FABOLOUS>> COMPLEX INTERVIEW

Fabolous ain’t exactly old-school, but after 10 years in the game, he’s definitely grown past new-jack status. But as consistent as he’s been, Fab has yet to hit us with a classic end-to-end album. But with his fifth LP Loso’s Way dropping in July, and the single “Throw It In The Bag” taking over airwaves, Fab seems more focused than ever. While doing a photo shoot for an upcoming issue of Complex, Loso took a few minutes out to talk about spoofing Dame Dash, what happened to his throwbacks, and what the real deal is between him and Tahiry…

Interview by Soo-Young Kim

Complex: You’re known as a pretty laid-back guy. Whose idea was it to make that Dame Dash parody video?

Fabolous: [Laughs.] Yeah, it’s funny cause I’m really laid-back, but I do have like a silly side sometimes, or a funny side or an angry side just like everybody else. So, I went into a meeting at Def Jam and it happened to be in the same room that Dame did that. I always found that Dame Dash video kinda interesting, so when we got in there, I was like, “Oh, this is the room that the meeting that Dame Dash did his little spaz-out moment!” And I started doing it and they were like, “Yo! We need to tape that.” So for a little comedic edge, we put the pizza thing to it cause we happened to be eating pizza. I mean, the people who know me—like know me very well—they [understood] that but everybody who’s seen it other than that, like yourself, it was like, “Yo, I woulda never expected Fab to do something like that.”

Complex: Have you ever personally witnessed Dame wilding out?

Fabolous: I have…but the funny thing about Dame wilding out, I think he was more, like, wilding out for his team, you know what I’m saying? He always was a guy that would take no shit for anybody who was trying to bullshit his team and that’s kinda what he was doing in that video as well. He felt like he was holding down Jay at that point so, I mean, he had got the tag of being a so-called “asshole” cause he was usually always being an asshole for all the things he believed in, so I don’t know if that’s wrong. [Laughs.]CLICK HERE TO READ MORE >> http://www.complex.com/blogs/2009/06/09/fabolous-talks-dame-dash-parody-old
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