Episode 155: Make it a Classic - Ghetto Fabolous
Update: 2022-06-29
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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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Outlaw: @outlawbebe
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