![]() ![]() Whether it’s the heavy bass of Leer Luciano on “Us vs. Fabolous spits the bars and K sings the hooks, and a smooth track by Omar Grand and Mally the Martian gives the tandem piano and drums to do it lovely.įabolous has never been the top of the lyric writers or reciters out there, but a few decades of experience has given him an undeniable amount of polish in breath control and charismatic delivery. “Lovers and haters are like two of the same kind/Both of them feelings can make you do the same crime” quips John on “Frenemies” featuring Josh K, a song which clearly draws the distinctions between the genres. There’s a full hour of music on “ Summertime Shootout 3” though, and you can still find some actual rapping here and there. He used to be the man you put on a R&B remix to appease the rap fans, but on songs like “Choosy” featuring Davido and Jeremih he starts to become indistinguishable from the singers who cameo on his album. Maybe that’s what the majority of the audience wants, but that’s not what I want from F-A-B-O-L-O-U-S. He’s on top of the trends of the mumble rap generation or at the very least savvy enough to be copying the trends. Even though his voice hasn’t changed, the way he modulates it has on songs like “Talk to Me Nicely” featuring Meek Mill. Fabolous is doing a little singing himself though. The young Tory Lanez was still a shorty playing in the streets of Toronto when Fabolous got signed by DJ Clue, and now he’s crooning with him. The “Seasons Change” though as do the guest stars on his tracks. Even though the shape of the rap music scene has changed around him, F-A-B stays a throwback in his throwback with a voice almost unchanged by time. Going back to the early 2000’s the Brooklyn, Bed-Stuy emcee has been the voice of mixtapes, remixes, hot singles and (appropriately enough) summer anthems. ![]() Fabolous hardly needs to convince long time rap listeners. “Do it one time they gon’ think it’s luck/gotta hit ’em with the repeat/Do it two times they gon’ still doubt/Ay, now I gotta threepeat”. Songs like “B.O.M.B.S.” (short for “Back On My Bull Shit”) seem destined to prove the opposite. Things were fairly quiet in the 2010’s though until the domestic abuse situation, which may have given me the mistaken impression he was settling down in his 40’s. It’s not exactly the first brush with the law for the rapper born John David Jackson, who has been in some real life summertime shootouts where he’s caught hot lead in the leg and then been charged with having unlicensed firearms in the aftermath. He had to weather the storm of four indictments on domestic assault charges for allegedly beating up his girlfriend and mother of his two sons Emily. 2018 was one of his coldest summers ever. But ask yourself - can you weather the storm until the sun shines again?”įabolous might as well be talking about his personal life on the opening track of “ Summertime Shootout 3“. It’s gonna be some sunshine and it’s gon’ be some rain, but when it rain it pours. Ups and down, back and forth, wins and losses. ![]()
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