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Lowered Expectations: Hip-Hop's Five Most Disappointing MCs [#5: Fabolous]


September 17, 2008 | Tags: none

Whattup doe?

I'm making a list of my five most disappointing rappers of all time. MAD TV's Lowered Expectations is the soundtrack to these cats' careers. None of them are absolutely wack, but their careers, in my opinion, just could've been a lot more complete than they turned out to be. Each member of this list has a different story, but the result is the same: great talent, mediocre results

To kick off the countdown, we've got none other than Brooklyn's own Fabolous.

The Potential: Fabolous Sport (remember when that was his name?) is one of the emcees who earned his chops in the game the old-fashioned way. Homie's freestyles on DJ Clue's mixtapes earned him a reputation as one of the most vicious punchline emcees around ("Take a while to load the cali, but the shots go quickly/put red dots on your neck, and they not no hickies"), with a multisyllabic flow that was-and still is-nearly unparalleled. Dude has consistently held his own alongside anyone that he shared bars with: Cam'ron, Joe Budden, Foxy Brown, Clipse, and everyone in between. And he had the female-friendly verses that were tough enough for niggas to relate to, elevating singles like "Trade It All" and "Superwoman" from radio fodder to memorable records.

The Disappointment: But while other artists fuck up by not using their resources at all, Fabolous' downfall was using his resources too much. Every album, he uses the same formulaic approach: miscellaneous street records, random guests for him to outshine, and a couple of girl songs to balance things out. His albums are rarely ever terrible (that is, until his most recent From Nothin To Somethin'); they're just boring, and they never seem complete. The beats almost always suck, and Fab's punchlines are always more potent on other peoples' songs than they are on his own. I ultimately realized Fab's fate in '04. "Breathe" is one of the best rap singles of the new millennium, and he promised fans that the title of his album Real Talk was indicative of him finally taking that step into maturity, and making his product reflect what we all knew what he was capable of. Fab's artistic approach to that album is summated best by this pic that surfaced of him after leaving the club recently.

Needless to say, the rest of that story tells itself.

**Stay tuned for #4 on the list coming soon.**

 


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