Fan Sourced: As requested, the 80z Babies tackle the debut album from Brooklyn emcee Fabolous entitled Ghetto Fabolous, released September 11, 2001.
Timestamps:
(0:42) Why this Fabolous album to Make a Classic?(1:35) Remembering the William Holla family(3:09) Does Fabolous have a classic album in his catalog? Is he a better mixtape artist?(4:45) Where was Yinka?(5:10) DJ Clue introduces Fabolous Sport. Origins of the name 'Fabolous'(7:37) Remembering 106th & Park's Freestyle Fridays(10:53) Where was Outlaw? His thoughts on DJ Clue(11:58) DJ Clue vs Funkmaster Flex(13:53) Superwoman remix with Lil' Mo(15:00) Ghetto Fabolous vs Blueprint(17:15) Who started the trend of the throwback jerseys and fitted hats?(21:52) Critical Reception(22:18) Did we anticipate Fabolous albums?(24:09) Overarching Highlights(24:40) Did Fabolous force his rhymes? Were the MA$E comparisons fair? What was Fabolous' image?(28:28) Overarching Lowlights(29:49) Does an album need to have themes to be great? Does Fabolous have any substance?(32:25) Track for track analysis(34:47) Remembering the Harlem Shake (Holla back, young'n)(37:10) Outlaws recalls how he first learned to Shake(42:45) Who is Fabolous? Does anybody actually know anything about him?(47:00) Is Timbaland given his proper flowers? Timbaland vs Pharrell(50:33) Fabolous vs Ludacris? Can you take either seriously? Did Fabolous ever see himself as having a rap career? Would Fabolous have been more successful today?(53:15) East coast artists on West coast beats vs West coast artists on East coast beats(58:54) Is Fabolous believable as a 'bad guy'?(1:03:11) Yinka attempts to Make it a Classic(1:14:55) Closing thoughts
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