Album Review: Fabolous-Loso's Way

July 28, 1:43 PMNY Hip-Hop Music ExaminerSamantha Greaves

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Album art for Loso's Way. (Photo: Island Def Jam)

Brooklyn rapper Fabolous returns with his 5th studio album that is a little different from the other projects in his vault. Titled Loso's Way, Fabolous travels down the familiar road of movie based albums adding his own flavor and style to the 16-track effort.

The album begins to a theatrical start with the intro titled "The Way" that consists voices of reporters vying for Fabolous' attention by calling out his name over a marching band inspired beat. Fabolous wastes no time letting listeners know that he has a chip on his shoulder and he is ready to get a few things off of his chest.

If it isn't evident after the first 3 tracks play out, it becomes quite clear close to the conclusion of the project that  the album has a little of everything for everyone. With tracks like "Everything, Everyday, Everywhere" and "There He Go", Fabolous blesses the album with music that his female demographic will gravitate to as well as tracks dedicated to the streets.

When the rapper is not flaunting his ego and name dropping designer names, he is covering the tracks with a veil of punchlines that range from "my attitude is celibate, I don't give a f***k" and "want your whopper, come and get your beef" to name a selected few.

With features from Keri Hilson, Lil Wayne, Neyo, Red Cafe, and Ryan Leslie, Loso's Way may be Fabolous' ticket to expanding his fan base outside of the east coast aiding in making him an internationally known artist. Surprisingly, the excessive album leaks before it's release did not taint the overall appeal of Loso's Way; it actually allowed some of the songs to shine on their own in a sea of hype.

Album Rating: 3.5/5

Here is the new video from Fabolous featuring Keri Hilson for his song "Everything, Everyday, Everywhere" off of Loso's Way.