02/02/07 - Fabolous Opens Up About Shooting Incident; Hooks Up With Jeezy, Ne-Yo

J-Banks · 02-02-2007, 08:04 AM

'It was a life-threatening experience, so I took it as that,' rapper says.

Fabolous has always prided himself on being street-tough, beginning with his first major hit, the 2001 gangsta track "Can't Deny It." But in October, the Brooklyn, New York, rapper got more than he bargained for when he was shot in the thigh by an unknown assailant. After the incident, Fabolous was charged with weapons possession after police discovered two guns in his car.

Now Fabolous is opening up about the incident. While he says it didn't take him even two weeks to get back on his feet after being shot, he hasn't shrugged the attack off. He says he took it very seriously.

"It was a life-threatening experience, so I took it as that," Fab said Tuesday of the shooting (see "Fabolous Hires Private Detective To Help Clear His Name After Arrest"). "Even when I got my truck back [after the shooting], Ilooked at [one of the shots] in the windshield — it was high enough to be a head shot. I looked at that as being more dangerous than the leg thing. My leg was better in a week and a half. I was back regular, like it never even happened. Even the hole didn't look nothing much [more serious] than a cigarette burn. The bullet didn't hit no bone. I'm a skinny dude ... I don't have a bunch of meat for it to really run through and be a flesh wound. For it to be a flesh wound, I was like, 'Wow.' "

The MC admitted that getting shot caused him to re-evaluate his inner circle as well as his priorities.

"I just fell back, took it easy," he said. "Maybe I was doing a little too much. Let some things take their course. I had never been shot before. I had to chill for a minute and got focused on the music and other things rather than being out and running around.

"It was a good thing that it happened towards the end of the year," he added of the shooting. "It happened in October, and I had two months to really think about what was going on. I didn't have my structure around me right. Once that thing happened, I had to get a structure within my life and make sure I get this sh-- moving right. I had a lot of things that wasn't moving right. Everything was moving on spur of the moment. Anybody who's in a leadership position or a boss position, you need to have some structure. You need to have certain people who ... make the whole clock keep running smoothly. I look back at the shooting like if sh-- would have been structured right, maybe none of it would have been happening."

Not only did Fab come under fire from the New York Police Department in the wake of the shooting, some fans and critics started questioning whether the whole situation was just a publicity stunt. Shortly after the incident, his new label, Def Jam, announced that he was dropping his album, From Nothing to Something, while the shooting and arrest were fresh on everyone's mind (see "Fabolous Album Moved Up To December After Arrest, Shooting"). The LP was delayed thereafter.

"I think Def Jam was doing that because they really wanted to get me out," he explained about the previous December 26 release date for the LP. "I don't know if they looked at [the shooting incident] as something to capitalize on, but they definitely wanted to get me out in December. We had talks about that months before, but I guess they wanted to use [the shooting] as a opportunity to get me out because my name had lit up. It put a little bright light to my name, so why not? But I had no knowledge of trying to capitalize on being shot as a reason to put my album out. And really, [the album] wasn't ready yet. When they [made the initial announcement], we wasn't ready. So they was just doing that on their own."

Fab's LP still isn't 100 percent done, but he's getting there. He's progressed far enough with production that a March 27 release date has been set and two songs have already hit the streets: "Return of the Hustle," which features Swizz Beatz and production by Just Blaze; and "Diamonds on My Damn Chain," a collaboration with Lil Wayne and producer Steve Morales, who's best known for his work with Celine Dion.

"I actually was staying down in Miami, we was staying at a crib [Morales] works at, it has a studio," Fab said. "Steve came through and said, 'I wanna play some joints for you.' One of the joints hit me instantly. It had a chopped-up loop from the song me and Jeezy did called 'Do the Damn Thang.' I said, 'Damn, I need somebody who can talk this bling talk and still make it a good record.' Weezy was perfect for it. We go way back."

The official first single, though, is "Make Me Better." The track — which features Ne-Yo on the hook and was produced by Timbaland — finds Fab in a very familiar mode, talking to the ladies. The strings will remind hip-hop fans of Raekwon's classic "Rainy Dayz"; as for the lyrics, Fab and Raekwon's classic "Rainy Dayz"; as for the lyrics, Fab and Ne-Yo tell ladies they are forces to be reckoned with on their own — but with their ladies upgrading them, they're that much better.

"You want a girl that completes you and makes you better," he explained. "You don't want a girl who brings more arguments and more bills. ... You want a girl who, when you're walking around with your tie crooked, she fixes your tie. .... That's the kind of [woman] I'm looking for. Whether she's a celebrity or non-celebrity don't really matter. You just need somebody you can connect with.

