Fabolous featuring The-Dream - Throw It In The Bag

Random Lyric:

Paper or plastic

It's safer to ask it

So dead that I'll pay for the casket

Red flag alert: this jam has The-Dream on it, which usually means one of two things - we're going to hate it and it'll be a hit; or we're going to love it and it won't fly at all. Nothing against Fab, but that's just the way it has been working lately. Whenever Terius does a song, we go in groaning and not looking forward to his second grade music skills mixed with professional production skills. Simplistic music makes us feel simple. Added to that, he couches his voice in effects because he can sing about 4 notes well. Everything else is scatter shot.

Now that our prejudices are known, let's deal with the jam at hand. Fabolous continues his wake up. When he was coming up, his flow sounded like he was falling asleep like Diddy or Erick Sermon. It worked for a while but when was the last time you had a hit from Diddy or EPMD? You don't grow as an artist, you stop making hits. Fab adjusted and here we are again with a banger, despite all the above bias against The-Dream. The irony is that everything in the above paragraph still came true. He's got a drum line, a synth stitch and his limited vocals. Luckily, Fabolous is a strong enough artist to fight through Simple Simon's "music."

While we liked "My Time" better, Fabolous appears to be back on a roll again.

Banger or booty: banger

Previously by Fabolous:

My Time (with Jeremih)

Good Lovin' (with Slim and Ryan Leslie)

You Got Me (with One Block Radius and Baby Bash)

Previously by The-Dream

Walking On The Moon (with Kanye West)

My Love (with Mariah Carey)
Rockin' That Thang