E-40 greatly improved on his early Sick Wid It releases with In a Major Way. The beats from Studio Ton and Mike Mosley sound louder and bang harder, and 40 wrote some of his best songs, including the poignant "1-Luv," where he raps from the perspective of a convict who sends him a letter; and "Sprinkle Me," a hit collaboration with his sister Suga-T. He busts shots on "Dusted 'N' Disgusted" with Mac Mall, 2Pac and Spice 1, but as usual the emphasis is on his dizzyingly imaginative slang and satirical hood stories, not violent gangster rap.