Fabolous - From Nothin to Somethin
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Free Music Review: Review from the 201...Jersey
Hit: 4 Stars
Dagg...A lot of low stars...This isnt his best work...He had better tracks on Clues vol III release...
This album doensnt mirror street dreams of real talk, but its okay...
Overall, nice album, something to bump on the way to school
iite all, this album grew on me...its hot, copp it!
Free Music Review: LOSO DOES IT AGAIN
Hit: 4 Stars
I would have have to say I was pretty happy with this album. Probably not his best work, but definitely worth buying. From nothing to something definitely seems like it is intended to be a bit more commercial sounding than his last album.Free Music Review: Saved By The Beats
Hit: 3 Stars
Fabolous was one of those artists to emerge from the "bling bling" era in the late 90's early 00's where commercial Hip Hop that dealt with materialism was getting heavy rotation on both MTV and Radio stations. Brooklyn born Fab was one of the most successful, combining materialism with street credability without losing his reputation, kind of like 50 Cent does today. Neither liked to get serious, but Fab was even more dependent on good producers (like all of his albums had plenty of) and there were always loads of guest artists aswell, sometimes singing his made for the charts hooks. Fabolous is easy to recognize with a slow and quite monotone flow, he rarely changes tone but he's famous for his strong punchlines. As superficial as his music is, it's catchy as easygoing and always works well for radio airplay. Singles like "Can't Deny It", "Can't Let You Go", "Into You" and "Breathe" is Fabolous in a nutshell. After a 3 year break he's back again with new album called "From Nothin' To Somethin'" and since "Real Talk" of 2004 alot of things changed in the music world, what has changed with Fab?. Read on to find out.
Just like usual there's plenty of good production from Timbaland, Polow Da Don, Akon, Just Blaze, Jermaine Dupri, Amadeus and many others. I will even go as far as saying that the production here is amazing and based on the aformentioned producers it isn't that strange. As for the lyrics, Fab delivers what he mostly does. Many songs about himself, some songs for the ladies, some for commercial radio, some Materialism, some Gangsta but 2 songs are actually serious And I will comment on them later on. There's also loaded with guests, all songs but 2 have guests and it makes you wonder if it's obligatory on a Fabolous album, could he be entertaining enough alone?. However, no song sound like the other thanks to great beats and Fab deliver a fair share of good punchlines like he mostly does. Let's take a closer look at the songs.
A intro kind of song named after the album "From Nothin' To Somethin' opens the album, and even if the beats are really good the lyrics where Fab talk about himself aren't that interesting. "Yes I'm Back" further deals with his fascinatng personality, it doesn't have no guests either and was produced by Freebass. "Change Up" with Akon is one of the standouts and the first of 2 serious songs. It deals with how the music industry changed people and when they make money they changed, but Fab sais that he's still the same even if he became wealthy cause of his music. The production is great and Akon delivers the hook in a simular manner that he normally does. Timbaland produced "Make Me Better" is one of those songs for the ladies. It's beats are brilliant with oriental strings appearing. Ne-Yo delivers the hook smoothly and this is set for heavy radio airplay. "Baby Don't Go" from Jermaine Dupri feautures a hook from T-Pain which he delivers well. It's also a song for the ladies and decent. Just Blaze produced "Return of the Hustle" sound like the soundtrack from a blaxploitation flick from the early 70's. Swizz Beats appears as a guest artist but it's lyrics that deals with money are dull.
"Gangsta Don't Play" feature reggae artist Junior Reid! and it was produced by Reefa. "Real Playa" with Lloyd from Polow Da Don sounds very fammiliar. It is the typical materialistic brag song for the ladies. "First Time" with Rihanna is an alright song for the radio aswell, although she only sings the hook and it sounds like their vocals were recorded on diffrent studios. "Diamonds" is super annoying and sound so 2001 with it's boring monotone beats. Young Jeezy appears here and it's no co-incidence at all that it all deals with bling bling. A song about his "Brooklyn" with Def Jam president Jay-Z is also super boring but unexpetced to see Jay-Z appearing. It's the Def Jam connection. "I'm The Man" with Red Café is nothing new either and is skippable. "Joke's on You" from Don Cannon feature Pusha-T from Clipse, it's more of the same even if the beats are alright. Fab sounds rather corny when he sings the hook and says "ha ha ha ha ha". Finally comes the song that will raise your eyebrows. "What Should I Do" from Amadeus with talented R&B singer Lil' Mo. The song is about people with struggles without anyone to talk to and it sounds like Fab is reading emails from people asking for advice. He brings up several good issues here and for once the song is not about himself. Great odds for that!. Nova produced "This Is Family" is the closer and several guests appear, Joe Budden being the most famous. It's alright but nothing spectacular.
