SOHH LEFT COAST
Remembering a West Coast Classic: "Captain Save-A-Hoe" by E-40 (feat. The Click)
Posted on February 19, 2007 2:16 AM
Since all of the rumors popped up this weekend about E-40 getting in a car accident, it’s only right we start the week off with a West Coast classic from 40 Belafonte himself. And for those of you haven’t caught up on the news yet, the car accident rumor was untrue; according to an email I got from his publicist, 40’s doing fine.
One thing I’m having trouble understanding is why so many people started hating on E-40 in the past year or so. Besides Too Short and ‘Pac, he’s arguably the biggest rapper to make it big out of the bay and in a career that’s lasted over 15 years, he’s continued to stay relevant. He’s almost 40 years old, and yet he put out a dope album last year, seen a ton of the mainstream success and radio play that’s eluded him for much of his career, and has been a constant to go-to man for memorable guest appearances. But although there are people who hate on what he’s doing these days, there aren’t too many hip hop fans who have negative things to say about any of his early work.
When E-40 dropped The Mailman in 1993 his unique style of rapping not only grabbed the attention of thousands of rap fans in Northern Cali, but of Jive Records. In one of the first examples of independent record labels blowing up on their own and then moving on to bigger and better things, 40 signed a distribution deal with Jive in ‘94 for himself and his label, Sick Wid It, for $3.5 million. That’s big money now; imagine how much money it was 13 years ago.
But the video for “Captain Save-A-Hoe” was quite obviously made before the big budget video days. That said, it succeeded in proving that a little bit of creativity goes a long way when an artist has limited funds for a video shoot. As simple as it is, the premise for the video was a decent idea, and the dude playing the Captain was stupid funny.
“Captain Save-A-Hoe” featured appearances from the rest of The Click, which included 40’s sister Suga T, his cousin B-Legit The Savage and his brother D-Shot. While every member of The Click typically came with hot verses (although I always thought B-Legit came the hardest other than 40 Water), in my humble opinion this song is still one of the best examples of their talent.
Of course “Hurricane” was a classic in it’s own right, but we’ll save that one for another day.
Holler at the official SOHH Left Coast Myspace page at www.myspace.com/sohhleftcoast
Comments
E-40 is aight. He's def a bay legend.
Glad to hear the Ambassador of the Bay is alive and well.
40 water was gamed up then and hes still gamed up now .this song was ahead of its time because there are still captains out there saving hos today!
make dat nigga take care of yo kids make dat nigga call yo kids his!be on da lookout for captain save a ho cuz he saving hos!hahahaha
classic shit! If you aint from the coast you just dont appreciate this type of music straight...Sohh I think you need to bring some light to Richie Rich why you at homie....lol
fuck e 40 anyway has any 1 heard on the shit between THE GAME N BUCK in vegas them niggas bumped heads in vegas
i'm from the East, and knows E-40's contributions, and yeah it would be cool to see some Richie Rich coverage. i mean after all, he was one of Pac's actual homies in this music shit, i'd rather hear him on any of Pac's albums recorded from Panama than these fake ass niggaz who wouldnt have even been allowed in a studio wit dude.
"Tired of being stepped on" by The Click was my shit I still bump that. Didn't D-Shot do a compilation album back in the day. I think Conscious Daughters and C-Bo were on there Straight Killa by C-Bo was on there for sure. But I don't remember the name of the album Anyone know?
OFF TOPIC BUT THIS PISSES ME OFF! PRESIDENTS DAY SHOULD NOT BE DURING OUR MONTH.. CHECK SOME HISTORY ON OUR FOUNDING FATHERS!
Washington
operated his plantations as a typical Virginia slave owner. In the 1760s, he dropped tobacco (which was prestigious but unprofitable) and shifted to wheat growing and diversified into milling flour, weaving cloth, and distilling brandy. By the time of his death, there were 317 slaves at Mount Vernon.
Jefferson
owned many slaves over his lifetime. Some find it baffling that Thomas Jefferson owned slaves yet was outspoken in saying that slavery was immoral and it should be abolished
Madison
Another of my wishes is to depend as little as possible on the labour of slaves.
Monroe
demonstrating great administrative ability and winning praise for his decisive action to suppress a slave uprising (Gabriel's Insurrection) in 1800.
Andrew Jackson
himself has been denounced as a fraud and opportunist who nearly wrecked the credit and currency facilities of this nation, a right-wing reactionary, a defender of slavery, and a vengeful murderer of Native Americans.
Martin Van Buren
He assured the South that he would protect slavery in the states where it existed and announced his opposition to the abolition of the "peculiar institution" in the District of Columbia.
Willam Harrison Henry
declared he was in favor of emancipation only if the slaves were sent back to Africa
John Taylor
proposed eliminating the slave trade (but not slavery) in the District of Columbia. “Mr Tyler stated that… (he) had a decided objection to the District of Columbia being made a slave mart, a depot for the slaves brought from the two neighboring states
Polk
his plantation was troubled by slaves running away to nearby plantations & when Polk visited the plantation he had the most recent two brought back and whipped.
Zachary Taylor
“I too have been all my life industrious and frugal, and that the fruits thereof are mainly invested in slaves, of whom I own three hundred.”
Milford Filmore
signed a law banning the slave trade (but not the ownership of slaves) in Washington, D.C.. Asians would be permitted in to replace the slave labor force.