"It touches so many places," Fab added of the song. "It's a sexy record, plus a swagger record, an anthem record all in one. ... I played it for a couple of dudes a week ago, and they was like, 'I'mma tell my shorty that: "Yo, shorty, you make me better. I'm cool, I'm fly and sh--, but us together, we make a great pair." ' Dudes can take it — it's giving them some game. I felt it could work on all levels."

On the production front, while Timbaland helped man the boards on Fab's debut, Ghetto Fabolous, the rapper and super producer actually didn't get together in the studio this time.

"I never got to actually hook up with Tim," Fab said. "But I was in Miami working for two and a half months. So I would see him out, see him around. I seen him in [Miami hot spot] the Forge a couple of times, and a couple of his records would come on and I'd be like, 'This is what I need.' He'd be laughing and say, 'All right.' He definitely knows I respect his work. [When I went to record 'Make Me Better'] Ne-Yo came in and attacked them strings. He already had a vision. When I came in, all I had to do was put the spice on the sh-- and it was ready. It was smash already to me."

source- mtv

Desert Eagle · 02-02-2007, 09:01 AM

fabolous is dope...propz

Black Superman · 02-02-2007, 10:00 AM

Fab is 1 of my fav rappers but he keeps comin out wit these soft gurl songs. i wish he would put out dat gangsta music he was putttin out on his 1st couple albums

Shady Aftermath · 02-02-2007, 10:15 AM

fab is aight, his lyrics are crazy

Entreprenegro · 02-02-2007, 11:43 AM

Fab got talent. Even though he comin with a love song for his first single, his whole album aint gonna be that. He just doin it to sell records which is smart.

Ether Boii · 02-02-2007, 11:53 AM

aight priopzzzzzzzzzzzzz

MaliQ · 02-02-2007, 11:54 AM

Aight Propz

that-damn-good · 02-02-2007, 12:00 PM

big props
but fuck i cant believe thats the release date, Buck march 20th now Chamillionaire and now Fabolous on March 27th..too much shit at once

ns_diplomat · 02-02-2007, 12:03 PM

nice.....I hope his album will be crazy

DeeDert · 02-02-2007, 12:37 PM

props fab is too underrated

rewynd · 02-02-2007, 12:43 PM

aight Fab, good you learnt from it..wish others could follow suit...

BRiTiSH1313 · 02-02-2007, 12:44 PM

good shit...

glad to hear Fabz bounced back after the shooting. i doubt it was a publicity stunt, Fab never seemed like the kinda rapper than would do that, ya know, like Cam and Beanz did. but who knows with what people now a days do for fame.

cant wait for the album though, i just hope its that hard brooklyn gangsta shit that my man is known for.

lubanks · 02-02-2007, 12:50 PM

good post

$TDUB$ · 02-02-2007, 01:13 PM

propz on info

Antonio Montana · 02-02-2007, 01:19 PM

propz,fab is dope

Smithilberry · 02-02-2007, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watch ya mouf

Fab got talent. Even though he comin with a love song for his first single, his whole album aint gonna be that. He just doin it to sell records which is smart.

^^^^^^word... he only has one girl/soft song on his album for his first single and thats it... still, the song is dope... he even has hot soft songs... fabolous is one of my favorites that are still around

Smithilberry · 02-02-2007, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BRiTiSH1313

glad to hear Fabz bounced back after the shooting. i doubt it was a publicity stunt, Fab never seemed like the kinda rapper than would do that

word man... i agree

Smithilberry · 02-02-2007, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by that-damn-good

big props
but fuck i cant believe thats the release date, Buck march 20th now Chamillionaire and now Fabolous on March 27th..too much shit at once

and redman.. and papoose i think... and cassidy.. march does have alot of people... probably even more

I AM HIP HOP · 02-02-2007, 03:03 PM

propz man good look for the info ... at first i was doubtin fab's comeback but this song wit neyo produced by timbo sounds great, fab is the only rapper that can make a hit girl song wit out comin off as wak or soft i hope he makes a solid album i mean cuz he always has bangers but he needs a classic album cuz he dont got any but "Ghetto Fabolous" was good, i will get his new album

dastreetsweepa17 · 02-02-2007, 03:09 PM

aitn herd nuttin from my nigga fab in a long ass minute

Mail Man · 02-02-2007, 04:21 PM

Propz man, Fab is dope his album is gonna be on fire. The track with Ne-Yo shold be amazing, can't wait to hear it. March is gonna be crazy for albums, can't wait.

*50*CENT*WIFE* · 02-02-2007, 05:29 PM

Props For This Aww Fab I'll Fix Ya Tie Baby Lol ;)

DJ Whoo Kid · 02-02-2007, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watch ya mouf

Fab got talent. Even though he comin with a love song for his first single, his whole album aint gonna be that. He just doin it to sell records which is smart.

Haha but when 50 does it, its a whole-nother story.