Overall, If beats made the whole albums then Fabolous would be out with one of the greatest albums of this year. Unfortunately it's only half of it, and his lyrics and song issues are often quite monotone and recycled. He mostly deals with what made him famous back in 2001 and if that's what you like with him you get more of the same here. From a commercial point of view, it's a great album, the production is top class and the guest artists help him on most occasions but you could wonder why 13/15 songs have guest artists and how Fab would sound with weaker production?. Having said that, this album is ok but nothing more.
Free Music Review: Fabolous - From Nothin' to Somethin'
Hit: 3 Stars
Fabolous (A.K.A. John Jackson) fourth solo album is "From Nothin' to Somethin'" (2007). The Brooklyn MC provides a fourteen track release which features guest appearances from Akon, Ne-Yo, T-Pain, Swizz Beats, Junio Reid, Lloyd, Rihanna, Young Jeezy, Jay-Z, Uncle Murda, Red Cafe, Pusha-T & Lil Mo. Faboulous opens his album with two less then memorable track's. To me this release has one outstanding track which is Fabolous collaboration with Akon who produces and delivers some exceptional vocals for "Change Up". Fabolous hold's his own on this track delivering some quotables. Akon continues to impress me lacing yet another Rapper with a dope chorus. Timbaland provides a distinct beat for "Make Me Better" while Ne-Yo delivers some soulful vocals as both artists pay tribute to the women who hold them down. "Baby Don't Go" is painful on this reviewers ear's, Fabolous and T-Pain don't blend well. Just Blaze produced "Return of the Hustle" features Swizz Beatz who resurrect's a Wu-Tang chorus with limited success. Game enlisted Junior Blood for "One Blood", Fabolous looks for similar success on "Gangsta Don't Play" another mediocre track. "Real Playa Like" is more of Faboulous style and reminds me of some of his past singles, singer Lloyd laces the track with some smooth vocals while Fab talks to the ladies. "First Time" is a similiar but less memorable track which features an appearance from singer Rihanna. "Diamonds" to me is simply a dumb bling bling track which is laced with a half assed beat and the Snowman Young Jeezy doesn't benefit it anymore. Seems like a weak watered down attempt at a down South track to gain some attention from Hip Hop's best selling market. "Brooklyn" is a tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. and Fab's hood and features appearances from Jay-Z & Uncle Murda. Listening to this track just makes me miss B.I.G. who could outshine all three of these artists on a bad day. Reefa's production on "I'm the Man" is sub par and leaves the listener listening to some less then memorable lyrics from Fabolous and Red Cafe. "Jokes on You" is another bland track which features an appearance from Pusha-T of the Clipse. Fabolous rhymes about his fan's stories on the semi-decent "What Should I Do" - Lil Mo's crooning could use some work. Overall "From Nothin' to Somethin'" is an average release, which has a few memorable track's.Free Music Review: 3.5 stars from Fabolous
Hit: 3 Stars
2 and a half years since Fabolous' best album, he comes with probably his 2nd worst, and his first on Def Jam. "Ghetto Fabolous" and "Real Talk" were both good albums, "Street Dreams" was average, "More Street Dreams" was decent, and this one is slightly over average in my opinion. More and more I'm falling away from the fan that I once was around from 1999-2000 when I first heard him popping up on mixtapes. It seems most of his underground songs are more harder and his albums he goes soft, which may help him sell more records but it's not what I'd like to hear (just look at most of the guests, all big name R&B singers). With 15 songs on here, 8 are ok and 7 are good, only 2 being real good songs. Guests are heavy, on every song but 2. Production is decent. Reefa does 3 songs, Versatile, Akon, Timbaland, Jermaine Dupri, Just Blaze, Polow da Don, Don Cannon, Nova, Amadeus, and 3 people I never head of all do 1 song. I'd probably pass this one up unless you like a lot of songs made for the radio and ladies.
#1 - 7.5
#2 - 6.5
#3 - 8 (f/ Akon)
#4 - 8 (f/ Ne-Yo)
#5 - 8.5 (f/ T-Pain -- nice beat)
#6 - 6 (f/ Swizz BEats)
#7 - 6 (f/ junior Reed)
#8 - 8 (f/ lloyd -- good beat)
#9 - 7 (f/ Rihanna)
#10 - 7 (f/ Young Jeezy)
#11 - 9.5 (f/ Jay-Z & Uncle Murda -- tight beat)
#12 - 8.5 (f/ Red Cafe -- nice beat)
#13 - 8 (f/ Pusha T of the Clipse -- great rapping by the 2 but the beat brings it down)
#14 - 8.5 (f/ Lil Mo)
#15 - 7.5 (f/ Ransom of the A-Team, Freck Billionaire, Paul Cain, Joe Budden, Red Cafe)
John David Jackson -- b. around 1980 -- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY
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