Fabolous Album: “Street Dreams”

Fabolous diffenently represented on his 2nd album, preventing a sophmore slump. I just bought this CD this after noon and it has a ton of hot tracks. Unlike this website says it does not have 9 songs, its contains 17 songs plus 3 bonus tracks, all of which are good, and most are just sick. I give Fabolouses lyrics a 4, but when I started to play it in my car the beats just pound, definetly some of the hardest hittin beats I've heard, i just had to give the album a 5 for that unbelivable feature.

The up-tempo flavor he is bringing to the rap game us elevating him to a pop superstar, and in a couple of more years he could be one of the greats of all-time. This album is slightly better than his first album, which to say the least is awesome, this album just had a few more awesome songs and rhythms that will keep you listenin all day. He also has alot of guest apperances on this album from rappers like Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliot, Styles, Ashanti, Mary J Blige, Jada Kiss, and MOP.

Some hot tracks on the CD to check out are.

#2. Don't Give a...BR>#3. Damn

Every should go get this album, its about the best [$] you can spend. Keep it up FAB!

i only found 4 songs actually tolerable fabulous is great lyricist but hes making way too many love songs this album was just disgusting i dont know what to say only thing helpful i can say in this review is dont buy this album if you are a true hiphop fan go pick up a 2pac pharcyde NAs or KRS ONE album

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Street Dreams is my all time favorite album. Fabolous has ill lyrics, a dope flow, dope wordplay and a good delivery.

I will rate all of the tracks on this album now from 1 to 10. 1 being the lowest, 5 being satisfactory and 10 being the highest.

1. Intro -

2. Not Give a **** - 9/10

3. D*** - 5/10

4. Call Me - 9/10

5. Can't Let You Go - 9/10

6. Bad ***** - 9/10

7. Why Wouldn't I - 5/10

8. Up on Things - 5/10

9. Sickalicious - 5/10

10. This is My Party - 9/10

11. Into You - 10/10

12. Change You or Change Me - 8/10

13. Respect - 6/10

14. Forgive Me Father - 5/10

15. Never Duplicated - 5/10

16. Wake Up -

17. My Life - 8/10

18. Throw Back - 7/10

19. Keepin' It Gangsta Remix - 9/10

20. Trade it All Pt. 2 - 10/10

Not Give a **** is one of my favorite songs on the album. He lays down some very good rhymes.With lyrics like "These dudes dont stand a chance/When I pull up like the Pamper Brand/On Those Lambo Slants/....", I really thought the second verse was his best on this song.

Call Me is another good song. Who is featured on this song? Is it Ashanti? Whoever it is, she has a great voice. Fabolous spits lyrics like "Cause she's been lookin' for the kid like Bush was searchin for Bin Laden...". It's songs like this that make Fabolous my favorite rapper.

Can't Let You Go is my second favorite song. He has some dope lyrics backed up by a tremendous instrumental. I especially like the ending of this song. The video for this song was good too. I listen to this song all the time, my older brother also likes this song.

This is my Party is my favorite club banger. Once again, he lays down really good rhymes in the first verse, and the third verse. In my opinion, the second verse isn't so good.

Into You is my absolute favorite song ever. I love the video. I love the instrumental. Fabolous has dope lyrics on this song. Tamia is a really vocalist. Lines like "...with the blue so hard you think I was crippin'" really made this song good. The video is good. I hope that in the future, there will be more love songs like this and Can't Let You Go.

Overall, I think that this album is worth buying. I bought "Street Dreams" in 2005, which was a few years after it was released. I really regret buying the album now, because I love it, and I wanted to see the videos (Can't Let You Go, This is My Party, etc.) when they were on MTV and BET. Fortunately, I got to seethe videos this year on www.blastro.com. I hope Fabolous releases another album that is like this in the future. I give this album a 9/10. "Street Dreams" is one of the best albums I ever heard.

Keep up the good work Fabolous.

