Fabolous Quotes

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Fabolous

Profession : Rapper

Birth : November 18, 1977

A lot of rappers nowadays will say they don't listen to anybody, but I like to hear what's going on. I don't think it affects my music. I still do what I do. I just listen as a fan because I love hip-hop.

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I mean there's no other feeling than when you hear a great hip-hop song. You feel good. If you lose that as an artist, you lose a part of your passion.

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Part of the passion for me was hearing great music from the very start of it, now I'm one of the people who can give that passion back to somebody.

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I used to be a pretty good player back in the day. But I don't play basketball too much anymore.

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I look at where I've come from and realize that I'm lucky to make it out. I was a mischievous kid and I understand the whole reasoning of youth today because I didn't have much to do in the afternoon after school.

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Basketball has a culture to it, it has a swagger to it.

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Michael Jordan broke the mold of the Magic Johnson/Larry Bird era - he came in and he had a gold chain, he wore longer shorts and his sneakers were a different style.

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There's an art to basketball; there's a passion to it.

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I'm working on this reality show, with me and my son. It's gonna be like, about young fatherhood where, well, not too young, but in the same token as being my first child and he's so young and me still being relevant in hip-hop. You know, having to balance my career being a father at the same time.

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Everybody's out and you get a lot of friction, a lot of heat in the air. It makes a beautiful disaster and that's where the 'Summertime Shootout' comes from.

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I remember so many times in the summer there was shootouts and things going on and it was just a part of it. It wasn't even like you regretted it; you still was looking forward to next summer. It was like oh damn, my man got killed but we gon' rep him and next summer we gonna ball again. It was just a part of the culture.

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I think growth is a big part of everything, it think even growth for Brooklyn, growth for Downtown Brooklyn is good.

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As I continue my artistry, I want to touch places that I haven't gone and do certain music that I haven't done over and over again.

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I'm not as big of an R&B fan as people like to think, but I just love the marriage between R&B and Hip-Hop.

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There's a song on there called 'Slow Down,' and it's about a girl who could be wifey but is just moving to quick, partying; needs to slow down. A lot of ladies can relate; they might know someone or be that girl.

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D.C. shows me a lot of love.

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I put too many years in business of me working in this industry for me to be a piece of somebody else's thing.

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I would be involved in a show that was something like 'Run's House'... that's a different kind of show.

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I wouldn't do a 'For The Love of Fabulous' kind of show at all.

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I remember one time 50 was offering me different things to come and be apart of G-Unit. I didn't really do it because it was kind of at the time where they were signing Mobb Deep, Ma$e and M.O.P. I didn't know if I wanted to be up under something.

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