Fabolous - More Street Dreams, Pt. 2: The Mixtape

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Brooklyn's own, Fabolous, return with album number three with the mix tape More Street Dreams, Pt. 2: The Mixtape for where he left off with the both street and mainstream appealing songs. As most mix tapes the artist flows over previously released songs or instrumentals. The album begins with "N***az" featuring Paul Cain & Joe Budden team up for the more hardcore aspect of this LP. "Now What" is where Fab spits a verse displaying verbal skills in comparison to other emcees / rappers. The edge between songs on "Rims Skit" to "Now Ride" where he speaks of both riding with the top down and riding on enemies. Emphasizing on the last syllable was impressive and how he matched each word on each key for the chorus made "Think Y'all Know" easily recognizable. "Make U Mine" featuring Mike Shorey was interrupted with by feature as the duo shared microphone time with unbalanced results. For the commercial / mainstream aspect, "Faboloso" short one verse didn't do this album any justice. One of the strongest tunes found on More Street Dreams is "Fire Remix - Joe Budden" with its upbeat drum track. "Renegade" featuring Paul Cain is a good display of the two emcees without any hook or chorus that deserved collaboration as found on "F You Too". He represents
Brooklyn well on "B.K. Style" describing the mentality and the different projects at the conclusion. Most of the songs only contains one verse and the others are just simply too short. Overall this is a good release for the fans in between albums.
March 15, 2006

satisfactory

fabolous's street dreams pt 2 wasnt that bad. i think if he promoted it more and made some more videos and radio hits for it then it would of went at least gold. February 28, 2006

Dope, but "Street Dreams" is much better

Another dope album by Fab, but it's not better than "Street Dreams".

Song Ratings (out of 5):

1. N***az - 3/5 - Not one of my favorite songs on the album. Don't like the instrumental too much.
2. Now What - 4.5/5 - Dope punchlines and the instrumental is good too.
3. Rims [Skit] - N/A
4. Now Ride - 2.5/5 - I don't like this song too much.
5. Think Y'All Know - 5/5 - This is one of my favs. on this album. I think this was also a single, or a split video, can't remember.
6. Chicks [Skit]- N/A
7. Make U Mine - 5/5 - Love this song, but not what it's about. Dope instrumental, Fab lays down some good lyrics and it also features Mike Shorey.
8. Faboloso - 3/5 - Sampled instrumental, the original is "Who's That" by R. Kelly. It's only about a minute long, that's why I gave it a 3.
9. Fire [Remix] - 4/5 - Dope song. Features Joe Budden and Paul Cain. It's a remix to the original "Fire" by Joe Budden. Love the chorus.
10. I Usually Don't - 3.5/5 - Another song I don't like too much.
11. Renegade - Another sampled instrumental, the original by Jay- Z (same exact song name) featuring Eminem. This song, I think it features Paul Cain and Joe Budden. Anyways, it's a dope song. If you like this one, check out the original version.
12. F You Too - 2/5 - Another song I don't like too much.
13. B.K. Style - 5/5 - Samples Lil' Kim's "This Is Who I Am", B.K. Style is one of the best songs on this album. Fabolous spits crazy punchlines like "The way I pass the rock can make Jason Kidd a fan of me".
14. Can't Let You Go [Remix] - 4/5 - Produced by Just Blaze, this song is supposed to be a club banger. First time I purchased this album, I thought that the remix of "Can't Let You Go" was going to be another love-like song about cheating. I don't like the idea that Just Blaze made this more of a club banger than it is a cheating song, but it's still a pretty ill song.


I really don't like "More Street Dreams, Pt. 2: The Mixtape". I think that "Street Dreams" is a way better album. Better songs, better lyrics, better collaborations and better instrumentals. Anyways, this is still a pretty good album, but I think that Fab could have done a better job.

Peace. September 2, 2005

Dope Album/

This album is dope. My five fav. songs from this album would have to be

(1st)BK Style
(2nd)Think Y'all Know
(3rd)Faboloso
(4th)I Usually Dont
(5th)Make You Mine May 2, 2005

3.5 star Mixtape

Fabolous returns with his 3rd "Album" in as many years. Although it is a mixtape and only has 12 "songs" it is pretty good. Half of the beats are from other artists songs even though they aren't credited. Feature Paul Cain, Joe Budden, Mike Shorey. Has about 4 skippable tracks (I skip numbers 5-8) but the others are real good, but no classics. Fans of his should get it other wise just download the 6 or 7 songs that are worth it.

#1 - 9.5 (f/ Paul Cain & Joe Budden - uses Half A Mill's {R.I.P.} "Some Niggaz" beat off his album from 2000 - check that out it is a real good album)
#2 - 8
#4 - 7.5
#5 - 5.5
#7 - 5 (f/Mike Shorey)
#8 - 5 (Has an R. Kelly Beat)
#9 - 8 (F/ Joe Budden - uses his beat off his album (2003) as well)
#10 - 6.5
#11 - 7 (uses the Jay-Z & Eminem song "Renegade" beat)
#12 - 9.5 (f/ Paul Cain - uses LOX's "F**k You" beat off their "We are the Streets" album)
#13 - 9.5
#14 - 5.5

b. -- John Jackson -- around 1980 -- Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY
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November 19, 2004

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