YO, AS SOMEONE WHO WAS RAISED IN THE BAY AND MOVED OUT HERE TO NYC IN 1990, I CAN TELL YOU, THAT EVERY TIME I WOULD BRING UP E-40's NAME WITH ANY OF MY PEERS OUT HERE, THEY WOULD BE LOOKIN AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY. THEY WOULDN'T PLAY HIS SHIT, OR EVEN WANNA HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT DUDE. BUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, HE'S GETTIN HIS PROPS OUT HERE. THATS A FACT. NOW I CAN BRING UP HIS NAME WITHOUT SOMEONE WANTIN TO PUT A SHANK IN MY NECK... BUT NOW, PEOPLE OUT HERE ARE SEEIN THAT HE MAY BE DIIFERANT THAN WHAT THEY USED TO, BUT HE HAS SLOWLY EARNED THE RESPECT OF MANY DIE HARD EASTCOASTERS. E-40 STARTED HIS SHIT IN THE BAY, WORKED HIS WAY ALL THRU THE SOUTH, AND NOW HE COMIN EAST. WHEN HE GETS HERE IN A MAJOR WAY, AINT NOTHIN GON STOP HIM. THIS MOVE WITH LIL JON IS BLOWIN HIM AND HIS WALLET UP LIKE NEVER BEFORE. NEXT STOP FOR 40 IS THE GRAMMY'S, THE COVER OF ROLLING STONE, NATIONAL RADIO SPINS, AND I BET THIS MOTHA FUCKA IS ON JAY LENO IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO... E-40 AINT GOT NOTHIN TO PROVE TO NOBODY. NOW IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PAPER CHASE, AND I SAY GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY, CAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE DID THIS SHIT FOR... DJ PIMP HAS SPOKEN