Unpracticed rap listeners may find themselves unprepared for E-40. Skilled ears are required to decipher the lyrics of the Vallejo superstar. Not only is his delivery a gushing overflow of light-speed syllables, but he tends to invent new words seemingly on the fly. The man responsible for at least half of the endless supply of Bay Area slang is a pioneer in every sense of the word. By the time a major label (Jive) bothered to notice him, Earl Stevens was a successful artist, label ...  [+]