ARTIST: Fabolous
TITLE: From Nothin' To Somethin'
LABEL: Desert Storm/Def Jam
GENRE: Rap
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 182 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 1h 11min 44sec total
SIZE: 93.71MB
RELEASE DATE: 2007-06-27
RIP DATE: 2007-10-16
Track List
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01. From Nothin' To Somethin' Intro 2:54
(Produced By Reefa)
02. Yep, I'm Back (Produced By Freebass) 4:27
03. Change Up (Feat. Akon) (Produced By 4:26
Akon)
04. Make Me Better (Feat. Ne-Yo) (Produced 4:13
By Timbaland)
05. Baby Don't Go (Feat. T-Pain) (Produced 3:36
By Jermaine Dupri)
06. Return Of The Hustle (Feat. Swizz 3:44
Beatz) (Produced By Just Blaze)
07. Gangsta Don't Play (Feat. Junior Reid) 4:23
(Produced By Reefa)
08. Real Playa Like (Feat. Lloyd) 4:07
(Produced By Polow Da Don)
09. First Time (Feat. Rihanna) (Produced 3:53
By Big Tank)
10. Diamonds (Feat. Young Jeezy) (Produced 4:16
By Steve Morales & Sarom)
11. Brooklyn (Feat. Funkmaster Flex, 3:56
Jay-Z, Uncle Murda, & The Notorious
B.I.G.) (Produced By Versatile)
12. I'm The Man (Feat. Red Cafe) (Produced 3:28
By Reefa)
13. Jokes On You (Feat. Pusha-T) (Produced 4:31
By Don Cannon)
14. What Should I Do (Feat. Lil' Mo) 4:41
(Produced By Amadeus)
15. This Is Family (Feat. Paul Cain, Freck 6:54
Billionaire, Red Cafe, Joe Budden &
Ransom) (Bonus Track) (Produced By
Nova)
16. I Shine, You Shine (Feat. Makeba) (JP 4:03
Bonus Track) (Produced By Versatile)
17. Chirp Back (Feat. Bleu DaVinci) (JP 4:12
Bonus Track) (Produced By Shamtrax)
Release Notes:
Fabolous' new label, Def Jam, rolls out a wide red carpet for From Nothin' to
Somethin', enlisting a great deal of starpower to bolster its new artist's
fourth album. Akon, Rihanna, Jay-Z, Lloyd, Junior Reid, and even Ne-Yo (on a
track produced by Timbaland) make appearances, while there is room made for past
collaborators like Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, Young Jeezy, longtime cohort DJ
Clue?, and the otherwise missing-in-action Lil' Mo. In another sense, it's the
same old, same old, with Fabolous covering a bunch of niches: there's the
booming, borderline sluggish Southern track (the Jeezy feature "Diamonds"), a
couple raucous East Coast bangers ("Brooklyn," "Return of the Hustle"), several
R&B crossovers, and a couple melodramatic moments (including "What Should I
Do"). Although this is one of the better albums in Fabolous' discography, the
guest appearances are overwhelming, and the disc ends up similar to a
compilation of Fabolous features, as if all guest stars gathered together and
staged a coup. In at least half the tracks, the headliner struggles to reclaim
the spotlight, and at times it seems entirely possible that the space is being
used for something other than an actual Fabolous album. For instance, Akon not
only dominates "Change Up," but two of the singer/producer's artists -- T-Pain
and Red CafΘ -- are heard on other tracks. Those looking to the disc for some
pure top-form Fab will find a few spots of hotness, especially within "Brooklyn"
-- a geographic anthem that outstrips Busta Rhymes' "New York Sh*t." Given Fab's
usual kicked-back demeanor, some wordplay is bound to be overlooked (like "They
should call me Karat Jeter, maybe Canary Bonds"), but regardless, there is not
enough of it. After all, a separation of Fabolous' rhymes from all the guest
verses and vocal hooks would result in two EPs: one by Fabolous and another by a
mismatched supergroup.
Props to OSC for getting the initial release. R.I.P. guys =[. Let's also take
time to remember another fallen hero in the MP3 scene, aPC...
This obviously passes the 3 month rule, so here you go. If you ask me, the 2
bonus tracks are kickin', they should have been included in the normal release
of the album :/. Why is it that the Japanese always gets it better than the USA?
They have more tracks, and their booklet has much more info, such as lyrics to
all the tracks.
About the album, we scanned all the covers at 600dpi, but just left the Japanese
booket at 200dpi and scanned only the English parts, because I don't understand
Japanese myself :P. I think track 12 is kickin, and listen how hard 50 gets
grilled on 13 aha. Make Me Better is dope, it's gotten played out as hell
though I'm my area atleast =[. Great production by Timbaland, though. Sorry,
I thought Diamonds was a meh. single....Brooklyn is ok. Overall I thought the
album is pretty dope; not as good as I expected but I'd definately choose this
over 9/10 of the stuff the comes out these days.
Lastly, sorry for the dupe yesterday...I'm sure this release is clean though ;p.
Don't forget to support the artists! We did.
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