The Ball Street Journal is the tenth studio album by American rapper E-40 . It was released on November 24, 2008, by Sick Wid It Records , BME Recordings and Reprise Records . The first single from the album is "Wake It Up " featuring Akon , while the second is "Break Ya Ankles" featuring Shawty Lo . The album debuted at number 42 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with 50,000 copies in its first-week of sales, and has since sold over 450,000 copies.[ 6]
The album features guest appearances by Shawty Lo , Turf Talk , The Game , Snoop Dogg , T-Pain , Rock City, Akon , Bun B , Gucci Mane , Sammie , Ice-T , Too Short , Cousin Fik, Kevin Cossom, B-Legit , Bosko & Suga-T. A photo shoot of the album appeared in an episode of the second season of From G's to Gents . "Got Rich Twice" featuring Turf Talk was released as a promo single on September 30, 2008,[ 7] while "Poor Man's Hydraulics" was released as a promo single on October 28.[ 8]
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^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2009" . Billboard . Retrieved November 15, 2020 .