Real Talk

Artist: Fabolous
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: LP Record
Number Of Discs: 2

UPC: 075678375415
EAN: 0075678375415
ASIN: B00066FMTM

Release Date: 2004-11-09

Real Talk

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Tracks:

Exodus
Don't Stop Wont Stop
Real Talk (123)
Gangsta
Tit 4 Tat - Fabolous, Pharrell, Pharrell Williams
Baby - Fabolous, Mike Shorey
Girls
Church - Fabolous, Charlie Murphy
Can You Hear Me
Do the Damn Thang - Fabolous, Young Jeezy
Holla at Somebody Real - Fabolous,
It's Alright - Fabolous, Sean Paul
Breathe
Young & Sexy - Fabolous, Pharrell, Mike Shorey, Pharrell Williams
Round & Round
In My Hood
Ghetto - Fabolous, Shams Tharani
Po Po - Paul Cain, Nate Dogg, Fabolous,

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Taken in small doses, Fabolous's for-the-club raps work nicely… well, for the club--and nothing much else. On the addictive "Breathe" he reluctantly ditches his usual drawl and spits some urgent ghettocentric punch lines with great effect. Interestingly, on "Don't Stop Won't Stop," Fabolous charges that people continue to steal his flow. Now, nobody's sure who has the copyright on the lazy delivery that Mase and Loon also employ, but that's a moot point on "Baby," where his crooner homey Mike Shorey sings over a familiar Michael Jackson sample (think De La Soul's "Breakadawn"). The obligatory Lil' Mo collabo "Holla at Somebody Real" is no "Can't Let You Go" although "Tit 4 Tat" offers a nice respite from the banality of the beats and lyrics--but that might be because the ubiquitous Pharrell is on board. Sean Paul sounds like he phoned in his verses on "It's All Right," and, on "It's Ghetto," when Fab raps about his hood exploits from the living room of his palatial estate, he just doesn't sound that genuine anymore. <I>--Dalton Higgins</I>

Album Description

Maybe it's his sly, laid back style or maybe it's his "Hollywood-ready good looks" (Rolling Stone), but who knew that when John Jackson chose to call himself "Fabolous," the name would define his career? Real Talk is Fab's third studio album featuring such notables as Sean Paul, Lil' Mo and T.I. Hit makers like Just Blaze, Scott Storch and the Neptunes contribute to this amazing sounding collection of joints. On this latest set he continues to walk the line between massive mainstream hits and satisfying the streets simultaneously. Real Talk promises to deliver. If you speak about it, be about it. REAL TALK.

Customer Reviews:

good but not great.......2006-12-24

Fab is a skilled lyricist, but some tracks are a little too predictable. Some tracks are great while others are only ok. The production is pretty good as producers include Just Blaze, The Neptunes, Scott Storch, The Trackmasters, Jonathan Rotem, DJ Khaled, and more. Guest appearances include Lil' Mo, Mike Shorey, Young Jeezy, Sean Paul, Paul Cain, Nate Dogg, Charlie Murphy, and more. Overall, this is a solid album.

He doesn't use his skill........2006-10-15

Fabolous is a talented MC but doesn't use his skill to his full potential. He flows good sometimes in this album but he can get very annoying. I own this and his debut album Ghetto Fabolous and I recognize two things about them that have in common, one both albums are commercialized a little much and another thing is that some of these beats can be made by an eight grade with a synthesiser. This album I listened to and wasn't impresse but wasn't in total shock of how bad it was. The annoying parts are in the first song Somethin' Like a Pimp when he is flowing decently he just pauses and the song basically stops for a second (lord knows how many pause are made). Then he copied a Boogie Down song from Stop the Violence which is ok, but the way he changed it to is much differnet from what KRS said. 1,2,3 is that song copying by the 1,2,3 but changed the verse of "1,2,3, The group is called BDP, and if you want to go to the tip top, Stop the violence in hip hop" to "1,2,3, You don't really want to f*** with me, YOur on my block f***** wit a gangsta." This got me a little mad because he not only changed the verse to a pointless verse, but how he changed the meaning from KRS saying to stop violence to provoking violence. Another bad part on this album is the guest appearences. How can anybody have Young Jeezy or Pharell featured. Pharell is a loser who half the time raps and the other half sings, and he sucks at rapping and isn't a great singer, and not to mention people say he's a good producer, from what I have seen he produced a horrible beat for the song Mr. Me Too by the Clipse. And Young Jeezy, one of the most boring rappers to listen to with everything wrong. His lyrics are all about crack and how he's the "Snowman", and his voice is just painful to hear. Those are some parts I didn't like about this album, but some good stuff is sometimes he flows good. A song that actually impressed me was Breathe. This was a good song by the flow a decent beat, and a pretty good point. Other then the bad spots here this is a decent album. Fabolous is a talented MC but his problems are that he needs better producing and he needs to use his potential to the fullest. Otherwise this is a decent album to have in a collection.

Wow!.......2006-02-01

Okay, I bought this album last March because I was going on a long trip and wanted something to listen to. I wasn't sure how good it would be because I hadn't heard any of the songs before I purchased it. I picked it up, put it in my cd player, and started listening to it and was blown away. Every song was fire and showed an artist with some real potential to fulfill. Now I know this is his third album, but I feel that he could still get better. All of the beats are very good, with Breath having one of the best beats I have ever heard and Fab spitting some incredible lyrics. Other highlights include Don't Stop, Won't Stop, Can You Hear Me, and PoPo. Can You Hear Me has some great lyrics and is one of my favorites on this cd. I highly recommend this cd, as well as Fab's other albums.

Step It Up!!.......2006-01-04

As with Twista after Kamikaze, i expected big things from Real talk after the very solid 'Street Dreams'. However this was not the case. This has it's standout tracks like Ghetto and It's Alright with Sean Paul but too be honest your not really missing much if u don't get this. On Street Dreams the guests were very good but the ones on here are a let down. Too much Pharell! Damn he annoys me. Also when is he gonna ditch Paul Cain man he does nuttin for ya and Black Ice who? Most rappers talk about girls, money and drugs. But he adds cars to the list of useless material in songs. I don't usually feel that the singles are the best on the album but with this album, Breathe is one of the standout tracks. Step it up man! 3/5 at max.

Top 5:

Ghetto
It's Alright
Breathe
Can You Hear Me
In My Hood

Real Talk - Fabolous.......2005-12-30

Since his "Ghetto Fabolous", all Fabolous is been doing is improving his lyrics! "Streat Dreams" hit the streets and he was a multi platinum rapper.

"Real Talk" is a great party/gangsta rap type album.

Standout Tracks are:

Tit 4 Tat
Breathe
In My Hood
It's Ghetto
Dont' Stop, Won't Stop

Music Album:

Music Album

Music CD

Three-Way Mirror ~ Airto Moreira w, Flora Purim & Joe Farrell

Under the Nightlight ~ Gary Taylor

W.S.Q. ~ World Saxophone Quartet

Jukebox ~ Dave Lee

Complete Storyville Performances ~ Charlie Parker

Baiyina (The Clear Evidence) ~ Pat Martino

El Negrito Del Batey ~ Alberto Beltran

Music CD 62

Llevame Contigo ~ Banda Rafaga

Melelana ~ Keali'i Reichel