okay, let me say a few things.
first of all: go to little bruce's myspace. notice all the other songs have what, 800-1000 listens. The song having to do with E-40? 17,500 listens. just think about that shit for a hot one. nah seriously, think about that on a marketing aspect then think about that on a fan aspect.
Secondly, Mac dre never blew up. Mac dre blew up when he died. Sure, all of us can see he was making moves and making dvds and he was getting a nice following, but lets be real.. that isnt the equivelent of BET/MTV fame, chances are dre woulda stayed underground but made a nice living doing so. The real engine behind people worldwide jocking dre was him dying. straight up. No one in the bay outside of too short even had the resources mainstream wise to put the current trends on the map like e-40 did. you see lil jon workin with anyone else? Do yall think just because dre died, 40 got signed to TVT? how ridiculous is that? be real, 40 was gonna get some noticability bieng with lil jon whether he mentioned whats going on in the bay or not. Respect the fact he put all that on wax instead of ignoring what was going on in the bay and doing his own thing. he gave alot of people an avenue to make money with the hyphy movement and thizz also, had they just looked at it like that without beefing. he even got keak in the door on some mainstream shit. look at the bigger picture.
and the funny shit is i could probably go back in time on half yalls siccness accounts when e40s album was JUST about to drop and you had something different to say. dont you understand that put america onto whats going on in the bay? who the fuck else was gonna do it? who?!?!?!?!
and e40 been doing crunk shit fo a while, peep e-40 presents al kapone and listen to some songs on there..do 40 get crunk either? no but he repped the movement. and aint no one thinking "e40 has been getting hyphy all this time" everyone knows hes just speaking on whats going on. dont be stupid. we all know e40s a fat drunk and aint gonna be jumping on cars.
my last comment is this: MUTHA FUCKAS HATED E-40 ACROSS THE US EXCEPT CALI FOR A LONG TIME. I along with alot of yall have gotten into internet fights with niggas from new york calling e40 "the worst rapper ever" ...now hes getting some shine, yall dont wanna claim him? you dont remember this was the one ningga that put out consistent albums since day one in the bay? man, that shits dissapointing. get yalls mind right.
the only situation where i feel like 40 was hating on thizz was on smack dvd. but thats another thread altogether.