FABOLOUS ANSWERS QUESTIONS FROM FANMAIL ON MTVU

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Check out Loso giving some advice and his personal opinions from Fan mail questions delivered through the MTVU network. Up and coming producers peep this!!

UNDERRATED EMCEES PART 1

Here's my list if my underrated emcees. This is purely opinion, and I don't expect you to agree with me 100% but I feel each emcee I list is underrated for certain reasons. Not all reasons are the same also. You might not even think they're underrated so bear with me.

50 Cent - This man is very underrated as an emcee. Keep in mind his career's success overshadows everything he has ever fallen short on in terms of music making. He became extremely wealthy off capitalizing off the Eminem/Dr. Dre connection, blowing up on the mixtape circuit, and finding ways to profit off his brand name. When you think 50, you think of his big business and his gangsta. However, pay closer attention to the songs he writes. 50 Cent actually has a versatile style in flow structure and writing. He's very under appreciated for his skills, but at the same time it's harder to see the talent because he's gotten so rich he probably doesn't care as much about the music as before.

Fabolous - Fab isn't really underrated, but he's misrepresented. The Fab I know spits gangsta on mixtapes and comes with those sick metaphors...all Brooklyn style. Mainstream American views Loso as a rapper for the women, like an LL Cool J in a sense. People always criticize Loso for his albums, and say that his mixtapes are bangers. I think in the eyes of mainstream America, Fabolous is underrated in terms of his skills and true talents, and has to dumb it down for the more pop oriented crowd.

Kanye West - Kanye West isn't as wack as everyone thinks on the mic. In fact, his most recent stuff is getting ever more complex and he's got great metaphors, and rhyme structures. It's funny to see Kanye West come into the game as a backpacker, only to become a mini Jay-Z with commercialism in his raps and boasts of arrogance. Not hating either, I'm a big Jay-Z fan. Kanye West is more known for his production, where as I think he is also an extremely capable emcee.

Obie Trice - This man is so slept on, it's ridiculous. His first album Cheers was a monster, and he dropped Second Round's on Me and that was hot too. I admit, the second album wasn't quite as good as the first, and I'm not sure if it was because of the production, or because he started freestyling everything, but both albums were fire. If you're unfamilar with Obie Trice, I want you to check out a lot of his mixtape material and even peep his albums, his lyricism speaks for itself.

There are plenty more of underrated emcees that I know about and would like to share my knowledge with you on them because they too deserve their shine. I'll put that in another post sometime. There's a lot of NY rappers who don't get love because the south is what's hot right now. A lot of dudes from Chicago don't get attention either because if you think Chicago, you think either Lupe, Kanye, or Common. Detroit is full of great emcees as well. I got love for the south, but if you're a hip hop fan, you gotta pay attention to these other regions even though BET and MTV don't give them equal airtime.

NEW PICS FROM THE JAY-Z AND MARY J BLIGE TOUR

Here's some pics from the Jay-Z/Mary J Blige Tour, with Kanye West, Fabolous, and Young Jeezy

DEF JAM A&R TALKS JADAKISS AND UPCOMING RELEASES

According to a Def Jam A&R, things are going well at Def Jam and he gave an insight into what we should expect to drop in the near future.

He explains how Jadakiss recently signed to Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam and he will be releasing an album soon. Fabolous has another album on the way and so does Young Jeezy. Ghostface will also drop another album by the end of the year.

When asked about Jadakiss' upcoming album, he said, "We’re like 8 songs deep. He’s been working in D-Block studios in Yonkers knocking out joints. He knows what he’s doing so it’s not like a daily hands on over the shoulder kind of thing.”

Jada also has a song on the record called "A Letter to B.I.G." and it's supposed to be a letter to Biggie about what has happened in the rap game since he died.

SNIPPET OF RED CAFE "PAPER TOUCHIN" REMIX

Check out this video, it shows a snippet of the Paper Touchin remix. The remix features 50 Cent, Fabolous, and Jadakiss.

Fabolous and DJ Drama : There Is No Competition (GANGSTA GRILLZ MIXTAPE)

New Gangsta Grillz Edition Fabolous Mixtape called "There Is No Competition"

Peep the track list and cover art

1. Intro
2. N****s know
3. Suicide
4. F*** wit street fam (feat. neo da matrix)
5. We do this shit
6. Back to do the damn thing
7. Heres another hit
8. Paperman (feat. neo da matrix)
9. Takin pictures (feat. red cafe paul cain and freck billionaire)
10. Mo cars mo hoes (feat. freck billionaire)
11. Hustlas poster child (feat. cassidy)
12. Hand on my glock (la the darkman and willie the kid)
13. Im gettin money (feat. freck billionaire)
14. U aint sayin shit
15. Brooklyns finest
16. F*** em all (feat. red cafe)
17. Paper touchin (red cafe)
18. Fall back
19. I came for the money
20. I dont see nobody
21. Im da main (remix) (feat. red cafe freck billionaire and paul cain)
22. Pimp by blood
23. Say hello
24. Outro
25. Dope boys (bonus)