“What Jay-Z did [with 'American Gangster'] ... he took that Frank Lucas character and put it in the frame of his Jay character,” Loso explained.
“That's what I wanna do. I don't wanna say I that I'm actually the character, but take some of his scenarios or some things I went through and tell it in my tone.”
In other news…
Fabolous also said he would like to get production contributions from DJ Toomp, KanYe West, Just Blaze & Polow Da Don.
He plans to release a single in May and have the album out by August.
Fab is also planning a compilation album for his crew The Street Family. Freck Billionaire, Red Cafe, Paul Cain and new member R & B singer Deemi are set to appear on the compilation.
COMMENTS
Shit should be hot. Fab is one of the few NY niggas I fux with on a regular basis.
That Gangsta Grillz he put out a few weeks ago is bangin all the way through too.
Gotta make songs like Make You Better to sell records. But as far as punchlines, flow. The man has bars for days.
I Guess Not Many People Listen To Mixtapes..Fabs Is Known For Rippin Beats What U Mean He Only Good At R&B?
yea fab got some crazy punchlines...this should be a good album
frank talkin like he only knows about the tv and the radio, not the mixtapes. That opinion gets no respect, download Fab's gangsta grill tape.
hmmmmmmm what movie will he choose......
my money is on Alvin & The Chipmunks !!!!!!!
street fititititited
Can't wait to see if this one is commercial or street oriented. That collabo joint should be bannanas too
aww man why did he do that
i dont think he should do this
just cuz its not orignal
but whatever
^^^^^^^^^lol lol look at his avatar^^^^^^^^
haha its just a picture
chill
haha its just a picture
chill
NYUT get a sense of humor ya lame...
The Compilation sound sweet. The LP too, Fab is still underrated as a top 5 MC...he deserve more respect. Learn it.
ReDef.
Whatever but we need to stop being fools ...this nigga fab talkin all that shit an when he drops that album i bet we gon hear songs with him and day 26 lol .. or some stupid singer i believe jay z album was a regular album they just dont have nothin esle to say to market themselves so they tell esle bullshit.... please gimme my proprs for this
Damn, I agree with you SO much! I didn't read your comment b4 I posted mine about a minute ago, a little lower, but we're basically saying the same thing. American Gangster was a regular ass album.
They trynna hype it up like Fab is hot, and he not. I copped his last album and it was okay, for a Fab album, and that's as far as it goes.
This really sounds like a bad idea. Now don't get me wrong, American Gangster was hot and all, but take away the name and the references to Frank Lucas and you have just another Hov album(which isn't a bad thing). So for Fab to follow that, that's just not something I'm looking forward to...
I couldn't agree with you more, other than the fact that I didn't think A.G. was all that hot... I only really liked 3 or 4 tracks... which IS BAD for a Jay-Z album, I.M.O.
um american gangster was another hov albun.....
That nigga Freck is a best, Red Cafe I saw Mac 10 last week at that epic party in S. Monica you still like that nigga?
The Chosen Few,
What do you mean, "It looks like Jay-Z is starting another trend?" He's not the first person to do a concept album about a movie. And, actually, the whole album wasn't even "conceptually" re: the movie. Didn't T.I. drop a "concept" album well before Jay's American Gangster? Correct me if I'm wrong; but I disagree.
TI's concept album wasn't in the same fashion as Jay Z's as it wasn't based on a commercial movie.
Furthermore, plenty of people have done things before Jay Z, and yet when he does it--it becomes a trend.
IE. Button ups with fitteds
^^^^ Valid point. Then, we both agree that more people have to do it then simply "Fab", for it to actually, officially be called a trend? In the 80s, if it stands only he's doin' it, he'd be referred to as: A BITER!
Right, but you misquoted Chosen few, the keyword in his statement is "MAY"..
"Jay Z MAY have started another trend"...which means, as you said, if more people do it...then obviously it was a product of the American Gangster gimmick .
Damn, good ass catch, Jokesta... I DID misquote him (accidentally) and stand corrected!!
Yea even Jim Jones bit from Jay, and ironically dissed him on the first song.....**wonders if it is a trend**
obviously i have faith in this nigga and he is gonna deliver.....so there is no problem...am guessing the movie will be something like godfather or scarface
and that street family compilation is gonna be dope...the team is going strong
i think its gonna be carlito's way cause fab already put out a mixtape called loso's way and i think hes gonna put that mindset into perspective. i dont think making another concept album is a bad idea at all; it just means the lyrics are gonna be alot more specific and relevent to the interludes. what i would change tho is who he is selecting to work on hes production cause he already made shit wit kanye, polow da don, etc but it wasnt hot. he should hit up different dj's n producers on this one
“It looks like Jay-Z is starting another trend?"…answer: WRONG !!! don’t get it twisted I fux with Jigga heavy. And I don’t give a FucD-uuuck that American Gangster was super solid.
