most of the views that were legitimate came from the "west coast takes an L" and "E-40 is old and fell off" "e40 almost killed biggie but he cried to keep his life" "im from the bay yall dont know shit" east coast vs west coast flame war that went on in the comment section of the video.
most people werent even listening to the shit. they put it on pause and trolled the comment section. TBH. east coast wshh'ers love when some weak west coast shit is added on the site because they finally get to shoot back after all the bullshit NY stuff that gets put up and laughed at.
and honestly, these younger kids barely know who e40 is. so all that classic shit 40 puts out kinda gets swept under the rug and this type of shit is what is left to validate his current position. which kinda sucks, but its true. you can tell a hater 'check this song, check this song, check this album' but they dont wanna hear it after hearing some bullshit.
like if you give me some black licorice and i spit it out, you cant be like 'try this black licorice liquor!" fuck you, i dont like it from my prior taste test, and im not gonna take it farther.
first impressions are lasting. and any time can be a first impression for a newcomer. the moment you arent at your best, anything. 40 knows that, im gonna guess that the dude in this video w the autotune shit is either kin of 40 or a close homie.
i have serious faith in 40. hes always gonna be one of my favorite bay area rappers. but sometimes you just.....fuck up. and this was one of them times. in my opinion he has WAY TOO MUCH NEW MUSIC (fucking like what, 6 new albums?) to pick the weakest song on a collection of music. maybe what needed to happen, is his fans and true listeners should have picked which song to have a video. they wouldnt lead him wrong.