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The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1 is the fifteenth studio album by American rapper E-40. The album is part of a trilogy that was released on March 26, 2012. The other albums in the trilogy include The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2, and The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3. E-40's last four albums were released in pairs; Revenue Retrievin': Day Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift were released in 2010, and Revenue Retrievin': Overtime Shift and Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift were released in 2011.

The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1
Studio album by E-40
Released	March 26, 2012
Recorded	2011-2012
Genre	Hip hop
Length	75:11
Label	Heavy on the Grind Ent., EMI
Producer	E-40 (exec.) Bangladesh Tone Bone C-Ballin Sam Bostic Rick Rock Jelly Roll AJ The 8thgraders Black Key Beats Droop-E DJ Toure Mike Mosely Bosko
E-40 chronology
Revenue Retrievin': Graveyard Shift (2011) The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1 (2012) The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2 (2012)
Singles from The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1
"Fast Lane" Released: February 12, 2012 "They Point" Released: March 6, 2012 "Turn it Up" Released: March 31, 2012

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	B[2]
Dusted Magazine	80/100[3]
Fact Magazine	[4]
Pitchfork Media	7.9/10[5]
RapReviews	[6]
Spectrum Culture	[7]
This Beat Goes	[8]
Totally Dublin	[9]

The album has 18 tracks, along with 2 bonus tracks, and it features Juicy J, 2 Chainz, B-Legit, Richie Rich, Gangsta Boo, Droop-E, The Jacka, Raheem DeVaughn, Mugzi, Turf Talk, and Mistah F.A.B., and Go Hard Black among others.

A behind the scenes for the music video for "They Point" featuring Juicy J and 2 Chainz and produced by Bangladesh was released on February 16, 2012,[10] and the video was released on March 22.[11] The music video for "Fast Lane" was released on the album's release date.[12] On August 1, the video for "Turn It Up" was released.[13] Despite not being released as a single, "In This Thang Breh" featuring Turf Talk and Mistah F.A.B. peaked at #19 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, making it Turf Talk's first and only charting song.

Two commercials were released in March 2012 to promote the Block Brochure album series.[14] The first volume scored a 78/100 on Metacritic, indicating "generally positive reviews".[15] It is the highest of the three volumes. The volume debuted at #59 on the Billboard 200,[16] and at #10 on the Hot R&B/Hip-hop albums chart.

Track listing

Notes

• Stressmatic is not credited on "Rock Stars" and "Cutlass"
• Cousin Fik, Christian Real Keez and Droop-E are not credited on the iTunes version of "Mary Jane"
• "Bust Moves" heavily samples "Going Back to Cali" by the Notorious B.I.G.

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[18]	69
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[19]	10
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[20]	9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[21]	10

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