But yo Jay ain’t the 1st with Concept album B.
Here are just a few artist of the Dome w/ there albums. Erick Sermon album: Erick Onassis (HOT ABLBUM), Sticky FinGaz album: Black trash, Raekwon album: Only built for 4 Cuban Linx (best conceptual album of all time)….man I can go on & on.
Now Jay-Z maybe the 1st to make a concept album of a Block buster movie,…
Oh shit as for Fab, duke is Nice but I’m looking forward to the Street Fd-fd-fd fam Album more then his Solo
lOL, Berg, I couldn't agree with you more! Said almost the same shit a couple comments above you!
see my comment above
Dude shoul just pave his own lane instead of followin suit..
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swagger jackinn
didn't he already make a concept mixtape? Loso's way rise to power, that was based on the carlitos way movie so I dont think he necessarily swagger jackin he already did this before he jus making an album out if it now
i hope its good
FAB BEEN SPITTIN FIRE. HE JUST GET SLEPT ON TOO MUCH.
I liked theme albums they mean more and actually take time and thought. I hope he get off hif LL R&B shit. cause if he does a collab wit omarion or somthin Imma delete him from my myspace! lol
i aint mad at him 4 that. it's creative and takes time 2 complete.
Did anybody Hear Fab Dissin Uncle Murda???
Nobody heard Loso dissin Uncle Murda??
Come on I cant be da only one! Yall niggas is missin out!
How is he following in Jay's footsteps Fab already done an album like this before on losoway or does that not count since it was kinda a mixtape
U still talkin bout dat shit homie???
Didnt everybody already tell u he wasnt dissin nobody!
lol u from texas??? u must b a dumb ass! im from australia n even i kno he was referring to 'screwed up' tracks cuz texas is known for chopped and screwed tracks??
so dont hate appreciate!! lolz
fab can spit but he not jay. just because a legend did somethin and made it work dont mean that someone like fab can do the same. this shit over hyped probably just gonna be an average album
^^^Get outta here!!! You serious, shit sounds like a metaphor to me, yanno A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in " ya man screwed up so he better be from texas" See here lies the problem with hip hop people: not the artists & the products presented, but the consumers and their ability to grasp whats bein thrown to them. Dont get me wrong str8 outta tx, pimp C been rockin it like a cutoff stockin since pocket full of stones, NY niggas DO need to "quit hatin tha south" too, but when southern niggaz dis NY niggaz for hatin, doesnt that make YOU a hater too? (just a question, dont wanna offend any of you internet thugs, lmao)
RIP Pimp C - UGK then, UGK now, UGK forever (Now thats gangsta, waddup Bun!!!)
FUCK A CONCEPT JUST MAKE A HOT ALBUM.
1. why is everyone attributing the origins of concept albums to jay-z???
2. lupe fiasco just recently dropped a partially concept album (the cool) and nobody claiming he is swagga jackin
*also, free "i hate souljah boi" kid
Fuck sleepin on Loso, dude has been Top 5 since he came into the game. Yeah he does r&b songs, but if thats what sells then thats what's gonna be put ont eh album. The guy got bills to pay, so why wouldnt he do some r&b stuff if it helps his sales and his paper?? Plus his last mixtape is one of the Top 5 so far in 08. And no he aint swagger jackin Jay. But if he is at least it's a GOOD trend that hes following. It seems to me that if it was WAYNE doing a concept album EVERYBODY would jump on Waynes dick on this thread. Stop hatin on a dude thats puttin out quality music.
As a big Jay fan, I can admit that concept albums were made ahead of his classic American Gangster(classic, yes thats my opinion). I mean Raekwons Cuban Links will always be the classic of classics, concept or not. But if Loso, Lupe, want to do it whats really wrong with that?
I don't know if ya'll heard his gangster grillz. But Fab is in the zone.
Aside from the best rapper in the game today (Lupe Fiasco)...No one is touching Fab, currently.
yea rite let me see we got jada, jay-z, joe budden, cassidy, talib kweli, bun b, crooked I, nas, az, styles p, etc. they all just as good or better than fab but dont get me wrong i like fab he does have his moments
Fab, Jada, and Cassidy should do a album together.
