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From Nothin' to Somethin'
It's hard to catch a break when you're Fabolous. Though his skills as a manufacturer of blazing-hot street bangers and pop-crossover hits have not gone unnoticed by the hip-hop hype machine, the Brooklyn rapper hasn't come close to matching 50-Cent and similarly gifted superstars in the sales department. Which accounts for his decision, with album No. 4, to do somethin' about it. From Nothin' to Somethin' rounds up a massive herd of talent--Akon is here, and so are Swiss Beatz, Rihanna, Young Jeezy, Jay-Z, Lloyd, Junior Reid, Ne-Yo, and T-Pain. It's a little hard to locate Fabo on "Change Up," the Akon track, but otherwise he goes about spreading his Fabolousness throughout: "Diamonds," a bling-centric track with Jeezy, benefits from a borrowed take-it-easy Southern drawl, "Brooklyn" brings it home for New York with a spirit seldom seen since the East Coast/West Coast war was at its nastiest, and "Return of the Hustle" solidifies a career built on street cred with an asphalt-hot beat. Start to finish, but especially on the Timbaland-helmed "Make Me Better," production is top-notch. If there's a disc that can restore the fabulousness to being Fabolous, Somethin' is it. --Tammy La Gorce
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Tracks| 1 | From Nothin' To Somethin' Intro | | 2 | Yep, I'm Back | | 3 | Change Up feat. Akon | | 4 | Make Me Better feat. Ne-Yo | | 5 | Baby Don't Go feat. T- Pain | | 6 | Return Of The Hustle feat. Swizz Beatz | | 7 | Gangsta Don't Play feat. Junior Reid | | 8 | Real Playa Like feat. Lloyd | | 9 | First Time feat. Rihanna | | 10 | Diamonds feat. Young Jeezy | | 11 | Brooklyn feat. JAY-Z & Uncle Murda | | 12 | I'm The Man feat. Red Café | | 13 | Jokes On You feat. Pusha T | | 14 | What Should I Do feat. Lil' Mo |
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