Franklin Pierce : “
I believe that involuntary servitude as it exists in different states of this Confederacy, is recognized by the constitution. I believe that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the states where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provisions
J. Buchanan
There can be no middle course. Is there any man in this Union who could, for a moment, indulge in the horrible idea of abolishing slavery by the massacre of the high-minded, and the chivalrous race of men in the South?"
Lincoln
“I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down, and caught, and carried back to their stripes, and unrewarded toils; but I bite my lip and keep quiet
Andrew Johnson
As a state legislator AJ proposed amending the Tennessee constitution so that slaves would no longer be counted in calculating representation. At the time they were being counted as three-fifths of a free person, the same as in the federal constitution, giving a large advantage to counties where many slaves were owned
US Grant "
The people of Mexico are a very different race of people from ours. The better class are very proud and tyrinize over the lower and much more numerous class as much as a hard master does over his negroes, and they submit to it quite humbly
Hey King of the Burbz nice name
John Brown (1736-1803) was an American merchant and statesman from Providence, Rhode Island and founder of Brown University.
Born in Providence, January 27, 1736, Brown went on to own a successful farming and shipping business with his brothers, Nicholas, Joseph, and Moses Brown. He was active in the slave trade and china trade and invested heavily in privateers during the 1760s through 1780s
Stupid !!! Go to a history blog n put that shit there, not on a hip hop blog
@Nor*Cal Rydah
Sorry if reading that knowledge hurt your head. Our people is our culture. HIP HOP is our history!!!!! Don't let the government trick you by celebrating Presidemt's Day during our month. Your probably a white boy with a George Bush poster hanging in your room.
One
That Album Was Bosr Ballin By D Shot. D Shot Was The Worst In The Group But Boss Ballin Is Classic
real talk eddy g, cats need to be reminded the truth sometime. they get to confortable and forget that everyone aint equal
Classic song. Why do people hate on 40 watta? cuz people hate on what they can't understand.
In A Major Way = Classic
Thanks - for the history lesson that some deep stuff!!!
F WHAT YA BOY WAS TALKING BOUT. YOU KEEP SUPPLYING THE INFO ON HERE AND MAYBE THIS WHACK AS SITE WILL GET MORE HITS ON THIS PEICE. SOHH IS REALLY BAD ON KNOWLEDGE. THAT WHAT REAL HIP HOP HEAD WANT TO KNOW. MAYBE IF SOHH "KEPT IT REAL" THEN SOME RAPPER WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO RAP ABOUT. MAYBE THE GOV'T DESIGN HIP HOP TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN WHAT IT IS NOW...DEAD AS A MOTHERPHUCKA
This ia a classic!!!
MRMUSICPRODUCER.COM
"The Most Versatile Producer In The Game"
Love to all my people. We do need to remeber our past!! Hip hop is ours and so is the month of Feb. PRESIDENT"S DAY IS THE MOST RACIST DAY OF THE YEAR!! KEEP YOUR HEAD UP!
ONE LUV
FUK PRESIDENTS DAY, THEIR NOTHING BUT MASONS WHO HAVE COMITTED CRIMES UNDER OUR NOSES AND WE CELEBRATE THEM LIKE ITS NOTHING!!!!!
Eddy G. ... REFERENCES PLEASE ... The Illuminati ... REFERENCES PLEASE! ...
If i was a lecturer ... i would give you both fails and send you back to pre-school
Eddy G
Check your facts. John Brown was a white abolistist in during the civil war who was killed (1860's) What did u do find a john brown that was involved in the slave trade to try to make a pointless claim?
@Sohh.com & TheTruth
Next time I will include footnotes for you. Check any history book you want and you can find out about our early President's and their views on slavery.
John Brown The Founder of the IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTION KNOWN AS BROWN UNIVERSITY!!!! HE MADE ALL OF HIS MONEY IN THE SLAVE TRADE!!!
THE MONEY TO FUND THAT INSTITUTION WAS GENERATED BY THE SLAVE TRADE!!!!
There is a John Brown who was an abolistist you are correct. John Brown the rapper stays wearing BROWN UNIVERSITY GEAR! HATS SWEATS ETC.
DON"T LET THE TRUTH HURT YOUR FEELINGS!!
ONE
E-40 has been a legend since the late 80's. "Mailman" was fire. But I think you showed his ass on "In a Major Way". He had "dusted and Disgusted", "Sprinkle Me", "One Luv", and a bunch of classics on there. Everybody always hatin on 40 Water, but EVERY rapper has stole his verbals and slanguage. Much props to 40.
And I agree with the comment about Richie Rich. Yall need to show luv to him. That "Season Veteran" was tight as hell. Very slept on.
Even though it ain't from the Bay (Sac-Town), C-Bo's "Tales from the Crypt" was a classic. you can play every song on there straight thru.
Bring the West back......
love e40 back then the click was tight, too short, spice 1 was popping then p funk samples all over the west coast sampled the hell out of p funk yeah even before dr. dre made the chronic eazy, nwa, ice cube, lench mob, low profile, ice t, dj quik, king t, above the law, kokane, and uncle jam's army was biting the funk from george clinton's mothership e40 included.
I remember seeing this video back in the day and I saw her the lady of my dreams in this video Suga T. She had those thick sexy thighs and those wide hips and those big tits those grapefruits I wanted to pull her out of that video and fuck the shit out of her and get her pregnant and marry her thick fine sexy ass. I remember that time I saw her on that video Sprinkle me It blew my mind I would sprinkle her with my fat ass dick I love that thick sexy lady Suga t.
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