^^Co fuckin sign, along with Styles p and Crooked I. I know crooked I may seem a little off from the others cuz he from tha west coast but all these guys got flow for days.
FAB BOUT 2 TAKE THE THROWN IF HE STAY CONSISTENT OUT & ABOUT N PUBLIC THE ONLY REASON I THINK PEOPLE 4 GET ABOUT FAB CUZ HE LOW KEY BUT THIZ N!GGA CUD TAKEOVER REAL TALK!!
C'mon dude...Loso is not a North version of Wayne. You know, you act like you dont, but you do.
yeah, he aint that bad. Fab just seem a lil phony to me is all.
why do niggas trash opinions? yall are so sensitive. Am I not allowed to dislike fabolous?
word. let the nigga dislike people wit money if thats how he feels shit...
I think alot of people are really doing themselves harm by not listening to Loso. Real shit, dude reps NYC to the fullest, got a mean flow, street cred, and he dont need beef to sell. If dudes not that nice(as some have said) then why dont people beef with the kid?? Answer: He can eat almost any rapper, in a battle. Dudes know, they act like they dont, but they do, they say they dont know, but they do.
fab is slowly an quietly taking the throne; shit even game said in 1 of hez verses fab is the new king of ny??
fab is good but not the best and his last album let me down a bit
niggas know, but they act like don't know,
niggas know, but they act like they don't know
you know they know, but they act like they don't know
so you act like you don't know, that you know that they know
but niggas know
fab is ill, next jay in my book..which other rapper from ny is gonna hold the big apple down when nas and jay call it quit?
talib kweli brooklyn mc
Nobody can fill those shoes but as far as holding it down, NY got alot of talent. Just needs to wait for the bullshit bounce/club music to die down and one of them niggas will emerge out the ashes. I think Pap is nice. Saigon is nice. Budden is jersey but he got a definate NY sound to him. Either way new york would be fine without fab. He can rap his ass off when he want to but hes not neccesary
Actually I've never SEEN a rapper call it quits! LOL!
HELLO.......Can anybody be original these days?
Fabolous should never eva be compared to weezy f. That lame ass bithc would be lucky just 2 sip waynes cum in the studio
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Im beggin yall man! Dont prop it dont trash it! Ignore it!
Just ignore dis muthafucka and we wont have to read this gay shit no more......Unless niggas is gettin a kick outta readin about Lil waynes cum!
I dont care if dis niggas jokin or not! Some shit just aint funny!
He's talkin about one rapper drinkin another rappers cum! I shouldnt have to sit here and read no shit like dat. Im tryna eat fuckin breakfast!
Im already givin this Faggot too much attention by posting this but I really hate him. And I hate readin dat gay shit!
He dont care if u prop or trash his comments. He just wants you to read it so u can think about 2 men fuckin each other!
Maybe im just being uptight but I dont like dat gay shit and this muthafucka is gettin all into details and shit!
He's gettin off on makin us read about men havin sex. And he really gets off when somebody responds to him and tells him to go suck somethin! Thats what he wants!
Unless U wanna keep readin about Lil Wayne's cum in a another mans mouth U have to ignore this guy!
Dont trash him dont,dont talk to him, and he will go away!
Please ingore this dude! Please ignore this dude! Please ignore this dude!
If U are a str8 Dude who only likes pussy and is not even the least little bit gay. Please ignore this dude! Please!
^^^^ i prey that ur a female. if not then you just told everybody your fantasy and how you get down. please kill yo self....
Please ignore dis guy Smurf!
Im tellin u this guy is gettin off on ur comments! he just wants to know dat somebody is payin attention. he dont care what chu say he just wants to make guys respond to him so he can get off!
CANT WAIT!!!
Yessir this should be tight, Fab spits that ish. Same concept hopefully similar album sales
Yo -n word- you a fuckin pussy ass clown.quit hating on wayne you dumb fuck. You tell everybody ignore but you don't! You the only dumb ass nigga who gets all excited because a nigga keep it real. Trying to prove you straight? Hunh? You aint fooling nobody bitch. You probaly got some nigga face fucking you right now
Aint nobody Hear dat New song wit Fab,50, and Jada?
Dat shit is crazy! Other than dat it aint really shit to talk about!
Nothin at all!
props to the fag.
n-word definately take it in the face on the regular.
Ha Ha Ha
OMG dis some funny shit!!!!
GetHip313 Hates me so much that he actually went gay!
I hope U two are very happy together GetHip!
Why dont U ask him to send u some nude photos li