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The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1

2012 studio album by E-40

The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1 is the fifteenth studio album by American rapper E-40. The album is part of a trilogy that was released on March 26, 2012. The other albums in the trilogy include The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2, and The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3. E-40's last four albums were released in pairs; Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift were released in 2010, and Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift were released in 2011.

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The album has 18 tracks, along with 2 bonus tracks, and it features Juicy J, 2 Chainz, B-Legit, Richie Rich, Gangsta Boo, Droop-E, The Jacka, Raheem DeVaughn, Mugzi, Turf Talk, and Mistah F.A.B., and Go Hard Black among others.

A behind the scenes for the music video for "They Point" featuring Juicy J and 2 Chainz and produced by Bangladesh was released on February 16, 2012,[10] and the video was released on March 22.[11] The music video for "Fast Lane" was released on the album's release date.[12] On August 1, the video for "Turn It Up" was released.[13] Despite not being released as a single, "In This Thang Breh" featuring Turf Talk and Mistah F.A.B. peaked at #19 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it Turf Talk's first and only charting song.

Two commercials were released in March 2012 to promote the Block Brochure album series.[14] The first volume scored a 78/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally positive reviews".[15] It is the highest of the three volumes. The volume debuted at #59 on the Billboard 200,[16] and at #10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-hop albums chart.

Track listing

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Notes

  • Stressmatic is not credited on "Rock Stars" and "Cutlass"
  • Cousin Fik, Christian Real Keez and Droop-E are not credited on the iTunes version of "Mary Jane"
  • "Bust Moves" heavily samples "Going Back to Cali" by the Notorious B.I.G.

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