From Nothin' to Somethin'

It's hard to catch a break when you're Fabolous. Though his skills as a manufacturer of blazing-hot street bangers and pop-crossover hits have not gone unnoticed by the hip-hop hype machine, the Brooklyn rapper hasn't come close to matching 50-Cent and similarly gifted superstars in the sales department. Which accounts for his decision, with album No. 4, to do somethin' about it. From Nothin' to Somethin' rounds up a massive herd of talent--Akon is here, and so are Swiss Beatz, Rihanna, Young Jeezy, Jay-Z, Lloyd, Junior Reid, Ne-Yo, and T-Pain. It's a little hard to locate Fabo on "Change Up," the Akon track, but otherwise he goes about spreading his Fabolousness throughout: "Diamonds," a bling-centric track with Jeezy, benefits from a borrowed take-it-easy Southern drawl, "Brooklyn" brings it home for New York with a spirit seldom seen since the East Coast/West Coast war was at its nastiest, and "Return of the Hustle" solidifies a career built on street cred with an asphalt-hot beat. Start to finish, but especially on the Timbaland-helmed "Make Me Better," production is top-notch. If there's a disc that can restore the fabulousness to being Fabolous, Somethin' is it. --Tammy La Gorce
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Album information
| Release Date (USA): |
2007-06-12 |
| Release Date (UK): |
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| Artist/s: |
Fabolous |
| Label: |
Def Jam |
Track Listing
| 1 |
From Nothin' To Somethin' Intro |
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| 2 |
Yep, I'm Back |
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| 3 |
Change Up feat. Akon |
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| 4 |
Make Me Better feat. Ne-Yo |
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| 5 |
Baby Don't Go feat. T- Pain |
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| 6 |
Return Of The Hustle feat. Swizz Beatz |
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| 7 |
Gangsta Don't Play feat. Junior Reid |
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| 8 |
Real Playa Like feat. Lloyd |
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| 9 |
First Time feat. Rihanna |
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| 10 |
Diamonds feat. Young Jeezy |
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| 11 |
Brooklyn feat. JAY-Z & Uncle Murda |
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| 12 |
I'm The Man feat. Red Café |
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| 13 |
Jokes On You feat. Pusha T |
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| 14 |
What Should I Do feat. Lil' Mo |
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