Frank Capra: Everything happened fast. People didn’t trust each other anymore.
Earl “E-40” Stevens: That’s why so many people is out of control nowadays.
Capra: They had various photographic centers throughout the West Coast and you rang doorbells and asked if anyone wanted their children photographed or anything else and collected a dollar.
Stevens: We let our feelings out through music on the microphone and painted pictures with our lyrics.
Capra: And the biggest hangup was the silence.
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Stevens: You sit back, observe the game, do your research—one thing leads to the other.
Capra: Other reviewers called it adequate.
Stevens: Thank God.
Capra: And somebody made the remark: “Only God can help that guy.”
Stevens: None of my brands are owned by anybody.
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Capra: Well, that took me from town to town, all over California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Arizona.
Stevens: This is what I always tell people—wherever you at, support the local rapper.
Capra: And he gets into the Senate and sees it work—how it works. You’ve got to trust your instincts, you’ve got to gamble, you’ve got to trust your hunches.
Stevens: Yellow Slurricane: OG Kush plus lumpia. When I answer the phone, I always use a different voice.
Capra: You were good for six weeks if you didn’t open your mouth.