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he was hailed as a new-school evangelist for old-school lyricism. But hip-hop’s post-Lamar years have seen a surge of ...

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On this day in 1995, E-40 dropped his sophomore album, In a Major Way, a project that helped cement him as a West Coast rap heavyweight and a defining voice in Bay Area Hip-Hop. Released through ...