{"id":26116,"date":"2025-06-02T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/e-40-tiny-desk-concert-e-40-drops-new-hip-hop-performance\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T18:04:18","slug":"e-40-tiny-desk-concert-e-40-drops-new-hip-hop-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/e-40-tiny-desk-concert-e-40-drops-new-hip-hop-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"E-40: Tiny Desk Concert &#8211; E-40 drops new hip-hop performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bay Area ambassador E-40 moves with the energy of an up-and-coming emcee, but he\u2019s been around a minute. To put it 40 Water\u2019s way: \u201cI\u2019ve been doing this since Kermit the Frog was a pollywog!\u201d Our biggest hurdle to clear was packing in three decades of music at the Tiny Desk, but 40 Fonzarelli and his band clocked weeks of rehearsal to make sure this office was rockin\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><iframe title=\"E-40: Tiny Desk Concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59eBs8iiLU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"E-40: Tiny Desk Concert\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59eBs8iiLU0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">E-40\u2019s sophomore solo album In a Major Way dropped in 1995, one of the most competitive years in hip-hop history, with certified classics dropping weekly by the likes of 2Pac, Mobb Deep, Goodie Mob, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Ol\u2019 Dirty Bastard, Raekwon and GZA. Straightforward and plain has never been E-40\u2019s nature, and that left-of-center spit has been the thing that has sustained his illustrious entertainment career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At the Desk, Charlie Hustle sets things off with \u201cDa Bumble\u201d from In a Major Way and continues to bounce through a catalog of big hits sprinkled with nods to his day ones. Producer Lil Jon brought him back to the mainstream in the early 2000s with \u201cTell Me When to Go,\u201d \u201cU and Dat\u201d and \u201cSnap Yo Fingers,\u201d while TikTok injected new life in \u201cChoices (Yup)\u201d and introduced him to Gen Z. \u201cI\u2019m on my fourth wind!\u201d 40 tells us. No lies told.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">SET LIST<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cDa Bumble\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cYay Area\u201d <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSprinkle Me\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cCaptain Save a Hoe\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSnap Yo Fingers\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cU and Dat\u201d <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cChoices (Yup)\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHope I Don\u2019t Go Back\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c1-Luv\u201d <\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cFunction\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cTell Me When to Go\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MUSICIANS<\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">E-40: vocals<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kev Choice: music director, keys<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bosko Kante: music director, background vocals<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Martin Luther: guitar, background vocals<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Howard Wiley: saxophone, EWI<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Marcus Phillips: bass, keys<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dame Drummer: drums, background vocals<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Silk-E The People\u2019s Champ aka Sherri Stack-A-Grip: background vocals<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DJ KMP: DJ, background vocals<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bay Area ambassador E-40 moves with the energy of an up-and-coming emcee, but he\u2019s been around a minute. 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