Entreprenegro · 02-02-2007, 05:45 PM

^^^Thats because Fab gets somebody else to do the singing (i.e. Ne-yo).

blackjin · 02-02-2007, 06:26 PM

propssssssss

02-02-2007, 08:04 AM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	02/02/07 - Fabolous Opens Up About Shooting Incident; Hooks Up With Jeezy, Ne-Yo 02/02/07 - Fabolous Opens Up About Shooting Incident; Hooks Up With Jeezy, Ne-Yo 'It was a life-threatening experience, so I took it as that,' rapper says. Fabolous has always prided himself on being street-tough, beginning with his first major hit, the 2001 gangsta track "Can't Deny It." But in October, the Brooklyn, New York, rapper got more than he bargained for when he was shot in the thigh by an unknown assailant. After the incident, Fabolous was charged with weapons possession after police discovered two guns in his car. Now Fabolous is opening up about the incident. While he says it didn't take him even two weeks to get back on his feet after being shot, he hasn't shrugged the attack off. He says he took it very seriously. "It was a life-threatening experience, so I took it as that," Fab said Tuesday of the shooting (see "Fabolous Hires Private Detective To Help Clear His Name After Arrest"). "Even when I got my truck back [after the shooting], Ilooked at [one of the shots] in the windshield — it was high enough to be a head shot. I looked at that as being more dangerous than the leg thing. My leg was better in a week and a half. I was back regular, like it never even happened. Even the hole didn't look nothing much [more serious] than a cigarette burn. The bullet didn't hit no bone. I'm a skinny dude ... I don't have a bunch of meat for it to really run through and be a flesh wound. For it to be a flesh wound, I was like, 'Wow.' " The MC admitted that getting shot caused him to re-evaluate his inner circle as well as his priorities. "I just fell back, took it easy," he said. "Maybe I was doing a little too much. Let some things take their course. I had never been shot before. I had to chill for a minute and got focused on the music and other things rather than being out and running around. "It was a good thing that it happened towards the end of the year," he added of the shooting. "It happened in October, and I had two months to really think about what was going on. I didn't have my structure around me right. Once that thing happened, I had to get a structure within my life and make sure I get this sh-- moving right. I had a lot of things that wasn't moving right. Everything was moving on spur of the moment. Anybody who's in a leadership position or a boss position, you need to have some structure. You need to have certain people who ... make the whole clock keep running smoothly. I look back at the shooting like if sh-- would have been structured right, maybe none of it would have been happening." Not only did Fab come under fire from the New York Police Department in the wake of the shooting, some fans and critics started questioning whether the whole situation was just a publicity stunt. Shortly after the incident, his new label, Def Jam, announced that he was dropping his album, From Nothing to Something, while the shooting and arrest were fresh on everyone's mind (see "Fabolous Album Moved Up To December After Arrest, Shooting"). The LP was delayed thereafter. "I think Def Jam was doing that because they really wanted to get me out," he explained about the previous December 26 release date for the LP. "I don't know if they looked at [the shooting incident] as something to capitalize on, but they definitely wanted to get me out in December. We had talks about that months before, but I guess they wanted to use [the shooting] as a opportunity to get me out because my name had lit up. It put a little bright light to my name, so why not? But I had no knowledge of trying to capitalize on being shot as a reason to put my album out. And really, [the album] wasn't ready yet. When they [made the initial announcement], we wasn't ready. So they was just doing that on their own." Fab's LP still isn't 100 percent done, but he's getting there. He's progressed far enough with production that a March 27 release date has been set and two songs have already hit the streets: "Return of the Hustle," which features Swizz Beatz and production by Just Blaze; and "Diamonds on My Damn Chain," a collaboration with Lil Wayne and producer Steve Morales, who's best known for his work with Celine Dion. "I actually was staying down in Miami, we was staying at a crib [Morales] works at, it has a studio," Fab said. "Steve came through and said, 'I wanna play some joints for you.' One of the joints hit me instantly. It had a chopped-up loop from the song me and Jeezy did called 'Do the Damn Thang.' I said, 'Damn, I need somebody who can talk this bling talk and still make it a good record.' Weezy was perfect for it. We go way back." The official first single, though, is "Make Me Better." The track — which features Ne-Yo on the hook and was produced by Timbaland — finds Fab in a very familiar mode, talking to the ladies. The strings will remind hip-hop fans of Raekwon's classic "Rainy Dayz"; as for the lyrics, Fab and Raekwon's classic "Rainy Dayz"; as for the lyrics, Fab and Ne-Yo tell ladies they are forces to be reckoned with on their own — but with their ladies upgrading them, they're that much better. "You want a girl that completes you and makes you better," he explained. "You don't want a girl who brings more arguments and more bills. ... You want a girl who, when you're walking around with your tie crooked, she fixes your tie. .... That's the kind of [woman] I'm looking for. Whether she's a celebrity or non-celebrity don't really matter. You just need somebody you can connect with. "It touches so many places," Fab added of the song. "It's a sexy record, plus a swagger record, an anthem record all in one. ... I played it for a couple of dudes a week ago, and they was like, 'I'mma tell my shorty that: "Yo, shorty, you make me better. I'm cool, I'm fly and sh--, but us together, we make a great pair." ' Dudes can take it — it's giving them some game. I felt it could work on all levels." On the production front, while Timbaland helped man the boards on Fab's debut, Ghetto Fabolous, the rapper and super producer actually didn't get together in the studio this time. "I never got to actually hook up with Tim," Fab said. "But I was in Miami working for two and a half months. So I would see him out, see him around. I seen him in [Miami hot spot] the Forge a couple of times, and a couple of his records would come on and I'd be like, 'This is what I need.' He'd be laughing and say, 'All right.' He definitely knows I respect his work. [When I went to record 'Make Me Better'] Ne-Yo came in and attacked them strings. He already had a vision. When I came in, all I had to do was put the spice on the sh-- and it was ready. It was smash already to me." source- mtv __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

