TIDAL’s playlists from the previous battles can be revisited here. Since then, Fab released his latest album Summertime Shootout 3 last year, while Jada soon followed with his Ignatius LP in early March.Ĭurated by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, Verzuz, is a virtual musical celebration between two elite artists running down their music catalogs. Back in 2017, Freddy and Jason released their much-anticipated joint LP, Friday On Elm Street. This isn’t the first time the two matched-up. Following the bout, TIDAL uploads the evening’s official 45-track playlist.
The two also shared stories behind the tracks including Diddy’s “Victory” verse penned by Jadakiss and Fabolous meeting Kobe Bryant.
Kiss even brought out the mixtape classics (“Chest To Chest”). 2”, “Knock Yourself Out”), the gritty B-Sides (“Keepin It Gangsta”, “Blood Pressure”), their epic guest appearances (“Make Me Better”, “Banned From TV”), and many more. The well-respected MCs brought their radio friendly hits (“Trade It All Pt. On Monday night (June 29), Brooklyn’s Loso and Yonker’s Kiss stood side-by-side going punchline for punchline for 20 rounds with their classic songs. "For the Love" feels like a well deserved exhale, with Fabolous basking in the sun, describing his bars as a "Kit Kat of some well deserved real sh*t.The epic match-up of Freddy vs Jason comes to Verzuz for the webcast series’ latest rap battle between Jadakiss and Fabolous. Lil Mo's presence was undoubtedly missed, but there were glistening moments of transparency sprinkled across the tape, because Fab was given the space to just rap. Like I said, to really dive into Fab's mixtapes is to enter a wormhole and never return, but there was always something different about S.O.U.L. Early on, he was initially touted as a lyrical New York boxer by the legendary DJ Clue, who relied on Fab's quick wit and effortless machismo to establish Desert Storm Records as a force to be reckoned with.
Fabolous make me better mixtape series#
Tape series make for an endless stream of music that, frankly, has fluctuated in quality over the years.īut the mixtape arena was also where Fab truly thrived when given the space to let loose. The There Is No Competition series, the Summer Shootout series, and of course, the S.O.U.L. To delve into mixtape Fabolous is to get lost down a nearly inescapable rabbit hole. "In my road to life, I done jumped in and outta 3, 4 lanes, I'm still here," he raps. Across light drums and lucid piano trills, Fab merely tells his story, and the track serves as a testament to the lasting power of Fabolous that came against all odds. Fab found that the best way to win the charts in that moment was to embrace the commercial R&B and rap formula, with hits like "Can't Deny It" and "Take You Home" finding modest success thanks to slick hooks from Lil Mo' and the late Nate Dogg.īut "One Day" is a moment of reflection. Needless to say, Ghetto Fabolous's deeper cuts, like "One Day," didn't garner the support they deserved. Word then spread that Jay-Z planned to release his now-iconic album, The Blueprint, on the same day, another hurdle the young emcee had to navigate to establish himself.
Genuine buzz began to build around Fab and his debut–which was set for September 11. 2" was released and topped the Billboard Hot 100 at number 11. DJ Rob E Rob Presents - The Official Fabolous Mixtape-2010 Language English 1. The label used Fab's own budget to pay Lil Wayne $100,000 and four bottles of Cristal in exchange for a guest feature, to which the New Orleans rapper showed up for "15 minutes, laid down a verse, grabbed the bottles of Cristal, and left without as much as acknowledging Fab."Ĭlue and Fab soon left Interscope, signed a distribution deal with Elektra Records, and soon after that met Lil Mo'. He initially joined Interscope alongside DJ Clue, an experience that bore little fruit in terms of credibility. A mixtape authority in his own right, crafting his debut, Ghetto Fabolous, was an arduous task. When Fab woke up on the day of his debut, he was soon told that all his press and promotion had been canceled.
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