- Exodus
- Don't Stop Wont Stop
- Real Talk (123)
- Gangsta
- Tit 4 Tat
- Baby
- Girls
- Church
- Can You Hear Me
- Do the Damn Thang
- Holla at Somebody Real
- It's Alright
- Breathe
- Young & Sexy
- Round & Round
- In My Hood
- Ghetto
- Po Po
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Lil' Mo Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Sean Paul Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Thara Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Black Ice Primary Artist
Shams Tharani Primary Artist
Charlie Murphy Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Paul Cain Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mike Shorey Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jeezy Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Nate Dogg Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Pharrell Williams Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Scott Jacoby Keyboards
Jovonn Alexander Various Instruments
Robert Larow Keyboards
Jeremy Skaller Keyboards
Jazz Ming Mackey Vocals (Background)
Myasia Davis Vocals
Bryana Shaw Vocals
Tashai Fletcher Vocals
The Neptunes Audio Production,Producer
Trackmasters Audio Production
Richard Davies Composer
Stephen George Recording
Chris Athens Mastering
Ken "Duro" Ifill Executive Producer
John Bender Assistant Engineer
Charlie Murphy Composer
Fabolous Producer,Executive Producer
Michael Goldberg A&R
Crystal Streets Stylist
Anita Marisa Boriboon Design,Art Direction
Kenneth Pratt Composer
Roberto Fantauzzi Producer
Jovonn Alexander Composer,Producer
Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro Mixing Engineer
Cameron Huff Recording
Khaled Khaled Composer
Hailey "Silence" Campbell Composer
Skane Executive Producer
Keith Wilkins Composer,Producer
Andrew Coleman Recording
C.M. Murphy Composer
Justin Smith Composer
Paul Cain Composer
John Jackson Composer,Composer
Jeremy Skaller Producer,Vocal Producer
Pharrell Williams Composer
Roger Hodgson Composer
Jennifer Lopez Composer
Poke & Tone Producer
J.C. Lopez Composer
DJ Clue Executive Producer
DJ Khaled Producer
Paul Gregory Engineer,Recording
Samuel Barnes Composer
Bram Tobey Assistant Engineer
Jay Jenkins Composer
Gerard Harmon Composer,Producer
Reefa Producer
Jonathan Mannion Photography
Sharif Slater Composer
Javonn "JV" Alexander Producer,Instrumentation
Hotrunner "TL" Producer
Derek "Big Tank" Thornton Composer
James Lopez Product Manager
David Brown Mixing Assistant
Cynthia Loving Composer
Teraike Crawford Composer
Jonathan Rotem Composer,Producer
Phillip Pitts Composer
Terrence Lovelace Composer
Scott Storch Composer,Producer
Flame Throwers Producer


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Overview
It was entirely possible that the first single from the third Fabolous album would be a club track or a soft-styled pop-oriented number aimed at the female audience. "Breathe" is nothing like that, the roughest chart hit of Fabolous' career. All grit, no gloss -- Just Blaze works a chest-cracking break, a needling piano run from '70s art rockers Supertramp, and a doctored vocal sample (top that, Kanye West). Whatever flashes of high promise Fabolous hinted at before are fulfilled and then some, his slithery voice intensified and commanding like never before. Two lines into the first verse, the track shows all the necessary signs of being a hip-hop classic -- one that fills all other MCs with envy while sucking the energy out of every other maximum-rotation radio hit. "Breathe" has the same dwarfing effect on the rest of Real Talk, and noticing its 13-spot placement on the album does nothing but raise the false expectations of first-time listeners. On most other releases, "Breathe" would be slotted second or third, not nearly so deep and de-emphasized. Tucking it near the end turns out to be a smart move, because an early role in the track order would've given the album a quick drop-off. Throughout, Fabolous once again spreads himself too thin. He's versatile, sure -- he is capable of branching out to several styles, but this overvalued trait is traded for a steep cost. Erratic and neither convincing nor satisfying from track to track, the album strolls through another mixed bag of satisfactory-to-strong crossovers, factoring in the South, the West, the silky, the grainy, the laid-back, and the amped-up. A pile of producers weigh in, including the Neptunes (who go one-for-two), Scott Storch (ditto), Trackmasters, Flame Throwers, and a handful of relative newcomers. There's enough quality material to help fill out a Fabolous best-of, but the touch-all-bases formula inhibits the album's potential of being any better than Ghetto Fabolous or Street Dreams. ~ Andy Kellman
Product Details
Release Date: | 11/09/2004 |
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Label: | Atlantic |
UPC: | 0075678375422 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Fabolous Primary ArtistLil' Mo Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Sean Paul Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Thara Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Black Ice Primary Artist
Shams Tharani Primary Artist
Charlie Murphy Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Paul Cain Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Mike Shorey Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Jeezy Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Nate Dogg Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Pharrell Williams Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Featured Artist
Scott Jacoby Keyboards
Jovonn Alexander Various Instruments
Robert Larow Keyboards
Jeremy Skaller Keyboards
Jazz Ming Mackey Vocals (Background)
Myasia Davis Vocals
Bryana Shaw Vocals
Tashai Fletcher Vocals
Technical Credits
Just Blaze Audio Production,ProducerThe Neptunes Audio Production,Producer
Trackmasters Audio Production
Richard Davies Composer
Stephen George Recording
Chris Athens Mastering
Ken "Duro" Ifill Executive Producer
John Bender Assistant Engineer
Charlie Murphy Composer
Fabolous Producer,Executive Producer
Michael Goldberg A&R
Crystal Streets Stylist
Anita Marisa Boriboon Design,Art Direction
Kenneth Pratt Composer
Roberto Fantauzzi Producer
Jovonn Alexander Composer,Producer
Ken "Supa Engineer" Duro Mixing Engineer
Cameron Huff Recording
Khaled Khaled Composer
Hailey "Silence" Campbell Composer
Skane Executive Producer
Keith Wilkins Composer,Producer
Andrew Coleman Recording
C.M. Murphy Composer
Justin Smith Composer
Paul Cain Composer
John Jackson Composer,Composer
Jeremy Skaller Producer,Vocal Producer
Pharrell Williams Composer
Roger Hodgson Composer
Jennifer Lopez Composer
Poke & Tone Producer
J.C. Lopez Composer
DJ Clue Executive Producer
DJ Khaled Producer
Paul Gregory Engineer,Recording
Samuel Barnes Composer
Bram Tobey Assistant Engineer
Jay Jenkins Composer
Gerard Harmon Composer,Producer
Reefa Producer
Jonathan Mannion Photography
Sharif Slater Composer
Javonn "JV" Alexander Producer,Instrumentation
Hotrunner "TL" Producer
Derek "Big Tank" Thornton Composer
James Lopez Product Manager
David Brown Mixing Assistant
Cynthia Loving Composer
Teraike Crawford Composer
Jonathan Rotem Composer,Producer
Phillip Pitts Composer
Terrence Lovelace Composer
Scott Storch Composer,Producer
Flame Throwers Producer
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