Real Talk (Fabolous album)

Real Talk
Studio album by Fabolous
Released November 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)
Genre East Coast hip hop, hip hop
Label Desert Storm Records/Atlantic Records
Producer DJ Khaled, The Neptunes, Trackmasters, J. R. Rotem, Just Blaze, Scott Storch, JV, Hotrunner, Flame Throwers, Gerard Harmon, Keith Wilkins, Reefa, Dangerous
Fabolous chronology
Street Dreams
(2003)		 Real Talk
(2004)		 From Nothin' to Somethin'
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Blender [2]
HipHopDX.com [3]
MV Remix (6.0/10)[4]
RapReviews.com [5]
Rolling Stone [6]
The Situation [7]
USA Today [8]

Real Talk is the third studio album by East Coast hip hop artist Fabolous. It was received lukewarm from a critical standpoint, but was a minor commercial success. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 with 179,000 copies sold in one week and had two charting singles. The two charting singles are "Breathe" which is produced by Just Blaze and "Baby" which is produced by Flame Throwers and contains guest vocals from Mike Shorey. Videos were created for the singles "Do the Damn Thing" featuring Young Jeezy, which received minor airplay on BET, and "Tit 4 Tat" featuring Pharrell, which includes a portion of the album track "Round and Round."

It sold over 550,000 copies according to Billboard,[9] being originally certified gold by RIAA on December 13, 2004.[10]

Contents

Track listing

# Title Songwriters Producer(s) Feature(s) Length
1 "Exodus" Black Ice 1:25
2 "Don't Stop Won't Stop" J. Jackson, J. Alexander JV 3:37
3 "Real Talk (123)" J. Jackson, D. Murchinson, T. Lovelace Hotrunner 4:26
4 "Gangsta" J. Jackson, K. Khaled DJ Khaled 3:42
5 "Tit 4 Tat" J. Jackson, P. Williams, C. Hugo The Neptunes Pharrell 4:38
6 "Baby" J. Jackson, D. Thornton Flame Throwers Mike Shorey 4:55
7 "Girls" J. Jackson, S. Barnes, J.C. Olivier Trackmasters 3:41
8 "Church" J. Jackson, G. Harmon, K. Wilkins, C. Murphy Gerard Harmon, Keith Wilkins Charlie Murphy 4:55
9 "Can You Hear Me" J. Jackson, J. Rotem, J. Lopez J. R. Rotem 4:57
10 "Do the Damn Thang" J. Jackson, J. Jenkins, S. Slater Reefa Young Jeezy 4:23
11 "Holla At Somebody Real" J. Jackson, C. Loving, S. Slater Reefa Lil' Mo 3:47
12 "It's Alright" J. Jackson, J. Smith, S. Henriques Just Blaze Sean Paul 3:45
13 "Breathe" J. Jackson, J. Smith Just Blaze 4:28
14 "Young & Sexy" J. Jackson, P. Williams, C. Hugo The Neptunes Mike Shorey & Pharrell 4:18
15 "Round and Round" J. Jackson, S. Storch Scott Storch 3:40
16 "In My Hood" J. Jackson; H. Campbell; T. Crawford; P. Pitts Dangerous 5:19
17 "Ghetto" J. Jackson; S. Storch; T. Prashad Scott Storch Thara 4:16
18 "Po Po" J. Jackson; K. Pratt; J. R. Rotem; P. Cain; N. Hale J. R. Rotem Nate Dogg & Paul Cain 4:39

Sample Usage

"Don't Stop Won't Stop" contains a sample of Snoop Dogg's "Doggy Dogg World". "Baby" contains a sample of Michael Jacksons "I Can't Help It" "Girls" contains a sample of "King Of Rock" by Run DMC. "Holla At Somebody Real" contains a sample of "Sukiyaki" written by B. Cason, R. Ei, T. Lesslie & H. Nakamura. "Breathe" contains a sample of "Crime Of The Century" by Supertramp & "Apache" by The Incredible Bongo Band. "Tit 4 Tat" contains sample of "Hit the Drum" by Scooter from the album Age of Love.

Chart positions

Chart (2004) Peak
position
Dutch Top 100 Album Chart[11] 66
French Albums Chart[11] 119
UK Albums Chart[11] 66
U.S. Billboard 200[12] 6
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[13] 2

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Blender review
  3. ^ HipHopDX.com review
  4. ^ MV Remix review
  5. ^ RapReviews.com review
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ The Situation review
  8. ^ USA Today review
  9. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003545081
  10. ^ http://www.riaa.com/gp/database/search_results.asp
  11. ^ a b c Fabolous - Real Talk - Music αCharts. Accessed August 15, 2008.
  12. ^ The Billboard 200 - Real Talk - Fabolous Billboard. Accessed August 15, 2008.
  13. ^ Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums - Real Talk - Fabolous Billboard. Accessed August 15, 2008.
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