The Ball Street Journal

The Ball Street Journal
The Ball Street Journal
Studio album by E-40
Released	November 24, 2008
Recorded	2007–2008
Genre	Hip hop
Length	61:39
Label	Sick Wid It; BME; Reprise;
Producer	Lil Jon; J. R. Rotem; Rick Rock; Drumma Boy; Droop-E; T-Pain; Matt Price; Poli Paul; Tha Bizness; DJ Nasty & LVM; The Runners; Bosko; DJ Fingaz; D-Animals;
E-40 chronology
Singles from The Ball Street Journal
	"Wake It Up"; Released: August 16, 2008;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"The Ambassador"	Rick Rock	3:45
2.	"I'm On One"	Rick Rock	4:58
3.	"Break Ya Ankles" (featuring Shawty Lo)	Lil' Jon	4:00
4.	"Got Rich Twice" (featuring Turf Talk)	Droop-E	3:43
5.	"Pain No More" (featuring The Game & Snoop Dogg)	J.R. Rotem LBC King (additional producer)	5:45
6.	"Tell It Like It Is"	Rick Rock Oren Yoel David Appleton	4:00
7.	"Give Her the Keys" (featuring T-Pain)	T-Pain	4:10
8.	"Hustle" (featuring Turf Talk & Rock City)	Lil' Jon	4:17
9.	"Wake It Up" (featuring Akon)	Matt Price	4:01
10.	"40 Water"	Lil' Jon	3:39
11.	"Poor Man's Hydraulics"	Droop-E	4:23
12.	"The Recipe" (featuring Gucci Mane & Bun B)	Poli Paul	4:20
13.	"Hood Boy" (featuring Sammie)	Drumma Boy	4:09
14.	"Earl" (featuring Ice-T)	Lil' Jon	4:18
15.	"Sliding Down the Pole" (featuring Too $hort)	Willy Will	3:24
16.	"I Can Sell It" (featuring Cousin Fik)	Droop-E	5:00
17.	"Big Time" (featuring Kevin Cossom)	The Runners DJ Nasty & LVM	4:03
18.	"Alcoholism" (featuring B-Legit)	DJ Fingaz "Fing Kong" & Virtuoso	3:41
19.	"Pray for Me" (featuring Bosko, Suga-T & B-Legit)	D-Animals Bosko	4:57