LISTEN: Fabolous - Hand On My Glock (LA The Darkman And Willie The Kid)

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DOWNLOAD Fabolous - There Is No Competition [Full Mixtape] (MP3)

LA The Darkman kills it on this new track off of Fabolous's new DJ Drama helmed mixtape There Is No Competition, which actually has a bunch of excellent tracks.

LISTEN: Fabolous - Fall Back

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Fabolous doesn't break any new ground with 'Fall Back', but the boom bap beat and driving horn sample alone make this a worthy download. I'd be up for a full album's worth of this and no R&B hooks.

LISTEN: Fabolous - Say Hello Freestyle

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Fabolous picks one of my least favorite American Gangster beats to drop his freestyle over. Royce 5'9" wins.


Junior Reed & Fab backstage @ Radio City. More photos here.

PHOTOS: SitDownStandUp.com's 2007 In Pictures

I brought my camera to a few really great Hip Hop concerts in 2007 including Clipse @ Columbia University, Rock The Bells featuring Cypress Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, Redman, The Roots and more, Boost Mobile Rock Corps @ Radio City Music Hall featuring Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Hurricane Chris, Yung Joc, Keyshia Cole and more, EPMD, Nas, Jeru Da Damaja @ Roseland Ballroom and more. Click on the shows above specifically for relevant photos. Below there's a slideshow of photos from all of those. More non-Hip Hop photos can be found here. Move your mouse over the top of the picture below to go to the next photo, and move it over the bottom for thumbnails.


Full size photos available @ my flickr page.

LISTEN: Fabolous - Roc Boys Freestyle

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Fab @ Radio City Music Hall. More photos here.
Fabolous raps over Jay-Z's 'Roc Boys' instrumental. Say what you want about Jigga, but look at the impact the man has with all the mash ups of American Gangster and people dropping lines over his instrumentals. 'Roc Boys' is the new 'I Got Money'. Not quite yet, but close.

Related: Angie Martinez interviews Fab.

VIDEO: Duo Live - Princess ft. Fabolous & Al B. Sure

A little while ago I posted a great Duo Live/Talib Kweli song that was pretty much my jam of the week that week. Here's the video for 'Princess' featuring Fabolous and Al B. Sure. Directed by Success Jones.

VIDEO: Alchemist Speaks On New Album & Eminem

Alchemist was interviewed for a Dutch vide site and he speaks on his upcoming new album Chemical Warfare which features Maxwell, Fabolous, Mobb Deep, Kool G. Rap, Pusha T, Jadakiss and others. He's also heard some of Eminem's new tracks and says they're fire.

VIDEO: Duo Live - Princess ft Al B. Sure & Fabolous

Duo Live are responsible for my current jam of the week, 'Caught Up' featuring Talib Kweli. Here's the new video for 'Princess' featuring Al B. Sure and Fabolous.

PHOTOS: Boost Mobile Rock Corps At Radio City Music Hall

Last night I attended the Boost Mobile Rock Corps benefit show at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. I got a chance to hang out back stage to take some shots. People that performed include Ludacris, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze, Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Hurricane Chris, Spliff Star, Yung Joc, Keshia Cole, and a mesmerizingly beautiful Eve who was on the wrong side of the stage for me to take photos of. Dagger! It was a great show with a lot of highlights and a lot of love between performers backstage. A few photos below. Find the full set here. For more info on the Boost Mobile Rock Corps and their great volunteering activities go here.





The show itself was a great series of short sets with Busta Rhymes as the high light. Also included were rock bands Angels And Airwaves and Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, both visibly nervous to play in front of a 90% Hip Hop crowd. Angels & Airwaves went over surprisingly well. Find the full set of photos here.

Previous Photos:
- Clipse @ Columbia University
- Rock The Bells NYC featuring Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, The Roots, and more

NEWS: Fat Joe Announces Album, Chooses Bad Title

Now if you're Fat Joe, why would you choose The Elephant In The Room as your album title?


"Imperial Records, a division of Capitol Music Group and Terror Squad Entertainment have signed a new deal to distribute Fat Joe's next album entitled The Elephant in the Room, slated for release in early 2008. Fat Joe's new release is a follow-up to his previous critically-acclaimed album, Me, Myself & I, featuring the double platinum single, "Make It Rain."

Fat Joe's The Elephant In The Room will feature production by the multi-platinum powerhouses that previously worked with Fat Joe on his earlier hits, including Scott Storch, Cool and Dre, DJ Khaled, Danjahandz and the Runners, as well as guest artists P. Diddy, Rick Ross, Fabolous and more." More here.

LISTEN: Fabolous - Let Me Hear You Say (ft. Joe Budden)

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Joe Budden and his family are all in our hearts right now. Hope all will be well with his brother. Fabolous and Joe burn this track up severely.