Strippers + Weed + Lil Jon = E-40's Listening Party

Julianne offers a different view of E-40's now infamous listening session that turned into a Lil Jon hosted strip/smoke party:

My new friend Hillary and I were in the corner going: WTF?! I'm not one to begrudge any woman her chosen occupation, and I hope those ladies were getting paid a lot of money. But I didn't sign up for a strip club-I signed up for a listening session, and the sudden appearance of approximately 10 close-to-naked women shifted the dynamic of the room entirely. Sure, a lot of people seemed pretty pumped-but a lot of other people, both men and women, looked incredibly uncomfortable. I thought the listening party was intended so writers could to hear and review the record, but it's kind of hard to critique an album while some guy is getting a lap dance in the chair next to you. I left with some friends before it was over.

That's a pretty different description of the atmosphere than what I heard from my male co-workers, or read on blogs.

Other than alienating the women and some of the men at the listening session, this is a bad look for E-40 because I've been hearing more buzz about the event than the album. As SOHH put it:

"In the end, journalists on hand to review the album were left listening to a mix of E-40 classics and only a few cuts from his new album, My Ghetto Report Card."

I bet the album sucks.

Comments

[Propaganda Life]

That's one hell of a listening party.

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[WJC]

E-40 is the man! V-town!

[OMANXL1]

Ilike Lil Jon and I like E-FEEZIE; BUT I don't know if those two cats mix; That cut with Lil Jon, Sean Paul and E-Man didn't sound that hot!!!

[obifromsouthlondon]

captain bleeze-eezay twisting up the traditional listening session yeah? classic! bring out the girls let's have a mud fight!

[Maur!ce]

Yo, okay now...I know one must have an acute ear to bump 40 water. But yo, I was in the studio with dude for a portion of the recording period and what I heard sounded hot. Now we all know that songs get left off by the time the album is finished and released. But I assure you, what I heard him and Jon cooking up was dope as hell.

As for that "listening party," that reminds me of a release party Luda did down here in the A for that Red Light District album. It was a full scale brothel. Everybody that wasnt a rapper or producer was offended by the activities going on that evening. Hell, even my free-liquor, half-naked woman liking ass felt uncomfortable, at times.

[Viagra Online]

Hello a lot of people seemed pretty pumped-but a lot of other people, both men and women, looked incredibly uncomfortable. I thought the listening party was intended so writers could to hear and review the record, but it's kind of hard to critique an album while some guy is getting a lap dance in the chair next to you. I left with some friends before it was over.
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[willissa Butler]

Hey e man i think you have done an fantastic job on any album and i never guessed that e would be married and that is really nice i never would have knew that if i would not have looked to see and i like the movie you are on too.you keep up the good work and noone has the righ to say your raps and beats are not dope.

[despedidasoltero]

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