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and released in 1999. The music video also features another Rap artist from the Bay Area most known for his Raw Gangsta Rap lyrics, Ice-T arriving with Too Short & playing pool with Tupac, albeit doesn't perform.
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in which E-40 says, "Don't buy an $ 85,000 car before you buy a house", making reference to Biggie owning expensive cars but still not having purchased his own home. In the video,
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peaked at #13 on the Hot 100 in 2006. This song is considered a classic by most west coast rap fans, especially in E-40's hometown
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chart along with "Things'll Never Change", becoming E-40's most successful song as a lead artist until "
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The music video was filmed on July 13, 1996. It features cameos by
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1996 single by E-40 featuring Too $ hort and K-Ci Hailey of Jodeci
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Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire
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for E-40's song "Things'll Never Change", featuring
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Single
E-40
Too $ hort
K-Ci Hailey
Jodeci
Tha Hall of Game
B-side
Genre
West Coast hip hop
R&B
Label
Jive
Sick Wid It
Songwriter(s)
Cedric R Hailey
Earl Stevens
Todd Shaw
Producer(s)

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