Fabolous Hot New Music 2014: Rapper Signs Deal with Roc Nation, Announces 'The Young OG Project' Album Release [Watch]
On signing a new management deal with Roc Nation, Fabolous has announced the upcoming release of his first album in five years titled "The Young OG Project."
Jay Z's entertainment company took to its Twitter account on Monday to welcome the Brooklyn-native emcee:
Welcome to the Roc Nation family, @myfabolouslife! New album Young OG coming 12/25. More info: https://t.co/GDZirTbDUB pic.twitter.com/pO6Mbz4ahF
— Roc Nation (@RocNation) December 1, 2014
Fab also tweeted to spread the news about his latest effort, along with its artwork and trailer:
Follow me on Keek @myfabolouslife for exclusive videos & behind the scene looks on what I've been working on.. https://t.co/mFdIWfRZ27 — Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) December 1, 2014
Check out the exclusive snippet from the album trailer for "The Young OG Project" Available on iTunes 12.25.14 https://t.co/EOFbCHD3XI — Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) December 1, 2014
The Young OG Project Available on iTunes 12.25.14 Christmas… https://t.co/mm6CT56cW7 — Fabolous (@myfabolouslife) December 1, 2014
The "You Be Killin' 'Em" hitmaker's new record, which fans assumed it would be highly anticipated "Loso's Way 2," is a nod to a track off his mixtape "Soul Tape 3." He recently spoke with MTV about what the listeners could expect to hear from him in the near future.
"The album is not really just telling a story, but it's having a lot of fun," he said. "It's very '90s-inspired and '90s themed, a lot of flips and beats from the '90s are on there."
"It was a golden era in hip-hop to me," he said. "It was where I fell in love with hip-hop and really admired everything that was going on within the culture."
The follow-up to 2009 "Loso's Way" will feature its first street leak called "Lituation."
"You can come into a situation and it can be [calm] and you can turn it up and get it a little lit," he said. "It's a very aggressive New York street record, and I wanted to start with that just to get the feel and get you there first, [then] the rest of the album will take you different places."
Fabolous' digital-only album "The Young OG Project" is set for a release on Christmas Day via Desert Storm/Def Jam Records.
"I always looked at how records would come in the fourth quarter and people had a lot of excitement behind that," he said. "And that kinda slowed down, but when I started releasing mixtapes, I saw the energy of adults getting something for Christmas and I thought that was kinda cool."
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