Fabolous is ready to rock. The rapper recently spoke out about wanting to be backed by a live band. This certainly isn’t a new thing for Hip Hop acts. From Rakim to Jay-Z and many in between, emcees have gotten live bands to back them for years. However, this is something relatively new for Fab who has only gotten a taste of this in the past. Now, he’s ready to bring about a new sound for fans waiting to catch him on the OneRepublic tour.
“I thought it was something that needed to be done,” he told MTV recently. “I got a taste of [being backed by a band] when I did this [show] called ‘Stripped.’ I got a little bit of feel of it. I thought it was a dope thing to do. I even seen it previously on ‘[MTV’s] Unplugged.’ With certain artists coming up and doing their joints with a band behind them, I always wanted to do it, but I was waiting for the right experience. This tour came up. It’s a college tour, and it’s with another band, a pop act. They definitely will be using a band, so I thought it was a good time to bring it out.”
The rapper also found time to joke about him “making a band.”
“I made them walk to Junior’s for cheesecake,” he joked. “They came back with cheesecake, and I said, ‘OK, you can make the band.’ “
The group, The Fab Five, is made up by DJ 45, Rain Man behind the drums, T. Nasty on the guitar, Finesse on strings and Mike on keyboards.
Fab also admitted that he bumps rock bands on occasion. When asked to name the groups he likes, Loso let it be known.
“The Rolling Stones, of course the Stones. The Eagles, Maroon 5. I even like the one we going out with, OneRepublic. Although they’re fairly new, I like the few joints I heard. I like Evanescence.”
The Next Step Campus Tour with OneRepublic and Fabolous is already underway. For future dates, please see below.
April 2008
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16 – Mobile, AL – University of South Alabama
17 – Mississippi State, MS – Mississippi State University
19 – Tampa, FL – University of South Florida
20 – Winter Park, FL – Rollins College
22 – Madison, NJ – Fairleigh Dickinson University
25 – Mount Pleasant, MI – Central Michigan University
26 – Cincinnati, OH – University of Cincinnati
27 – Salisbury, MD – Salisbury University
29 – Erie, PA – Gannon University
May 2008
1 – New Britain, CT – Central Connecticut University
3 – Albany, NY – SUNY Albany