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that-damn-good Cerebral Assassin Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: MTL Posts: 7,589 Repped: 859 Repped 4,150 Times in 472 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	big props but fuck i cant believe thats the release date, Buck march 20th now Chamillionaire and now Fabolous on March 27th..too much shit at once __________________

02-02-2007, 09:01 AM	#2
Desert Eagle Veteran Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: LONDON Posts: 4,871 Repped: 41 Repped 160 Times in 39 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	fabolous is dope...propz

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Entreprenegro Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,145 Repped: 490 Repped 873 Times in 214 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 48 Times in 11 Posts	Fab got talent. Even though he comin with a love song for his first single, his whole album aint gonna be that. He just doin it to sell records which is smart.

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ns_diplomat Reppin' 514 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: 514 - MTL - 514 Posts: 14,954 Repped: 664 Repped 1,326 Times in 540 Posts Neg Reps: 42 Neg Repped at 76 Times in 61 Posts	nice.....I hope his album will be crazy __________________ G-Unit/Shady/Aftermath!! "Shout out to all the people in Montreal - Montreal is real hood. Real gangsta out there." - Juelz Santana

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DeeDert Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 775 Repped: 11 Repped 117 Times in 24 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	props fab is too underrated

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rewynd Zone3A Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: USA Posts: 590 Repped: 75 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	aight Fab, good you learnt from it..wish others could follow suit...

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BRiTiSH1313 YouNG.MoNeY.NeW.YoRK Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The Ville Posts: 94 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	good shit... glad to hear Fabz bounced back after the shooting. i doubt it was a publicity stunt, Fab never seemed like the kinda rapper than would do that, ya know, like Cam and Beanz did. but who knows with what people now a days do for fame. cant wait for the album though, i just hope its that hard brooklyn gangsta shit that my man is known for. __________________ The Notorious B.I.G. is the best MC ever.

02-02-2007, 12:50 PM	#13
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I AM HIP HOP Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 375 Repped: 83 Repped 13 Times in 1 Post Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	propz man good look for the info ... at first i was doubtin fab's comeback but this song wit neyo produced by timbo sounds great, fab is the only rapper that can make a hit girl song wit out comin off as wak or soft i hope he makes a solid album i mean cuz he always has bangers but he needs a classic album cuz he dont got any but "Ghetto Fabolous" was good, i will get his new album

02-02-2007, 03:09 PM	#20
dastreetsweepa17 Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 597 Repped: 0 Repped 94 Times in 23 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	aitn herd nuttin from my nigga fab in a long ass minute

02-02-2007, 04:21 PM	#21
Mail Man Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: C-bridge Posts: 2,488 Repped: 174 Repped 263 Times in 92 Posts Neg Reps: 7 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 7 Posts	Propz man, Fab is dope his album is gonna be on fire. The track with Ne-Yo shold be amazing, can't wait to hear it. March is gonna be crazy for albums, can't wait.

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50CENTWIFE R.I.P MIKE :( Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: THE EAST COAST Posts: 15,976 Repped: 2,510 Repped 728 Times in 139 Posts Neg Reps: 6 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 11 Posts	Props For This Aww Fab I'll Fix Ya Tie Baby Lol ;) __________________ .....MKJ.....B.I.S.D.OUT.NOW.....

02-02-2007, 05:45 PM	#24
Entreprenegro Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,145 Repped: 490 Repped 873 Times in 214 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 48 Times in 11 Posts	^^^Thats because Fab gets somebody else to do the singing (i.e. Ne-yo).

02-02-2007, 06:26 PM	#25
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