Fabo, Gik Tales Mixtape
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
- photo Bryan Meltz (F41 Outtake)
It kinda sucks that a lot of people are not as familiar with Fabo as they should be. For a second there, post “Laffy Taffy” mega blowup it seemed like he was going to step on a spaceship made out of argyle socks and blast off into a hit-filled career. Instead we got a lot of silence, a couple good to great guest spots and, um, this. Now he’s back with a new mixtape that we almost missed. It’s mostly awesome but filled with middling beats. Turns out that’s fine, because Fabo excels when he’s allowed to just go off over anything that has drums in it, to start singing mid-verse for no reason. There are actually like 100 different ideas per song on this tape. It’s pretty scary to think of what this dude could do with an actual recording budget and a couple hundred pounds of psychedelics.
Download: Fabo, Gik Tales Mixtape (via Dirty Glove Bastard)
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posted on Jan 20, 2010 in MP3 / STREAMS
Freeload: YV f. T-Pain + Fabo, “Own Step”
- story THE FADER
New song from YV, the dude you’ll probably remember from the Willy Will produced semi-hit “I Got a Dollar.” This time around he’s got T-Pain and the always welcome Fabo, who, once he escapes from label purgatory, could possibly release the spaceship rap magnum opus we know he has in him.
Download: YV f. T-Pain + Fabo, “Own Step” (via BLVD ST)
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posted on Jan 26, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS
Schnipper’s Slept On
- story THE FADER
Each Tuesday, FADER editor Matthew Schnipper highlights an underappreciated recent release he thinks we need to know about. This week he is writing about Trap Squad’s “What’s Happenin’?” 12-inch which apparently you cannot give them money for anywhere. Listen to the song below and read about it after the jump.
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posted on Jul 15, 2008 in SLEPT ON
Audio: Bone Crusher f. Fabo & 2 Dolla, “Transform”
- story THE FADER
Is it weird that hearing Bone Crusher yell “ATTTEENNNCHHUUUUNNNN” after all these years is kind of comforting? Even though he is always yelling he reminds us of the kind of dude who would give us presents for no reason. Does that make him Santa Claus? Bone Crusher and Santa: Nice Guys.
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posted on Dec 14, 2007 in MP3 / STREAMS
Audio: Fabo, “She Ready”
- story THE FADER
Fabo is super weird. His voice is a Funkadelic sing-growl and his songs are mostly about encounters with women, told in step-by-step detail—the woman posessing almost supernatural qualities that forever change how he thinks. Why is there still no solo album, recording industry? After the jump check Nick Barat’s Gen F on Fabo from F41.
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posted on Dec 6, 2007 in MP3 / STREAMS