Fabolous returns from nearly a year and a half long silent era with his second LP entitled "Street Dreams" (named after Nas' famous remake of the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" song). A question arises for the young MC's latest effort and is answered positively. 'Can Fabolous avoid the sophomore jinx (unlike Nelly)?' Yes, "Street Dreams" is a witty, party-friendly album with a message behind it all. In songs like the 'sweaty-girl' anthem, "Damn", Fab spits claims like "I'm so cool/When I walk in, it feels like there's a draft in the room" and comes off equally well on "Sickalicious", where he and Missy Elliott provide slick vocals to one of the best beats I've heard in a while.

The opening track, "Not Give A F***" turns from a dark, dreamy ballad to a fast-paced 'welcome-back' song seamlessly, where Fabolous can show off his lyricism which has improved greatly since "Ghetto Fabolous". "Call Me" and "Can't Let You Go" are both equally smooth places for Fab to explain his love for women thoroughly, but he ends up reversing his repertoire with the prostitute-friendly "Bad B****" which is just as funky. Snoop Dogg provides his famous west-coast-style lyrics to "Up On Things", leaving "This Is My Party" looking like a bad song.

Ashanti joins the mix on "Into You", yet another love song with a nostalgic guitar riff taking care of the beat. Fabolous returns to a gritty, 'street' additude in "Change You Or Change Me", which describes 'the game's' effects on people every day and follows it with the hardcore "Respect" and the club-banging "Forgive Me Father". Finally, "My Life", which is a successful knock off of J-Lo and LL Cool J's "All I Have" uses Mary J. Blige to finish off the album on a high note. The three bonus tracks only help more.

...I got this cd a couple of moths ago, and it is off the hook!!! I can listen to this whole cd front to back without wanting to change tracks most of the time. Here is a list of the tracks and what I thought of them:

Intro- A plain old typical introduction made by DJ Clue

Not Give A F**k-(9/10) A really great song with a tight beat. Really gets u into it when you hear "Im here to shake up tha world," the first words of the song.

D**m-(8/10) Really tough party song. The beat gets kind of old after about the 10th time listening to it. Great song though.

Call Me- (7/10) Not the best song on the album. Kind of laid back and not too interesting. Not bad though.

Can't let u go- (10/10) Nice R&B laced song. Really gets u relaxed. The second video, good pick Fab.

Bad B***h- (9/10)Tight beat and rhythm. I luv this track. (I got a bad b***h on my right side, i got a bad b***h on my right side, i suggest it be best if we get by)

Why Wouldn't I- (10/10) One of the best. I dont get how someone could not like this song. I really enjoyed the energy. Why wouldn't this song make u wanna dance?

Up on Thangs- (9/10)- Great song, but it would be better if DRE produced it. Clue tried hard to get a reasonable west coast sound.

Sickalicious- (8/10)Nice song with missy elliot. Have patience. The starting may make u wanna skip to the next track, but it turns out good.

This is my party- (9/10)- Good song, first video. Not that recognized though.

Into You- (10/10) Great song with the princess of R&B, Ashanti. Most likely the next video.

Change u or Change Me- (9/10) One of the only serious songs. Great piano sound on the track.

Respect- (9/10) Another serious song. Faboulous's thoughts are obviously not right, cause he says that he sits in the crib dreaming bout killing ya.

Forgive Me Father- (7.5/10) Good song, but the lyrics aren;t anything to brag about. ould be better.

Never Duplicated- (8.5/10) Nice song, but gets boring after a while. Good effort, and certainly not the worst. (Yes i am often imitated, but i am never duplicated)

Wake Up- I dont get it. It's not on the album. In the linear sheets, however, it gives full info on it. Weird.

My Life- (7.5/10) Good song with Mary. Fabolous should have taken more time working on the lyrics though. You may recognize the chorus (cough JENNIFER LOPEZ cough)

Bonus:

Throw Back (7/10) Not that great, but still listenable. 9Is listenable a word???)

Keepin it Gangsta remix- (10/10) The best song on the album. Features the LOX's main rappers and the HIP-HOP classic M.O.P.

Trade it all part 2- (8/10) Kind of old now, but great song.

These are my ratings for street dreams' tracks. Overall, fab did a great job.