The Ball Street Journal

The Ball Street Journal
Studio album by
E-40
ReleasedNovember 24, 2008
Recorded2007–2008
GenreHip hop
Length61:39
Label
Producer
E-40 chronology
My Ghetto Report Card
(2006) 		The Ball Street Journal
(2008) 		Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift
(2010)
Singles from The Ball Street Journal
  1. "Wake It Up"
    Released: August 16, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
DJBooth[2]
HipHopDX[3]
Okayplayer(81/100)[4]
RapReviews(8/10)[5]

The Ball Street Journal is the tenth studio album by American rapper E-40. It was released on November 24, 2008, by Sick Wid It Records, BME Recordings and Reprise Records. The first single from the album is "Wake It Up" featuring Akon, while the second is "Break Ya Ankles" featuring Shawty Lo. The album debuted at number 42 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with 50,000 copies in its first-week of sales, and has since sold over 450,000 copies.[6]

The album features guest appearances by Shawty Lo, Turf Talk, The Game, Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Rock City, Akon, Bun B, Gucci Mane, Sammie, Ice-T, Too Short, Cousin Fik, Kevin Cossom, B-Legit, Bosko & Suga-T. A photo shoot of the album appeared in an episode of the second season of From G's to Gents. "Got Rich Twice" featuring Turf Talk was released as a promo single on September 30, 2008,[7] while "Poor Man's Hydraulics" was released as a promo single on October 28.[8]

  1. ^ David Jeffries. "The Ball Street Journal - E-40 - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
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  3. ^ "E-40 - The Ball Street Journal". HipHopDX. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  4. ^ gingerlynn. "E-40 - The Ball Street Journal". Archived from the original on February 26, 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  5. ^ "E-40 :: The Ball Street Journal :: Sick Wid It/Reprise/BME Recordings". Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  6. ^ "SOHH.com - Kanye Debuts At Number 1, Ludacris Breaks 200K, E-40 Balls Out W/30K In First Week Sales - SOHH.com". SOHH.com. November 23, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  7. ^ "iTunes - Music - Got Rich Twice (feat. Turf Talk) - Single by E-40". iTunes. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
  8. ^ "iTunes - Music - Poor Man's Hydraulics - Single by E-40". iTunes. Retrieved November 23, 2014.