like to live in a neighborhood with crack fiends.

[@mattycapone4281]

No he grew up in America. Even if he didn’t he probably got the pith of office subject from the 736 other people he asked the same exact question.

[@eddiearniwhatever]

So true. E40 was talking about the good old days, community etc.

[@superbbullies1040]

Right

[@dornette6320]

Mr. Flamboyant is a timeless classic completely unmatched from the day it dropped up until 2023 and 4eva ...FORTY WATER!!!!

[@michellearroyo816]

The bay all day gilroy California 🌊ova here‼️ been rocking E 40 From day one☝️ and still 2021💯🔥 love all our Bay Area rappers E one ☝️ of the best tho and still maken bangers🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@pnut5066]

Man.....I luv me some 40! He keeps it Real! I remember back in high school me and my friend would drive to school and bump E TooShort Pac er''body all the way to school!

[@morganweller1491]

B-Legit has some badass features and songs man!!!

[@dshepherd8650]

This interview so modest.........im from Kansas City and Im 43 ! E40 bigger than rap itself and dont forget it EVER

[@dshepherd8650]

Ill give him Short, Digital....E40 mr flamboyant underground opened everything.

[@anthonyg1333]

Vlad: “I have a couple Rolex Presidential’s myself” bro we do not CAREEE

[@richardknox9296]

Thank you 40 for acknowledging who Tupac really was. I believe he made it bro. God Bless The Dead.🙏🏾💯

[@desertmusic7O2]

Who you know that got 30 albums !! No mixtapes. & still gets the young generation’s respect

[@nomolos316]

Hip Hop is like Funk in the 70s. I still play Confushun and get in a vibe. I play E-40 Sprinkle Me, and get into that same vibe. TRANSENDS TIME. Music don't get old, it get with time just like wine or Bourbon. Why these cats can still go on tour and sell out. Imagine if Wu-Teng did a tour? Dolla dolla Bill Ya

[@ikeike5033]

E-40, the underrated legend. Him, too short and MC hammer. Get your roses while you are still alive....bless y'all

[@leopies6032]

Growing up in South City, we all loved the end of Mr Flamboyant when he shouts out the lesser known cities in the Bay, such as; South San Francisco, East Palo Alto, Pittsburgh, Stockton and North Richmond.

[@christophermadrid4977]

I was there man, I was there! From the beginning till today. Mr flamboyant, Where the party at?, Dusted and disgusted, and the list goes on. Back when moms would give me money to buy his albums at the Wherehouse music store. Thank you Mr.Stevens - One Love!

[@BlockBallerRecords]

Everyone needs to Listen To RULES AND REGULATIONS that’s in the streets and I’m talking about theNEW GENERATION!!!!!!!!

[@rayfromdabay3735]

I would love 40 to bring back Bosko & Mike Moseley for one last album of straight Mob Music!

[@pcapone4703]

Real Talk u can tell they're not making beats 💯

[@LittySmitty]

And Studio Tone.

[@RaySplitsWigz]

Yap! & Rick Rock, Sam Bostic !. Tha last time they worked together was on that album he did wit Too $hort called History Mobb Music

[@centralcal6604]

Hell yeah

[@luxuriousminds7569]

That or link up with Lil Rece.

[@joshturner5165]

Been waiting for a extensive sit down with E-40. Lots of history here.

[@hoseb87]

Please do another interview with E-40

[@Demrks]

The greatest of the game who doesn't get the flowers he deserve.

[@marthettalewis5107]

Been luvin 40 water since, my grasshopper stage🤣🤣🤣🥇❤️

[@gabrieldriscoll]

Best rapper and story teller ever. Not even close. Nice interview. :)

[@talkdattrashimmapullyacard4396]

When Forty talk like lil John 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@maddoxmalcolm]

Lil John say, We need to put a Bitch on this! Hilarious! Soundedlike Dave Chappelle too.

[@Iamvicious88]

I swear that sound like some shit lil jon would say lol fye ass impression!

[@Theglammmroom]

It’s crazy how you got to be from the bay to understand what he saying... I’m from San Francisco 🧡 let’s go

[@briangrant8644]

Business man on his Grind!! One of my favorites ever. Keep 100% E40

[@officialyoutubechannelytyo9474]

All of E 40 songs slap hard

[@djdannyd816]

E 40 The Legend

[@djpylloz]

His lil Jon impression was on point lol

[@SilentOneCorajuda13]

I saw E-40 on tv behind homeplate during 2021 playoff series in SF. I was watching the game and was like, wth!!! THATS E40 BEHIND THE PLATE!!! 🤣

[@daP.A]

great interview!!

[@andrewbeck5092]

Love 40 he always spiittin true game

[@EpicureanWorld]

What a character! 😎