E-40 Does Screamo?

brokeNCYDE - Booty Call Feat. E-40


For those unfamiliar, BrokeNCYDE are the young men from Albuquerque (as they call it "Albecrazy", I believe) who are responsible for the worst song and music video of last year, if not all time, "Freaxxx". I highly recommend reading this LA Times blog that attempts to sort out what we can gain, if anything, from the song and video's existence. One of the more interesting details from the article is that BrokeNCYDE, aside from being Hot Topic fruitcakes, are straightedge. They claim that the 40 they are seen holding in the video is full of apple juice, not malt liquor. Fucking freaky is right.

To make a clunky transition, what do we think the 40 in the video for "Booty Call" is full of? Codeine? Money? What could possibly have motivated Our Beloved E-40 to have made such a piss poor decision? I mean, it's not like he's made long-time E-40 fans very happy in recent years, but about half of Ball Street Journal was pretty damn good. Half of it was pop-Rap nonsense, but T-Pain is a corny R&B singer, not a Screamo band from New Mexico that makes you sympathize with terrorists and Republicans (though something tells me at least half of BrokeNCYDE is actually Republican) and any other group of people who just want to get back to Traditional Family Values.

Now E-40 is not scared of non-traditional guest appearances. Recall that he raps as Carlos Santana on "Santana DVX". Even though I'm positive Mr. Carlo Rossi - whose picture is my small bedroom's lone decoration - is spinning in his grave as a result, the guest verse was good. And funny. And, don't forget that Andy Samberg is from Berkeley. More importantly, though, The Lonely Island are funny because they are comedians not because they made the worst music video in the history of the medium.

Some might also point out - including Earl Stephens himself on Grit and Grind - that 40 (along with Eightball) "did a song with Fred Durst". It's true. Somewhere out there exists a remix of "Take a Look Around" with a verse from E-40. I have never actually heard it, nor could I find one anywhere. Still, no matter how much we make fun of our 6th grade selves for listening to Limp Bizkit, they still weren't as bad in their own time as BrokeNCYDE. I mean, they were bad, but people listened unironically to Limp, and it seems - like other corny American rock bands - that they still have a healthy following in Eastern Europe. I mean, some people thought they rocked. Last time I heard "Nookie" is drunk as fuck, and had a great time. So, no love lost there for E-40.

BrokeNCYDE only has a following because people on the internet like to watch stupid shit to get them through their boring job or life or whatever. It would have been better had he recorded a song with Rick Astley. Or Eli Porter. This is massively embarrassing, and I think he should renounce his pop star aspirations after fucking up so badly. Or he should start making songs with the Keyboard Cat.

Thanks to @misterwheeler for the tip.