Track Listing

1. Intro
2. Not Give A Fuck
3. Damn
4. Call Me
5. Can't Let You Go - Fabolous & Mike Shorey/Lil' Mo
6. Bad Bitch
7. Why Wouldn't I - Fabolous & Paul Cain
8. Up On Things - Fabolous & Snoop Dogg
9. Sickalicious - Fabolous & Missy Elliott
10. This Is My Party
11. Into You - Fabolous & Ashanti
12. Change You Or Change Me
13. Respect
14. Forgive Me Father
15. Never Duplicated
16. Wake Up
17. My Life - Fabolous & Mary J. Blige
18. Throw Back
19. Keepin' It Gangsta - Fabolous & Styles/Jadakiss/MOP
20. Trade It All - Fabolous & P Diddy/Jagged Edge

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30737 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Fabolous would have us believe he's serving up Street Dreams, but the Brooklyn rapper's sophomore effort is more likely to rock the party than shake the boulevards. The F.A.B.O.'s smooth, deadpan flow cruises over benignly commercial beats (courtesy of Clue, Just Blaze and Kanye West among others), and the overall effect isn’t hard enough to stand up to "official" street-issue hip-hop (think any M.O.P. release). Sure, Fabolous is not without charm. His straightforward delivery of the never-too-deep subject matter enhances slinky, slangy club joints such as the Track Masters-produced "Damn" and the R&B-inflected ballads "Can't Let You Go" and "Trade It All Part 2". The album also features solid guest appearances by Missy Elliott (the electro-funky "Sickalicious"), Mary J Blige (a retooling of her classic "What's the 411" entitled "My Life"), and pop princess Ashanti ("Into You"), but the entire proceedings are stolen by the aforementioned M.O.P., whose verses on "Keepin' It Gangsta" illustrate what street is really all about. --Rebecca Levine

CD Description
Follow-up to 2001's 'Ghetto Fabolous' from Brookyn hip hop artist John Jackson aka Fabolous. 'Street Dreams' which was produced by DJ Clue, is representative of the East Coast rapstyle with a large dose of gangsta rap and the 'bling bling' mentality often associated with the likes of P. Diddy & The Notorious BIG. Includes the lead single 'Can't Let You Go'featuring Mikey Shore and Lil' Mo. Other artists who appearon the album include Missy Elliott, Ashanti, Snoop Dogg, P.Diddy and Mary J. Blige.

Customer Reviews

FABOLOUS STREET DREAMS
this album was certainly better than his last (ghetto fabolous)as it shows more of his character. in his last album he contradicted hikself and talked a lot of bull shit. Street dreams is produced predominatly by dj clue and i feel there is a jat-z Dynasty feel to it. i can see fabolous releasing some of the tracks as singles. one which we are most likely to see released as a 12" is 'into you'featuring ashanti, a song which complements both artists. others released already in the US include 'damn', 'this is my party' and 'my life'. the album boasts many featuring artists but many songs sound similar to each other. bonus tracks include 'keepin it gangsta' remix plus 'trade it all' a p.diddy remix. this has to be my favourite track and is sure to be successful if released. i have given this album 3 stars as it does not really offer anything new, but will be popular with people new to rap.

Fabolous - Street Dreams
I actually quite like this one. The thing about it is that although not one of the tracks are bad, there are only really a few that are excellent...i.e. there is a lot of reasonable quality filler. 'Can't Let You Go' (prod. Just Blaze) is slick, modern, pure quality and without question the most marketable track on the album. 'Damn', 'This is my Party' and 'Into You' are the other standout tracks.
The big surprise here is that somewhere in the depths of this album appears man of the moment Kanye West with a track called 'My Life' that features Mary J. Blige. This goes totally unnoticed as the album admittadly falls by the wayside after 'Into You' which is song number 11. Guest appearances are sprinkled all over the place, most notably Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, Ashanti and the afforementioned appearance from Mary J. Blige. These don't add a great deal to the album and Snoop is criminally under-utilised on 'Up on Things'.
It's a good album though. Generally the production is tight and put up against other new guys like Chingy, Joe Budden, Nick Cannon etc...there is only one winner. There are very few new names out right now who i can see stretching a career out like LL, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg etc but Fabolous is the closest to it. His next full studio album is vital.

Fabolous: Street Dreams
This album was probably an improvement on his original 'ghetto fabolous' album released a year or so ago. it has 6 0r 7 really good tracks, which, lets face it is all your going to get these days. Apart from the sicalicious track (maybe its just cos i hate missy)all of the remaining tracks are solid. Fabolous is best at the slower tracks either aimed at or about women such as his collaborations with ashanti and lil mo, although his club tracks (this is my party) are equally well produced. His only problem is that he tends to revert back to hardcore, gangsta tracks which i dont feel are his forte. If you like diddy you'll like this (which is wierd cos i dont) but its not really one for the gangsta rap fans out there.