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Fabolous - Loso's Way
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| One of rap's most renewable resources, Fabolous can always be counted on to provide many of the same things on each of his albums. His fifth full-length disc, Loso's Way, delivers on every front once again: a bundle of rewind-worthy punchlines, some cleverer-than-average crime stories (''I Miss My Love''), and a handful of tracks where he's smart or humble enough to stand aside and allow an enormous R&B hook to work its magic (''Makin Love,'' ''Last Time''). Better still, Loso's Way adds a brand-new element to Fab's proven formula via ''Stay,'' a genuinely sensitive meditation on becoming a father. ...full text |
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Guess what time it is? My, my, my time You can check your iPhone, better say it's our time I don't even need a watch, I don't even see a clock Soon as a I walk in, it feel like me o'clock Yeah, me o'clock, everytime I check Niggaz don't measure up and try to blame the Pyrex I'ma do it bigger than a 5X Can't ride with a L, so I don't drive Lex Game's so bickery, so full of trickery Nursery, rhymin, hickory, dickory Blowin that sour, the hood call it picklery Biggie, Puffy, Busta, +Victory+" Nowadays every guest singer on a track produced by The Runners sounds like Akon, T-Pain, or a combination of the two. "My Time," one of two lead singles from Fabolous' new album "Loso's Way" is no exception to the rule. Flavor of the minute Jeremih is the one playing the T-Pain role on the hook. Whether he'd appreciate being considered interchangeable in a formulaic format is debateable, but for all intents and purposes it should be considered a compliment. That formulaic sound has crafted several dozen chart-topping hits, and Fabolous has enough charisma flowing over the beat to get away with mocking nursery rhyme raps at the same time he's SPITTING them. That's brass cajones my friends. "Loso's Way" is the fifth studio album of a career that has already been four albums longer than most pundits would have predicted. Fab owes that success to ignoring his critics, or if you prefer haters, and perfecting a style of New York gangster narrative that's 25% braggadocious, 20% swagger, 15% clever punchlines and 15% his "da-da-da-da-DAMN" vocal style. Some might debate whether not lines like "why don't you practice safe sex and go fuck yourself" from tracks like "I'mma Do It" are really that clever, but when you add the braggadociousness to the swag and his deadpan New York delivery it all comes together. The cult following Fabolous developed over the last four albums is not accidental - he does just enough to get in the club and on the mainstream drivetime radio without giving up enough machismo to lose the thugs....full text |
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| “Loso’s Way,’’ Fabolous’s fifth album, apparently is an autobiographical look at his past few years, but the thing you learn most is that the MC feels he’s been disrespected by the industry and his peers. The truth is he hasn’t gotten the kind of respect he deserves for his wit and sly flow. This set isn’t very revealing, though, as Fabolous alternates typical gun-toting swagger (who knew he called his gun Nadia? Who cared?) with the kind of clever wordplay that should be keeping other MCs up at night. This is a record simply built to make the Brooklyn-born rapper huge, with cameos from hit monster The-Dream (the incurably hooky “Throw It in the Bag’’), Keri Hilson, Jeremih, Jay-Z, and Lil Wayne, among others. But sometimes the host gets lost in the mix. On “Makin Love,’’ the hook singer, Ne-Yo, does as much lifting as the MC. On “Stay,’’ with former Floetry vocalist Marsha Ambrosius, Fabolous pushes away the curtain veiling the rhyme wizard and reveals himself. The result is affecting and real. It’s disconcerting for a New York rapper to rely on song productions as slick as Bernie Madoff, but Fabolous’s narrative skills and cleverness show the way. (Out tomorrow) KEN CAPOBIANCO...full text |
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