CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Listen, on a scale of 1-10, my interest level is holding @ a strong "5" with regard to Fat Joe's upcoming album, "The Darkside Vol. 1". Now, while registering a "5" certainly doesn't qualify as earth shatteringly high anticipation on the "Give-A-Fuck" chart, this is significant because we are talking about Fat Joe.
For the better part of a decade Fat Joe has torpedoed any honest chance that he may have had of etching his name alongside the greats in the Hip Hop history books by wasting his time and his marginal talents engaging in petty, largely 1-sided, losing squabbles with greater rap luminaries than he - most notably 50 Cent and Jay-Z. Add that to the fact that he is 1 of the most unoriginal niggas in the game and Y.O.U. basically wind up with a windbag who hated himself out of any hopes of relevancy ... well, almost.
Since the beginning of his career, Fat Joe has always shined brightest when he puts the bullshit to the side, gets on his grind and sticks to being the hardest working hustler coming out of the Bronx. Thankfully, with his latest release "The Darkside Vol. 1" on deck, Mr. J.ealous O.nes E.nvy seems to have reconcentrated his formidable forces on making a full length player that is actually worth listening to. That I even halfway care about this album is a promising sign in and of its self. Message To Fat Joe: Don't blow it! Set a trend for once in your life my nigga ... lol.
Sure, this video is your requisite gaudy jewelry/cars/strippers-with-dreams-of-grandeur showcase but, it's a good look nonetheless. I fux with this song. Good shit!
For the better part of a decade Fat Joe has torpedoed any honest chance that he may have had of etching his name alongside the greats in the Hip Hop history books by wasting his time and his marginal talents engaging in petty, largely 1-sided, losing squabbles with greater rap luminaries than he - most notably 50 Cent and Jay-Z. Add that to the fact that he is 1 of the most unoriginal niggas in the game and Y.O.U. basically wind up with a windbag who hated himself out of any hopes of relevancy ... well, almost.
Since the beginning of his career, Fat Joe has always shined brightest when he puts the bullshit to the side, gets on his grind and sticks to being the hardest working hustler coming out of the Bronx. Thankfully, with his latest release "The Darkside Vol. 1" on deck, Mr. J.ealous O.nes E.nvy seems to have reconcentrated his formidable forces on making a full length player that is actually worth listening to. That I even halfway care about this album is a promising sign in and of its self. Message To Fat Joe: Don't blow it! Set a trend for once in your life my nigga ... lol.
Sure, this video is your requisite gaudy jewelry/cars/strippers-with-dreams-of-grandeur showcase but, it's a good look nonetheless. I fux with this song. Good shit!
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