The entire project suggests a profound level of confidence from E-40.
Instead, the idea seems to be for E-40 to create a panoramic view of street rap from as many narrative angles as possible. The two most recent additions to E-40's creative renaissance, Overtime Shift and Graveyard Shift, are only vaguely conceptual. It's several hundred megabytes of diverse and wide-ranging music whose sense of purpose is proportionate to its overwhelming size. With four full-length LPs released in just under 12 months, the records are less a set of distinct statements than a data dump. The Revenue Retrievin' series doesn't just cement E-40's legacy, it extends it. The list of veterans with two-decade careers who aren't reiterating old formulas is even shorter. Few MCs release as many consistently great rap songs as E-40.
