E-40’s Ghetto Report Card certified Gold; Single ”U and Dat” Tops Billboard

Legendary rapper E-40 has been RIAA certified gold this week with album release “Ghetto Report Card”

Legendary rapper E-40 has been RIAA certified gold this week with album release “Ghetto Report Card” which features production by ATL’s Lil Jon, E-40’s son Droop-e of the Pharmasuticles and others.

Following the album’s first single “Tell Me When 2 Go,” which features rapper Keak Da Sneak, the current top single off the album “My Ghetto Report Card” is “U and Dat” (Billboard Top 10 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs) featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl, which was co-written by Memphis’ own Al Kapone (writer/producer of 2005 Hustle & Flow’s “Whoop Dat Trick” and “It Ain’t Over”).

“Actually, I co-wrote three songs on the (Ghetto Report Card) album, including “I’m the Man” featuring Mike Jones, and Gimme Head featuring myself,” stated Kapone to Memphisrap.com. “When I first found out, I was like ohh sh*t he went gold. Then, I was like yeaahhhhhhh.”

Now 24 weeks on the charts, the Ghetto Report Card (Sick Wid’ It/BME’/Warner Bros.), which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200, is still holding it down at number 91 on the Billboard 200 moving down from number 66 last week. Also on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart, the album maintains a spot on the charts coming in at number 30 down from 19 last week.

“U and Dat” featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl is currently in heavy rotation on radio across the country and on BET, MTV and Fuse.

Other guest features on the album include Mike Jones, Keak Da Sneak, Turf Talk, Juelz Santana, B-Legit, The Federation, 8Ball, and UGK.